what a great piece of journalistic work! thank you to joakim and argaw for putting this together, and to deutsche welle for publishing. sorely needed light in these dark times.

I have watched a couple of DW documentaries and loved them. But I must say this one has really been very well done. Thank you!

@DWDocumentary

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Yahusha's Sheep! Stay tuned for more documentaries, we have a lot in the pipeline! ;)

@1adamgarcia2003

3 жыл бұрын

@@DWDocumentary do you make money out of these videos??? do you help the people you interviewed??

DW Documentary, I know it's been said many times but I'll reiterate: your content has incredible educational value.

@DWDocumentary

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Sprectral, there are sentences you can't hear often enough. Thank you for taking the effort to say such a sentence!

"Claims from Anuak is not recognized" Heart breaking line.

@murnyang8381

2 жыл бұрын

Every dog has they’re day and our day shall soon come

Bravo DW! One of your best. There are many but this one is superlative. Thank you.

@DWDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your positive feedback! We are glad to hear that :)

The nostalgic song getting the feeling of those who belong to the other side of the world where food is manipulated by gangsters. DW: once again your job is great!

At 32:00....It's really sad to see his Pain and Anger....It's like watching "Pandora" Planet in "AVATAR" Movie....😢😢😢😢

After watching both parts and not seeing or hearing the Ethiopian government side on this issue, it appears to me just like many other African countries with these types of issues. For example, our beautiful continent and its natural resources are being exploited by foreign large companies that we all know it. Another thing I saw is that it's not the WB fault to my opinion its just same issue we as Africans are facing all over which is corruption from the government to begin with. They receive money and they don't tell the populations the truth. All comes back to corruption again. Exporting food while the nation itself needs it first, don't make any sense at all. When are our leaders going to wake up ??? Ethiopian people I'm greeting you all with lots of Love and respect... From your neighbor Somalia...

@ashb20081

5 жыл бұрын

Good points!!!

@nxthy6978

2 жыл бұрын

Our leaders export when people starve because of exploitative free trade agreements.

@JohnDoe-bh2lp

2 жыл бұрын

Zoomalia got colonized without fighting

God bless these poor people

@hansrajfugate7734

3 жыл бұрын

In our india also it's going to start by passing farm bill

@jama5191

2 жыл бұрын

@@hansrajfugate7734 well here in Europe they subsidize their farmers to produce more then they need in essential wheats.

@murnyang8381

2 жыл бұрын

Every dog has their day💯

Brilliant instructive content! Bravo ! Tunisia is leaving the same struggle but at a different scale ! Recognized as one of the best soils, Tunisia is being know for Organic production all over the world.. The government is selling lands to foreign investors and making it more and more difficult for small farms ..

@soinda87

3 жыл бұрын

Sad

@jonathanlehr9206

2 жыл бұрын

The people should own their own land not some corrupt government.

A great person to teach people to do farming productively.

very Good job DW simply outstanding journalism

Trained the local farmer and provide them best quality seeds production will increase automatically ! Such corrupt system

@samtu5540

3 жыл бұрын

This is how colonialism started in Kenya. Local government moving people out of their land and selling it to whites

@jonathanlehr9206

2 жыл бұрын

It's not local governments property to be selling. It's just theft of land and it's defrauding the investors. They don't want to be involved in this mess either.

@jama5191

2 жыл бұрын

@@samtu5540 we’ll white farmers are productive then other farmers accept it bro .

@CHMichael

2 жыл бұрын

@@jama5191 was it Zimbabwe where they kicked out white farmers and then nearly the entire country starved. South Africa is next .

@zakfarah252

2 жыл бұрын

@@CHMichael leave and never com e back

Sometimes I don't blame Whites, I blame our African leaders who let search things in Africa Countries. 😭😭😭

@landz2228

5 жыл бұрын

@Suyetno Suyetno they can't do that with out food surplus es.

@afuayeboah9149

3 жыл бұрын

@Raja Rajab. You are spot on. Corrupt Leaders.

@macym57

3 жыл бұрын

True, they give permission to these foreigners.

All great great people working on a great course. God bless them and the local people.

Of course if someone is moved off of their land they should be compensated.

@tumbox9204

5 жыл бұрын

@Kitty Genovese so if I make a title for the Sentinel island I have a right to it? If you ask any villagers to show their land they will. Some cultures have lived like this without bureaucratic bullshit. Why do you think white farmers are being killed in South Africa? Not that I condone it but I can see why its happening.

