Land grab fears for Ethiopian rural communities

A controversial new farms policy has led to a political clampdown in a remote lowland region of Ethiopia, the BBC has been told.

Opposition activists claim that a number of arrests and the killings of 10 local farmers are as a direct result of the new policy.
"You cannot speak freely about the land issue now," one local man says, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"You can be arrested or even killed for this.
"This is a dark period for all indigenous people living in the south-west of the country."Read More