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Ethiopia selling its land to the highest bidder- Washington Post Video

10/21/09

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Ethiopia selling its land to the highest bidder- Washington Post Video

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Ethiopia selling its land to the highest bidder- Washington Post Video
The Washington Post reports that Ethiopian government has set aside roughly 4 million acres of land (6,250 square miles), which is roughly half the size of the state of Maryland or more than the entire state of Connecticut, for lease to foreign investors.

Governments across Africa are leasing land to foreign investors who use it to grow food to compensate for their own deficit, or for export. Officials in Ethiopia hope that the investment can help improve agriculture, replacing ox-and-plough with tractors, but some are concerned about whether the deals benefit the lessors.

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  • Who are these "investors"?
  • How many Ethiopian farmers are being thrown away from their livelihood?
  • Where is all this land located?
  • Is anyone listening to Ethiopian farmers?
  • Is Tigre land on Sale too?

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Ethiopia selling its land to the highest bidder - Washington Post Video

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msg Comment from: RUTH_SWEET [Visitor]
woooooooooooo
PermalinkPermalink 10/21/09 @ 22:54

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msg Comment from: efrem [Visitor]
Well, I am not an Economist or a farmer. But it sounds giving away land for forigen investers seems a tricky move.Soon the land and wealth of the country will be owned with few hands, who happens to have money in one way or another.

In Addis alone people built houses with millions of dollars. some of the houses they built maches the price here in the west and even more. They happen to have money through corruption and bribes.

The poor farmers are begging on the streets of Addis after they sold their land with pea nuts. The future of traditinal farmers is going to be the same.. the Arabs and who ever got the money will buy/lease ,,what ever..then the poor farmers will soon be working as slaves on their on lands. In a country where there is no minimum wage/salary and where people are working cash in hand for years...the poor remains poore and gets exploited even further. Look at South Africa where just 5% blacks are well off and whee 85% the land is owned by Whites. Soon will be the case to Ethiopia where everything will be owned by the few who happen to be forunate one way or the other.

The change in wealth seems too rapid,,,caution should be taken like the Chinese did. If we are in hurry like Russia we will get in the deep slop...getting out of it will be very hard and will be a long process.

In my opinion even if want to stop the traditional farming, the government should be involved in borrowing money for the farmers or work with share with Ngos..like usid etc.

I do belive in foreing investment, but it needs a lot of research and deep thinking before you decide to do something. Rules an dregulations... trasparency between the investors and the government... otherwise it will be like the flower business..where lots of hem ranaway with millions of dollars..some claiming bankrepcy and others just had enough money to live on in the west.

I really do not know...but souds very scary to me. Sorry!!!
PermalinkPermalink 10/21/09 @ 23:02

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msg Comment from: shegaw [Visitor]
offcourse the deal would not benefit the over 85% of ethiopian farmers.As a matter of fact ,what it does is take away fertile land,from what ever limited land these farmers already have!!The government we have in ethiopia is one,that doesn't give a rats behind about the livehood of ethiopians,except tigrians!!Ethiopia is being colonized by mafia tigrian cliques in the present day,so the news is not surprising at all!!
PermalinkPermalink 10/21/09 @ 23:11

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msg Comment from: Mona [Visitor]
Worning to those who buy land. You are buying not from owner but from someone else and when the owner comes you lose your money, be worned! no jock here:>>
PermalinkPermalink 10/21/09 @ 23:19

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msg Comment from: geb [Visitor]
Government is doing whatever is useful for the people of Ethiopia and this has to be supported, in my opinion. The government does not have a hidden agenda on this. It is for the people!
PermalinkPermalink 10/21/09 @ 23:23

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msg Comment from: tewodros [Visitor]
Although the idea of improving agriculture in Ethiopia is a nobel idea, I don't believe the leba Woyane government is motivated by the benifit this deal might bring to Ethiopia ad its people. I don't believe the investors als ogive a rats ass about Ethiopia and its people. They will probably export the produce to their own country or international market. So, wher does this leave Ethiopian people? Dirt poor as we ever were! I can't begin to describe the disgust I have for this wodam, narcissistic, unpatriotic, "kemalam" woyanes who are selling every parcel of the country,. They are not only selling land, they are selling the Ethiopian people's pride and integrity. Ethiopia was never colonized, but these people are purposely and indirectly letting Ethiopia be colonized by arabs and such. What the hell is the Ethiopian people waiting for? Where is the fighting spirit that we constantly claim to have? Are we a generation fo pussys who let the minor few rule us with iron fist?
PermalinkPermalink 10/21/09 @ 23:30

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msg Comment from: eselem [Visitor]
Here you go this mercenary is sailing the poor farmers' land to pocket the money. What is next?
PermalinkPermalink 10/21/09 @ 23:36

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msg Comment from: wedi mekele [Visitor]
there must be restriction on foreign investors. for example they should not not export their product while the country is in short of food. if they do that why not let them do it.
PermalinkPermalink 10/21/09 @ 23:44

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msg Comment from: GooGoo [Visitor]
It is the irony that interests me here. TPLF has been torturing our people with hunger due to its ill conceived land policy. CUD and others have told TPLF to privatise land but the cursed group continually refused to do so saying such a move will disenfranchise small farmers and send them to the cities.

On the other hand, the same cursed group TPLF is now trying to sell 4 million hectare land (half of Maryland) to foreign governments.

I am of the opinion that they are doing this to involve foreign governments in suppressing any domestic up-rise (which is inevitable). It is highly likely this is yet another form of blackmail by the ever cursed tribal junta.
PermalinkPermalink 10/21/09 @ 23:46

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msg Comment from: ቆርቾ [Visitor]
ዛሬ መሬት የሚሽጥ ወያኔ ነገ ሕዝበ ኢትዮጵያን በሙሉ አንደሚሽጥ
መገመት አያዳግትም፡፡ ራስህን ኦሮሞ፡ ኣማራ ፡ወላሞ፡ጉራጌ፡ ቲግሬ እያልክ ኣዲሱን ባርያ ትሆናለህ፡፡ ቆሻሻ ሁሉ፡፡
PermalinkPermalink 10/21/09 @ 23:59

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msg Comment from: Cay-enne [Visitor]
"Is Tigre land on sale too?"i don't think so this investers need this land for agricaltural propose so what they gonna doing in Tigray?
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 00:22

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msg Comment from: degu [Visitor]
its fine those farmers will start armed straggle soo....wait and see
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 00:32

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msg Comment from: ermias [Visitor]
It is so funny,land lease to who?
Give the farmer a chance to farm
on the land and support him as well,before you sell his land and begg for more food for the hungry.
The Saudis took what they produced from our land,where is the money for the farmers of the land.
Our farmers can do what the soudis did but they donot have the money.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 01:34

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msg Comment from: Yonas Bekele [Visitor]
Well, if there was freedom of press in Ethiopia, the deals that are in the works would be scrutinized and brought back to the public domain. I for one don't know the extent of these deals but surely would like to know.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 01:59

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msg Comment from: Deme [Visitor]
This has to be Dr. Elani's idea. Every thing for ECX according to her motto. As long as she brings more money for this stupid gov't, she's done her job. She does not care for the poor farmers, she will get her millions.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 02:10

