the article also notes that, despite almost a decade of well-intentioned development policies, Ethiopians remain mired in the most wretched poverty. In March 2010, the BBC claimed that it had evidence that millions of dollars earmarked for victims of the Ethiopian famine of 1984–85 went to buy weapons. Rebel soldiers apparently diverting the funding to their organisation in an attempt to overthrow the government. Their data were confirmed by participants and eye-witnesses of the time. However, following a complaint from the Band Aid Trust, the Editorial Complaints Unit of the BBC carried out "an investigation" and concluded that the reporting had no evidence to support it, and the BBC apologized to the Trust for the "misleading and unfair representation it created". Notes Further reading Getnet Alemu, "A case study of aid effectiveness in Ethiopia: Analysis of the health sector aid architecture", Wolfensohn Center for Development: Working Paper 9, April 2009. Adugna Lemi, "Anatomy Of Foreign Aid To Ethiopia: 1960-2003", University of Massachusetts, Boston website Economy of Ethiopia Ethiopia Foreign relations of Ethiopia Ethiopia