@dustsky

5 жыл бұрын

@Kitty Genovese That's neither funny nor witty.

loved the intro!

So where was all the wildlife 'relocated' to???

@A.D.540

4 жыл бұрын

Wild Park are crated different part of the country.

@zemichaelatnafu1121

3 жыл бұрын

They died, probably.

The good news is the greedy bastards have been thrown out of power in Ethiopia.

@omojc3789

5 жыл бұрын

But the damage has been done. I can see a replica of South Africa farmer-indigenous strifes in the nearest future. The new government may not be able to alter the agreement the previous anti-people regime entered into with these investors.

@MrMagnusFogg

5 жыл бұрын

@@omojc3789 I'm reading you and thinking of the Suez Canal //-)) I'm not familiar with the Ethiopian judicial system, need to check, but I'm pretty sure they have a Supreme Court of Justice, who can find these evictions illegal...but can these people prove their ownership ? How did they acquire those rights...by usucaption ?...this is a big mess and I only hope they get their land back...a big mess, this legalised colonialism...I believe they call it development aid...

Can you pleas do a documentary about eastern Ethiopia (Ogaden) that’s where the real story is!.

@A.D.540

5 жыл бұрын

How about heal Somali & stop Somaliland from becoming independent. Try to fix what you can don't try to get something that will never happen Ogaden will never unite with somalia.

@daalo2027

5 жыл бұрын

I think it will be interesting if that side of the country can get a media coverage.

@alayt12

5 жыл бұрын

Can I hear more about this? What is going on in Ogaden?

@bircruz555

5 жыл бұрын

If they do a documentary on Somalia and Somalis, it won't be about economic development and economic justice issues. The clan wars are louder, and more audible. How long are you going to milk that goat?

@spiritualgrowth722

2 жыл бұрын

Until everyone of us is dead you will never see that land

Excellent documentary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@DWDocumentary

2 жыл бұрын

Hi @DRUM, thanks for watching!

@drum1403

2 жыл бұрын

Realy, your documentaries are excepional. We all expect (if possible) a new documentary about agriculture in Ethiopia...

@42:25 ...This guy speaks luo language from Eastern Equatoria

With dr abiy things will change I have faith in my people ✊🏽

Ivan is a wonderful man.

The music is amazing.

If somebody´s name is Mohammed, he is a never ending source of conflict, problems and trouble.

i hope my neighbors find peace and return to their motherland..i thought colonization ended

Omot, 14years to life in prison, you're a true Freedom fighter and you'll go down history as a hero. At least you fought the World Bank and you're not a coward. God Bless You.

That is exactly what happened to the Kalahari man in South Africa long ago in past we learn nothing except more greed and now in the name of developments destroying fertile land and killing wildlife all over Africa and they say why African people migrate to Europe and the rest of the world. Well, The World Bank is responsible for all crisis by supporting corrupt governments all over the world in poor countries and pretending to be helpful. Thanks for the report DW Documentary

You will never hear about any of this in the MSM.

We're lost in a ocean of money. It's terrific.

We have a different situation in ireland. We export our skilled workers and import dependants from africa

Huge farms prepare the land for desertification in the very near future....😥😢

Wait! How is the World Bank responsible for the way the Ethiopian government spends that aid money? Very good documentary once again.

@imNotGivingMyNameToAComputer

5 жыл бұрын

They know the money is bribe and they know what the official will do to get it done. It's like you pay someone for a tv when you know he is going to break into neighbor's to get the tv for you.

@valturesnake5303

5 жыл бұрын

The world bank is funding the DESTRUCTION of the POOR AFRICANS

@luuhoangdiep

5 жыл бұрын

If the WB already knew it, why not stop supporting it?

@nats2976

5 жыл бұрын

When money is given every government is told what to spend it on. Which maybe (in most cases) is at odds to what the country needs.

@fabbeyonddadancer

5 жыл бұрын

How do you know they know this?

In Sha Allah the Somali region will get independence soon and overtime rejoin Somalia 🇸🇴

@A.D.540

5 жыл бұрын

Less luckily to be united maybe independent like Djibouti as example but never united? also Somaliland wants independent. The dream of great Somalia is dead & you know it.

@phoenix-kenzodapathaan5568

5 жыл бұрын

Sadly it's not going to happen as too much infighting and warlords just like Afghanistan!!!

@bircruz555

5 жыл бұрын

You have not grasped the concept of building a nation. First do something good with what you have before waxing nationalistic. Somalia's problems are entirely of a different magnitude.

