Category: Gambella
Gambella region is a federal state of Ethiopia dominated by Nuer and Anuak groups.
The region is inhabited by 422,002 people (2016 est) and covers 29,782.82 km2 (11,499.21 sq mi) area.
Its capital is Gambella city with a population of 70,000.
At regional level, the ethno-linguistic composition of the region was 47% Nuer, 22% Anuak, 8.4% Amhara, 5% Kafficho and 4.8% Oromo, 4% Mezhenger, 2.3% Shakicho, 1.4% Kambaata and 1.3% Tigrayans, according to the 2007 Census.
In the regional capital, the Anuak made up roughly half of the town’s population, followed by the Oromo (20%), the Amhara (10%), the Nuer (8%), and the Tigrayans (6%).
Read below Gambella related news and articles.
The Last Ethiopian year (2004) in Review – A Week in the Horn
The Ethiopian year 2004 (2011-2012) has given us much to reflect on not least the.
Human Rights Watch can’t even get Meles Zenawi’s position right
Highlights: * It’s a carefully crafted example of Human Rights Watch’s poor methodology, its techniques.
Land Grab: The Ethiopian land giveaway (By Graham Peebles)
Graham Peebles, director of a UK based charity, wrote an article claiming that injustices and.
Ethiopian education: From crisis to brink of alteration (Girmachew Gashaw)
It is crystal clear that education is an instrument to bring about change in all.
Ethiopia: S.Sudan detained 15 for killings in Saudi-Star farm, Gambella
The Gambella Regional State authorities have announced that fifteen people have been detained in Jonglei.
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of US State Department issued its annual.
Ethiopia: Official discloses New data on Leased Farmlands
An official from the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture disclosed new figures on the size and.
Ethiopia: Oil- explorer expects billions of barrels in Ogaden basin
SouthWest Energy, an Ethiopian oil- exploration company, said it’s optimistic about the results of a.
Ethiopian, Pakistani farmworkers killed near Saudi-Star farm
Unidentified gunmen killed five and wounded eight nearby Saudi-Star’s farm in Gambella region, western Ethiopia,.
Ethiopia: Oromia tops in Foreign Direct Investment in 10 Years
(April 14, 2012 – ENA) – Oromia has dwarfed the rest of the regions in.