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Ethiopia: DFID Fail to Act on Human Rights Violations (analysis)
ThinkAfricaPress, 10 May 2013
The Ethiopian government may be guilty of atrocities against indigenous peoples as it completes construction of the Gibe III dam. UK aid-agency DFID has failed to exert its ... read more »
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Ethiopia: Resettlement Scheme Leaves Lives Shattered
Guardian Global Development Network, 22 January 2013
A 'villagisation' programme has left many people from Ethiopia's Gambella region bereft of land and loved ones, casting donor support in an unflattering light read more »
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Ethiopia: Army Commits Torture, Rape (press release)
Human Rights Watch, 28 August 2012
The Ethiopian military responded to an April 2012 attack on a large commercial farm in Gambella region with arbitrary arrests, rape, and other abuses against scores of local ... read more »
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Ethiopia: Resettlement Debate Highlights Rights Problem (analysis)
African Arguments, 26 January 2012
Human Rights Watch released its latest highly critical report on Ethiopia last week, claiming abuse and coercion in a resettlement program. While Ethiopia's government detests the ... read more »
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Ethiopia: Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship (press release)
Human Rights Watch, 16 January 2012
The Ethiopian government under its "villagization" program is forcibly relocating approximately 70,000 indigenous people from the western Gambella region to new villages that lack ... read more »
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Africa: Saudis Turn to Ethiopia for Food
This is Africa, 2 July 2012
Saudi Arabia's oil keeps the world turning, but the Kingdom is thirsty for water. For years, the government subsidised domestic food production to feed its 25m population - ... read more »
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Ethiopia: NGOs Call for Ethiopian Human Rights Reform
Sudan Tribune, 12 November 2012
Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council elections, a group of non governmental organisations (NGOs) from around the world have jointly urged Ethiopia, a standing candidate, to ... read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia - a Country for Sale (analysis)
Fahamu, 31 March 2011
An international company has benefited from a massive handout of land in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. Alemayehu G. Mariam shows what the devastating consequences of the deal ... read more »
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yes there is evacuation of people from thir lands, but not for bad, it is for better, for better social welfare of the people. If any body evacuated from his land he will given in a componsation from other place together with money to build home and sustain his life.
People in Lower Omo valley are known all over the world in their primitive lifestyle, they were unchanged and it was the result of the previos regimes of the country. They were neglected, no school, no factory and no any infrastracture had been build there. They had not been counted as human beings, but just taken as turist attraction.
Now days the Government doing its best to achive the welfare of these neglected people. There is a plan to build six sugare fuctories in the area, which will provide job opportunities for the society, meanwhile it will provide school and all the necessary infrastructures. Yes there may be problems here and there inconnection with impelimentation and some administrative issues, however, any kind of problem will not continue as it is. The government taking successive evaluations to improve its impelimentation. Currently the house of the peoples representatives seriousely evaluating the governments breaus. Hope fully to bring great change in the impelimentation processes of the Government.
However, some people, as if they are woring about the people, are making obstacles on the way of the development of the country. They acusing the government here and there to stop it from its developmental works. For example, they acusing the government over the Grand Renaissence Dam construction. They taken it as a politics. Yes it helps not only develop the country but also it will help the political party who leading the construction and all the developments processes being seen in the country. If it bring development and social welfare, the majority of the people will be alined with the government. so, those who dearming power over the people will lost. We knew they are barking like night dogs not to develop the country but to graize the bones of the people. Ethiopian people will no longer fooled by them, The people needs development and social welfare and knew and know who can bring these to them.
The people in the Om valley will be no loger taken as turist attraction, the will be the actors of the ongoing development and their lives will be changed from primitive style to modernized one.
People who keep crying not to bring development but to stop the aid giving to help strengthen the process of development. And their dreams are, one to put preasure on the Government by stoping the development and create choas so that come in to power in a shot way, two by taking much false stories as if they worried about the people and to stop the aid coming to Ethiopia and pretended as a freedom fighter, so that to collected money from western doners to sutisfy their own needs.
Finnaly, I woul like to say the development in Ethiopia will not stop weather the donners give aids or not, it will continues though the hypochrate dreamers countinues to cry. So, would invite not only the criers but all so all Ethiopian expatraits to come and participate in the already ongoing development of the country. Thanks.
AMSALU Jul 17 2013, 17:24 Report Abuse yes there is evacuation of people from their lands, but not for bad, it is for better, for better social welfare of the people. If any body evacuated from his land he will be given in a componsation from other place together with money to build home and sustain his life. People in Lower Omo valley are known all over the world in their primitive lifestyle, they were unchanged for long time and it was the result of the previos regimes of the country. They were neglected, no school, no factory and no any infrastracture had been build there. They had not been counted as human beings, but just taken as turist attraction. Now days the Government doing its best to acheive the welfare of these neglected people. There is a plan to build six sugare fuctories in the area, which will provide job opportunities for the society, meanwhile it will provide school and all the necessary infrastructures. Yes there may be problems here and there inconnection with impelimentation and some administrative issues, however, any kind of problem will not continue as it is. The government taking successive evaluations to improve its impelimentation. Currently the house of the peoples representatives seriousely evaluating the governments breaus hope fully to bring great change in the impelimentation processes of the Government. However, some people, as if they are woring about the people, are making obstacles on the way of the development of the country. They acusing the government here and there to stop it from its developmental works. For example, they acused and continued to acuse the government over the Grand Renaissence Dam construction. They taken it as a politics. Yes it helps not only develop the country but also it will help the political party who leading the construction and all the developmental processes being seen in the country. If it brings development and social welfare, the majority of the people will be alined with the government. so, those who dearming power over the people will lost. We knew they are barking like night dogs not to develop the country but to graize the bones of the people. Ethiopian people will no longer fooled by them, The people needs development and social welfare and knew and know who can bring these to them. The people in the Omo valley will be no loger taken as turist attraction, the will be the actors of the ongoing development and their lives will be changed from primitive style to modernized one. People who keep crying not to bring development but to stop the aid giving to help strengthen the process of development. And their dreams are, one to put preasure on the Government by stoping the development and creating choas so that to come in to power in a shot way, two by talking much false stories as if they worried about the people and to stop the aid coming to Ethiopia and pretended as a freedom fighter, so that to collected money from western doners to satisfy their own needs. Finnaly, I woul like to say that the development in Ethiopia will not stop weather the donners give aids or not, it will continues though the hypochrate dreamers countinues to cry. So, I would invite not only the criers but also all Ethiopian expatraits to come and participate in the already ongoing development of the country. Thanks.
More than 90,000 Ethiopian refugees escaped to Kenya in 2012 http://www.ethiopianreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57332 …
We haved all guessed the western human right groups will raise such an issue on omo valley project because these people are really backward that those american rich want to visit in the name of indeginious peoples. these people deserve to live a better life a better education and a better future life. they are not monuments or some objects for American and Europian anthropologist to do research and give visit by their family. please did you just herd us we are tired of Western people telling us what to do.we already had suffered enough through your empty minded selfish fathers that left us empty handed stealing all our resources and gave back to you which now these western donors give us the other form of slavery in the name of donor. we are taking 1 percent of our natural resources stolen by your fathers back in the colonial period, this does not need any complication.pleasssseeeeeeeeeeee leave ussssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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