2014 Addis Ababa Master Plan

The 2014 Addis Ababa Master Plan was a controversial plan to expand the boundaries of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, by 1.1 million hectares into the Oromia special zone in April 2014.[1][2]

Background

The Ethiopian government, at the time the TPLF, planned to expand the capital to accommodate the demand of residential and commercial properties for middle-class income.[3] The plan faced violent constitutionally enshrined territorial dispute within the Oromia region.[4]

In 2011, Addis Ababa and the Oromia Special Zone established a joint project on common urban development issues led by Kuma Demeksa. In 2013, the government and other stake holders held a meeting in Adama and voiced their support for the project, claiming it was in Ethiopia's interest. The integration of Addis Ababa and the Oromia Special Zone would violate the 1995 constitution (which demarcated the capital from Oromia), and so it needed to be bypassed.[5][6] By April 2014, the government was prepared to implement the Master Plan (which would seize surrounding town without consulting affected communities). This triggered protests from university students in Oromia, which were repressed by the government.[7]

Protests

The proposed expansion of the boundaries of Addis Ababa ignited the [[2016 Oromo protests] addis ababa is the capital city of ethiopia] that first sparked on April 25, 2014; to which the government responded by shooting at and beating peaceful protesters.[8] More widespread strikes and street protests resumed on November 12, 2015; largely led by students in Ginchi (located 80 km southwest of Addis Ababa and encircled by the Oromia region).[9][10][11][12] Protests spread throughout 400 different locales across 17 zones of the Oromia region,[13] and according to Amnesty International 800 of these protestors were killed.[14]

Master Plan U-turn

On 12 January 2016, after deadly 2014–2016 Oromo protests over several months, the Oromo Democratic Party said that the plan was “fully terminated” after extensive meetings with government officials who rejected it.[15][16][17]

See also

References
  1. Ethiopia’s ‘Master Plan’ – good for development, damaging for minorities, retrieved August 12, 2014
  2. The Roots of Popular Mobilization in Ethiopia, retrieved June 16, 2017
  3. Data Analysis: The Roots of Popular Mobilization in Ethiopia, retrieved June 16, 2017
  4. Country Policy and Guidance Note Ethiopia Oromos including the Oromo Protests (PDF), November 2017
  5. Ethiopia’s ‘Master Plan’ – good for development, damaging for minorities, retrieved August 12, 2014
  6. Enhancing Urban Resilience (PDF), July 2015
  7. WHY RESIST THE ADDIS ABEBA MASTER PLAN? – A CONSTITUTIONAL LEGAL EXPLORATION, retrieved August 20, 2015
  8. Ethiopia: Brutal Crackdown on Protests, retrieved May 5, 2014
  9. Data Analysis: The Roots of Popular Mobilization in Ethiopia, retrieved June 16, 2017
  10. OROMO PROTESTS: DEFIANCE AMIDST PAIN AND SUFFERING, retrieved December 16, 2015
  11. Ethiopia: Lethal Force Against Protesters, retrieved December 18, 2015
  12. Country Policy and Guidance Note Ethiopia Oromos including the Oromo Protests (PDF), November 2017
  13. Killings and Arrests in Response to Ethiopia’s Oromo Protests, retrieved June 15, 2016
  14. Hundreds killed since start of Oromo protests, retrieved November 12, 2016
  15. Ethiopia Scraps Plan for Capital Area that Sparked Protests, retrieved January 13, 2016
  16. Ethiopia scraps Addis Ababa 'master plan' after protests kill 140, retrieved January 14, 2016
  17. Ethiopia cancels Addis Ababa master plan after Oromo protests, retrieved January 13, 2016


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