Gambela land grab Archives

Ethiopia: Charges Against Indigenous Land Rights Defender Dropped

April 3, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY OAKLAND INSTITUTE Today, charges against Pastor Omot Agwa, an indigenous land rights defender from the Gambella region of Ethiopia, were finally dropped by an Ethiopian court. In March 2015, Pastor Omot was arrested in Addis Ababa while attempting to travel to Kenya to attend a food security conference. For six months, he was detained […]

Ethiopia: A Country for Sale

September 11, 2011August 5, 2013TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

By Zena Ethiopia, The Deal of the Century: Supposing someone offered you the following land deal, would you take it or walk away believing it is too good to be true? For £150 a week (USD$245), you can lease more than 2,500 sq km (1,000 sq miles) of virgin, fertile land – an area the […]