Biruk Terrefe
@terrefebiruk.bsky.social
Lecturer & Researcher African Politics, @unibayreuth.bsky.social | Research Associate, African Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Politics, Statecraft, Infrastructure, Urbanisation, Conflict, Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, Red Sea
Politics, Statecraft, Infrastructure, Urbanisation, Conflict, Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, Red Sea
The war over Assab’s port is already live on…Google Maps. 📍
When sovereignty becomes a drop-down option, the conflict goes full Ctrl+Territory.
When sovereignty becomes a drop-down option, the conflict goes full Ctrl+Territory.
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The war over Assab’s port is already live on…Google Maps. 📍
When sovereignty becomes a drop-down option, the conflict goes full Ctrl+Territory.
When sovereignty becomes a drop-down option, the conflict goes full Ctrl+Territory.
Calling all scholars in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and other eligible countries! 🎓 The UTA-Do African Cities Summer School 2026 has 10 full scholarships available through the Wagon2Africa project. Apply! Deadline: Sept 30, 2025. @andretwp.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/uta-do/...
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Calling all scholars in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and other eligible countries! 🎓 The UTA-Do African Cities Summer School 2026 has 10 full scholarships available through the Wagon2Africa project. Apply! Deadline: Sept 30, 2025. @andretwp.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/uta-do/...
From Cape Town’s energy sovereignty, Beira’s post-disaster reconstruction, Nairobi’s institutional innovations & accelerated planning systems to start-up cultures in Kigali and violent beautification in Addis: What is it about cities that makes them sites of experimental statecraft? #ECAS2025
June 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
From Cape Town’s energy sovereignty, Beira’s post-disaster reconstruction, Nairobi’s institutional innovations & accelerated planning systems to start-up cultures in Kigali and violent beautification in Addis: What is it about cities that makes them sites of experimental statecraft? #ECAS2025
'Ethiopia's Red Sea Politics: Corridors, Ports & Security in the Horn of Africa'
My latest research paper published by @rvinews.bsky.social & #XCEPT.
riftvalley.net/publication/...
My latest research paper published by @rvinews.bsky.social & #XCEPT.
riftvalley.net/publication/...
March 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
'Ethiopia's Red Sea Politics: Corridors, Ports & Security in the Horn of Africa'
My latest research paper published by @rvinews.bsky.social & #XCEPT.
riftvalley.net/publication/...
My latest research paper published by @rvinews.bsky.social & #XCEPT.
riftvalley.net/publication/...
Our new OUP book on the politics, history and political economy of Ethiopia's dam-building program is out!
You can access your free pdf copy of the book at the bottom of this blogpost, which offers a succinct a summary of the book:
blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/dams-power-a...
You can access your free pdf copy of the book at the bottom of this blogpost, which offers a succinct a summary of the book:
blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/dams-power-a...
November 27, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Our new OUP book on the politics, history and political economy of Ethiopia's dam-building program is out!
You can access your free pdf copy of the book at the bottom of this blogpost, which offers a succinct a summary of the book:
blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/dams-power-a...
You can access your free pdf copy of the book at the bottom of this blogpost, which offers a succinct a summary of the book:
blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/dams-power-a...
Friends, join @andretwp.bsky.social and me in Prague for our
#ECAS2025 panel:
“African Cities as testbeds: experimental statecraft in transition”
Submit your abstract here under the stream ‘Urban Studies:' guarant.eu/ecasconferen...
#ECAS2025 panel:
“African Cities as testbeds: experimental statecraft in transition”
Submit your abstract here under the stream ‘Urban Studies:' guarant.eu/ecasconferen...
November 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Friends, join @andretwp.bsky.social and me in Prague for our
#ECAS2025 panel:
“African Cities as testbeds: experimental statecraft in transition”
Submit your abstract here under the stream ‘Urban Studies:' guarant.eu/ecasconferen...
#ECAS2025 panel:
“African Cities as testbeds: experimental statecraft in transition”
Submit your abstract here under the stream ‘Urban Studies:' guarant.eu/ecasconferen...