Last updated: 19 march, 2010 - 07:52 GMT

Ethiopia

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In Ethiopia the prime minister Meles Zenawi has been hitting out at foreign media organisations.

Speaking to journalists at a news conference, he accused the Voice of America's Amharic language service of propagating hate speech.

He also denied allegations contained in a recent BBC documentary that he diverted food aid money to purchase weapons to fight the government of Mengistu Haile Mariam.

The BBC's Uduak Amimo reports.

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