Today, April 17, is the International Day of Peasant Struggle – a day to highlight the persecution and violence suffered by peasants and farmers around the world on a daily basis as a result of neoliberal policies. Increasingly, peasant farmers and land-based peoples are facing grave crises of human rights and dignity as big agribusiness, Read more
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Five people suspected of burning down four mosques in Ethiopia’s Amhara region were arrested on Saturday, a regional spokesman said, as rising inter-communal and ethnic violence threatens political reforms initiated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. “Five people who are suspected of leading and organizing the attacks have now Read more