Al Mariam’s Commentaries Archive
19 Aug 2018
ኢትዮጵያውያኖች፣ ያገኘነዉን ታላቅ ሰጦታ አንዳናጣ አይናችንን ከፍተን መጠበቅ አለብን!
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም* እና ከአርቲስት/አክቲቪስት ታማኝ በየነ** ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ [ይህ ጽሁፍ በአማርኛ በአጭሩ እንዲተረጎም ተደርጎ በስፋት የሚሰራጭ ይሆናል፡፡] Original post: http://almariam.com/2018/08/17/we-must-keep-our-eyes-on-the-prize-in-ethiopia/ በማህበራዊ መገናኛዎች/ሜዲያ ብቻ ሳይሆን በኢትዮጵያውያን የዲያስፖራው ማህበረሰብ ውስጥ ጭምር በሚሰራጩት አሉባልታዎች፣ የውሸት ወሬዎች እና የማወናበጃ መሪጃዎች ላይ ነቄ ብለናል፡፡ ለማያውቁሽ ታጠኝ እንዲሉ! በጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አብይ አሕመድ ደህንነት ዙሪያ እየተካሄዱ የሚገኙት የማስፈራራት መሰረተ ቢስ አሉባልታዎች እውነት መሆን
17 Aug 2018
We Must Keep Our Eyes on the Prize in Ethiopia!
Alemayehu G. Mariam* and Tamagne Beyene** [This post will be translated into Amharic shortly and distributed widely.] We are aware of the rumors, fake news and disinformation that are circulating not only on social media but also in Ethiopian Diaspora communities. People contact us to find out if baseless rumors about threats to Prime Minster
15 Aug 2018
ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አብይ አሕመድን የዉሸት ወሬዎች እና የማወናበጃ መረጃዎችን በመዋጋት እናግዛቸው!
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ የጸሀፊው ማስታወሻ፡ ከጥቂት ቀናት በፊት ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አብይ አህመድ እንዲህ ብለው ነበር፣ “ቅንነት የሌላቸው እና የተዛቡ ወሬዎች በሶማሊ ክልል ሰብአዊ ቀውስ ላይ ነዳጅ ይጨምራሉ፡፡“ ትላንት ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ እንዲህ በማለት ኢትዮጵያውያን ወገኖቻቸውን መክረዋል፣ “ቅንነት የሌላቸውን እና የተዛቡ ወሬዎችን በመቀበል አታሰራጩ፡፡ ቅንነት የሌላቸውን እና የተዛቡ ወሬዎችን በፍጹም አናሰራጭ ምክንያቱም በዚሁ ሰበብ በርካታ ሰዎች እየተጎዱ ነው፡፡ የመረጃ
12 Aug 2018
Let’s Help PM Abiy Ahmed Fight Fake News and Disinformation!
Author’s Note: A few days ago, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said, “’fake news is fueling the Somali regional crisis.” Yesterday, he advised Ethiopians not to buy and spread fake news. Let’s not spread fake news because a lot of people are hurt by it. We need to carefully consider the reliability of their sources of
10 Aug 2018
VOA Amharic Interview on Ethiopian Trust Fund Advisory Council August 10 2018
Al Mariam Voice of America Amharic Program interview on the establishment of the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund Advisory Council on August 10, 2018.
06 Aug 2018
Abiy Amhed Came, Saw and Conquered Diaspora Ethiopians in the U.S. With Love
When I wrote Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed an open letter on June 3, 2018 on behalf of Diaspora Ethiopians in the U.S. asking him to “please, please be our guest”, I promised: If you come to the U.S., I have no doubts you would victoriously declare, “I came; I saw; and I conquered the hearts and minds
03 Aug 2018
PM Abiy Ahmed and Team Abiy Ahmed- Ethiopia: THANK YOU FOR COMING!
As the self-appointed Ethiopian diaspora spokesperson, I thank Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed, President Lemma Megerssa, Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh Gegebeyehu and the entire Team Abiy Ahmed-ETHIOPIA delegation for travelling thousands of miles to be with us in America. It has been said, “Distance means so little when someone means so much.” Y’all came to
31 Jul 2018
My Interview on Voice of America- Amharic Program 7/31/2018
My interview on the Voice of America- Amharic program on the visit of Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed to Los Angeles, July 29, 2018.
23 Jul 2018
Welcoming PM Abiy Ahmed As He Begins His Diaspora Diplomacy in America
Diaspora diplomacy as state diplomacy On behalf of all diaspora Ethiopians of goodwill and good faith in the United States, I welcome Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia to the United States. PM Abiy will begin his whirlwind “diaspora diplomacy” in America on July 28 with an appearance in Washington, D.C. followed by appearances in
19 Jul 2018
ማስታዋሻ ቁጥር 13፡ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አብይ አህመድ ዳያስፖራ ተግዳሮዎቾን ተቀብሏል፣ ተልዕኮዉን ግብ አናደርሳለን!
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ …በምዕራቡ ዓለም አንድ ስኒ ሚያኪያቶ (ቡና በወተት) 3 ወይም 4 የአሜሪካ ዶላሮች ያወጣል፡፡ ሆኖም ግን የዲያስፖራውን ማህበረሰብ አጥብቄ የምማጸነው ከዕለታዊ የማኪያቶ ፍጆታ ወጪያቸው አንድ ዶላር በመቀነስ ለሀገራቸው እንዲሰጡ ነው፡፡ የአደራ ገንዘብ/ፈንድ (Trust Fund) መመስረት እና በኢትዮጵያ እና/ወይም በአሜሪካ ሂሳቦችን መክፈት እንችላለን፡፡ እያንዳንዱ የዲያስፖራው ማህበረሰብ አባል በየዕለቱ ለማክያቶ ከሚያወጣው ወጭ እየቀነሰ አንድ