Ethiopia adoption is on the rise, there is no question about it. In 2000 95 children were adopted from Ethiopia. In 2006 732 children were adopted.
Ethiopia, rumored to be plagued by floods, famine, and disease (most commonly AIDS), is a land “of rugged beauty and is the oldest independent country in Africa” Adoption Associates calls Ethiopia the land of one thousand miles.
There are currently seven U.S. based adoption agencies that are able to work in Ethiopia;
Adoption Associates
Children’s Home Society and Family Services
Wide Horizons for Children
Gladney Center for Adoption
Adoption Advocates, International
The estimated cost for Ethiopia adoption is between $15,000 …read more

When Angelina and Brad adopted Zahara in July 2005 it was “legal and irrevocable”, according to Wide Horizons for Children, the agency that processed and conducted the adoption.
Relatives of two-year-old Zahara, including a woman who says she is her birth mother, want the child returned to Ethiopia, according to reports out of the US. Jolie adopted Zahara in July, 2005.