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		<title>The aid industry endorses human rights abuses, fuels corruption and missed the Ebola crisis</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Independent (3rd November, 2014) First came a report revealing terrible human rights abuses from a repressive regime backed by huge sums of British aid. A [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Too often incompetent, self-serving aid agencies make matters worse</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the Daily Mail (November 16th, 2013) The stories are heartbreaking. Families have been ripped apart, houses flattened and communities crushed. The images of towns and cities [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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