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Oromia is a cultural, economic and political powerhouse. It significantly shapes Ethiopia’s identity and trajectory.
Through his poetically eloquent protest songs, the young singer-songwriter came to represent the Oromo struggle.
News coverage of Ethiopia’s ethnic conflicts has overshadowed the growing tensions and polarisation between religious communities.
Ethiopia’s mass housing project has built and transferred half-a-million houses in two decades – but it’s damaging the social fabric of communities.
Member states need to arrive at binding, transparent and enforceable priorities to see progress.
East Africa is one of the fastest urbanising regions in the world, but it’s still in the early phases. There’s a big opportunity to get the region’s cities right.
Local realities shape the transport system, making it less directly applicable as a model elsewhere.
Addis may be shaping up to look like the modern city that the government wants, but it is yet to meet the needs of most residents.
Humanitarians are stuck in a dilemma: challenging practices that cause suffering could risk access to the vulnerable people they serve.
The new conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region could be the tipping point for foreign investors in the garment industry.
Abiy Ahmed has a vision to upgrade Ethiopia’s capital city but his ambitious megaprojects do not take the majority of Addis Ababa’s residents into account
We found that air pollution levels in Nairobi increased by 182% over the study period, Kampala by 162% and Addis Ababa by 62%.
Development should not be pursued at the expense of the very people who helped to create value and meaning in the city.
Africa’s new continental free trade area, the AfCFTA, is a remarkable achievement. However, decisive diplomatic, technical and social action is needed for it to succeed.
Surveys shows that the majority of Africans prefer democracy, despite its flaws, to the alternatives.
Moving people without taking their social and economic concerns into consideration isn’t the way to deal with urban slums.
As Addis Ababa develops into a modern city, beggars are increasingly being treated like public nuisances and criminals.
Recent urban disasters in Ethiopia and Mozambique resulted in high female mortality, which was been largely ignored.
Satellite research in Ethiopia is opening up a new frontier in the hunt for geothermal power.
Principales colaboradores
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Reader in Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
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Research fellow, Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), United Nations University
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Sociology and Global and Africana Studies, University of Tennessee
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Research fellow, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure
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Research Fellow, University of St Andrews
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Associate Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, George Washington University
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Associate Professor in Childhood Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Assistant Professor in Urban Anthropology, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Amsterdam
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Academic Tutor, The University of Queensland