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msg Comment from: zenitho [Visitor]
I believe as long their are some strings attached with the new plan, this might really be a good alternative to fight poverty. And also they should really be aware to who they are giving the lands to,if it is those stinky Indians I am totally against it.I am sure you all know how those people treat local employees in other fellow African countries like Kenya and Tanzania.:oops:
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 02:39

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msg Comment from: tesfaye [Visitor]
Ethiopia needs to have modern and mechanised farming system, so that the best and short way to practice is let forigners to come and invest. Its help for terchnology transition and to feed our people easly. About Tigre's land, U guys don have to worry, the same thing in amhara too.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 02:41

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msg Comment from: Bihon [Visitor]
Tigria have no land.This people of tigria are scum.Wild animal people.becuse,without the ppl of tigria this gang of four have no live on minte
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 03:08

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msg Comment from: c´moi senait [Visitor]
What are you waiting the TRUE ethiopian? Our motherland is for SELL for ARABS. Our poor farmers being are Begging for food becouse of Weyannes and Hoddams looting the food they produce. Childrens are being sold to PhadoPh%#¤%,LESB%# and HOm%#¤%s.

What are you waiting ethiopians? LET terminate these parasite Weyannes and HODDAMs in the street of Addis. Let us start a new Radical action by eliminating these CHIGARAMS weynnes.
Let´´s throw out these parasites help org. out of ethiopia soil. They brought us shame and humilation while they collect money in every corner of the world in the names of ethiopians childrens.

Time to ACT now.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 03:23

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msg Comment from: ery bekentu [Visitor]
pls TPLF kefelegacheu tegerayn shetu lelawn atenku:crazy:


mot le TPLF zeregnoch:>
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 05:49

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msg Comment from: CONFUSED [Visitor]
Some of you need to go to back school and learn to read and write. Before you butcher the English language.

I believe Night schools exist and Adult education centers?
degu [Visitor]
Mona [Visitor]

Then come back with an Educated response!
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 06:01

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msg Comment from: justice 2010 [Visitor]
I am not surprised; how can we expect any less from a man who has no regards for human life. Melass and Isayass hate Ethiopia from the get go and Melass has been doing what he set out to do. Melass has given the land our grand parents fought and died for to Sudan free and clear; he never fought for the only port Ethiopia owned including a billion dollar bonus of Ethiopian tax payers money to his cousin Issayas. And now selling the fertile land our ancestors fought and died for to the highest and lowest foreign bidders--if this not pure hate, I don’t know what is.

Where are the Ethiopian Jegnas? Melass has done it all:
Ethiopians have no freedom of speech and press
Countless number Ethiopians have been falsely accused and thrown in jail and tortured
Countless number of Ethiopians have been killed
Countless number of Ethiopians have no enough food and basic medical care
Ethiopians can not afford to buy food because of extreme high prices
Countless number of Ethiopians going to die of starvations
The countries school system is getting worse
Ethiopian students are being exposed to chatt and alcohol more than ever before

And now, even our land is being given to foreign investors to pollute and destroy our people’s drinking water.

Sensible Tigreas--speak out and denounce the man who is destroying your name and drugging you in the mud with him. Your grand parents have fought and died for your country Ethiopia too. Don’t let it be destroyed by a mad man and a few of his fellow woyanes. SPEAK UP AND LET YOUR VOICE HEARD!! GOD IS WATCHING!!

Here is a famous poem by Pastor Martin Niemoller:
First they came for the communists, I did not speak out--because I was not a communist,
Then they came for the Socialists, I did not speak out--because I was not a socialist,
Then they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out--because I was not a trade unionist,
Then they came for the Jews, I did not speak out--because I was not a Jew,
Then they came for me--there was no one left to speak out for me.




PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 09:02

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msg Comment from: Timo [Visitor]
Efrem
you said that
"The poor farmers are begging on the streets of Addis after they sold their land with pea nuts."
Why don't you read before you open your mouth.If you open yr mouth with out knowing any thing every body will read your empity mind so easily.
First of all according to the constitution of the country,a land is owned by the goverment there fore you can't sell your land.This is the main policy difference b/n EPRDF and the other opposition parties.The second thing you and likes should know is that there is plenty of fertile land all over the country waiting to capable investers.It is a success if the goverment got these investors who can use these fertile land.If you go to Afar,Gambela,Benshangul,Somali,etc regions you will be wel comed if and only if you have the capability(money,moral ,knowledge) to invest.Other wise keep crying like the natty proffesor and the others looser DIASPORAS.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 09:16

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msg Comment from: Extraterrestrial [Visitor]
Cay-enne [Visitor]

"Is Tigre land on sale too?"

I don't think there should be any land to be sold for outsiders but in case if it is neccessery it is Amhara land should be sold.

PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 09:39

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msg Comment from: zed [Visitor]
I did the search in washington post website using the title "Ethiopia selling its land to the highest bidder". There is no search result. Please be professional and ethical.
whoever posted the title is responsible of misinforming active vistors of this site.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 09:43

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msg Comment from: solomon [Visitor]
How is it difficult to see that these foreign investors will drive the price of food grain up? They will exploit the land and reduce its long term fertility. Also are you going to enslave the people on their own land? I say it is better for the government to take over agriculture by itself rather than giving the land to foreign investors hoping that the profit will trickle down to the country and the people. Dont lose your supporters Ato Meles.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 09:49

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msg Comment from: didi [Visitor]
Those cursed scam they spreading their
deficent sin to the rich southern part of the country.
Leave the Governing stag and Give to those kind by nature. Good heart is much better than your stuipid intelgence.
Gentility with out good, kind heart is stuipdity.
Weyane go to the cave where you belong, we will sent the harvest to feed your hangry stomck with your Master Eritreans. Shame less weayan do not kill the land, Go to the north sell you Belles as all you learnd.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 09:50

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msg Comment from: Addis [Visitor]
Selling land and providing a long term lease are two different things!

If we are leasing never used, arable lands to foreigners with priority to Ethiopian investors, then I go with it but not those lands currently used by the poor farmers!


PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 09:52

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msg Comment from: Tefera [Visitor]
one of the problem in ethiopia is its 85% of population is rural that depends on primitive mode of agriculture. that is why when ever there is a drought tens of millions of ethiopians are affected. that means ethiopia need to tranform its people as well as its primitive way of farming and that only means investers with the necessary resources. its said ethiopia can feed africa let alone itself provided it exploits its resources successfully so what is the problem? hasnt coffee been ethiopias economy backbone because it brings foreign currency for the country to purchase what it needs such as oil, medicine etc...
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 09:57

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msg Comment from: YD [Visitor]
So what do u expect from Weyane, they are inherited these behavior from their ancestor, they think like dinosaur who run to save their lives during their extinction without thinking their pedigree, Look even what land of Tigray looks like, it is as arid as during Jurassic park era, look what happened when millions of Tigre extricated in Alemata in 1985 (second round of dinosaur extinction,,, since they are the living dinosaur of our era). Now their genetics is inherited to XPDO of the empire and these XPDO are collaborating with them to make OUR EVER GREEN LAND a play ground for Tigre-Dinosaur, kkk. What our era dinosaur is doing to this empire in general and to my ppl in particularly shows the Tigre-dinosaur is at the verge of extinction when we reacted against them. No one save them, everybody (the land, air, forest, animals, human of non-dinosaur lineage) will react against them for their extinction. :.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 10:02

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msg Comment from: Alebachewu [Visitor]
what are u guys tallking about?
this is funny Fetera. Abo Tewuna!!!!!!
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 10:15

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msg Comment from: Sami 1 [Visitor]
I have always wonder if that is a good move specialy the buyer is ARAB country who do not want Ethiopia to be better and do not like Ethiopia religion. The seller is also EPDRF and not elected and accountable govenment which really is sad! We would not know what the condition is. For what we know this arab countries may grow the crop for thier own use not for the hungry people.

