Peace, bread and land: Agricultural investments in Ethiopia and the Sudans Investment in land is not conflict-neutral, and given the history of violent conflict and mutual destabilization in the Horn of Africa there is potential for localized political grievances to turn into wider regional conflict. Saudi Star Among Firms Behind Thousands of Forced Relocations in Ethiopia Last week BBC News reported that 70,000 indigenous people have been forced to relocate in the western Gambela region to new villages that lack adequate resources for their survival. The land has been signed over to foreign investors, including Saudi Star Agriculture Development Plc, a company owned by Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi. Ethiopia has forced at least 70,000 people off their land In Gambela, a region in western Ethiopia, the government has dedicated 42 per cent of the land to foreign investment, according to the Oakland Institute, a U.S. think-tank Ethiopia: Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship The Ethiopian government’s villagization program is not improving access to services for Gambella’s indigenous people, but is instead undermining their livelihoods and food security. The government should suspend the program until it can ensure that the necessary infrastructure is in place and that people have been properly consulted and compensated for the loss of their land.

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Anywaa Survival Organisation-ASO was established in February 2000. In January 2003 Anywaa Survival Organisation-ASO became a registered charity in the UK (Charity Reg. No: 1095360).

Anywaa Survival Organisation aims to relief of need and advancement of education of the Anywaa peoples in the Gambela, Akobo, Pochalla and Jokau regions of Ethiopia, Sudan and elsewhere.Our vision is to contribute to the reconstruction and rehabilitation of societies affected by war and ethnic conflicts in the south Sudan, Ethiopia and elsewhere.