Posted by The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
by William Davison Aug 5, 2014
Ethiopian exports rose 5.8 percent to $3.3 billion in the year through July 7 partly due to an increase in oilseed revenue, the country’s second-largest source of export earnings.
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"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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