That is why elected and accountable govenment should be in power always. Please peopel like Z-Mike do not preach to us that Ethiopia was bad but now it is better while you know we could very well doomed with an accountable govenment.

Buildings and roads are a sign of prosperity but if it is not accountable govenment it could all be gone with in days. We must fight for freedom!
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 10:41

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msg Comment from: L.B [Visitor]
You people who commenting on this topic are way off the topic and preaching hate ret
Governments across Africa are leasing land not "selling" to foreign investors who use it to grow food to compensate for their own deficit, or for export. Officials in Ethiopia hope that the investment can help improve agriculture, replacing ox-and-plough with tractors, more Ethiopian will be working, more food will be producing, but some you talking about selling lands, there is a big difference between leasing and selling. Off course what do I expect from people (efrem, shegaw, Mona, Tewodros & GooGoo…). These people way off the topic and you kind of people are cancer to our country, don't sleep at night, writhing this rubbish and hateful, instead exploring the deference between selling leasing. You will never change anything by spewing your hate on the sideline just to comment.
Only you and those Diaspora looser or the DC thugs who got busted for their dirty tricks are still wading in those dirty hateful ethnic politics no mater what the topic is. Government is doing whatever is useful for the people to produce more food or more work for Ethiopia every were, and for this the government has to be supported or criticize.
Please stay with topic what ever you politics is
L.B
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 11:18

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CONFUSED [Visitor]
Some of you need to go to back school and learn to read and write.....:>

Amazing how some are quick to criticize others for their command of the English language..:roll:

PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 11:38

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msg Comment from: senziro [Visitor]
What is the diffrence between lease and buy means? There are two kinds of land lease in ethiopia: commercial land lease and private land lease. In commecial land lease included forign investor and domistic investor whenever non ethiopia lease the land they get the lease for a limted years plus the producte which they produce i guess not less than half use for domestic sale with resonable price. The rest will be exported to generat forign currency. The other good thing when they lease the land the lease brings so many good things :new thcnology,ideas,job apportunite for the local people and so on. Private lease given to for ethiopian born which given the lease for 99 years. Leave alone forigner ethiopian born people never own a land whenever you lease is over they have to renew it.....
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 11:46

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msg Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
You people who are crying in this web site always asking the govt to do something about our never ending drought every year,still u r crying when the govt is doing all it can for a long lasting solution.
This plan to lease the land is aimed to impliment a modern system in our agro-economic field with the aim of modernizing the farming system. It is clear that a big investment is necessary to buy modern equipment and to start irrigation.instead of risking a bad loan to farmers and put preasure on them,this is the safest way as long as investors are coming with their own money and ready to work.they will even create a vast employment oportunities.stop crying and if you are real Ethiopians and have some money go back home and do something.any way I start believing this web site is infested with eris.

C'moi senayt ...THE ERI WHORE
You said "Ethiopians what are you waiting?"
Tell your people instead to do something in asmara. nobody knows what is going on in your country, because you are in closed circuit.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 12:08

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msg Comment from: Jegna [Visitor]
L.B [Visitor]
Officials in Ethiopia hope that the investment can help improve agriculture, replacing ox-and-plough with tractors, more Ethiopian will be working, more food will be producing, but some you talking about selling lands, there is a big difference between leasing and selling.


You will not fine one Ethiopian who will disagree that our farming system needs to be brought to modern standards. However, leasing large amounts of farmable land to foreign countries will not lead to this. Think of it this way, the countries leasing the land in Ethiopia need to since they don't have the enough land available in their own country to feed their people. Their agenda is to grow food on cheap land with very cheap labour and export it for profit or feed their own people with it. This food is not going to stay in the domestic market. How can you rationalize the leasing of land so others can grow food when 9 million Ethiopians are starving? With all the aide money and so called economic growth the government should be able to cultivate the land in a modern manner and let Ethiopians benefit from it.

Keep in mind leasing land in Africa is a clean method of colonialism. Don't think for a second that China, India, Saudi Arabia, et al. are doing it for the best interest of the Ethiopia. They just know they can exploit this government for their own gain. The Massai people are still fighting with the British since their land was leased out for 99yrs. In Madagascar the South Koreans had leased land half the size of Belgium for 99yrs before the Coup occurred. There have been several papers written on large land leases agreements by foreign countries and African countries. Almost all the papers conclude that such deals might bring immediate capital but they would be extremely detrimental in long run.

So when the government takes any loan they can get using us and our country as collateral, leases as much land as they can while millions starve, monopolize all viable markets of business, creates EFFORT with public funding and turns into a private conglomerate that only benefits an elite group of people, creates ethnical division which is unparalleled in the history of our country, starts wars which the people don’t support, have flawed elections to say the least, it leads me to ask you one question HOW CAN YOU STILL NOT BE SKEPTICAL OF THEIR MOTIVES?


YD [Visitor]

You laughed on the other article that was talking about the famine right now. You said death to all Ethiopians and laughed. Now you are saying Ethiopia is cursed and should be destroyed. You have no business here and we can all see through you, because to us Ethiopia is heaven on Earth and as long as one rock remains it will always be. So my question to you is, how do you get such satisfaction from the death and misery of God’s people and still talk about your heavenly after life? We can send you to God sooner so you can run your theories by him:D
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 12:59

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msg Comment from: ZXAmiche [Visitor]
Ohohooooo!
Zendiro, zendiro, zendiro, zendiro,
yesintu tewerto, yesintu tenegro, zendiro! ohohoooooo!

