BBC: TPLF has moved hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans from Central Tigray to Welkait and Humera in 1990s!!
Posted: 22 Jan 2022, 19:28
BBC TPLF has moved hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans from Central Tigray to Welkait and Humera in 1990s!!
BBC: report about Tigrayans resettlement in welkait/Humera
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/n ... 312717.stm
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But the government of Meles Zenawi, some of whose members fought to topple the Derg in 1991, see resettlement as one vital component in efforts to give Ethiopia food security.
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Hadguy Mirutz travelled hundreds of miles for a fertile plot of land in welkait/humera
Hadguy Mirutz has decided to abandon his plot of dusty land near Mekele in Tigray. He has volunteered to move hundreds of miles to a new home where he has been told he will get two hectares of rich, fertile soil. He is leaving his wife and four children behind, but they hope to join him in a year.
"I am very excited and very optimistic," says Mr Mirutz as he clambered aboard a bus, one of convoy of 16 taking a thousand people off to a new start. "I know people who have been on a similar programme - relatives and friends who left last year - and they told me the land is fertile. I believe them."
After three days rattling along in the bus, Mr Mirutz has arrived at his new home. He is greeted by some friends from his village who moved a year ago. He is encouraged to hear that their first 12 months have been relatively successful.
Yields from the land near Humera close to the border with Sudan and Eritrea are high. There is a clinic in the village and the handful who contracted malaria have been quickly treated and cured.
He is taken to his plot of two hectares. It is huge compared with the land he left behind near Mekele. He crumbles the rich, black earth in his fingers. "This is virgin soil - ready for farming. I am overwhelmed to be here."
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The resettlement convoy leaving Mekele
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" የህወሃት መሪዎች ወልቃይትን በሐይል ወደ ትግራይ ካጠቃለሉ በኋላ ከ500 ሺህ በላይ የትግራይ ተወላጆችን አምጥተው አስፈረውበታ፡፡"
(መኮነን ዘለለው -- የቀድሞ የህወሓት አባል)
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BBC: report about Tigrayans resettlement in welkait/Humera
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/n ... 312717.stm
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But the government of Meles Zenawi, some of whose members fought to topple the Derg in 1991, see resettlement as one vital component in efforts to give Ethiopia food security.
.
Hadguy Mirutz travelled hundreds of miles for a fertile plot of land in welkait/humera
Hadguy Mirutz has decided to abandon his plot of dusty land near Mekele in Tigray. He has volunteered to move hundreds of miles to a new home where he has been told he will get two hectares of rich, fertile soil. He is leaving his wife and four children behind, but they hope to join him in a year.
"I am very excited and very optimistic," says Mr Mirutz as he clambered aboard a bus, one of convoy of 16 taking a thousand people off to a new start. "I know people who have been on a similar programme - relatives and friends who left last year - and they told me the land is fertile. I believe them."
After three days rattling along in the bus, Mr Mirutz has arrived at his new home. He is greeted by some friends from his village who moved a year ago. He is encouraged to hear that their first 12 months have been relatively successful.
Yields from the land near Humera close to the border with Sudan and Eritrea are high. There is a clinic in the village and the handful who contracted malaria have been quickly treated and cured.
He is taken to his plot of two hectares. It is huge compared with the land he left behind near Mekele. He crumbles the rich, black earth in his fingers. "This is virgin soil - ready for farming. I am overwhelmed to be here."
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The resettlement convoy leaving Mekele
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" የህወሃት መሪዎች ወልቃይትን በሐይል ወደ ትግራይ ካጠቃለሉ በኋላ ከ500 ሺህ በላይ የትግራይ ተወላጆችን አምጥተው አስፈረውበታ፡፡"
(መኮነን ዘለለው -- የቀድሞ የህወሓት አባል)
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