Yearly Archives: 2012
Donald Payne: A Farewell to a Human Rights Champion

Alemayehu G Mariam How does one say farewell to a great friend of Ethiopia and Africa? Representative Donald Payne, the dean of New Jersey’s House delegation and the first black…

ኢትዮጵያ፣ ከፈላጭ ቆራጭ አገዛዝ ወደ ዴሞክራሲ

የሰብ ሰሃራ አፍሪካም ፈላጭ ቆራጮች ሲንሸረተቱና መቀመጫቸውን ሲለቁ ታይተዋል፡፡ኮተ ዲቩዋሩም ሎራንት ባግቦ ከመኮፈሻው የሽቅርቅር ነጭ ኮሊታው ሸሚዙ ተለያይቶ በቤተመንግሥቱ ከተወሸቀበት ጓዳው ተይዞ በፈጸመው የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰትና ግድያ ለፍርድ ለዓለም የወንጀለኞች ፍርድ ቤት ተላልፏል፡፡ የኒጀሩ ማማዱ ታንጃ ሕገመንግሥታዊ የስልጣን ገደብን በመጣስ በሥልጣን ላይ ለመቆየት ቢፍጨረጨርም የኒጀር ጦር አሽቀንጥሮ አውርዶታል፡፡የማማዱ ታንጃም ቀንደኛ ተወዳዳ በሕዝባዊ ምርጫ ሥልጣኑን ተረከበ፡፡በቅርቡም፤የሴኔጋሉ መሪ የ85 ዓመቱ አብዱላዬ ዋዴ የሶስተኛ ጊዜ ምርጫ ለማድረግ ለማጭበርበር ሲያቅድ ሕዝባዊ ዐመጽ ተቀጣጥሎበት ምርጫ እንዲካሄድ ሲደረግ አብዱላዬ ዋዴም ለመወዳደር ሞክሮ በቂ ወንበር ሳያገኝ በመቅረቱ በዘዴ ስልጣን ለመያዝ በመንቆራጠጥ ላይ ቢሆንም አሸነፈ ቢባልም ከፍተኛ ሕዝባዊ ተቃውሞ እንዲያጋጥመው አያጠራጥርም፡፡

Ethiopia: From Dictatorship to Democracy

Alemayehu G. Mariam Mahatma Gandhi first formulated the iron law of history for dictators: “There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the…

የአንዱዓለም አራጌና የሌሎችም የፖለቲካ እስረኞች ግፍና መከራ

ስቃይና መከራ፤ በደልና ግፍ፤ በኢትዮጵያ ፖሊሶችና ወታደሮች በተለይም የደህንነት አባላት፤ የጠረጠሯቸውን የህብረተሰብ አባላት፤የዩኒቨርሲቲ ተማሪዎችን፤የተቃዋሚ ሃይሎችን አባላት፤የሌሎችንም ደጋፊ ናቸው ብለው የሚጠረጥሯቸውን በሚስጥራዊ መንገድና ቦታ በወታደራዊ ካምፖችና በልዩ ልዩ ሰውር ቦታ በተዋቀሩ ጎሬዎች አስረኞችን ማጎር የደህነንቱ የተለመደ ተግባር ነው፡፡

Political Prisoners Inside Ethiopia’s Gulags

Alemayehu G Mariam The Plight of Andualem Aragie and Other Political Prisoners in Ethiopia  The “Gulag” prison system in the old Soviet Union was infamous for warehousing and persecuting dissidents…

Deutsche Welle: A Disgrace to Press Freedom?

Alemayehu G Mariam In a memorandum sent to Deutsche Welle’s (DW) [Germany’s international broadcaster] “correspondents outside Ethiopia” in late 2010,  Ludger Schadomsky, editor-in-chief of DW’s Amharic program, blasted “ethiomedia and similar…

The Dragon’s Dance with Hyenas

Alemayehu G. Mariam The Chinese Dragon is dancing the Watusi shuffle with African Hyenas. Things could not be better for the Dragon in Africa. In the middle of what once…

African Beggars Union Hall?

Alemayehu G Mariam         The new African Union (AU) headquarters was inaugurated last week. It was “China’s gift to Africa.” China picked the entire USD$200 million tab…

African Dictators: Can’t Run, Can’t Hide!

Alemayehu G Mariam The International Criminal Court (ICC) is on the chase; and over the past few months, things have taken a slow turn for the worse for African dictators…

Ethiopia: Copyrights and CopyCrimes

Alemayehu G. Mariam Crimes Against the Mind If a person were to {www:maliciously} burn or {www:vandalize} another’s house, it would be regarded as a serious property crime under the laws…

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