Yearly Archives: 2008
We’ve met the enemy!

Special Commentary We’ve met the enemy! Editorial commentator: Alemayehu G. Mariam | July 28, 2008 [Originally posted in Ethiomedia] Lately, there has been talk about “The Enemy.” Some say, the…

Bad Boys, What You Gonna Do When the ICC Catches You?”

Editorial July 20, 2008 [Orignally appeared in Ethiomedia.] http://www.ethiomedia.com/all/6232.html   Justice Delayed, But Hopefully Not For Long! In September, 2004 President George W. Bush lamented, “The world is witnessing terrible…

Why is Ethiopia a “failed state”?

The Failed States Index for 2008 is out; and the Land of Famine, Gross Human Rights Violations, Stolen Elections and Poverty is re-certified as a “Failed State”, again! We have…

All is not quiet on the Western front: Meles Zenawi’s giveaway of Ethiopian territory to Omar al-Bashir

The following text is a speech delivered  at Gasha for Ethiopians Conference held at Washington Marriott Hotel on July 3, 2008. I want to thank “Gasha for Ethiopia” for inviting…

The Hand That Rocks the Broken Cradle

Special Commentary [Originally appeared in Ethiomedia  June 30, 2008] The Hand That Rocks the Broken Cradle The Cradle Has Fallen! The old children’s rhyme goes: Rock-a-by baby upon the tree…

The lion and the jackal

Special Commentary The lion and the jackal [originally appeared in Ethiomedia] http://www.ethiomedia.com/all/6116.html Ethiomedia | June 23, 2008 Obang Metho (right) with his African American friends during an MLK Day in…

The art of denial (lying)

Special Commentary The art of denial (lying) [Originally appeared in Ethiomedia.] http://www.ethiomedia.com/all/6096.html Ethiomedia | June 16, 2008 ________________________________________ Credit must be given where it’s due. And Meles Zenawi and his…

A new sheriff is coming to town

Editorial [Originally appeared in Ethiomedia] http://www.ethiomedia.com/all/6070.html A new sheriff is coming to town   Ethiomedia | June 9, 2008 Watch out, petty dictators! A fierce wind of change is blowing…

Death by kangaroo court

Editorial [Originally appeared in Ethiomedia] http://www.ethiomedia.com/all/6050.html Ethiomedia | June 2, 2008 A dictator and a mercenary As a brutal dictator, Mengistu (left) lived violating the sovereignty of the people (1974-1991)….

Ethiopia: To be, or not to be…

[Author’s Note: This post first appeared in Ethiomedia on April 28, 2008 as an “editorial” without a byline.  (Ethiomedia Editor’s Note – Ethiomedia will offer periodic editorial commentary on the…

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