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Ethiopia: Demolitions Gather Pace in the Heart of the Ethiopian Capital
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 25 July 2017
Ababaker sat in his car staring through the window at the remains of his family business across the road. Read more »
As the revised master plan for Addis Ababa enters implementation stage, the clearing of informal structures has stepped up a gear and the focus moved away from the city's peripheries after mass protests against evictions and displacement there last year.
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In Addis Ababa, over 3,000 homes are slated to be demolished, report by Thompson Reuters Foundation. According to the city's urban renewal agency, the Land Development and Urban Renewal Agency the ... see more »
It is now eight months into the country's state of emergency, imposed in October 2016 to crush the biggest protests in 25 years. The unrest started in the Oromia region in 2015 ... Read more »
Countrywide demonstrations by the Oromo people have flared up again and authorities reacted with heavy force. The Conversation Africa gives us the backstory. Read more »
The population of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa and nearby satellite towns is projected to more than double by 2040 to 8.1 million inhabitants.
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