Tag Archives: Africa
Ethiopian development and the destruction of lives
Graham Peebles says in the name of development, the Ethiopian government is destroying the lives of traditional tribal peoples, introducing disease, and creating food insecurity and dependence on humanitarian food aid. Read more [...]
Ethiopia: lives for land in Gambella
Graham Peebles says foreign donors, investors and financial institutions are complicit in human rights abuses committed by the Ethiopian government while clearing farmlands of indigenous peoples to make way for foreign investors. Read more [...]
Walking from the Ogaden in Ethiopia
Following a recent trip to Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, Graham Peebles describes how the Ethiopian government’s use of terror against the Somali inhabitants of the Ogaden region has ruined many lives. Read more [...]
Seeds of change in Ethiopia
Graham Peebles sees in this month’s demonstration in the Ethiopian capital signs of hope but says real change will happen only if this serves as a catalyst for a coordinated, strategic movement. Read more [...]
Ethiopia’s Ogaden refugees recount tales of horror
Graham Peebles relays first-hand accounts, obtained during a recent trip to Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, of the systematic terror used by the Ethiopian government against its own ethnic Somali population. Read more [...]
The pain of Ethiopia’s Ogaden Somalis
Graham Peebles details the gross violations of human rights practised by the Ethiopian government against the Ogaden Somalis, and calls on donor countries to stop turning a blind eye to these crimes. Read more [...]
Ethiopia: displacement, intimidation and abuse
Graham Peebles argues that foreign businesses, in collusion with the ruling regime in Ethiopia and under the indifferent watch of foreign aid donors, are raping the Ethiopian countryside and impoverishing rural people. Read more [...]
Ethiopian annihilation of the Ogaden people
Graham Peebles examines the gross human rights violations perpetrated by the Ethiopian paramilitary police in the occupied Ogaden Somali region with the knowledge of donor countries, including the US and UK. Read more [...]
Ethiopian migrants abused, unwelcome in Yemen
Graham Peebles describes the ordeal of Ethiopian migrants to Yemen and urges the Ethiopian government and donor nations to assume their responsibilities and eliminate the causes of migration and protect migrants’ rights. Read more [...]
Unity – the path to change in Ethiopia
Graham Peebles argues that the opportunity presented by the change of prime minister in Ethiopia has proven hollow and that the political opposition is fragmented, dysfunctional and offers no vision of change. Read more [...]