Land for sell was not enough in Ethiopia. Now, it's time to sell Ethiopian children for cash!

aye "Mama EthioPia", besimish sintu tesera!
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 13:26

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msg Comment from: Anonymous [Visitor]
I am neither an economist nor a politician, but it seems to me to be counter-intuitive that Ethiopia, which does not have enough food to feed herself and is thus accepting food from foreign donors, somehow has the excess farmable land to lease to foreign entities so they can produce food for export. Either there are not enough people to farm the excess land (highly unlikely) or Ethiopia’s farmers/farming practices are not efficient enough to compete with the foreign entities. Either scenario should provoke the government to entice use of this land by Ethiopian farmers by investing in sustainable and productive farming techniques such that Ethiopia not only becomes self sufficient, but would and should become a net exporter of food products. This is a very puzzling policy for the lay citizenry to comprehend
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 13:37

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msg Comment from: Z-Mike [Visitor]
ok...this is not bad idea and we already know about it...
Z-Mike


PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 13:40

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msg Comment from: Fasil-oakland [Visitor]
These is another blatant lie.
As my Hero General Hayelom used to say,``Words evaporate, put it on legal paper.``
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 14:02

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msg Comment from: Little Bob [Visitor]
It can be afforded by

1) Dejazmach Bill Gates
2) Fitawrari Al Amoudi
3) Ras Buffet
4) Leul Rockefeller
5) Little Bob
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 14:12

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msg Comment from: Fasil-oakland [Visitor]
These is another blatant lie.
As my Hero General Hayelom used to say,``Words evaporate, put it on legal paper.``

If it is true, What a brliant idea!Museyachin Melese Zenawi God Bless you.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 14:28

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msg Comment from: Jegna [Visitor]
Comment from: Fasil-oakland [Visitor]
These is another blatant lie.
As my Hero General Hayelom used to say,``Words evaporate, put it on legal paper.``

If it is true, What a brliant idea!Museyachin Melese Zenawi God Bless you.


Fasil your comment is confusing. At first you thing this story/idea is so preposterous it can not be true. Then you go on and say if this ridiculous idea is true then Meles is great man for thinking of it:crazy: I guess the Raiders aren't the only losers in Oakland lol
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msg Comment from: The Right Way [Visitor]
Donors must condemn this aggrieves and heinous action of Meles administration that they keep feeding money for the last 20 years in the name of famine and hunger.

This government is officially and arrogantly declaring that it is not working in the best interest of Ethiopia but it’s interest is in hurting Ethiopians, working for foreigners and stashing money into their foreign accounts.

For EPRDF is it a way of converting the farm land into cash which would not be easy to get had it been farmed by Ethiopians.

Concerned Ethiopians have a heavy task waiting, already too late to stand united and throw this greedy and heinous regime once and for all. That is the only way to get out of starvation and poverty.

We all well know that it is not shortage of rain; wind, this or that is causing famine year after year since Woyane took over power.

It is the mismanagement and the incompetence of the government that could not control their greed for money and wealth and their determination to starve and hurt Ethiopians. Ethiopia can feed Africa if managed well by competent leaders.
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msg Comment from: alamoudin [Visitor]
beka hulun shitut ke awatachhu beka.
eghanm shtun....beka
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 15:13

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msg Comment from: Geremew [Visitor]
Can an Ethiopian own/lease property in Saudi Arabia? I don't think so. So why is the current regime selling the land to Saudi investors at below fair market prices? The answer is obvious.There is no accountability and there is no transparency in Melese Land.

The irony of it is Ethiopia is ready for a repeat of the 1984 famine and here we are selling land to foreigners how will farm the land and export the crop to their respective countries.

Yet new Abet Yemibalew
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msg Comment from: John [Visitor]
Comment from Fasil-oakland Dear Fasil, you're a real Hadgi. How could you quote from Hayelom Araya and compare Melese with Moses. You must have had lobotomy, so that you don't have to think by yourself. Just qoute and call the stupid person "Museachin". I wish you have died when you were in your mother's uterus. Shame on you who sell the land of Ethiopia and their supporters.
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msg Comment from: Imperial Body Guard [Visitor]
Under the ever living Constitutional Monarchy every Ethiopian family has right to 1 gasha of freehold land to be past down from generation to generation so as to increase their standard of living. These agreements by secessionists will only last for a brief moment in the span of history, for any government that does not serve its peoples will crumble easily. "Those personalities who believe in freeing a country by secession are selfish and prey to outsiders, we will not accept their motives."Negus Haile Selassie, Long Live the Constitutional Monarchy, Long Live 3000 years of Independent Ethiopia!
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msg Comment from: No Name [Visitor]
Selling lands for foreign investers may be one way of improving Ethiopia's famine condition. However, there are lots of basic issues that the government has to focus on.

It seems there is a lot to learn about agriculture, hydro system, good infrastructure and other technologies that could help develop the country and hopefully get out of famine. There is no enough educated manpower in Ethiopia not because they don't exist but they simply run away from the country.

Why do they run away? Because the government is too scary to live with! There is a whole lot of political issues that I would hate to get into that makes educated Ethiopians go away anywhere but Ethiopia!

How about to invite diasporas back to Ethiopia so that they can apply what they've learned? How about the government gives opportunity to learn and come back to Ethiopia?

After Ethiopian government with cooperation with Ethiopians all over the world to live together and to love one another, you can think of foreign investment.

We will have to do our homework before we go round and begging people to help us, fund us and blabla.
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msg Comment from: WALELIGN TADESSE [Visitor]
i AM NOT SURPRISED BY THE COLOUR OF SHAMILLO . SHAMILLO IS ALWAYS REMAINED SHAMILLO BY CHANGING ITS COLOUR.HENCE,IT SHOULD NOT BE INTERSTING IF THE FASCIST WOYANE PRETEND AS MOST ADHERENT MARKET ORIENTED DEMOCRATIC NATION BY HIDING ITS TRUE ALBANIAN COMMINISM UNDER THE THE CURRENT WORLD SITUATION.FASCISMO-WOYANE IS ALWAYS USING EVERY SITUATION FOR ITS SURVIVAL.BUT FOR SURE NOT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF ETHOIPIAN PEOPLE.
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msg Comment from: tewodros [Visitor]
CONFUSED,
Who the hell told you English was the language of the educated? I guess that is why you are confused! It is their secondary language so no matter how much they butcher it, as long as they make a point and transfer their thoughts across, they are more educated than your ignorant ass. Amharic, tigrigna, oromogna etc are aldo the language of educated of people. Get your narrow minded butt-head out of the gutter.
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msg Comment from: mona [Visitor]
my simpthy is to you "CONFUSED [Visitor]". for one, you make no sence and your message is to yourself as I believe you are one of those Bi. As to English, we have no concern, but our motto is clear to clear up idiot like you and those who are selling our land.
got it! you will never get it because you are studing grammer for now.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 17:21

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msg Comment from: seble-work [Visitor]
Sorry!!! there are many tribalist (zeregnoch)here than within the Ethiopian gov't. Many of you don't even know the difference between lease and sale. I doesn't matter whatever the article is - most here are ignorant zeregna and under-educated. I am sick and tired of people, who have got to say only negative. You will never change with zeraf zeraf be bado meda. btw, I am neither tegere or amhara. I just hate ignorant and hateful people like many of you here.
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msg Comment from: Tefera [Visitor]
this whole land deal is confusing. yes the country need to move to the 21st century farming and that can only happen when investers with capital are involved, but if the country is leasing/selling land to foreigners for quick fix and few employment like such as oil exploration that on its own could have grave consequences.
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msg Comment from: Little Bob [Visitor]
Endiaw chee Tigria eyalech yemitichawetew chekagn merfe ejen kaskoretechiw zementa alefu, bezedie.

You did not want to buy land, you wanted to buy hand from brutal chekagns in the West and enjoyy Tigria Stuff.

Ahun Kidim lemindinew sititeyeki "That could not scare or sale" eyalish lik endetemare tebeka governerun yemitasferariw. Anchi Koraj Hyena...You will never match dermatolgy...Kurbet!

