Press Review: Land grabs in Ethiopia & Private health care clinics scam India’s poor

In: Read the World

Save the Children accuses Nestlé and other food giants of violating codes by undermining breastfeeding campaigns in the developing world. [The Guardian]

Millions of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable citizens are forcibly relocated as the Ethiopian government encourages land grabs by Indian corporations. [The Guardian]

Private health care clinics in India are blamed for performing unnecessary surgeries that risk lives and leave patients with high debts. [Oxfam]

Eighteen months after the birth of South Sudan, the country is plagued by violence and fear. [BBC]

Hoping to stabilize the volatile situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, African leaders sign a U.N. deal that aims to bring the country out of conflict. [CNN]

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Rebecca Silus was born in Minneapolis and received her MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2008. She lives in Berlin, where she works as an artist, editor, and author.

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