U.S.-funded broadcaster Voice of America's local Amharic language service in Ethiopia will be blocked because it is destabilizing the country, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said, a move quickly ...

U.S.-funded broadcaster Voice of America is broadcasting its local Amharic language service to Ethiopia via satellite after the country's Prime Minister ordered it jammed and sparked a diplomatic row.

U.S.-funded broadcaster Voice of America's (VOA) local Amharic language service in Ethiopia will be blocked because it is destabilising the country, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.