The brutal Mengistu regime is subsidizing Its war In Eritrea by siphoning off relief aid. The "Peoples Militia" in that province is paid in grainup to 120 kilos per month. According to Yonas Deressa. president of the Ethiopia Refugees Education & Relief Foundation. an unprecedented flood of arms from the Soviet Union has turned that country from a foodrich agricultural exporter to a military machine ready to control the Persian Gulf at the cost of an Ethiopian famine. The arms. $5 billion worth. must be bought with the nations coffee. oil seed. hides and gold. leaving little food or natural resources for its own people. Other instances of the misuse of donated goods Include the steep entryport fees in Africa on each ton of grain given free by other governments and individuals as I pointed out during debate on my amendment to H.R. 1555.
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