Famine and Starvation are Wanted in Ethiopia by the Regime in Power and its Foreign Backers

Famine and Starvation are Wanted in Ethiopia by the Regime in Power and its Foreign Backers

Sudan Tribune - October 7, 2008

What is more disturbing is that the current regime ruling the country is in full collaboration with the foreigners who perform this very dangerous venture behind the back of the Ethiopian people. For instance, the TPLF-owned company (run solely by the elites of the regime), Ethiopian Seed Enterprise, is engaged in seed business in Ethiopia in partnership with foreign companies, by appropriating publicly-owned agencies/companies whose services had been vital to the majority of the Ethiopian farmers. The TPLF-owned company is also believed to function as a distributor of genetically modified seeds (together with related chemical like hybrid resistant herbicide) to smallholders, in collaboration with the US’s Pioneer HI-Breed International and others. In this connection, it is also worth mentioning that, contrary to the beliefs of almost all country leaders and experts in Africa, Meles Zenawi is in support of the promotion of genetically modified crops in Ethiopia and the rest of Africa. This view of Zenawi goes along with his desire to ascertain the support he gets from the West, led by the US, and his plan to promote famine and starvation in Ethiopia in order to weaken possible greater public challenges against his regime. Read More.