My Interview on Voice of America Amharic Program on 03 08 2017 (Part I)

ETHIOPIAN AMERICANS! JOIN ME IN GETTING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO REDESIGNATE THE TPLF A “FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION”! [Al Mariam’s “Twitter Droppings” for August 24, 2022, at the end.] On August 31, 2021, Sean Jones, head of the USAID mission in Ethiopia, told Ethiopian state television:  We know for a fact… that the TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation…

    Blen Mamo* Special Guest Commentary All elections have their own ritualistic aspect that arouse emotions and channel them towards collective national symbols and common fate. However, the upcoming election in Ethiopia is said to be overshadowed by ethno-religious tensions, the Tigray crisis and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) related national security threats posed…

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” – John F. Kennedy Beware what you wish for, you may get it… Meles Zenawi, the late thugmaster of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) used to taunt the opposition that if they don’t like his rule they can go into the bush and…

Author’s Note: I  have a tradition of reviewing the year in my last commentary of the year. It gives me an opportunity for a momentary reflection on some things that have happened and did not happen during the year. If I were to describe 2017 in a short sentence, it would be “The Year of…

Hey Joe! I know you don’t care. I have given up on you, so you could say I don’t care either. But there was a time I cared. I cared so much I supported you wholeheartedly in your presidential bid. A damned fool I was. But I am not alone. Virtually, the entire Ethiopian American…