@africanlion8585

5 жыл бұрын

@@A.D.540 Thomas it seems you're responding with such a high tone to those who have hope for all Somalis someday they will unite. We all know the history of how Somalis were divided after ww2, but no one knows what will happen in the future except Almighty God. Yes we do have differences for the past thirty yrs, but that doesn't mean we cannot overcome it.

@negusscahaile4197

5 жыл бұрын

Wish you the best . Separating from main land is not a solution for Africa and Africans. We need to get out of ethnic thinking and start adapting nationalism. At the end of the day we all Africans and blacks in front of the other worlds. You won't get no different approach and respect because you're somali, oromo, amhara or tigre by the white people. We are always black no matter your skin lighter or darker ,or educated or not , rich or poor in front arabs ,whites, Asians or Latinos. Get out of this narrow thinking and think big to unite black peoples in general Africans.

It was never clarified. Was the land in Gambela bought out by investors or just given to them?

You can see pain in their eyes.

It's so sad,, sad only nothing else

Amazing! I could understand 60-70% of what the black Ethiopians in Gambela were saying in their mother language. Although from Zimbabwe in the south of Africa to Ethiopia North East, there are at least 7 countries in between us.

@Zeyede_Siyum

Жыл бұрын

How? Their language is similar to South Sudan. What’s your language?

Beautiful country

@CyberThug1080i

5 жыл бұрын

20 years from now I can see the white man clear cutting and destroying all Africa beautiful lands.

difficult to find back to hope

The most profound quote is found around 35:30 when the world bank guy said their hope is there will be few losers. Well, I wholeheartedly agree with that and sincerely hope that the few losers he is thinking of in time will be the corrupt few that oppress the many.

It's almost impossible to hold giant banks accountable, and their "I'm just doing my job" pawns.

part i and ii were upsetting and important to watch. for one, it is a shame that filmmaking resources are not more-readily available to African and Black and African diasporic people to tell our stories; similarly to the Black Power Mixtape, i'm glad the story is being told...but there is a narrative violence that occurs when the subjects of a story cannot control all aspects of how a story is told. there are ways technology, lessons and other resources can be made available to people subject to the horrors of colonialism so we can tell our stories. i'm thankful this wasn't as deeply-westernized as it could've been but still, there's sadness when we aren't behind the lens. second, it is a shame that indigenous peoples continue to be forcefully displaced from their land. the world bank, imf and global militaries are massive purveyors of violence and should be ashamed of themselves, but they won't -- the way those white men said, 'there are winners and losers,' is so devastating. how are there losers when our earth is abundant with resources?! there is more than enough crop for people to have their needs met, and this 'scarcity mentality' is present precisely because these capitalists want profit. when it's about money, there Have to be 'winners' and 'losers' and the 'winners' are always scant while the 'losers' are abundant. it is heart-wrenching to realize. it is motivating toward an ends of liberation and freedom from such oppressive forces. we must all incur this responsibility to fight against exploitation and colonialism, especially for those living in western countries. this cannot continue.

what a nice !!!!!!!!!!

My heart cries for the local people.. so innocent .. so clean and humble people ., there is no God .. why he punishes the innocent .. why ..

How this is possible....

This is very bad agricultural planning. The government must be for the people, not against the people.

Wow, I wonder if omot got tortured? Poor guy.

The ideal situation would be to train all the farmers in using modern machinery etc and how to get the best from their lands without ruining the soil and they together can grow plenty of of food for their community and to sell the excess to others. The profit obviously going to the local farmers and the community. The profit can improve their living standards. The country could feed all its population and have plenty left over but it needs a radical change in the way the government runs the country. In the meantime the people suffer.

We must remember that governments have to balance a short term plan against long term stability. What is a government to do with good farm land being underutilized. ? What is required to build a country? It's complex trying to balance local people's interest with national progress.

All foreign investors are into the business of Agriculture or otherwise, for one thing, and one thing only...Self-Interest and Profit, everything else can go by the wayside! It is left to the Local & Federal governments in Ethiopia and throughout Africa to look out for The Self-Interest of The African People. There is No difference between ALL "foreign indigents/investors" from Europe and those from America, Asia or wherever. The Europeans, Americans with their Indian Lackeys being the most Surreptitious of them all...Those who come to Steal. Kill & Destroy John 10:10..."World Bank" my behind! Ivan is doing what Ivan needs to do to have a successful business venture. Best wishes to Ivan!

