Tag Archives: Sudan

People traffickers stalk Eritreans in Sudan desert

14/01/2012

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Reblogged from ethiopiantimes: SHAGARAB REFUGEE CAMP, SUDAN — Moving at night through the cold, flat desert, armed people smugglers are exploiting, abducting and sometimes killing Eritreans fleeing their authoritarian homeland, the UN and refugees say. “People catch us, sell us like a goat,” one Eritrean asylum-seeker said of the human traffickers. Like others who have [...]

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South Sudan Secedes | UN to Grant Membership

06/07/2011

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NEW YORK – Yesterday, 5 July 2011, United Nations officials announced that South Sudan could become a member state after seceding.  South Sudan’s secession was a prerequisite set forth by the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for it to be considered for membership. On 9 July 2011 the Council will vote to confirm South Sudan [...]

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Ethiopian Land Grab | Flowers in a Time of Starvation

26/07/2010

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“We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories. Rhodes wanted to expand the British Empire because he believed that the Anglo-Saxon race was destined to greatness. In his last will and testament, Rhodes said of the British, “I contend that we are the first race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race.” ~ Cecil John Rhodes

Land grabs by giant agricultural conglomerates are occurring all over the world. From Cambodia in Asia to Ethiopian in Africa, large agro concerns are making deals with the governments to purchase land to produce food, bio-fuel, horticultural and floricultural produce that are 100% exported in a phenomenon that is a new twist of the old theme of colonialism. Land sold for the express purpose of growing food stock or produce that doesn’t directly benefit the local populace either nutritionally or economically is another form of colonialism and is a practice that must be publicized and countered.

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2009 Diaspora |Music Videos

18/12/2009

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Stella Mwangi

2009 Ethiopian & Diaspora music videos featuring artists from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. Check it out!

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