Land Grabs in Ethiopia and the Legacy of Colonization in Congo

By The Global African (TeleSUR), THE government of Ethiopia is planning to give away some 7 million hectares of land resulting in the displacement of over 1.5 million people. On this episode of teleSUR’s original series, The Global African, host Bill Fletcher chats with executive director and founder of the Oakland Institute in California, Anuradha […]

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UK Government Accused of Sponsoring Human Rights Abuses in Ethiopia

By RT.com, A DEVELOPMENT project funded by the UK government and run by the World Bank could be facilitating a violent resettlement program in Ethiopia that has been dogged by allegations of forced displacement, physical assaults and rape, a leaked report suggests. Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) is the primary sponsor of the World […]

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Ethiopia’s Human Rights Crisis Worsened: HRW

By Betre Yacob, The human rights situation in Ethiopia has worsened drastically, according to the 2013 Human Rights Watch’s World Report, which summarizes the human rights situation of more than 90 countries worldwide—drawing on events from the end of 2011 through November 2012. The 665 page report says that Ethiopia’s dictatorial regime has deliberately continued […]

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