{"id":11993,"date":"2026-06-09T18:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/staff\/mengesha-wende\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:18:32","slug":"mengesha-wende","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/staff\/mengesha-wende\/","title":{"rendered":"Mengesha, Wende"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wende Mengesha, de nationalit\u00e9 \u00e9thiopienne, est un boursier postdoctoral sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9 dans le ma\u00efs. 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