Boom Boom
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msg Comment from: Fasil-oakland [Visitor]
gegna
I think u r the one confused who dosen`t understand my concept.
let me reapet for u, if these lie true, that is wonderful idea which our Gov is doing.
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msg Comment from: Degu [Visitor]
Wow ya salling land? Then the whole Ethiopia?? I wonder if u enclud tegray zone, ohh I forgot the dry land and snake people could lower the price lol
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msg Comment from: Z-Mike [Visitor]


So, what is wrong when the government attempts to attract foreign investors in the country like ours? Stop vomiting here and be honest to your audience. The title states Ethiopia is selling its land to the highest bidders. In contrary, the article states that Ethiopian government has set aside 4 million acres of land for lease which is different than the way you guys in here are attempting to paint it or twist the fact. Slow your roll and for the sake of our people and nation have some truth to your arguments. On the other post you guys were complaining about the government not doing enough to feed its citizens, yet, when it tries to boost its economic infrastructures which would create many local and regional jobs for Ethiopians, you are again setting here and telling us Ethiopia is selling its land.

Ethiopia should have done this long ago but it’s not too late to do it now aggressively either to strengthening its farming infrastructures. This is smart economic work for Ethiopian diplomats and economists and I hope they success in their effort. Though some here including he admin are determined to stand against any positive progress for Ethiopia and accuse the government this and that. It is clear to many of us here that they even try to twist by saying is the Tigre mean Tigray land is for sell, though we all know the government is leasing lands where farming is more feasible in the country, period.
Thank you,
Z-Mike
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msg Comment from: ZXAmiche [Visitor]
addis zemen but arogit hager says:

"Tell your people instead to do something in asmara. nobody knows what is going on in your country, because you are in closed circuit. "

igna Erireans in our own "closed circuit" yeminilewima, "yagerachinin serdo, beagerachin bere!" new'a. How about that, anchi wegegna!

No need for open circuit. And certainly, NO Short circuit tolerated in Addisua Eritrea!
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msg Comment from: The Right Way [Visitor]
Meles cares only about money and looting Ethiopia. His objective is to beg his way out and looting not to build or farming.

He does't care about farmers nor Ethiopia.

He is selling Ethiopian land to Saudi Arabia, Turkey and many more coutnries that never had good relationship with those previous loyal Ethiopian governments.

For your "•Is Tigre land on Sale too" question, Which Tigre?

The previous one that was there for thousands and thousands of years or the Meles made by taking part of Begimeder after 1991?
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msg Comment from: kassa [Visitor]
I agree with seble comment Tigre and Amharas fighting over your ignoracy. If Ethiopia un able to feed theselves they have to give to some investor foreigner or local just the developed country do according to the law of the country investment policy.I hate this ignornat bunch Amharas and Tigres.
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msg Comment from: tewodros [Visitor]
Like the person above said,woyane never cares for the Ethiopian farmaer and Ethiopia for that matter. They fatten their pockets with all the money they get from begging. The money they get from all these international organization and the world bank never gets to those who need and deserve it. Go and look at the building Meles's wife built. Where the hell do you think she got the money? The money they are going from these land selling/leasing will never benefit Ethiopia and Ethiopian people. Woyane never intends to help Ethiopia and Ethiopians. They are purposely destorying and dismanteling the country because they have a deep hatred for the country and contempt for the people. So all you sympathizers and would be rational thinkers, stick it up your butts. The Ethiopian people should revolt and get rid of these cancers once and for all.
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msg Comment from: justice 2010 [Visitor]
Woyanewech, in your eyes MelAss does not do wrong:
You did not find anything wrong and still supported him when MelAss removed Ethiopians from everything they knew and displaced our people and gave their land to Sudan.
You supported MelAss when he gave your cousin IssayAss a billion dollar as a fair-well gift--to the very man who turned around and killed your relatives.
You supported your master when he gave every part of Ethiopian port to IsayAss with out any kind of access to Ethiopia.
You do not find anything wrong when MelAss, arrest, torture, kill and take away Ethiopians freedom of speech and press.
No matter what MelAss does, you people have sold your souls and conscious not to see and hear all the crimes MelAss has been committing. But the rest of us--75 million Ethiopians from east, west, north and south of Ethiopia have seen and heard enough horrors not to trust a man who gave orders to kill other people’s children. Make a note of it--75 million Ethiopians hate your master dictator MelAss, period! You, Woyanes are wasting your time to convince Ethiopians; you are preaching to your own choir.
Why do you Woyanes enjoy other peoples suffering?
Only educated fools and heartless individuals who do not see the crimes that is being committed on Ethiopia and Ethiopians.
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msg Comment from: Thomas H [Visitor]
Hi Nzaret administators,
You asked,
1.Who are these "investors"?
People form different parts of the worlds who have the money to invest and bring technology transfer.

2. How many Ethiopian farmers are being thrown away from their livelihood?
None,the lands for lease are virgin farm lands which were never used before.

3. Where is all this land located?
All over Ethiopia

4. Is anyone listening to Ethiopian farmers?
Yes,the farmers need technology transfer from the rest of the world and EPRDF is doing all what it can to meet the demands of farmers by leasing virgin farm lands to investors.

5. Is Tigre land on Sale too?
No land is for sale in Tigray like in any other parts of Ethiopia,but lands are offered for lease to investors in Tigray also.
PermalinkPermalink 10/22/09 @ 21:59

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msg Comment from: Shewarega [Visitor]
This is a deliberate attempt to move the attention of the world from the ever looming famine all over Ethiopia. They talked about 10% growth year after year, all kinds of wonders accomplished, how we are on the verge of selling electricity to our neighbors, and many many more. But what do we hear now, 6 plus million on the verge of starvation, another seven million not far behind. To divert attention from that they talk about giving away our land to outsiders, who in turn will bring to us untold riches and knowledge. Men ayenet hattiat bisera new egziabeher Ethiopian enezih ye dur awuraewoch ege yettalat. Has anybody ever seen them concern themselves about the cancer of division that is eating away at the fabric of our nation? How they deny it every day, oh its this and that group, or oh its Derg, narrow OLF, ONLF what have you. People are hating each other to the brink. We see it in here every day. We talk to our families back home too. They are not telling us about the rosy picture "our rulers" are living under. They are dying of inflation, fear, and constant harassment from the authorities. They can be told to pack their stuff and be thrown out of their homes, where they lived for generations. Is there not even one single Ethiopian left in this rotten system that is torturing our people, who can bring change from within? Are they all hodams, who will wait til the end when it has all exploded, and went our of control? People starve by millions, they talk about giving land to foreigners, sounds like Marie Antoinette to me.
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msg Comment from: Binyam [Visitor]
DON'T YOU KNOW THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS FOR SALE? LET US STOP COPMPLAINING AND START FIGHTING TO SAVE THE MOTHER LAND. I JUST WONDER, WHAT IS WRONG WITH US?
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msg Comment from: Binyam [Visitor]
Who is this guy questioning our understanding of lease/Sale? Who ever you are, let me tell you, You can't lease/sale something without having the mandate of the citizens. We all know, EPRDF is an illegan government since it lost to the opposition in 2005. If TPLF wants to sale land, it should look into Tigray, the hopeless region in Ethiopia
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msg Comment from: yoni [Visitor]



FARM LAND FOR SALE

-Singer: Nazret.com

-Lyrics/Editor: Shabiya and its Ex-Ethiopian buchilas AKA Nazret moderators.

