The regime of Meles Zenawi, that is busy selling Ethiopian land cheaply to foreign firms, is trying to uproot by force thousands of people who have lived in Metema (Ethio-Sudanese border) for years and years. The official reason given by the regime is that Metema is a garrison town and the civilian population must move away to nearby Shehdi and other places while the people concerned know that the real reason is that part of the land around Metema has been ceded to the Sudan and other parts leased out. Read More…