Aid agencies warn that a new dam project, and land confiscations for plantations, point toward a social and ecological ‘catastrophe’ in the Ethiopian Lower Omo Valley. Over half a million tribal people in both Ethiopia and Kenya face the total destruction of their way of life as a result of large scale infrastructure and agriculture projects. A [...]
Tag Archives: Ethiopia
Press Review: EU human trafficking on the rise & Deforestation in Ethiopia
A new report from the EU finds that human trafficking in the European Union is on the rise, with 23,600 known victims in the past three years. [NPR] Ethiopia turns to its forest communities to help reverse the deforestation that has claimed almost all of the country’s tree cover. [The Guardian] Tributes are paid to [...]
Press Review: Land grabs in Ethiopia & Private health care clinics scam India’s poor
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 [...]
Biofarm for disabled students and marginalized farmers
A Biofarm school was established in the grounds of the “Sebeta School for the Blind and Disabled”, in cooperation with the “Development Organisation for People with Disability” (DOPD).Visually impaired students and teachers are trained in integrated organic farming methods and can immediately apply the knowledge they have gained to the Sebeta school farm. The Sebeta [...]
Signs of the NY Times: Tropical disease in the U.S. Salafism on the rise. Oil industry transparency?
Tropical disease strikes American poor. U.S. policy in Ethiopia. The perils of dilbit. Salafis dominating Arab Spring. Oil industry transparency.
Western donors turn a blind eye to repressions in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is ranking first place in receiving aid by the EU and the US. The West deliberately overlooks that Ethiopia is governed by a dictatorial regime, as long as economic statistics do satisfy and military cooperation against radical Islamists pleases the war against terror. But all this unconditional support is short-eyed and against our humanitarian [...]
Signs of the NY Times: Massive land grab in Cambodia, The last dictator in Europe & RIP to the world’s coral reefs
The massive land grab in Cambodia must be stopped. Belarus: dictatorship in Europe. Optimism seen in Russian volunteerism. Too late for the world’s coral reefs. “Aid” to Ethiopia.
News Crumbs from the NYT: Africa and India
What’s the price of development? Three reports from Africa and India are shedding light on extensive human encumbrances.
Arab Spring: Arising from Climate Change
“Well, you may not be interested in climate change, but climate change is interested in you.”
Press Review: Stopping the Gibe III dam & New solutions for hunger
There is enough food on the planet to feed everyone, but global hunger continues to be an enormous problem. Bjørn Lomborg explains why the answer is to produce more food. [Slate] The Gibe III dam will devastate the water supply of thousands of indigenous residents in Ethiopia and Kenya—and increase tensions in the area due [...]
Press Review: Shell back in court & Cuba cracks down on free speech
The Shell oil company is back in court after lawyers representing a Nigerian fishing community took legal action in the UK. The suit was filed after negotiations for compensation of damage caused by oil spills broke down. [BBC] Accounts of ethnic cleansing, mass murder, and rape are prompting comparisons to Darfur by observers in Sudan [...]
Press Review
As violence in South Sudan escalates from all sides, many accuse the UN of not doing enough to protect the most vulnerable. [Washington Post] In the wake of famine, Mogadishu is filled with refugees who have little if nothing to return home to. [The Guardian] Hundreds of thousands of Cambodians have been affected by land [...]
