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.
Ethiopia: Oakland Institute campaigns to perpetuate poverty
The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs weekly press release, A Week in the Horn, rebuked.
Resettlement and Human Rights Watch’s unsound and shoddy methodology
(Jan. 20, 2012 – A Week in the Horn of Africa) This week, Human Rights.
Ethiopia: Human Rights Watch – ‘Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship’
Here is a statement by Human Rights Watch, titled ‘Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship’. January.
Ethiopia: Food Security Outlook, Oct. 2011 to March 2012
FEWS NET distributed last Friday its latest food security situation assessment, titled ‘Ethiopia Food Security.
Ethiopia: UN Committee inquires about Gibe III dam, Sugar project
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) requested Ethiopia ‘to provide information.
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”..
Wikileaks | Ethiopia’s oil: Don’t bet on it
[The following post is authored by Fetsum.] If you are an Ethiopian, you probably believe.
Update on Ethiopia’s drought and Somalian refugees
A food security outlook update by FEWS NET indicated that ‘the influx of refugees from.
Wikileaks: Analysis of ‘Land Grab’ in Ethiopia
A leaked Cable of US Embassy Addis Ababa presents a fairly informative analyzes the issues.