Land Wars: Ethiopia Accused of Massacring Civilians to Clear Way for Foreign Farms

Vice WARNING: This article contains disturbing images Ethiopia, one of the world’s hungriest countries, is selling off vast chunks of its land to foreign investors who are growing food products for export — and those who get in the government’s way are being killed or silenced, according to a new investigation. Under the country’s controversial “villagization”

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Ethiopia: Land, Water Grabs Devastate Communities

FEBRUARY 18, 2014 HRW Ethiopia can develop its land and resources but it shouldn’t run roughshod over the rights of its indigenous communities. The people who rely on the land for their livelihoods have the right to compensation and the

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