Addis Ababa - Ethiopia has recalled its ambassador to Berlin, accusing Germany of spreading negative propaganda over drought and famine-stricken African country, the press reported on Saturday. A foreign ministry spokesperson was quoted as saying in the government media that the diplomat had been recalled for consultations on Germany's "increasingly negative attitude towards this country". "Germany spreads anti-Ethiopian propaganda in the United Nationa Security Council and claims through its mass media that Ethiopia cannot preserve its sovereignty as it is presently hard hit by severe drought," the spokesperson charged. South-east Ethiopia has been hardest hit by the drought. According to the World Food Programme, a UN agency, about 7,8-million people in Ethiopia are in desperate need of emergency food aid.

Source: Ethiopian News September 11, 2017 00:33 UTC