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Ethiopia’s Ministry of Peace has hired Holland & Knight for strategic counsel and government relations work in DC.
The six-month contract, which began March 21, is worth $45K per month.
Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed ordered an invasion of the Tigray region of the country in November, which triggered a humanitarian crisis and sent refugees to neighboring Sudan.
Amnesty International, CNN and the BBC have shot video footage, which they say documents a massacre by Ethiopian forces.
An April 7 PBS NewsHour report charged Ethiopia’s military with carrying out an “ethnic cleansing” operation in Tigray.
Ned Price, a State Dept. spokesperson, said April 5 that the US is "gravely concerned by reported human rights violations, abuses, and atrocities in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. We strongly condemn the killings, the forced removals, the sexual assaults, the other human rights abuses that multiple organizations have reported."
Holland and Knight joins Venable on Team Ethiopia. Venable inked a $35K monthly contract that went into effect Feb. 1.
Five Holland & Knight partners represent Ethiopia including Ronald Oleynik, head of international trade who has advised clients on complying with sanctions placed on North Korea, Iran, Cuba, Syria and Russia; Francisco Sanchez, ex-undersecretary of trade in Barack Obama's Commerce Dept., and Michael Cavenaugh, co-chair of the energy team.
Moran Global Strategies has signed a six-month $240K agreement with Uganda to enhance its political and economic ties with the US.
APCO has signed on to provide strategic communications, media relations and stakeholder engagement to promote the culture of Uzbekistan.
Corcoran Partners has agreed to perform a “turnkey political communication, public relations, and strategic advisory campaign” on behalf of Abdullah Al-Lafi, Deputy President of the Libyan Presidential Council.
BGR Government Affairs is providing lobbying and PR services in the US for the Korea Nuclear Association for International Cooperation.
Florida’s Sniper Advertising Services has an oral agreement to provide digital and social media services for Israel.
