Sixty years on, controversial agricultural projects are back in fashion in Africa and other parts of the developing world as investors - from foreign governments to wealthy individuals - hunt for land to grow food.
Indigenous people fear collective retaliation by government security forces.
Discussions with EU officials covered various aspects of human rights violations in Ethiopia with a focus on the large-scale land-lease to local and international commercial farmers, the evictions of Oromo farmers from their homes and farmlands, and the situation of Oromo refugees in the Horn of Africa and Yemen.
Gunmen attacked the camp of an agricultural company owned by a Saudi billionaire in southwest Ethiopia, Federal Affairs Minister Shiferaw Teklemariam said.
- Associated Press
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29 April 2012
The World Bank and Wall Street firms targeted for African land deals displacing hundreds of thousands.
Preparation to counter the gathering of 1,000 African Land Buyers who paid an entrance fee of 3,000 dollar at Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, New York for their conference from April 23 to April 25 is underway.
Landgrab celebrated on this April 24th at the Waldorf Astoria. We must move faster & with force - not get trapped by systematic 1%er crimes like the Global Ag.
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19 April 2012
Multinacionales, países petroleros y fondos de inversión están comprando millones de hectáreas. El equilibrio natural, el destino de los campesinos y el futuro del planeta están en juego.
En la última década, los países en desarrollo han dejado en manos extranjeras una superficie equivalente a media Unión Europea. África es un paraíso para estos inversores.
How corporate transparency encourages secrecy - the counterproductive role of many NGO's.
- Rural Modernity
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07 April 2012
Quand le gouvernement éthiopien a proposé à Thwol Othoy de déménager vers de nouvelles terres, il a accepté, séduit par la promesse d'une meilleure vie: une terre à cultiver, non loin d'un centre médical et d'une école pour ses enfants.
Around 400 companies submit applications for licenses for farmland in Ethiopia each month with a growing number of them from Europe.
