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Rights group: Ethiopia forcibly resettled 70000

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Rights group: Ethiopia forcibly resettled 70000
MiamiHerald.com
By LUC VAN KEMENADE AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Ethiopia has forcibly moved tens of thousands of semi-nomadic people in the country's west to barren villages and threatened, assaulted and arrested those who resisted, an international rights group said ...
Ethiopian Government Forcibly Relocating Thousands, Group SaysBusinessWeek
Ethiopian Government Forcibly Relocates Thousands, Human Rights Watch SaysBloomberg
Ethiopia forces thousands off land - Human Rights WatchBBC News

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1/17/2012 via Google News in Politics & Government (Ethiopian land policy, Ethiopian land policy)
New Law Puts Private Possessions under Lease Unlike the previous two lease laws that have been passed, the urban land lease holding proclamation, passed on Tuesday, October 12, 2011, heard hardly any debate or discussion.
10/16/2011 via Addis Fortune in Business (Ethiopian land policy, Ethiopian land policy)
How a Big Dam Fuels Landgrabs, Hunger and Conflict in Ethiopia - Huffington Post

How a Big Dam Fuels Landgrabs, Hunger and Conflict in Ethiopia
Huffington Post
A new report documents how the controversial Gibe III Dam is fueling landgrabs in Southwestern Ethiopia right now. These grabs will compound the dam's impacts on poor communities and their unique ecosystems. The Omo River is the lifeline of the Lower ...

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9/12/2011 via Google News in Politics & Government (Ethiopian land policy, Ethiopian land policy)