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Who’s Having “Nightmares” in Africa?

Great African leaders have dreams. The rest have nightmares. Recently, African leaders, at least those at the helm of the African Union and their flunkies, have been reporting endlessly recurring ghastly nightmares of Lady Justice “race hunting” them with scales in one hand and a sword in the other. President Uhuru Kenyatta, described by Time

ያለም አቀፉ ወጀል ፍርድ ቤት ምስክር

ፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ የስሱ ብርጌድ የደቦ ፍርጠጣ ጥረት የአፍሪካ አንድነት (እኔ ለማስረዳት የተገደድኩበት አሳፋሪው ከሮም ስምምነት ፍርጠጣ) ‹‹የደቦ የማስፈራራት ሕብረት›› ከሸፈ፡፡ ‹‹አሰቸኳዩ  ልዩ ስብሰባ›› ‹‹አ አ ከዓለም አቀፍ የወንጀለኞች ችሎት ጋር ያለው ግንኙነትያከትማል ብለው ያሰቡትና ሴራውን የፈተሉት ባለስላጣናት፤ ‹‹ከተባበሩት መንግስታት የፀፅታ ካውንስል ጋር ውይይት ለማድረግ በሚል እሳቤ በኬንያው ፕሬዜዳንትና  ምክትል ፕሬዜዳንት  እንዲሁም

ለአፍሪካ ፈላጭ ቆራጭ ገዢዎች ፍትሕ አይቀሬ ናት

ፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ ማስታወሻ ለአንባቢው፡፡ ባለፈው ሳምንት ሐተታዬ ‹‹የዘር አደን›› በሚል አሉባልታዊ ክስ  የዓለም አቀፉ የወንጀለኞች ፍርድ ቤት በተሰነዘረበት ክስ ደግፌው ተሟግቼለታለሁ፡፡ በዚህም ሳምንት ድጋፌን በመቀጠል እነዚህ ፈላጭ ቆራጭ ገዢዎች የፈጠሙትን ግፍና በደል ጭቆና በመዘርዘር ራሳቸውን ነጻ በማድረግ የአይ ሲ ሲን (የኣለም ወንጀለኛ ፍርድ ቤት) ስም በማብጠልጠልና የቆመለትን ዓላማ የሳተ በማስመሰል ገዢዎችና

The AU’s Mass Treaty-cide Brinksmanship

  Charge of the light brigade The African Union’s threatened “mass treaty-cide” (a phrase I am compelled to coin to describe the bizarre threatened walkout on the Rome Statute) fizzled out. Those who predicted the “extraordinary  summit” on the “AU’s relation with the International Criminal Court” (ICC) would end in a big bang were pleasantly

Witness for the International Criminal Court

OCTOBER 10, 2013 11:21PM On October 11-12, 2013, the African Union (AU) will gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to formally withdraw from the Rome Statute in supremely dramatic form. The world for the first time will witness a choreographed denunciation (announcement of termination) of an international treaty by an entire continent. This act of collective

Saving African Dictators from the ICC

Note to the reader: In my commentary last week, I defended the International Criminal Court (ICC) against accusations of “race hunting”, selective and arbitrary prosecution and abuse of power by certain African leaders.  This week I continue my defense, in a rather lengthy commentary, by exposing and scrupulously refuting the bogus arguments articulated  by these leaders

Breast Cancer Awareness for Ethiopians

October is international Breast Cancer Awareness month. Throughout the month, public and private organizations in many countries promote programs and activities aimed at breast cancer risk reduction, early detection, treatment and research. It is well-established that breast cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women throughout the world. Millions of women are diagnosed

ዓለም አቀፉ የወንጀለኞች ፍርድ ቤት በአፍሪካ የአደና ጉዞ ላይ

ፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ  የአፍሪካ “የዘር አደን”፤ የዘር ካርድ፤ እና የአፍሪካን እጀ ሰቦች/አመጸኞች ማደን? ሃይለማርያም ደሰለኝ፤ የኢትዮጵያ የስም ብቻ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ የዓለም አቀፉ የወንጀለኞች ፍርድ ቤት (አይ ሲ ሲ) በአፍሪካ አደን ላይ ነው ይላል፡፡ እንደ ቢቢሲ ራድዮ አባባል ራድዮ በግንቦት (ሜይ) 2013 ሃይለማርያም ሲናገር ‹‹በዓለም አቀፉ የወንጀለኞች ፍርድ ቤት ከተወነጀሉት መሃል 99% የአፍሪካ

The International Criminal Court on an African Safari?

 African Race Hunting, the Race Card and Racing After African Thugs? Hailemariam Desalegn, the titular prime minister of Ethiopia, says the International Criminal Court (ICC) is on African safari. In May 2013,according to the BBC, Desalegn said, “African leaders were concerned that out of those indicted by the ICC, 99% are Africans. This shows something

Ethiopia: Beyond the Hubris of Evil

 When I wrote a commentary on the plight of the imprisoned 32-year old Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu last April, I titled it “The Audacity of Evil in Ethiopia.” At the time, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) had sent a letter to the “Minister of Justice” of the ruling regime in Ethiopia pleading medical care