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Ethiopia: U.S. Department of State Adoption Notice – August 27, 2010
From the U.S. Department of State: Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs Office of Children’s Issues Adoption Processing at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa August 27, 2010 This notice serves as a reminder that as of May 9, 2010, the Ethiopian government requires that adoptive parents must appear at [...]
Australia: Official who ran Ethiopia adoption program leaves after 20 years
From ABC News: The man who ran Australia’s adoption program with Ethiopia for 20 years has stood down amidst ongoing serious allegations of corruption. Earlier in the year ABC News Online revealed allegations by adoptive parents about the program, which until the end of last month was run by Ato Lakew Gebeyehu and his wife [...]
Ireland: New legislation restricts intercountry adoption from Russia, Vietnam, and Ethiopia
From the Independent: Hundreds of Irish couples seeking to adopt a child from abroad face fresh uncertainty as new legislation restricts the number of countries that are open to them. The Adoption Bill, which was passed on Friday, excluded Russia, Vietnam and Ethiopia from the list of countries. Only countries that have ratified the international [...]
Ethiopia: U.S. Families Adoption Of Ethiopian Children, For Trade or Charity? (Opinion)
An editorial from the Daily Independent: “Adoption is becoming the new export industry for our country. Experts I have spoken with are of the opinion that it might overtake coffee as major export industry…” Those were the words of Ellene Moria, who runs a women’s programme on a local radio station in Ethiopia. They were [...]
Survey for U.S. Adoption Service Providers Placing Children from Ethiopia
The number of adoptions and the number of service providers in Ethiopia has greatly increased in the last few years, and uncertainty about existing laws and inconsistent policy among various agencies has caused confusion within the adoption community. Ethica receives numerous requests for information about agency practices in Ethiopia. In the interest of advancing transparency [...]
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