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  • Ethiopian Immigrants Protest Gates Foundation Funding Of Projects In Ethiopia | KNKX
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    Ethiopian immigrants marched through downtown Seattle Tuesday afternoon to protest the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funding of projects in Ethiopia. Protesters say humanitarian aid going to Ethiopia is being used to support a brutal regime.

    Holding bright green, yellow and red flags, around 200 marchers chanted, ’America, America, America, listen to the cry of the people,’ and ’The media doesn’t tell the truth.’

    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is funding 150 development projects, mainly in health and agriculture, to the tune of $50 million U.S. dollars in Ethiopia. In July, Bill Gates met with Ethiopian leaders to talk about continuing working together.

    But protester Ashe Nafi Gossaye, chairman of the Ethiopian Public Forum in Seattle, said the humanitarian aid is being abused.

    "It is being used for killing people, to buy weapons and for security purposes and to silence the people of Ethiopia,” he said.

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