A Symposium

Understanding Land Transfers and Political Crisis in Ethiopia:

A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Addis Ababa Integrated
Development Master Plan and Popular Uprising in Oromia
Participants
Ezekiel Gebissa, The Plan and the Protests: Exploration of the Political Context
Tsegaye Ararsa, Why Resist the Master Plan? A Constitutional-Legal Exploration
Gizachew Tesso, The Urban Master Plan as a Political Weapon: Urbanization and Planning Activity around Finfinnee
(Addis Ababa), Ethiopia
Benti Getahun, The Grab and the Plan: Putting the Implications in Historical Perspectives
Teferi Mergo, The Consequences of Addis Ababas Expansion on the Welfare of the Displaced Farming Households
Bonnie Holcomb and Peri Klemm, Despoiling Sacred Space: Cultural and Environmental Impact of Land Appropriation
in Oromia.
Ermias Legesse, The Impact of Past Unconstitutional Laws, Procedures and Directives on the Making of the Master
Plan.
Guluma Gemeda, Land Grab: Property Rights, Urban and Agrarian Changes in Ethiopia, 1950s to 2015
Beekan G. Irranaa, The Oromo Students Demands for Justice and Democracy in the Face of Violent Repression by the
Ethiopian Government
Habtamu Dugo, Oromo Protests against the Master Plan and State Response: An Analysis of the Use of Lethal Violence
and Restrictions on Information Flow
Mekuria Bulcha, Land Grab and Environmental Crime: Causes of the Oromo Student Uprising, 2000 - 2015.

Date: Saturday, January 16, 2016

Time: 1:30 6:30 PM
Venue: Washington Ethical Society
Address: 7750 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20012