Land grabs in Ethiopia leave tribes hungry on World Food Day

Survival International: Violent land grabs in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley are displacing tribes and preventing them from cultivating their land, leaving thousands of people hungry and ‘waiting to die’. As the world prepares to raise awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger on October 16 (World Food Day), Ethiopia continues to jeopardize the food security and livelihoods of 200,000 of its self-sufficient tribal people. Tribes such as the Suri, Mursi, Bodi and Kwegu are being violently evicted from their villages......

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