Sad however, as there is no record label...this aint platnum...gotta come up with a better song.

Thomas H...VERY GOOD RESPONSE.


LAND FOR SALE???

Since when anybody can own a land in Ethiopia??? Land is for lease in my country Ethiopia NOT FOR SALE.

THIS IS THE SAME SHIIT AS THE ETHI-SUDAN SITUATION...

Lets see if anybody will loose sleep over this...Ya Right.





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msg Comment from: yoni [Visitor]


WHOEVER THOUGHT AKRARI AMHARAS AND SLEEPLESS SHABIYAS WILL JOIN CAMP IN ATTEMPT TO HURT MOTHER ETHIOPIA???

ATSE TEWODROS MIN YILACHIHU YIHON???

kikikiki
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msg Comment from: yoni [Visitor]


Zx-Amiche

What %age of your food comes in form of foreign aid in Artera??? 99%???

Ene Amiche
Yemibelaw atiche
Besew ager Tefiche
BeEthiopia Sakugn, YeArtran Gud Tiche




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msg Comment from: Daniel [Visitor]

I am in USA, the World strongist
economy up to now. and number 1 one
agricultural production,devoloped by
this same way Ethiopia is trying now
to do.
Many of you will be confused when they hear Ethiopian selling land
propaganda. the land will be there
for ever for Ethiopians, but if we
can not afford to invest by ourselves
let other people invest for us.and we
get jobs and money from them.
If any one now wants to invest USA
by farming it is welcom. America even
needs investment. what about poor
Ethiopia?
We say, thank to God. if our leaders
and stablity of our country can
attarct investament to devolop our
motherland. Nobody will ever invest
Somalia or Eriteria. Investors will
trust where there is good governance
and stablity. and that is we get now.
YESUS GETAANOW
PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 00:05

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msg Comment from: joerevish [Visitor]
Ristina mist lay qeld yelem nebere negeru. Since Mengistu took the land from the land lords and gave it to the peasants, for few years, and then took it back to himself, the Ethiopian people's imbrit teqortoal ke hageruna ke meretu. Now these shiftas are selling it all together to the highest bidder. All they care is take the cash and run, because they know their days are also numbered. Ethiopiayan yemigazaa hulu duriena shifta bicha hone, yesew lij aleqe mallet new. What a shame, what a tragedy. joewi
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msg Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
Zxamiche. .."z debtera from sengatera"

"Sayterut abet yeseytan gorebet"
You know who you are.I don't have to adress anything to provoke your attention.as long as you are the eri spokesperson enlighten us what is going on with you people there in eritrea.I am wondering how long you can survive in closed cercuit.you remember that old saying "alebabsew biyrssu be arrem yemelessu".ya for a short time you can hide everything but sooner or later it will backfire and will explode on your face.
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msg Comment from: ba [Visitor]
one day this goverament will pay the price for selling this land?
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi he will pay
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msg Comment from: Z-Mike [Visitor]
John,

If you western boy: why are you vomiting about Fasil-oakland’s comment? Just wondering because I read your other [lie] comment where you discuss your experience in Ethiopia. After I read it, I suspect typical white-boy lying in attempt to paint Ethiopia something is not. Ethiopians are not afraid of anything to speak their mind freely on the streets of Addis or else where in the nation. Though, your own lies is catching up to you because you are not truly who you are you said you are. You need to remove the mask and tell us who you are working for or who you are.
Z-Mike
PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 02:51

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msg Comment from: sew [Visitor]
Modern farming is the future for Ethiopia. We can`t go on waiting for the rain to come in these climate change, global warming times. Mother nature is changing rapidly, so we have to find alternative as rapidly. If we can`t come with other solution, that is may be the way to go. Leasing land doesn`t mean Selling. Selling land is the stupidest thing man can do. Look at the british, French, italian, Russian and many other Embassies around Ethiopia. They were allowed by the king to buy many hektares of land by the Emperor in the old days, and they own the land and nobody can take it from them for ever. That was the silliest mistake done in the old times. Leasing is just for a period of time and I think that is a wise move by the government. Imagine 6.2 millions of Ethiopians are in an emidiate need of food aid right now. God bless you all and god bless Ethiopia.
PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 03:20

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msg Comment from: Helen [Visitor]
I don't mind if Ethiopia is leasing land for investors because Ethiopia has the land for years and years yet fail to feed her people. So its better if we doing it now rater than later, if we
wait any longer its going to be more problem. Because is going to be more people every year and more farmer and more people need land for farm
that cause different problems like
1. more deforestation and soil erosion
2. to small products to even feed them selves.
so its way better to leas our land rater than die hunger.
But the government have to make sure is going to help the people . He should have a law that the investor have to sale certain amount of product for the government or the people before they head to open market.
for the writer you ask if Tigre going to be on sale this very stupid question because you have to know Tigre is a part of Ethiopia and it dosen't matter where the government is leasing the land north south center any where as long as it feed Ethiopian people. You stop try do divide us even though we all have different attiude we all one when it comes to Ethiopia OK.
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msg Comment from: Helen [Visitor]
Ba and some of you
my answer for you is
you read, sew comment so you know the different between sale and lease
PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 08:49

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msg Comment from: addis [Visitor]
children for sale, farm land for sale
gold for sale what is left for
ethiopia and ethiopians
sorry mother ethiopia YeKen Jib shomeSal
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msg Comment from: tayech Tadesse [Visitor]
It is a short sighted move.
How is the starving population going to benefit from this deal, as the food grown is for export. Giving away land may enrich some pockets ,but we are closing the door to future export possibilities, thus creating a cycle of poverty. How much arable land are we willing to part with?
It is a sure way of Creating a twenty first century colonialism. Machinery intensive farming will create minimal job opportunities. The joke is on Africans. It took centuries to overcome western colonialism now Ethiopia is herself making deals that would surely create economic inequality and second class citizenship of its farmers.



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msg Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
tayech Tadesse. ..
You brought a very good point,which is better than those people who are blinded by hatred.though I disagree with all points you made.
The main thing we should concentrate here is the drought and climate change we are facing year after year,which become a hinderance to feed our selves.we should make our selves not any more to depend on the rain.to let investors take a risk and work hard by compating to eachother,bringing a great work ethics.
Your concern about the deal making economics inequality and creating a second class citizens,as was seen in zimbabwe after their independence in the 80s is Totaly different.this is about buisiness which the investors are leasing the land peirodicaly in renewal basis.
You said it is creating 21st century colonialism.well I deffer here because 21st century is all about GLOBALIZATION.
I admire your matured opinion.thank you.keep it up.
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msg Comment from: TEDDY [Visitor]
:no::crazy:I wonder if these guys are crasy .While the peoples are starving the only solution to eradicate Famine they have found is to sale lands for foreigners . WHAT A SHAME ,STARVING POOR PEOPLES FOR THE SAKE OF FOREIGNRERS !!! Once again ,TPLF thugs and aderby bandas supported by fool diaspora peoples are comitting GENOCIDE .
PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 13:09

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msg Comment from: ZXAmiche [Visitor]
lemani & looter yoni:

This "Artera" of mine is the one that is becoming your "yeKiT ikek" so you don't have to loot in Ethiopia, for life. Now, it's time to go the inevitable!

