Ethiopia

Enough capital for African farming, but investors want viable entrepreneurs
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 30 May 2012
Trilogy Capital is involved in a large scale agriculture project in Ethiopia with US-based Morrell Agro Industries.
Etiopia: Ashton risponde a eurodeputati italiani, nega furto terre
- EurActiv
- 28 May 2012
La risposta dell'Alto Rappresentante solleva non poche obiezioni
Ministry to take measures against large-scale farm projects
- The Reporter
- 26 May 2012
According to the evaluation that the ministry did in the past few weeks, some of the large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia are not performing as expected in implementing their projects.
Etiopia: rapina delle terre e deportazioni, niente di grave secondo la Ministro degli Esteri dell'UE
- Il Fatto Alimentare
- 24 May 2012
La Risposta della Ashton
Obama urged to reassess Ethiopian relations over land evictions
- Bloomberg
- 18 May 2012
The U.S. should reassess its support for the government of Ethiopia, amid concern that more than half a million people are being evicted to make land available for foreign investment in agriculture, advocacy groups say.
UAE investors to invest in agriculture, hotel, tourism sectors in Ethiopia
- NewsDire
- 17 May 2012
Ethiopia's State Minister of Industry, Tadesse Hailem, says the investors have expressed interest to invest in the agriculture sector in Ethiopia and export it to their country.
Ethiopia forcefully evicting Omo tribes for sugar plantations
- Friends of Lake Turkana
- 16 May 2012
On the ground reports have exposed a secret operation by Ethiopian forces to force the Suri, Bodi and Mursi tribes out of their ancestral land to pave way for sugarcane plantations of Malaysian investors.
Saudi Arabia keen on African farm investments
- Arabian Business
- 11 May 2012
Saudi Arabia is encouraging companies to invest in farms in Africa as the kingdom seeks to secure supplies of food imports to replace local production, said Agriculture Minister Fahd Balghunaim.
África: Llamado a la transparencia ante significativo aumento de la venta de tierras
- Global Voices
- 10 May 2012
En el informe se asegura que, desde el año 2000, casi un 5% de las tierras agrícolas del África fueron compradas o arrendadas por distintos inversionistas.
Ethiopia makes 4 million hectares of land available to investors
- 09 May 2012
Ethiopia has made more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) of “fertile and unutilized” land available for agriculture companies that meet government requirements, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.
L'Éthiopie nie expulser des agriculteurs au profit d'investisseurs privés
- AFP
- 09 May 2012
Le premier ministre éthiopien, Meles Zenawi, a démenti mercredi que l'allocation de terres cultivables à des projets d'investissements privés se traduisait, dans son pays, par des évictions forcées d'agriculteurs.
Human rights violations and deteriorating security threaten indigenous peoples in Ethiopia
- ASO
- 03 May 2012
The attack on the Saudi Star Company has served as a pretext for a hunting down of innocent civilians and a campaign of murder, torture, harassment and intimidation in the remote corners of the country, warns Anywaa Survival.