Dr. Allo is a senior legal scholar specializing in human rights, political repression, conflict sensitivity, social movements, political parties, post-conflict reconstruction, peace-building, and transitional justice. A native of the Horn of Africa, Dr. Allo possesses extensive knowledge and experience in the region.
Over the past five years, Dr. Allo has been commissioned by law firms, public bodies, and NGOs to prepare country expert reports on various issues, including political repression, political parties, social movements, protests, nationality laws, healthcare provisions, national service, trafficking, and other cultural and social matters.
Dr. Allo has authored over 100 country expert reports for solicitors and attorneys in the UK, USA, and Europe.
Political repression, political parties, social movements, protests, nationality laws, healthcare provisions, trafficking, conflict sensitivity, and other cultural and social issues on Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, and South Sudan.
Native of the Horn of Africa with extensive understanding of the cultural, political, and security dynamics in the region. The expert has written reports for asylum cases in relation to Ethiopia. The expert has published extensively on the politics of the region and I am regular contributor and Op-ed writer on regional politics.
Allo A. (Forthcoming, 2017) Protest, Security, and Development: On Ethiopia’s State of Emergency, The Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal, Vol. 17.
Allo A. (2016) Marwan Barghouti in Tel Aviv: Occupation, Terrorism, and Resistance in the Courtroom, Social and Legal Studies
Allo A. The Courtroom as a Site of Epistemic Resistance: Mandela at Rivonia, Law, Culture and the Humanities, DOI: DOI: 10.1177/1743872116643274
Allo A. and Tesfaye B. (2015) Spectacles of Illegality: Mapping Ethiopia’s Show Trials, African Identities: DOI: 10.1080/14725843.2015.1087305
Allo A. (2015) The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance, in Awol Allo, The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance: Reflections on the Legacy of the Rivonia Trial (eds.), 1-20
Allo A. (2015) ‘Black Man in a White Man’s Court’: Mandela’s Performative Genealogies, in Allo A., The Courtroom as Space of Resistance: Reflections on the Legacy of the Rivonia Trial (eds.) 189-212
Allo A. (2012) Review Essay, Law and the Stranger, New Criminal Law Review 15: 333- 343.
Allo A. (2010) The Show in the Show Trials: Re-contextualizing the Politicization of Truth and Justice in the Courtroom, Barry Law Review 15, 41-72
Allo A. (2010) Ethiopia’s Military Intervention in Somalia: Assessing the Legality of SelfDefense in Response to the Threat of Terrorism, Den. J. Int. L. & Pol. 39, 139-167
Allo A. (2009) Mayhem in Darfur: The Accountability, Peace and Immunity Debate, Mizan Law Review 3, 70-104
Allo A. (2009) Derogations or Limitations: Rethinking the African Human Rights System of derogation in the Light of the European System, Journal of Ethiopian Legal Education, 2, 21-52
Allo A. (2009) Counter-intervention, Invitation, Both or Neither: An Appraisal of the Ethiopian Military Intervention in Somalia, Mizan Law Review, 3, 201-239
Al Jazeera, Torture, state terrorism and Ethiopia's transformation, https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/abiy-ahmed-transforming-ethio…
Al Jazeera, Ethiopia offers an olive branch to Eritrea, https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/ethiopiaoffers-olive-branch-e…
CNN, Ethiopia's new Prime Minister has had a stellar two months, can he keep it up?, https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/07/africa/ethiopia-abiy-ahmed-transform…
Al Jazeera, Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict, 20 years on: Brothers still at war, https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/ethiopia-eritrea-conflict-20-years-brothers-war180506082447762.html
Al Jazeera, Ethiopia's State of Emergency 2.0, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/ethiopias-state-emergency-20- 180219112158956.html
CNN, Ethiopia's next leader faces the tough challenge of reuniting the nation, https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/07/africa/ethiopia-crisis-leadershiporo…
Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera, Ethiopia's decision on 'political prisoners' in context, https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/1/10/ethiopias-decision-on-poli…
African Arguments, “We are here”: The soundtrack to the Oromo revolution gripping Ethiopia, http://africanarguments.org/2018/03/30/we-are-here-thesoundtrack-to-the…
Al Jazeera English, A tough road ahead for Ethiopia's new leader Abiy Ahmed, https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/tough-road-ethiopia-leaderabi…
Allo A., (2018), Opride, OPDO’s silence on Bekele Gerba, others still in jail, detrimental to its reformist image, https://www.opride.com/2018/02/07/opdossilence-bekele-gerba-detrimental-reformist-image
Allo Awol, Mohammed Sulieman, Margareth French, Grace Dankwa (2024) Report: Conflict in the Horn of Africa: A sensitivity Analysis for Democracy Engagement and Peace Support (for Horn Center for Democracy)
Allo A. (2021) The Courtroom as an Arena of Ideological Confrontation: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial, Journal of Law and Critique.
Foreign Policy (2022) Ethiopia’s National Dialogue Needs to Include Everyone. https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/24/ethiopias-national-dialogue-needs-to-include-everyone/
New York Times (2021) Ethiopia is Spiralling, and There’s One Man’s Mistake Behind It: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/opinion/ethiopia-tigray-abiy-war.html
Al Jazeera English (2021) Why Ethiopia’s Elections Should be Postponed. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/18/why-ethiopias-elections-should-be-postponed
Al Jazeera English (2021) Ethiopia Urgently Needs Inclusive National Dialogue: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/30/ethiopia-urgently-needs-in…
Al Jazeera English (2020) How Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia-First Nationalism Led to Civil War. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/11/25/how-abiy-ahmeds-ethiopia-first-nationalism-led-to-civil-war
Al Jazeera English (2020) Haacaaluu Hundeessaa: A Towering Musician and an Oromo Icon. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/7/5/haacaaluu-hundeessaa-a-towering-musician-and-an-oromo-icon
Al Jazeera English (2019) Why Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party Could be bad news for Ethiopia: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/12/5/why-abiy-ahmeds-prosperity-party-could-be-bad-news-for-ethiopia
African Argument (2019) The Abiy Doctrine: One Year of Ethiopia’s New Foreign Policy: https://africanarguments.org/2019/04/the-abiy-doctrine-one-year-of-ethiopia-new-foreign-policy/
Al Jazeera English (2019) How a Major Anti-Colonial Victory Divided Ethiopia: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/3/1/how-a-major-anti-colonial-v…
Al Jazeera English (2019) Navigating Ethiopia's journey towards reconciliation and justice: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/11/20/navigating-ethiopias-journey-towards-reconciliation-and-justice
Al Jazeera English The Power of Ethiopia’s Gender-Balanced Cabinet. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/10/19/the-power-of-ethiopias-gender-balanced-cabinet
Al Jazeera English (2018) In South Sudan, Moderation in Pursuit of Justice can be a Virtue: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/8/7/in-south-sudan-moderation-in-pursuit-of-justice-can-be-a-virtue
Al Jazeera English (2018), The ICC’s Problem is not Overt Racism, it is Eurocentrism: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/7/28/the-iccs-problem-is-not-ov…