My VOA (Amharic) Interview on HR 128 and PM Abiy 4 -16 -2018

Originally appeared in The Hill (o3/09/17.) [Posted on almariam.com on 7/27/17.] http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/323198-trumps-suspicion-of-foreign-aid-to-africa-is-right-on-the ======================== Mick Mulvaney, the Director of the White House Office of Management Budget confirmed that the Trump administration is set to make “fairly dramatic reductions” in the U.S. foreign aid budget. This announcement will likely disappoint and alarm many in the foreign aid industry. There…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ethiopia on March 15, 2023. His mission was to refashion, reinvigorate and reinvent the strong partnership between the US and Ethiopia that had been flagging over the past two years. Unlike Caesar, Blinken came, saw and laid the foundations for “refashioning” US-Ethiopia partnership. Following his tour of UN…

*** ይህ መጣጥፍ በእንግሊዘኛ ከፃፍኩት የተተረጎመ ነው።  የአማርኛ ፅሁፉን አተረጔገም ጥያቄ ካለ እንግሊዘኛዉን ይመልከቱ። *** መጣጥፍ በእንግሊዘኛ ከፃፍኩት የተተረጎመ ነው።  የአማርኛ ፅሁፉን አተረጔገም ጥያቄ ካለ እንግሊዘኛዉን ይመልከቱ። *** የደራሲው ማስታወሻ-እኔ በባይደን አስተዳደር ዉስጥ የአሜሪካ ፖሊሲ ኢትዮጵያን በሚመለከት እጅግ ተስፋ-ቢስ የሆነ ትንበያየን በቀደሙት  ትችቶቼ (ክፍል I ፣ ክፍል II እና ክፍል III) ላይ አስፍሬአለሁ፡፡ በዚህ ትችት…

Author’s Note: In this commentary, I offer a personal review of the Trump administration’s human rights record in Africa in 2017. On December 21, 2017, with little fanfare, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13818  of  December 20, 2017 for targeted sanctions “declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national…

“Having been on this Committee now 36 of my 37 years,  I have to tell you that  I remember when Nicolae Ceaușescu of Romania, one of the most brutal dictatorships, with the Securitate, the KGB equivalent, every year his lobby form would come around with bullet points. They  made them look like they were Mother…