Land Wars: Ethiopia Accused of Massacring Civilians to Clear Way for Foreign
Farms
By <
https://news.vice.com/contributor/lara-whyte> Lara Whyte
November 15, 2014 | 4:45 pm
WARNING: This article contains disturbing images
Ethiopia, one of the world's hungriest countries, is selling off vast chunks
of its land to foreign investors who are growing food products for export -
and those who get in the government's way are being killed or silenced,
according to a new investigation.
Under the country's controversial "villagization" scheme, huge populations
of farming communities are being moved out of their homes on land eyed for
development and into new settlements built by the government. Residents not
lured out by promises of better infrastructure and services are often forced
to go against their will, and resistance often brings violence or
intimidation into acquiescence or exile, US-based rights group
<
http://oaklandinstitute.org/engineering-ethnic-conflict> the Oakland
Institute says in a report due for release on Monday.
Now, for the first time, pictures obtained exclusively by VICE News appear
to show evidence of the widespread atrocities and abuses being reported by
farming communities and minority groups across the country..........
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Received on Sat Nov 15 2014 - 07:42:53 EST