The grabbing of fertile land going on in Ethiopia is not just rhetoric, fear mongering or in ones imagination; but instead, it is real and happening at a ferocious pace all over the country. It will change Ethiopia forever and the major damage may be done by the end of 2010.
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Video: The new way of colonialism in Ethiopia
State of Eritrea ሃገረ ኤርትራ Hagere Ertra دولة إرتريا
Dawlat Iritrīya
Anthem: Ertra, Ertra, Ertra Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea
Capital (and largest city) Asmara 15°20′N 38°55′E / 15.333°N 38.917°E / 15.333; 38.917
Official language(s) Tigrinya, Arabic, English Other languages Tigre, Saho, Bilen, Afar, Kunama, Nara, Hedareb,.
Ethnic groups 60% Tigrinya, 30% Tigre, 4% Afar, 3% Saho, 3% Kunama
Demonym Eritrean Government Provisional government - President Isaias Afewerki
Independence - From Italy November 1941 - From United Kingdom under UN Mandate 1951 - from Ethiopia de facto 24 May 1991 - From Ethiopia de jure 24 May 1993
Area - Total 117,600 km2 (100th) 45,405 sq mi - Water (%) 0.14%
Population - 2009 estimate 5,224,000[4] (109th) - 2008 census 5,291,370 - Density 43.1/km2 (165th) 111.7/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate - Total $3.625 billion[5] - Per capita $681[5] GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate - Total $2.117 billion[5] - Per capita $397[5] HDI (2007) steady 0.472 (low) (165th) Currency Nakfa (ERN)
Time zone EAT (UTC+3) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3) Drives on the right ISO 3166 code ER Internet TLD .er Calling code 291 1 ,. National TV: Eritrea Television (ERI-TV)
Eritrea (play /ˌɛrɨˈtreɪ.ə/ or /ˌɛrɨˈtriːə/;[6] Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritrīyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeast and east of the country has an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, directly across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea. Eritrea's size is approximately 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi) with an estimated population of 6 million... Source: Wikipedia
i wish for ethiopian peaple to deside them selfs, with out any gavernments desition
if there is atruely democracy in ethiopia.
vad ska vi göra, tvärr vi dör. dör föolket men PM och sina vänner för mycket pengar
These colonialists will be forced out of our Ethiopian Land once we over throw this facsist Ethinic Tigrayan regime once and forever. Ethiopia will repeat what Mugabe did in Zimbabwe. We will storm into all those farm lands they took from our people by the name of " Foriegn Investment " and do whatever is necessary to reclaim our fertile Land. Ethiopians will once again teach these foriegn invaders and the traitors unforgetable lesson. Long Live Ethiopia !!!
The government is looking at other options to increase cultivation of unused arable land, to attract foreign money, know-how and technology, thus also, increase the knowledge of natives about modern agriculture, create employment for them. I am sure the ethiopian government is doing this with economic development in its mind. But there the coin has two sides to it. this land grabbing will have negative factors, I am hoping the posive factors will outweigh them. As for now, I am only seeing negative things. They are leasing ethiopian land for nothing for more than half a century.