This "Artera" of mine is the one that decimated you in Assab, dismantling your "Abay Tigrai" dream, FOREVER, in front of your sponsors!

This "Artera" of mine is the one that keep you running from Djibouti to Port Sudan, selling lands on the way, and from Hargessa to Mombassa, hired as mercinary, on the way.

Thanks to your ill-advised "No war-No peace", Eritrea, more than ever is getting stronger and economically viable while your "80,000,000 nefTegna yeandinetina talaKinet syndrome" whom you attempted to exploit, in the name of Ethiopia, is on the verge of collapse. FACE THE REALITY, beggar!

As far as Amiche, how about this!

Ene Amiche
bemiKegnoch miknyat Tefiche
nefTegnoch ager gebiche
diha KeTire seriche
lemagn bewenzu metswiche
Tigrai sew indihon meriche
EthioPiawi indihon rediche
lemagn alfolet ayiche

nibreten tewereshu kemeche
yagoresew ije Tatoche
kemechew nekesugn wushoche

idme lezemedoche
wegen azmad ga bietoche
temelshe gebahu korche
Woyanen meketihu demiche
hageren askeberhu mekiche
ager akorahu afriche
yewenbede ager resiche
kelemagnoch ager weTiche
zare selam sefno tegniche
hikimina timhirt agignche
limat asa maTmed mesriche
irsha jerdin kotkuche
Eritrawi hogne tekiche
yihew igegnalehu koriche !

How about that !
PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 13:25

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msg Comment from: Helen [Visitor]
Zxamiche
what are you doing here. To lie. Stay out of your busines men.
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msg Comment from: ZXAmiche [Visitor]
Helen the female beggar, what's up!

Do you have PMS(premmenstrual syndrome), possibly caused by nutritional deficiency, the recent famine stress that is caused by your looters mafia, or hormonal imbalance as a Woyane beKli(mule) who can never produce a political offspring, or other emotional disorders for not getting Assab?

Here, I will order you a prescription.

1)Take USAid donated food TID (Three times a day), as your Crime Minister had promissed.

2)Stop thinking about the closed case of Assab, for Abay Tigrai.

3)Leave the Power to the people to get relieved, because you can't administer even a single village, except a prostitution ring.

4) If all the above didn't work in chronological order, korenti Chebichi!

See you in few days, if not relieved, using order #s 1 to 3, before the 4th one !
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msg Comment from: NoStRaDaMuS [Visitor]
Who are these "investors"?
How many Ethiopian farmers are being thrown away from their livelihood?
Where is all this land located?
Is anyone listening to Ethiopian farmers?
Is Tigre land on Sale too?

nazretoch what are you doing? is not it u are the one who can actully come with answers for the above question? u confused me now. and to whom are you asking? dc taxi drivers?
why do you put about tigre land as a quesition? whethere it is for sale or not is not it in ethiopia?
PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 14:59

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msg Comment from: yoni [Visitor]


Amiche:

Biiitch...you make me laugh

Ene Amiche
Ethiopia enaten kediche
Gebaw Assmara Fertiche

Assmaram Endalnore koriche
Tesededku ahunim EsayAssin feriche

Ezihem Alterefegne lerasea beliche
Tax ekefilalehu KITEN TEBEDICHE
Endayigedelu YeArtera beteseboche

Yejib Chikul kend yineksal
Arterian hulu Ahun yaleksal

"independece" teblo yilekesal
Wetatu hulu Dingay yikesekisal
enba ena labum berha lay yifesal
Esayass gin KeArab gar Yidenisal

Ethiopian arishe Arteran Lalema
Afenededku kiten LeOromo Jella
Biker Yishal Neber bayibella
Yihe donkey Kiten Eyadema
Yihew new tirfu YeWushet Alama

Atifredubigne Ezih bilefelif, Bara
Agerem YaleEthiopia Ayiwera

Ager Yelegne ahun YEMITORIBET
Ezihu siker sinkeratet
Ethiopia nafekechin BeEWINET

Minew Ethiopia agere
yishalegne neber tire siga BeBerbere
ArteraMA aywetatim ande fire'...

I wil continue rhyming when i am blazed...i spit better


You owe ur existense to Egypt's interest buddy...u got nothin to cheer about at all...
No self conceived or sponsored achievemets on your belt EXCEPT MISERY, HOPELESNESS AND SHAME.

I admire you however, for barking till your last breath...but u need to save it to anlyze your next survival game plan...

Egypt is finding you irrelevant to their NILE SECURITY...They might even sell you out in reverse.

I am telling you "slut"...YOU NEED TO FIND ANOTHER SUGAR DADDY...as we are closing on you with your the scandinavian sponsors and Iran is what you got left...We all know where that will lead you...


PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 15:10

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msg Comment from: yoni [Visitor]

Nazret.com

"IS TIGREA LAND FOR SALE TOO"

It is finally nice to hear you AKNOWLEDGE that there is such land called as TIGREA LAND, AMHARA LAND, OROMO LAND...

I wonder if it would have made you happier to know THE TIGREA LAND is for lease too AS WELL AS THE AMHARA LAND.

I told you that we are hear to make you listen to yourself.

Remember to tell ppl that you are from the Amhara land....kikikiki
PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 16:37

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msg Comment from: MORED [Visitor]
WOYANE IS SELLING OUR COUNTRY! THESE PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS. OUR PEOPLE ARE STARVING AND THEY ARE SELLING LAND! THIS WOULD LEAD TO A WIDE REVOLT IF IT HAPPENED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS PEOPLE! DEATH TO WOYANE, DEATH TO THE MELESE. LEBOCH.
PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 17:13

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msg Comment from: asmara [Visitor]
wHY IS EVERBODY FIGHT FORTHIS . PLEAS LATS DO SOMITING FORE YOUR COUNTYRY. STOP STOP FIGHT. WE ARE TIRED FITING.
PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 18:25

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msg Comment from: Fasil-oakland [Visitor]
Daniel
Thank you for your explanation, if they understand.
John,kokeb,gegna... Sidamgna
butcho sada bonu gido hayeso hojanohe/ Yedeha lam kegedel sir sar tigtalech/
PermalinkPermalink 10/23/09 @ 23:20

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msg Comment from: Degu [Visitor]
Z-amiche
You make me laugh dude,
Yoni
Dont get mad like a dog dude,
Ya, " is tgraye land for sale?" lol
Anyone who really know tegraye can be surprise because I don't which part of tegraye can be for farm. On only know big azz stone on top of skinny donkey for sale to Mekele..... I mean just for real I saw on my own eyes.
If I wouldn't have known it well, I could be surprised on the first place.
Im not surprised also that u took land from Gondar and Wollow ohh also Afar uhu what would you say about it ms. Yoni??
Dont be mad ask why peole angry with yo body woyane!!!
PermalinkPermalink 10/24/09 @ 00:21

