Anywaa Survival Organisation is greatly concerned about the worsening security situation in Ethiopia and the government's criminalisation of food security, land and human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents.

ESAT's WWH Show interviews Obang Metho on land grabs by Karuturi and other companies in Ethiopia.

Slideshow about controversies around Karuturi's flower farm operations in Ethiopia

Indian companies that have invested in agriculture in Ethiopia are under fire from civil society groups. The companies have been accused of large-scale land grabbing, which has led to displacement of the tribal population there.

Ethiopia Sugar Corp. said it’s signed agreements with state-owned China Development Bank Corp. for $500 million in loans to build two refineries, part of a plan to boost output of the sweetener almost tenfold by 2025.

Ethiopia is working to reduce bureaucracy related to processes in agricultural investment according to Tefera Derebew, Minister of Agriculture.

An Egyptian model farm is to be created in Ethiopia on an area of some 500 feddans [210 ha] with the potential for expansion in the regional state of Afar some 600 kilometres north of Addis Ababa.

Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, perhaps the biggest agro industry firm in Ethiopia, has added a big name to its roaster: Fikru Desalegn, former state minister for Capacity Building,

Ethiopia achieved positive results in the agriculture sector, which in turn led to improved domestic production and better environmental standards, says UNCTAD.

'Indian farmers can avail the opportunity of vast farming land set aside by Ethiopia,' says Ethiopian Agriculture Minister.

“If we get money [from renting out our land] we can buy food anywhere. Then we can solve [Ethiopia's] food problem,” says Abera Deressa, minister of state for agriculture

Video: Mr. Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, discusses his government’s land grab policy, where the federal government has taken over millions of hectares of farmland from the States of Benishangul, Gambela and Oromia to distribute it to the so-called investors.

"Huge tracts of unutilised agricultural land are available" writes the Ambassador of Ethiopia to the UK

A group of five Saudi Arabia business men have planned to invest 1 billion Saudi riyals (some $ 266.6 million) in agricultural projects in Sudan and Ethiopia within the coming few years, Pan Arab daily Asharq Al Awsat reports.

A group of Saudi businessmen have planned to invest over SR1 billion [USD267m] in agricultural projects in Ethiopia and Sudan on a staggered schedule within next few years.

The gruesome massacre in the Gambella region of Western Ethiopia was a direct consequence of the ill-fated land grab policy of the Ethiopian government.

Ethiopia's huge agricultural output has brought about an economic miracle for the nation. But inhabitants are being pushed out of their native land by foreign investors and have no share in the profits.

Bargain prices on Ethiopia's prime farmland! Who's down for some land grabbing?! Anybody?

Officials in Ethiopia hope that the investment can help improve agriculture, replacing ox-and-plough with tractors, but some are concerned about whether the deals benefit the lessors.

Dr S. Ayyappan, Director-General of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), calls on Indians to rent farmland in Ethiopia to produce pulses for export to India.

Ruchi Soya Industries, one of the leading edible oil processors, on Friday announced a major farm land acquisition in Ethiopia for soybean cultivation.

Documentary highlighting the investment opportunities in Ethiopia, produced for the Saudi-East African Forum.

A group of private Saudi investors plans to invest 375 million riyals to plant wheat, barley and rice in Ethiopia

The entire edifice of Karuturi's enterprise, especially the Gambella 300,000 ha, is allegedly founded on corruption (bribery) and too many lies, writes The Ethiopian Observatory.

While Ethiopian and foreign companies such as Karuturi Global and Saudi Star have been given large leases and credit to farm lands in Gambella, local people have largely been left out, just as they have been excluded for decades

SMNE independent commentary on report regarding political impact and recommendations.

California think tank issues double-barreled report alleging Washington, London are willfully ignoring gross violations.

Letter asks Indias to join with Ethiopians and other Africans in confronting the hundreds of Indian companies who are now at the forefront of colluding with African dictators in robbing the people of their land, resources, lives and future

Profit maximization for multinationals like Karuturi is bolstered by the fact that borrowing locally is highly profitable.

For Gambellans who live as pastoralist and subsistence farmers, massive dispossession and auctioning off their land for pennies will inevitably destroy the very fabric of their society and way of life and threaten them with extinction.