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Ethiopia’s “Odious Debt” to the Odious World Bank

In my last commentary, The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation”, I cryptically observed in passing, “… The USD$600 million is money the World Bank loaned to the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (T-TPLF)  in the name of the People of Ethiopia. Future generations of Ethiopians will be asked to pay it back.

የዓለም ባንክ እና የኢትዮጵያ “የዕድገት እና ትራንስፎርሜሽን ዕቅድ የቁማር ጨዋታ”

(ፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም) የዓለም ባንክ ይዋሻል፣ ኢትዮጵያ እጅግ በጣም አስቸጋሪ በሆነ እና “ጥላቻን፣ ንቀትን ወይም ደግሞ መከፋትን በሚቀሰቅስ ዕዳ” ውስጥ በመዘፈቅ በመሞት ላይ ትገኛለች…

The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation”

The World Bank lies, Ethiopia dies… from onerous “odious debt” I had completely forgotten about the so-called “Growth and Transformation Plan” (GTP) of 2010, until the World Bank reminded me of it last week. by Alemayehu G. Mariam That “Plan” was the late Meles Zenawi’s  gimmick  about having an economic plan for Ethiopia.  “Ethiopian economic growth

World Bank-ruptcy in Ethiopia

The moral bankruptcy of the World Bank in Ethiopia Ethiopians have been the object of a cruel bureaucratic joke by the World Bank. Last week, an official investigative report surfaced on line showing World Bank bureaucrats in Ethiopia have been playing  “Deception Games” of displacement, deracination, forced resettlement and a kinder and gentler form of ethnic cleansing  in the Gambella region of Western Ethiopia.

MLK: “When Will You Be Satisfied?”

When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [MLK] gave his “I Have a Dream Speech” in August 1963, he asked the “devotees of civil rights” a simple rhetorical question:  “When will you be satisfied?” One of his answers was particularly poignant. “We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the

Andargachew Tsgie Before the T-TPLF Inquisition?

by Alemayehu G. Mariam “Cirque d’Andargachew” presented by the Ringling T-TPLF Brothers Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) is often credited with the observation that one should “judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” Voltaire also wisely observed, “All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” How

Ethiopian Dreams for 2015 and Beyond

“Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,… [and] see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams” A Happy New Year to all of my readers!!! I get to celebrate New Year twice every year. The first on September 11, the Ethiopian New Year. The second on January 1. I also get to make two

“ለኢትዮጵያ አንድነት በጽናት እንቆማለን” (ፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም)

(የፀሐፊው ማስታወሻ -- ይህን ፅሁፍ በነጻነት ለሀገሬ ስም ለአማርኛ አንባቢዎቼ አቀርባለሁ። የነፃነት ለሀገሬ ትርጉሞች የረቀቁና የተጣሩ ናቸው። የነፃነት ለሀገሬን ድጋፍ በማግኘቴ ታላቅ ደስታና ክብር ይሰማኛል። ነፃነት ለሀገሬ ያልተዘመረለት/ያልተዘመረላቸው የኢትዮጵያ ጀግና/ጀግኖች ናቸው። ከፍተኛ ክብርና አድናቆቴን ለነፃነት ለሀገሬ አቀርባለሁ/አቀርብላቸዋለሁ! ትግሉ ይቀጥላል ለነፃነት ለሀገሬ!!!)

“ለኢትዮጵያ አንድነት በጽናት እንቆማለን”፣

(የፀሐፊው ማስታወሻ — ይህን ፅሁፍ በነጻነት ለሀገሬ ስም ለአማርኛ አንባቢዎቼ  አቀርባለሁ። የነፃነት ለሀገሬ ትርጉሞች የረቀቁና የተጣሩ ናቸው። የነፃነት ለሀገሬን ድጋፍ በማግኘቴ ታላቅ ደስታና ክብር ይሰማኛል። ነፃነት ለሀገሬ ያልተዘመረለት/ያልተዘመረላቸው የኢትዮጵያ ጀግና/ጀግኖች ናቸው። ከፍተኛ ክብርና አድናቆቴን ለነፃነት ለሀገሬ አቀርባለሁ/አቀርብላቸዋለሁ  !!! ትግሉ ይቀጥላል ለነፃነት ለሀገሬ!!!)  ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ የአፍሪካ አሜሪካዊ ደራሲ፣ ገጣሚ፣ የዳንስ ተወዛዋዥ፣ ተዋናይ እንዲሁም

የካስትሮ ወንድሞች፣ የአፍሪካ ወንድሞች እና ወንድም ኦባማ

የሩቢዮ የኩባን ከዩኤስ አሜሪካ ጋር ያላትን ግንኙነት ወደ ቀድሞ ግንኙነት የመመለሱን ሁኔታ የመቃወማቸው አመክንዮ መረጃ ላለመስጠት በደብቅነት ወይም ደግሞ በየዋሀነት ያደረጉት ይንሁን አይሁን እርግጠኛ አይደለሁም፡፡