Ethiopia bans foreign adoptions
Ethiopia has banned the adoption of children by foreigners amid concerns children face abuse and neglect abroad.
Ethiopia
is one of the biggest source countries for international adoptions by
US citizens, accounting for about 20% of the total.
Celebrities Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are among those who have adopted children from Ethiopia.
However, in 2013, a US couple were convicted of killing an adopted Ethiopian girl.
That case triggered a debate about foreign adoption, the BBC's Emmanuel Igunza in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa says.
Two
years ago, Denmark also controversially stopped the adoption of
children from Ethiopia over what it said were concerns about possible
human trafficking cases.
Lawmakers now say orphans and other vulnerable children should
be cared for under locally available support mechanisms in order to
protect them.
But some MPs said that the country has insufficient local services to cater for vulnerable children.
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