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Paulos Tesfagiorgis
Paulos Tesfagiorgis is
senior advisor
on democracy and constitution-making based at
International IDEA's
regional office in Pretoria
Published in:
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Africa: constitution-building vs coup-making
Published on:
28 April 2009
Written by: Winluck Wahiu
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Winluck Wahiu
Written by: Paulos Tesfagiorgis
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Paulos Tesfagiorgis
