{"id":277476,"date":"2026-09-24T11:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=277476"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:28:24","slug":"addis-ababas-baladera-council-opposed-mayor-takele-umas-demolition-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277476","title":{"rendered":"Addis Ababa\u2019s Baladera Council opposed Mayor Takele Uma\u2019s demolition plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May 2019 local reporting said Addis Ababa\u2019s Baladera Council expressed opposition to Mayor Takele Uma\u2019s plan to demolish structures in an affected neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\"Addis<\/p>\n

Resident and council pushback against demolition and relocation has been a recurring Addis story as city authorities chase corridors, condos, and \u201cbeautification\u201d projects.<\/p>\n

Keeping the May 2019 dispute preserves a dated local-politics marker from Takele Uma\u2019s mayoralty under Abiy Ahmed.<\/p>\n

Kept as urban politics archive, the Baladera opposition note records grassroots resistance to a city demolition plan.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> Borkena \/ local reporting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In May 2019 local reporting said Addis Ababa\u2019s Baladera Council expressed opposition to Mayor Takele Uma\u2019s plan to demolish structures in an affected neighborhood. Resident and council pushback against demolition and relocation has been a recurring Addis story as city authorities chase corridors, condos, and \u201cbeautification\u201d projects. Keeping the May 2019 dispute preserves a dated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":353196,"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-277476","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\/2021\/03\/Tourism-Ethiopia-702103-1714-54-07.jpg?fit=788%2C538&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1abq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277476","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\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754968,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277476\/revisions\/754968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}