Marew Abebe Salemot
Marew Abebe Salemot serves as a lecturer in political sciences at Debark University, Ethiopia. He graduated with a Master's degree in Governance and Development (MSc) in 2023 at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and is also a graduate of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, holding an MA (2013) in Federalism studies and a BA (2010) in Journalism and Communications. Additionally, he graduated with a Higher Diploma Program (2019) at Haramaya University, Ethiopia. Salemot started his career as a reporter based in Addis Ababa before joining higher academic institutions. As a lecturer, he worked at Debre Markos University, Ethiopia, and gave political science courses to undergraduate students from September 2013 to December
2014 until Salemot left to Germany for short-term politics and German Language training. From December 2014 to February 2016, he was in Germany and completed a German language course and was also a guest student in the Department of Political Science at Gottingen University, Germany. After returning to Ethiopia, Salemot worked as a lecturer at Oda Bultum University from October 2016 to July 2019 and teaching federalism and minority rights courses. In the summer of 2019, he attended the Global Minority Rights Summer School from 7-13 July, 2019, at the Hungarian National University, Budapest, organized with the Tom Lantos Institute. He was a participant in the Pan-African Reconciliation Network Fellowship Program organized by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, held from Monday, 8th to Friday, 12th November 2021, in Cape Town, South Africa. Since August 2019, Salemot has been working as a lecturer and researcher at Debark University and teaching political sciences, federalism, and election courses. Salemot writes on topical issues of Ethiopia for different newspapers, including the Addis Fortune and Ethiopia Insight. He is also one of the co-founders of the Ethiopian National Media Support, CSO, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Recent publications:
Abebe, M., & Matshanda, N. T. (2025). Peace without process? Disarmament failures and the 2018 OLF–Ethiopian Government accord. MEAC Research into Action, UNIDIR. https://doi.org/10.37559/MEAC/25/04
Abebe, M. S., & Matshanda, N. T. (2023). The causes and consequences of the 2018 failed peace agreement between the Oromo Liberation Front and the Ethiopian government. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 42(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2023.2193364
Abebe, M. S. (2022). African studies centers – The first inventory. The Australasian Review of African Studies, 43(1), 73–83. https://doi.org/10.22160/22035184/ARAS-2022-43-1/73-83
Abebe, M. S. (2022). The (extra) constitutionality of election postponement in Ethiopia amidst COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, 9(3), 216–232. https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJHRCS.2022.123681
Abebe, M. S. (2021). Non-derogable rights during state of emergency: Evaluation of the Ethiopian legal framework in light of international standards. Hawassa University Journal of Law, 5, 175–194. https://www.hu.edu.et/images/HuFiles/Journals/Law/HUJL_Vol_5_2021.pdf