Saturday 10 October 2026
Joseph Abraham is an independent researcher. He is interested in the histories and present realities of human movement, conflict and concepts of indigeneity, notably in and between Britain and the Horn of Africa.
Articles by the Author
Analysis
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Ethiopia is at war. In truth, it has been for quite some time. But the fighting that has followed the announcement of an alliance between Ethiopia’s key rebel groups has been heavier than anything seen in the country for almost four years, since end the devastating Tigray War. More ominously, these…
Ethiopia is at war. In truth, it has been for quite some time. But the fighting that has followed the announcement of an alliance between Ethiopia’s key rebel groups has been heavier than anything seen in the country for almost four years, since end the devastating Tigray War. More ominously, these…
Analysis
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Styled as a project of modernisation, Addis Ababa’s ongoing transformation discloses a governmental logic in which development and infrastructure function as technologies that produce an ordered and controllable urban space, revealing not a city insulated from national crises but one that is…
Styled as a project of modernisation, Addis Ababa’s ongoing transformation discloses a governmental logic in which development and infrastructure function as technologies that produce an ordered and controllable urban space, revealing not a city insulated from national crises but one that is…
Analysis
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As Addis Ababa turns to gold to stabilise a fragile economy, its attempt to suppress artisanal mining and promote industrial projects reveals a deeper paradox: the state cannot secure growth without stability, yet its pursuit of control often produces the instability it seeks to resolve.…
As Addis Ababa turns to gold to stabilise a fragile economy, its attempt to suppress artisanal mining and promote industrial projects reveals a deeper paradox: the state cannot secure growth without stability, yet its pursuit of control often produces the instability it seeks to resolve.…