By Alemayehu G. Mariam The Masks of Dictatorship Last week, The Economist magazine painted a chilling journalistic portrait of Ethiopia’s capo dictator. The magazine described the ironfisted ringleader of the…

By Alemayehu G. Mariam The Actions of Our Enemies, the Silence and Indifference of Our Friends “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the…

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Ministry of Education or Ministry of Loan Sharking? Ethiopia’s “Ministry of Education”, (or more appropriately, the Ministry of Loan Sharking) has adopted a “new scheme” (new…

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Escapees of Conscience or Deserters From a Sinking Ship? Over the past month, there has been a spate of reported official “defections” from Ethiopia. The alleged…

By Alemayehu G. Mariam The Triumph of Multiparty Democracy in Ghana Ghana has become the poster country for the triumph of multiparty democracy, stability and economic growth in Africa; and…

Alemayehu G. Mariam End Tyranny Now! “No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. That is…

Alemayehu G. Mariam Profiles in Courage 2009: Power to the Women of Iran! Even President Obama could not contain his admiration for Iranian women who marched shoulder to shoulder alongside…

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Doublethink, Doublespeak George Orwell may have understated the situation in the Big Brother totalitarian state of Nineteen Eighty Four: “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance…

Alemayehu G. Mariam Inside the Torture Chambers of the Dictatorship in Ethiopia Last week, Barry Malone of the Reuters news agency reported that families of the suspects allegedly involved in…

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Fierce Urgency of Speaking Truth to Power Are we becoming an echo chamber for the dictatorship in Ethiopia by repeating its never-ending political babble and lies?…