@qus.9617

5 жыл бұрын

I think Ivan from this documentary is not just a businessman, he is a humanitarian farmer. He decided purposefully not to sell higher profit crops to the rest of the world, and does not want his farm to have foreign investors involved.

Saddest thing in this documentary, the foreigner comes to your land, gets it by force, pushes you out of your own land and makes you a slave in your own soil. Sad, very sad indeed and painful. God have Mercy.

Ethiopian dying of starvation, aid coming in but the gold going out. Poor Ethiopian as always. Need a leader that country.

05:47 Why is the soldier saluting him?!

@rohitkhosla8110

5 жыл бұрын

because he is white and the soldier is black.

@memwasfred

4 жыл бұрын

@@rohitkhosla8110 The shackles of our mental slavery to white racial superiority still bind.

@macym57

3 жыл бұрын

@@memwasfred was thinking the same lines, Bob Marley was soo right when he said we should emancipate ourselves from mental slavery.

Great documentary. Especially since y'all didn't use your terrible narrators for this one!

Nice documentary. But do remember that this is a documentary from 6 years ago. Our current government don't harass and jail journalists. We have free media that can report everything and criticize the government. Citizens are free to speak their mind and to demonstrate against the government. We have all opposition parties free to operate in the land. Currently there is no political prisoner or journalist in jail. Just to make you all aware that Ethiopia is not in that dictatorship era.

@A.D.540

4 жыл бұрын

It's not totally free it has long way to go

Why give it to the the other countries or inventor? Why not giving this to their own people... If not enough of them can give the demand of the market, the government need to invest to their own people educate them about agriculture... Problem solve..... Our country has a free education to those wanted to be a farmer also giving seedlings and other needs to grow the plant... The plant like vegetables and fruits they export it to the other countries.... Of course they didn't forget to produce also for our own food...thank you for our local farmers

The plight of African people in Africa. This is just sad. On what grounds did the World Bank refuse the claim?

That guy at24:00 looks like a maasai man

It's my understanding that current Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed has a history of opposing land-grabbing. I wonder if this has translated into the Anuak people of the Gambela Region receiving any kind of justice?

In the US it's called eminent domain. The poor of the world need to organize and solidify their strength. Above all they should steer clear of the west.

Life 🆚 Lifestyle

It's a Shem from slavary back to slevery in the 21st century.

How is ot okey to move people from their own village to other village's without creating tension amongst themselves in the future. They have a right to the land.

Can't some bring their case to AU or whatever? Let somebody arm them. they need to fight for their land.

POOR POLICIES IN AFRICAN GVTS The problem with Africa is that we sometimes call for foreign investors, yet don't realize that all they harvest is again taken back to their markets. What's the essence of calling for a an investor in agriculture in hope of eradicating hunger and and yet all his harvest is taken to Europe or America where you will in the end go to buy the same food he harvested on your land. In the end we remain with the famine and spend the little obtained taxes buying food at a high price. Forest cleared,more drought coming in the next centuries,more famine..

Anuaks are beautiful-looking people.

Eithopia is a good form land.

I have Lakota Sioux blood and although I have not lived that struggle, how many times does it need to be re-lived??? has no one learned in the last 400-500 years??? this breaks my heart that indigenous people are STILL going through this, that the land is STILL going through this. it's not okay. and the only people I ever knew who went to try to help (it's difficult if you're a woman, if not impossible) have fallen to the "dark side" making $$$$$ for the "investors." if I were one of the indigenous here, I would plan a much more extensive demolition of the "farms" ... burn it down. but even then you can never have the forest and everything that lived there back ... and I think that is the biggest wrong of them all because these people were living together with the land not harming anything. what humans do to other sentient creatures and to other humans is disgusting. you cannot utilize a system that is purely quantitative in ways that entail very qualitative measurements - which is exactly the case here. you get "it's not OUR fault, we don't have to pay!" and that's true but only because the wrong metrics are being used. everything cannot come down to $$$ because if it does and when it ALL does, we will ALL be slaves, we will all be exiled, and it won't matter if you have a trillion $$$ because you cannot buy back those lost things. and 2x as many people IN THE COUNTRY have gone starving because of this?!?! when will people learn??? I honestly think the earth is goin to take us all out before we do.... and as painful as that would be, it would certainly be the best for life to exist beyond the world of pathogens / microorganisms.

