Alemayehu Fentaw,29, was born at Alamata, Ethiopia. He studied Law at Addis Ababa University and was teaching law at Jimma University Faculty of Law. Currently, he is an Advanced MA Candidate in Peace and Conflict Resolution at the European University Center for Peace Studies, Stadtschlaining, Austria. He is also Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar.
Articles by Alemayehu Fentaw
Somalia has long been anarchic, hitting rock bottom claiming #1 in The Fund for Peace´s most recent Failed States Index. It had no functioning central government in the past 19 years, albeit 14 attempts to reconstitute state authority had been made since 1991, when the former Cold War dictator...
Alemayehu Fentaw, a lecturer and advocate, writes on the current and past reconciliation efforts in Ethiopia.
This article has been published on five US-based websites. It was written in response to the passage of a bill that cedes legislative powers to the executive that took place on 9th of October 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The full text of the news story covering the passage of this bill can be accessed at the link below:
http://en.ethiopianreporter.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61