Posted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)

Source: Meskerem Abera’s Facebook (https://ethiopiaobservatory.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/meskerem-abera.png)
Source: Meskerem Abera’s Facebook (https://ethiopiaobservatory.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/meskerem-abera.png)
Tags: Abiy govt's corruption, addis abeba land grab, Denying citizens right of expression, Denying rights of non-Oromo Ethiopians, Increased repression, Promoting ethnic politics, Prosperity Party corruption
"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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