{"id":267120,"date":"2019-02-26T04:59:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T09:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=267120"},"modified":"2019-02-26T04:59:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T09:59:46","slug":"amhara-democratic-party-adp-takes-strong-stand-on-addis-ababa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/267120","title":{"rendered":"Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) takes strong stand on Addis Ababa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u12a0\u12f4\u1353 \u1260\u12a0\u12f2\u1235 \u12a0\u1260\u1263 \u12e8\u1263\u1208\u1264\u1275\u1290\u1275 \u1309\u12f3\u12ed \u120b\u12ed \u1320\u1295\u12ab\u122b \u12a0\u124b\u121d \u12a5\u1295\u12f3\u1208\u12cd \u12a0\u1235\u1273\u12c8\u1240\u1361\u1361\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x8cUvBHLVIQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Radical Oromo-nationalists have been claiming ownership over Addis Ababa and this didn&#8217;t sit well with many. The fact that the federal government has appointed a deputy mayor\u00a0from Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) with radical values concerning Addis Ababa raised even more controversy. The debate over Addis Ababa&#8217;s ownership keeps growing as the government hasn&#8217;t given any official response. The controversial claim has become the leading agenda for every self-proclaimed nationalist activist.<\/p>\n<p>Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) took a firm stand on the issues of Addis Ababa. ADP executive member Migbaru Kebede said that a recent claim by some individuals and groups that Addis Ababa belongs to Oromia Region only is senseless and that Ethiopia&#8217;s capital belongs to all Ethiopians. Ato Endawoke Abite,\u00a0Trade and Industry Office head, supported ADP&#8217;s stand by affirming that Addis Ababa has its own structure and administration, and it is the capital of not only Ethiopia but also Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radical Oromo-nationalists have been claiming ownership over Addis Ababa and this didn&#8217;t sit well with many. The fact that the federal government has appointed a deputy mayor\u00a0from Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) with radical values concerning Addis Ababa raised even more controversy. The debate over Addis Ababa&#8217;s ownership keeps growing as the government hasn&#8217;t given any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":267176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Amhara-Democratic-Party-ADP-takes-strong-stand-on-Addis-Ababa.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-17uo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267177,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267120\/revisions\/267177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}