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Detention Memoir: Eleven detainees, eleven days. What really happened
From left, journalist Zelalem Workagegnehu, blogger and rights activist Mahlet Fatahun and blogger/journalist/rights activist Befeqadu Hailu as pictured next to the police station where the eleven of them were detained for eleven days Befeqadu Hailu, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, April 09/2018 – Have you ever lived in …

Special Edition: How the “Special Interest” of Oromia over Addis Abeba became a vacuous exercise in legal rhetoric. What is Next?
Click here to download this Special Edition (11 pages) The “Special Interest” of Oromia over Addis Abeba Hollow Constitutional Promise, an empty legal rhetoric: The Draft Law on the interest that is not so special By Tsegaye R. Ararssa This week, the government is seeking to force “public consultation” over …

News: Addis Abeba mayor appoints first chief resilience officer, approves establishment of city’s resilience office
Fitsumbrhan Tsegaye Beyene 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation – is Dedicated to Building Resilience in Cities around the World – Addis Abeba is a Founding Member of $164M Effort Addis Abeba, February 08/2018 – Addis Abeba’s mayor Deriba Kuma has appointed Fitsumbrhan Tsegaye Beyene as …