quote from bbc storyNestle has faced severe criticism from aid agencies after demanding the compensation for a company that Ethiopia nationalised in the 1970s.
Oxfam has condemned Nestle's stance, saying there is no justification for diverting Ethiopian Government money to a multinational which made profits of about $3.9bn in the first six months of this year.
'This is a company that has said publicly that one of the things it wants to do in the world is to help make poor people better off. This is a company that is trying to squeeze out of one of the poorest countries in the world $6m,' said Oxfam's director of policy in the UK, Justin Forsyth.
(Oxfam has condemned Nestle's stance, saying there is no justification for diverting Ethiopian Government money to a multinational which made profits of about $3.9bn in the first six months of this year.
'This is a company that has said publicly that one of the things it wants to do in the world is to help make poor people better off. This is a company that is trying to squeeze out of one of the poorest countries in the world $6m,' said Oxfam's director of policy in the UK, Justin Forsyth.
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