Tags: Causes of crisis not addressed, Contradictions in Ethiopian politics, Hijacked historical credit, Legitimacy of unelected governent, Lidetu Ayale, Loser waged tehadso, Making a few winners, No governance-good or bad, Popular support waning, Postpone election for good result, Relegating reform interests, State institutions weaken, TPLF period 1991-1998, Unresolved contradictions
"When they [government officials] first came they told us an investor was coming and we would develop the land alongside one another. They didn't say the land would be taken away from us entirely. I don't understand why the government took the land."
Farmer Gemechu Garbaba
His wife adds:
"Since the land was taken away from us we are impoverished. Nothing has gone right for us, since these investors came."
Africa succumbs to colonial-style land grab
Channel 4 News, 7 January 2012
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