Aid donors announce investigation into tribal evictions in Ethiopia

Aid donors announce investigation into tribal evictions in Ethiopia

Bulldozers clearing Mursi land in Mago National Park, where communities are being evicted from their land to make way for sugar plantations

June 24, 2014 (Survival International) — Representatives of some of Ethiopia’s biggest aid donors have announced that they will send a team to the southwest of the country to investigate persistent reports of human rights abuses amongst the tribes living there.

Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, has exposed how the tribal people of the Lower Omo Valley are being persecuted and harassed to force them off their land to make way for cotton, oil palm and sugar cane plantations.

Many other organizations have published similar reports.

The plantations are made possible by the Gibe III hydroelectric dam, which is itself the subject of huge controversy.

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The Rise and an Imminent Fall of a Minority Regime-TPLF

The Rise and an Imminent Fall of a Minority Regime-TPLF

(The Tigrean People’s Liberation Front)

By David Makuria | June 24, 2014

Western democracy is built on the principles of a majority rule while respecting minorities’ rights. This norm is nowhere more evident than the United States of America. Although the Greeks have a legitimate claim to be the oldest democracy in some form, currently, the United States can claim the guardianship of modern democracy. This is not to say other Western democracies have no equal claim of their own. The theme of this article is not to compare Western democracies, but rather, to draw some parallels to show the genesis and demise, the political representation and lack thereof in the current political discourse in Ethiopia. The emergence of the current Ethiopian regime in the national political arena in 1991 is no accident in that citizens of Ethiopia had enough with the previous military junta, the Derg. It is after this change in people’s attitude that the current regime marched to the capital, Addis Abeba without much resistance. It does not; however, appear that the TPLF regime recognizes this reality on the ground. Once they occupied the Arat Kilo Palace, they have done everything to maintain their control on power without paying due regard to citizens interest. Yet, there are numerous signs that power is slipping away from this regime.

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Wayyaaneen Shira Marsaa 3ffaa Magaalaa Amboo Irratti Gaggeessuuf Yaaleen Uummata Oromoo magaalaa Amboo fi dargaggoota Oromoon Fashale

Wayyaaneen Shira Marsaa 3ffaa Magaalaa Amboo Irratti Gaggeessuuf Yaaleen Uummata Oromoo magaalaa Amboo fi dargaggoota Oromoon Fashale

Waxabajjii 22,2014 (qeerroo) - Mootummaan Wayyaanee olola afaan faajjii uumuun gaaffii mirga abbaa biyyummaa uummaanni Oromoo gaafachaa ture dhabamsiisuuf ykn sagaleen uumata cunqurfamaa akka hin dhagahameef jecha meeshaa waraanaa fi human waraanaan uumata nagaa goolaa fi jeeqaa jira.

Haala kanaan guyyaa har’aa FDG Lixa Shawaa Amboo gara dabarsuuf jecha uumata humnaan dirqisiisee karaa dabballoota isaa hiriira deggersa mootummaa wayyaanee akka bahamu yaalii gochaa ture. Hiriira humnaan dirqisiisee uummataa fi dabballoota isaa baasuun shira dalaguuf baajata guddaa fi humna waraanaa guddaa bobbaasuun shirri diinummaa magaalaa Amboo irratti gaggeeffamuuf sochii guddaa godhee ture sun  diddaa uummataa fi dura dhaabbannaa dargaggoota Oromootiin waan Wayyaanee fi aangawoonni isaanii barbaadan jalaa fashalee jira.

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