law again ethiopian children adoption

the House of Representatives passed a law earlier this week prohibiting foreign families from adopting Ethiopian children, said the spokesman of the Ethiopian Ministry of Women, Children and Youth. The Ethiopian authorities had already suspended adoptions in April 2017.This decision was taken in order to put an end to various crimes against minors. Children adopted by foreign families in the past have been exposed to "various crimes and the social crisis in the country where they grew up," said the spokesmanAdvertisingIn 2013, an American couple was convicted of the death of their 13-year-old daughter, who had been adopted in Ethiopia. Hana Williams died in 2011 of "hypothermia after she had to stay under the cold during a rainy night".Hana's mother was found guilty of first degree murder, while her father was convicted of manslaughter.Ethiopia is one of the most popular countries for adoptions. Since 1999, more than 15,000 adopted children have come from Ethiopia, the US State Department said.Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt, was adopted in Ethiopia in 2005 when she was only six months old.According to the government, this new law "encourages local adoption, family reunification and reintegration that will allow children to grow up with their fellow citizens