I just watched a report from 10y ago. Looks like its time to destroy progress again. The story of Africa. Learning is not popular i guess . Teaching modern farming in a ecological way with minimal use of chemicals ( chemicals are expensive) would be helpful. 3:00 flat, no trees. The wind will blow away any good top soil. Running out of water is the next thing . How about a bunch of little deep ponds.

13:20 No choice here

Who take responsibility for the crural genocide for the Ethiopian people and how make it possible ahuge amount of pcb scam becoz at all poor country have poor luck nobody taken to give support every body looted the things that can have. Atlist you describe the all issues we again salute you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏

Mauvais qualité d'image

was Mohammed the investor, and what was the argument about

Where there is an Arab investor expect cruelty. They brought it to Africa. Our leaders have sold us cheap

It looks like the investors, backed by World Bank and Ethiopian government are the winners while the poor people who needed help are the loser. Is this the aim of so called Development or maybe Ending Hunger in poorer countries?

this is shameful that govt is involove in a such filthy work...

#Oromia land still being exploited

Richer is getting more rich and poor is getting more poor.

@Darjeelingla

3 жыл бұрын

Money and profit is EVERYTHING. There’s not even a close second.

I just watched this and have to comment here just to keep my head from friggen exploding over the fff outrage I feel towards criminals like the World Bank and criminal Govts like the U.S, EU and Ethiopia for allowing these criminal actions against these people who are bothering NOONE and just want to live in piece. But of course the friggen spineless, heartless actions of the criminals I just mentioned are not talked about by the criminal MSM.... TO the World bank , your PBS program or whatever its called is to help less fortunate people, countrys in regards to food, etc and you have the arrogance to make these claims whilst committing these crimes against these people, literallu affecting millions, making refugees out of them while starving them, you sicken me and countries like the U.S and the EU and Eheopia and the UN (United Nations) sit back and allow these attcocities. You ALL need to be indicted and go to jail..... Way too much power given to the world bank, the central banks, the criminal federal reserve, the banks responsible for the collapse of world economies and ruining people's (the 99%) lives while the Elite -1%- go on benefiting from all the pain and suffering being cause DISGUSTS me. The World should be outraged over this, but like when 9/11 occured not much outraged.. Humanity if it doesnt change soon will be doomed ...... I could go on and on but I wont, I suspect most people dont give a crap , which is another topic for another day.... To the people of Ethiopia I'm truely sorry for how your being treated, but God the father of Jesus Christ is aware of this and these will be judgement for these crimes one day....

@patriciacole8773

4 жыл бұрын

michael sabella May I suggest that the seventh day sabbath created in the garden of eden blessed and honored by Jesus Himself is the seal of God. That sun day worship has pagan roots and is satans attempt to usurp worship due only to our Creator. Sun day laws will soon be passed in America and this truth will go round our world then sun day worship will become the test for the “ mark” of the beast. The day we rest will have eternal rewards.

Cursed is the African continent

👀🌾🌽🗺

This problem in Ethiopia looks a lot like the problem China faced a generation ago. If you have lots of villages and small plots scattered everywhere the land is only productive enough to feed the local population and a little left over to sell. And as the population grows the younger generation inherits less and less per person. Without other resources how will the country advance?

@deniseg-hill1730

5 жыл бұрын

Do you think the western and Saudi companies care about the local people, well they don't give a toss.

@A.D.540

4 жыл бұрын

@Shaka Zulu then how did poverty got reduced

@aasimh.85

2 жыл бұрын

does that justify the forceful eviction, rape and murder of minorities by the government??? huh?? Ethiopia is not china mate. they are not 1 billion people and they have vast arable land. they have resources too mate. Natural gas for one and so many other untapped potential. dont bring your narrow minded ignorance on the country advancement table. By the way how is selling land to other foreign countries supposed to contribute to the contries advancement.

This is just blackmailing the investors. That's all.

After watching this documentary I think Ethiopia is being colonised consentialy

the farmers are subsistence farmers. far from feeding the country, they cant feed even themselves (as of now). so the choice is (a) have large investors who can get the food security right. The complaint about exporting basmati rice is not tenable. You can export high quality stuff and use the money to import what you need. Compensate for the land. (b) invest and train the farmers to become commercial. This requires lot of time, lot of r&d development, lot of outreach but it can be done. In the interim years you will face famine and food imports. The choice has to be made between the two. The Utopian idea that foreigners will make massive investments while the land is owned an farmed by locals is simply silly.

@hidohidayat

5 жыл бұрын

Rohit Khosla it is sad but true. i would prefer plan A btw

Ethiopia government shame on you