The Tragedy Behind the Abuu Seeraa Airport Deal
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Development Draped in Dispossession: The Tragedy Behind the Abuu Seeraa Airport Deal

“That is what prosperity looks like,” boasts a Prosperity Party (PP) regime loyalist in his Facebook repost, proudly sharing a photo announcing a $7.8 billion agreement between Ethiopian Airlines and the African Development Bank to build Africa’s largest airport in Abuu Seeraa, near Bishoftu town in Oromia. A gleaming model aircraft in the hands of…