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[Horus]

[Horus]

[Horus]

[Axumezana]

Horus I expected you to respect brave women like ሞንጀሪኖ who stood firm & willing to die for their cause ! I hope also you give credit TPLF led EPRDF( including ሞንጀሪኖ) for developing Addis Ababa. Abiy is just doing the finishing & cleaning job ( with out giving due concern to the people), otherwise the hard work of developing Addis Ababa was going on for the last three decades.

[Abere]

Do you think ሞንጀሪኖ should outbid Adanech Abebe? ሞንጀሪኖ could tap in to either Effort money or illegal-Gold mining resources just like Adanech Abebe embezzlement of Addis Ababa fraud capital project money. For now, Abebech corridor invested in him - even the corridor is washed away by torrential rain and resident turned into homeless.

Horus I expected you to respect brave women like ሞንጀሪኖ who stood firm & willing to die for their cause ! I hope also you give TPLF led EPRDF( including ሞንጀሪኖ) for developing Addis Abana. Abiy is just doing the finishing & cleaning job ( with out giving due concern to the people), otherwise the hard work of developing Addis Ababa was going on for the last three decades.

[Horus]

አው ኮሪደሩም ፈሰስ በልቶት ፋኖም 4 ኪሎ ሊገባ አንድ ሃሙስ ቀርቶታል

[Axumezana]

Abere appreciate positive changes whoever may have done it. The fact is the corridor development is transforming Addis Ababa & other cities. The only reservation I have is the way it has been implemented is not people centric. All corrupted PP officials are abusing the affected people. They destroy your building & ask you to contribute thousands for development. They ask you money just to give you a letter to the revenue authorities that states your building has been demolished ( to proof that there is no rent income). The PP government has no concern for the people & ultimately they are going to pay the price.

[Abere]

Who is doing the deep dive - ChatGPT or Adanect Abebe-Horus hahaha
Readers deserve to hear more from Adanecht AbebeGPT

1. Neighborhoods & Heritage at Risk

Historic Piassa: Once a vibrant cultural hub, Piassa's unique stone houses and carved wooden balconies are being demolished rapidly, often replaced by modern infrastructure and memorials like the Adwa Victory Museum. Over 36 out of 42 heritage sites in Piassa have been either destroyed or marked for demolition.
The Guardian

Club des Cheminots: This century-old pétanque club—a cultural and social gathering spot—is slated for demolition to make way for futuristic urban development, despite its deep connection to the city’s past.
The Guardian

2. Human Cost: Displacement & Social Disruption

Evictions and Trauma: Tens of thousands of residents face eviction with as little notice as five days. In Piassa, for example, one displaced resident said:

“They gave us less than a week to pack up… called us in for a raffle… and sent us… to the outskirts.”
Financial Times

Psychological toll: A report reflects that sudden displacement has led to severe mental health issues, even suicides, and chronic illnesses among those forced out of their homes.
The East African Daily

Community fragmentation: Generations of social ties have been disrupted. Families displaced from their neighborhoods struggle to maintain community connections.
The East African Daily
EasternTone

3. Housing & Economic Impacts

Relocation to outskirts: Many displaced families were sent to condominiums or kebele housing far from their original homes—often in areas like Gelan or Gura Aqaki—not necessarily preserving their social support systems.
Live Ethio
Addis Standard

Inadequate compensation: According to firsthand Reddit accounts, compensation often reflects just 10% (or less) of actual property value. In one case:

“If your property worth 1 million is taken… you may get… 100 k… or… 10 k and an alternative land of 150 m² in the outskirts.”
Reddit

Small business losses: While some merchants—especially those along corridors like Arat Kilo—managed to resume operations in new commercial zones, others lost livelihoods entirely and face long-term income instability.

[Abere]

You dropped the big point - if it is not people centered, then it is not more likely against their future, their livelihood, their rights. If they were not in it, it is not theirs. At some point they take revenge to it - if one knows an OLF cadre from Bale/Arusis etc. crawled and took ones historic land to build an illegal building, definitely that building would be crumbled to the ground or passed onto for the rightful owner is the owner. Building is nothing, it is just an assembly of products and materials - there is nothing worth to brag about being noisy. This whole corridor thing is a cadre stunt - in today world it is all about installing, what is more appreciated could have been fairness and building enduring peace. It is crime to praise an apartheid system that works for a few but exploit and deprive the money.

Abere appreciate positive changes whoever may have done it. The fact is the corridor development is transforming Addis Ababa & other cities. The only reservation I have is the way it has been implemented is not people centric. All corrupted PP officials are abusing the affected people. They destroy your building & ask you to contribute thousands for development. They ask you money just to give you a letter to the revenue authorities that states your building has been demolished ( to proof that there is no rent income). The PP government has no concern for the people & ultimately they are going to pay the price.