Al Mariam’s Voice of America Interview (Amharic) on Trump’s Firing of FBI Director James Comey

There is an old saying, “He  who pays the piper calls the tune.” That phrase originated from the German fable of the Pied Piper of Hamelin who was hired to rid the village of Hamelin of rats (not Democ Rats variety), but did not get paid for his work. So, he stole all of the…

First posted on X (Twitter) on September 1, 2024 https://x.com/AlMariam1/status/1830227899346997708 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐫-𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 On August 27, 2024, Egypt sent two plane loads of small arms and ammo to Somalia as part of a military agreement. It is also said that Egypt…

For nearly 8 months, the U.S., the European Union and the United Nations (Western Neocolonial Triad Syndicate [WNTS]) have been badgering and barking out orders to the Ethiopian Government to provide “unfettered humanitarian access”, “remove Eritrean troops”, “investigate human rights abuses”, “end ethnic violence”, “prevent famine”, etc. The systematic badgering and harassment of the Ethiopian…

በተባበሩት መንግስታት ላይ ያወጣሁትን ጦማር በኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዝን ግምገማ 10/18/21

Let me make it crystal clear! I am a gung-ho supporter of the Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (“Agreement”) between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front signed on November 2, 2022 and the Declaration of the Senior Commanders (“Declaration”) on the Modalities for the Implementation Through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities…

Introduction to the series… This rather long and somewhat discursive introduction to the ongoing series I have dubbed “The Dilemma of U.S. Policy in Ethiopia: Policy Options” [hereinafter “policy options series”] is necessary to set the stage for what I hope will be a cyber platform for ongoing discussions and exchange of creative and innovative…