Land grab

​Land Grabbing Cases in Mekelle & Wukro

(Haile Tessema) Residents of Mekelle and visitors to the regional capital would be familiar with two businesses in the service…

Ethiopia: The billionaire’s farm

(Tom Burgis - Financial Times) Saudi Star’s proprietor, a Saudi-Ethiopian tycoon named Mohammed al-Amoudi, has spent more than $200m turning…

Ethiopia cancels Karuturi’s 100 thousand hc. farmland contract

Ethiopian government disclosed today the cancellation of Karuturi Global Ltd. land lease contract. The Indian company was granted three hundred…

Karuturi under the spotlight

(Berhanu Fekade) * Officials fretful on loan repayment, land lease and country’s image * CEO says will settle local debts…

Al-Amoudi to Invest $100 Million in Ethiopian Farm

(William Davison) Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, an Ethiopian company owned by billionaire Mohamed al-Amoudi, said it plans to invest…

Oakland Inst.| Ethiopia’s land grab nightmare of the Suri People

PRESS RELEASEEngineering Ethnic ConflictThe Toll of Ethiopia's Plantation Development on the Suri PeopleNovember 10, 2014 Today, the Oakland Institute (OI),…

Indigenous peoples’ autonomy: Missing in the land grab debate

In 2007, in his annual conference with representatives of the Ethiopian youth, drawn from all over the country, the late…

Briefing: Research findings on "land grab" deals

"Land-grab" deals involving multinationals in developing countries have often been seen as detrimental to food security and the livelihoods of…

Survival Int’l: Land grabs in Ethiopia leave tribes hungry

SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Land grabs in Ethiopia leave tribes hungry on World Food day Violent land grabs in Ethiopia’s…

Ethiopia offers longer tax holidays, more land for flower growers

(By: William Davison - Bloomberg) Ethiopia, Africa’s second-biggest flower grower, is offering expanded tax breaks and more land in a…

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