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msg Comment from: superalula [Visitor]
We could have said it is for good hadn't we lost trust when the Asab port is awarded to Essays. Prperty price there in Addis is more expensive than any developed nation including the US and canada. Therefor, We would like to demonestrat our awarness, the selling of properties in Ethiopia is not a legtitmate way or a step forward to capture poverty in Ethiopia. Rather, it is a process where The Crime minester is making more and more money before he departs Ethiopia with Tigray Tigrign. The next regim is not gonna legitmize your ownership should you get involved in such transactions.
PermalinkPermalink 10/24/09 @ 12:09

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msg Comment from: ABCD [Visitor]
DearYoni,

Gitm negeru tiru neber
Tinish ar Ba'itara
Enquan le fear monger
Alech neger
Minew mister serko
Sew mwmsel, asteway riko
Good Felabish Yoni
Mistir sitawech
Sitamtachi
Alech raid tomorrow
Enjalish Zendiro
PermalinkPermalink 10/24/09 @ 12:57

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msg Comment from: ZXAmiche [Visitor]
yoni, the lumpen from the "state" of "Abay Tigrai"

Don't even try to attempt to get my attentions here.

you're worthless beggar, a mercinary agent
inferiority complexed attention seeker, a tantrum misdirect
a lumpen bozene, with no self respect
who change topics to misinterpret

a stubborn psychosexual pervert
with deficit of anal development with deficit of genital accomplishment
a now self discovering, a dormant latent

Bozene !
PermalinkPermalink 10/24/09 @ 18:09

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msg Comment from: Helen [Visitor]
Zxamiche

I beat all the staff you wrot for me you must been taking it for years that how you know it.
Zxamiche

I beat all the staff you writ for me you must been taking it for years that how you know it.

don't you take a lesson from the last time you have war with Ethiopia.

Tigre is Ethiopia and will be Ethiopia for ever I know you guys went to take away Tigray from Ethiopia but that is just day dream you and follower dream will never ever happen you well know how Tgire are very probed Ethiopia. Even the DEKALES like meles choose Ethiopia.

The other thing I went tell you Even though we all argue in different issue when it come to Ethiopia we are ONE ONE ONE

You don't know how many Young people come to fight aganist you when you try to invade Tigray. Am from Addis "ABENET SEFER" OK
I was very proud and still proud when I see a lots of boys went to fight against you I mean those kid never been in Tigray bout those kid went to fight because that's their country.

so please don't mess with as. Just keep wish Italian ass like your mother did. "YEFESAM LEGE"

Its better to beg than wish Italian ass. kkkkkkkkk again stay away out of your business.


don't you take a lesson from the last time you have war with Ethiopia.

Tigre is Ethiopia and will be Ethiopia for ever I know you guys went to take away Tigray from Ethiopia but that is just aday dream you and follower dream will never ever happen you well know how Tgire are very prowed Ethiopia. Even the DEKALES like meles choose Ethiopia.

The other thing I went tell you Even though we all argue in different issue when it come to Ethiopia we are ONE ONE ONE

You don't know how many Young people come to fight aganist you when you try to invide Tigray. Am from Addis "ABENET SEFER" OK
I was very proud and still proud when I see a lots of boys went to fight aginst you I mean those kid never been in Tigray bout those kid went to fight becaue thats thier country.

so please don't mess with as. Just keep wish Italian ass like your mother did.

PermalinkPermalink 10/24/09 @ 22:36

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msg Comment from: Degu [Visitor]
Ohhh no!!! Opps, Mr CONFUSED is that what you call yourself??

First thank you to tewoderos and mona,
Ohhh I did finish ESL And English and I can speak two languages. They main reason I write this way is that I used my iPhone not my lap top, and second I always come to this site when I'm working so in between I just interubted. I don't have to focus on my spelln or grammar. I'm not writing for my profession.
So mr. CONFUSED deal with my writing I'm sure you are not my level to understand what I write. As your name,you are who you are, you are lost lol
The funny thg is that you the only one could not understand me, which is you are the one who needs to go to school.
Other than that dude, I will write you when I sit and focused.
If you are angry about my comments then write your response. Since you don't know whose who, don't dis or down others.
PermalinkPermalink 10/24/09 @ 22:41

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msg Comment from: Helen [Visitor]
Zxamiche



I beat all the staff you writ for me you must been taking it for years thats how you know it.

don't you take a lesson from the last time you have war with Ethiopia.

Tigre is Ethiopia and will be Ethiopia for ever I know you guys went to take away Tigray from Ethiopia but that is just day dream you and follower dream will never ever happen you well know how Tgire are very probed Ethiopia. Even the DEKALES like meles choose Ethiopia.

The other thing I went tell you Even though we all argue in different issue when it come to Ethiopia we are ONE ONE ONE

You don't know how many Young people come to fight aganist you when you try to invade Tigray. Am from Addis "ABENET SEFER" OK
I was very proud and still proud when I see a lots of boys went to fight against you I mean those kid never been in Tigray bout those kid went to fight because that's their country.

so please don't mess with as. Just keep wish Italian ass like your mother did. "YEFESAM LEGE"

Its better to beg than wish Italian ass. kkkkkkkkk again stay away out of your business.


don't you take a lesson from the last time you have war with Ethiopia.

Tigre is Ethiopia and will be Ethiopia for ever I know you guys went to take away Tigray from Ethiopia but that is just aday dream you and follower dream will never ever happen you well know how Tgire are very prowed Ethiopia. Even the DEKALES like meles choose Ethiopia.

The other thing I went tell you Even though we all argue in different issue when it come to Ethiopia we are ONE ONE ONE

You don't know how many Young people come to fight aganist you when you try to invide Tigray. Am from Addis "ABENET SEFER" OK
I was very proud and still proud when I see a lots of boys went to fight aginst you I mean those kid never been in Tigray bout those kid went to fight becaue thats thier country.

so please don't mess with as. Just keep wash Italian ass like your mother did.

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msg Comment from: Seleme [Visitor]



Comment from: Z-Mike [Visitor]
ok...this is not bad idea and we already know about it...AND WE ALREADY LOOTED IT!. . .
Z-Mike



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msg Comment from: selechegh [Visitor]
you guy's
zxameche and yoni
wow i love peoples that make me lough that was so funny can you do it with other topic too. pls.
PermalinkPermalink 10/25/09 @ 17:33

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msg Comment from: peace [Visitor]
This is systematically being done on purpose to bring chaos in Ethiopia. TPLF's time to flee the rest of Ethiopia and declare Tigray independent is nearing. They are starving the people on purpose so that they are weak and will not fight. TPLF has won so far because the rest of Ethiopians do not want to hurt Tigrayans. It is the first time in history to have very narrow minded pro ethnic government. So Ethiopians are patient because they don't want to hurt the rest of Tigrayans. Of course there are HOdams of Tigre, Amara, Oromo, etc who will fight tooth and neck with TPLF to benefit themselves. It is those people we should go after. By leasing land to foreigners is indirectly allowing Ethiopia to be colonized while Ethioipians are fighting with these investors then TPLF ;and Tigray region is gone. It is being done systematically.
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