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Ethiopia: Why Resist the Addis Abeba Master Plan? - a Constitutional Legal Exploration
Addis Standard, 20 August 2015
When,in mid April 2014, the government in Ethiopia announced its readiness to implement what it called the "Addis Abeba Integrated Regional Development Plan" (the "Master Plan" for… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Offers to Legalize Illegal Land Grabbers
Addis Fortune, 11 January 2015
Addis Abeba City Administration is issuing 44,547 ownership title deeds for households built on undocumented land. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Cleaning Addis Abeba - It Is a Sisyphean Task
Addis Standard, 21 October 2014
More than 10,000 street cleaners are scrambling to clean a city that produces 200,000 tons of waste annually; but their job is a Sisyphean task Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia 'Becoming Example in Green Economy Prosperity'
ERTA, 16 October 2014
Ethiopia nowadays is increasingly setting an example on how to combat climate change while also achieving economic growth. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Fast-Growing Capital Aims to Become Greener and Cleaner
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 15 October 2014
Ethiopia's capital city, Addis Ababa, has a name that means "new flower". But for the 4 million plus people living there, it's more likely to conjure up images of worsening… Read more »
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Africa: Gridlock in Continent's Major Cities
Africa In Fact, 1 August 2014
The continent's major cities need to address traffic congestion in a hurry Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopian Minister of Finance and Economic Development Calls for ECA's Support of Green Economy Plan
UNECA, 9 September 2014
Dr. Abraham Tekeste, Ethiopian Minister of Finance and Economic Development has called for support from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in strengthening the capacity of… Read more »
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Ethiopia: How Much Noise is Too Much for Addis?
Addis Standard, 25 July 2014
The streets of Addis Abeba have long become permanent exhibitions for earsplitting noises; it is no longer shocking to find schools and hospitals built adjoining bars, workshops… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Water, Rivers and Runoff Challenge Ethiopia's Expanding Capital
IPS, 1 July 2014
The streets of Addis Ababa are increasingly turning into water-logged obstacle courses as downpours increase in the run up to Ethiopia's July to September rainy season. Strangers… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Seed Banks and the Search for Food Security
SciDev.Net, 16 October 2014
The community seed bank in Chefe Donsa, a village two hours' drive east of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, collects and preserves the seeds of local crops to ensure farmers have… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Riding in Addis' Shared Taxis
Reporter, 24 May 2014
Going into my third week here in Addis Ababa, I can rightly say that I have become accustomed to shared taxi transportation. Read more »
Ethiopia's Capital to Be Greener, Cleaner
The country plans to roll out a ten-year master plan in the capital city, Addis Ababa, in a bid to combat the worsening pollution and traffic gridlock by making it a greener, cleaner and pleasant place to live.
