Benishangul-Gumuz

US State Dept. | 2011 Human Rights Reports: Ethiopia

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of US State Department issued its annual report concerning ‘Human Rights and…

Ethiopia: Official discloses New data on Leased Farmlands

An official from the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture disclosed new figures on the size and utilization of the agricultural land…

Resettlement and Human Rights Watch’s unsound and shoddy methodology

(Jan. 20, 2012 - A Week in the Horn of Africa) This week, Human Rights Watch produced yet another of…

Ethiopia: Human Rights Watch – ‘Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship’

Here is a statement by Human Rights Watch, titled ‘Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship’. January 16, 2012 (London) – The…

Ethiopia: Food Security Outlook, Oct. 2011 to March 2012

FEWS NET distributed last Friday its latest food security situation assessment, titled ‘Ethiopia Food Security Outlook, October 2011 to March…

Is one man’s agricultural investment another’s land grabbing? | A Week in the Horn

Highlights: * In the first place, we need to understand the definition of “land grabbing”. It is something that can…

[Updated] Facts | Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam

Name: Initially dubbed “Project X,” on the 2010/11 annual plan document of the state-owned EEPCO(Ethiopia Electric and Power Corporation). It…

Pastoralists: Resettlement an option? | Ethiopia

The evidence strongly indicates that a return to the good old days when customary herding practices paid handsome dividends does…

Reality-check: Tigray annexed Amhara lands?

You must have heard the allegation that 'Tigray annexed Amhara lands'. That is mainly in reference to the four Woredas(districts) that…

Ethiopia tightens on land lessee | Update on ‘Land grab’ issue

Ethiopia's north-western region Benishangul Gumuz made made important announcements in its meeting with Land lessee investors on May 8, according…

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