Yearly Archives: 2015
Wendy Sherman and the Ethiopian “Election” That Isn’t
Wendy Sherman and the Ethiopian “Election” That Isn’t

The folly of willful ignorance I did not vote for Ronald Reagan to become U.S. president. But I appreciated some of his witticisms before he became president. In 1964, two…

Ethiopia: Cry Once Again, Our Beloved Country!
Cry Once Again, Our Beloved Country!

Ethiopian lives matter! Exactly ten years ago in 2005, almost to the month, the late supreme leader of the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (T-TPLF), Meles Zenawi, personally…

Remembering the Armenian Genocide
Remembering the Armenian Genocide

Author’s Note: The Armenian Genocide which began one hundred years ago this week inside present-day Turkey will be remembered worldwide on April 24. That Genocide began with a roundup of…

ለፕሮፌሰር ዶናልድ ሌቪን እልፈት ማስታወሻ (ፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም)

ፕሮፌሰር ዶናልድ ሌቪን በዚህ ባሳለፍው ጥር ወር ኢትዮጵያን ለመጎብኘት የነበራቸው የረዥም ጊዜ ዕቅድ በህመማቸው ምክንያት የተጨናገፈ መሆኑን በኢሜይል መልዕክት ልከውልኝ ነበር፡፡ በዚያ አስበውት በነበረው ጉብኝት የሚከተሉትን ሶስት ዓላማዎች የማሳካት ዕቅድ ነበራቸው፡፡

A Special Tribute to Prof. Donald Levine
A Special Tribute to Prof. Donald Levine

Donald Levine: The scholars’ scholar This past January, Prof. Levine emailed to tell me about his long-planned visit to Ethiopia that had been thwarted by his illness. He had set…

Ethiopia: The Meles Jinx, the GERD Nixed?
The Meles Jinx, the GERD Nixed?

To “build the dam” or to “abandon” it:  That was Meles’ question! Exactly four years ago, almost to the day, on April 2, 2011, the late Meles Zenawi gave a…

Ethiopia: The Dam Dammed by Cash Flow?
The Dam Dammed by Cash Flow?

In my March 2013 commentary, “Rumors of Water War on the Nile?”, I argued: … Whether there will be an actual “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam” [GERD] is the $5bn dollar…

ኢትዮጵያ፡ በገንዘብ ዕጦት ምክንያት የተገደበ ግደብ? (ፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም)

ባለፈው ሳምንት እራሱን ህዝባዊ ወያኔ ሀርነት ትግራይ (ህወሀት) እያለ የሚጠራው ወሮበላ የዘራፊ ቡድን ስብስብ በህዝብ ግንኙነት ታዛዥ ሎሌው አማካይነት በዓለም አቀፉ ብዙሀን መገናኛ ዘዴዎች በመጠቀም አሁንም ደግሞ ወጭው እጅግ በጣም ከፍተኛ የሆነ “የኢትዮጵያ የነዳጅ ዘይት ማጣሪያ ኩባንያ በ10 ዓመታት ጊዜ ውስጥ በ5 ቢሊዮን ዶላር እንገነባለን“ የሚል ትረካ አሰራጭቷል፡፡

በደቡብ አፍሪካ የተፈጸመውን የሻርፕቪሌን ዕልቂት ማስታወሻ (ፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም)

የአጣሪ ኮሚሽኑ የምርመራ ውጤቶች አስደንጋጭ እና ዘግናኝ ነበሩ፡፡ አጣሪ ኮሚሽኑ ባደረገው የማጣራት ስራ የሚከተሉት ተጨባጭ እውነታዎች መገኘታቸውን ይፋ አድርጓል፡

Remembering the Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa

South Africa, 1960 On March 21, 1960, exactly 55 years ago today, a crowd estimated at five thousand (according to apartheid police 20 thousand, inflated to justify their extreme response)…

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