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Drying Out African Lands
Expansion of Large-Scale Agriculture Threatens Access to Water in Africa
As the escalating climate crisis threatens access to water for millions across Africa, Drying Out African Lands: Expansion of Large-Scale Agriculture Threatens Access to Water in Africa unveils the devastating impact of large-scale agricultural plantations on the right to water on the continent. Since the 2007-2008 food crisis, Africa has been the primary destination of private international investors for large-scale agriculture schemes. Governments justify granting access to land and water to investors to meet the needs of development and food security.
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Menace sur les eaux africaines : comment l’expansion de l’agriculture industrielle assèche l’Afrique
Alors que la crise climatique menace l'accès à l'eau pour des millions d'Africains, Drying Out African Lands: Expansion of Large-Scale Agriculture Threatens Access to Water in Africa dévoile l'impact dévastateur des grandes plantations agricoles sur le droit à l'eau sur le continent. Depuis la crise alimentaire de 2007-2008, l'Afrique est la première destination des investisseurs internationaux pour les grands projets agricoles. Les gouvernements justifient l’offre des terres et de l'eau aux investisseurs par les besoins de développement et de sécurité alimentaire.
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We Say the Land is Not Yours
Breaking the Silence Against Forced Displacement in Ethiopia
Over the past six years, the Oakland Institute has been at the forefront of exposing the social, economic, and environmental impacts of foreign land grabs in Ethiopia. This work has been based on extensive fieldwork and research on human rights abuses against and forced evictions of indigenous populations in the Lower Omo and Gambella regions; detailed briefs on the impacts of specific land development projects, such as the Saudi Star Rice Farm and the Malaysian Koka plantation in Lower Omo; studies on the intersection between forced evictions and foreign aid by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and the World Bank; and more.
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Land Deal Brief: Saudi Star in Ethiopia
Saudi Star Agriculture Development PLC, owned by Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Al-Amoudi, acquired 10,000 hectares of land along the Alwero River in the Gambella region of Ethiopia.

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The Financial Times
The Great Land Rush - Ethiopia: The Billionaire's Farm
Tom Burgis, Images by Charlie BibbyAs an orchestra of mosquitoes and crickets greeted the dusk, Bedlu Abera looked out over fields of rice stretching across the Ethiopian lowlands towards the horizon. A flicker of contentment crossed his face. “It’s satisfying,” he said. “We are making progress.” The deepening darkness formed a canvas for an orange flame in the distance, beyond the perimeter of the farm. A hunter had set a fire to send prey scurrying from the undergrowth into his snares.
World Ark
On the Take
As climate change, population growth and environmental damage shrink the amount of arable land on the planet, wealthier countries and corporations look to developing countries for land.
Visionscarto
Vol de Terres en Éthiopie
Accaparements de terresSelon les institutions onusiennes, il y a accaparement de terres lorsque au moins 1 000 hectares de terres ont été transférés à un investisseur étranger sans l’assentiment des populations y vivant. 1 000 ha ? En France, les grandes cultures céréalières qui nous paraissent immenses atteignent un peu plus de 100 hectares. 1 000 ha. Que représentent 1 000 ha pour les familles rurales éthiopiennes, pour les structures sociales ?
Huffington Post
Rights Denied: New Evidence Ties World Bank To Human Rights Abuses In Ethiopia
The soldiers pointed their guns at Odoge Otiri and led the 22-year-old student into the forest outside his village in western Ethiopia. Then, he says, they began pounding him with their nightsticks, leaving him bloody and unmoving.“I was unconscious,” he recalls. “The reason they left me is they thought I was going to die.”That night, soldiers arrested his wife, Aduma Omot.“The soldiers took me to their camp,” she says.

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