Prof. Al Mariam’s Voice of America Interview (Amharic) on T-TPLF Sanctions, October 12, 2017.
Author’s Note: I refer to my previous commentaries (Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV) on my extremely pessimistic prognostications on U.S. policy in Ethiopia under the Biden Administration. In this commentary, I shall discuss what I believe will be the fourth pillar of U.S. policy in Ethiopia under the Biden Administration: Pull the…
እንደመር! አንቀነስ! እንባዛ! አንከፈል! እለም አለ የፍርቅ ባቡሩ ሁላችንም ይዞ በሙሉ ! Travel Advisory: All passengers aboard Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia Love Train! The Abiy Ahmed “Ethiopia Love Train” has no brakes. It is a runaway train. It is unstoppable. Nothing can derail the Ethiopia Love Train. This Memorandum was not supposed to be about…
Change does not need a few active players and many who watch from the sidelines. Change is a process that requires all of us to get into the field and make our contribution. Change is not the kind of game that spectators watch and cheer when there is a good result and criticize and complain…
A Personal Note to the Reader: Here I go again, talking about human rights! Everyone else is talking about war and rumors of war. I am still talking about human rights in Ethiopia. Again! Do I sound like a broken record? I don’t mind. Ah! Yes. 12 years — very long years — later, we…
Introductory Note: I have prepared this commentary specifically for presentation at a symposium sponsored by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Aadland Consult and the Ethiopian Foreign Relations Strategic Studies Institute scheduled for December 16, 2018 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Los Angeles, CA.[1] In this commentary, I reflect on the “rule…
I cry for the hundreds of victims of the October 2, 2016 Irreecha Festival Massacres in Ethiopia. I also cry out for freedom, democracy and human rights in Ethiopia. On October 2, 2016, troops loyal to the Tigrean Peoples’ Liberation Front (T-TPLF) opened fire indiscriminately on crowds attending one of the most important cultural and…
Author’s Note: I refer to my previous commentaries (Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV) on my extremely pessimistic prognostications on U.S. policy in Ethiopia under the Biden Administration. In this commentary, I shall discuss what I believe will be the fourth pillar of U.S. policy in Ethiopia under the Biden Administration: Pull the…
እንደመር! አንቀነስ! እንባዛ! አንከፈል! እለም አለ የፍርቅ ባቡሩ ሁላችንም ይዞ በሙሉ ! Travel Advisory: All passengers aboard Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia Love Train! The Abiy Ahmed “Ethiopia Love Train” has no brakes. It is a runaway train. It is unstoppable. Nothing can derail the Ethiopia Love Train. This Memorandum was not supposed to be about…
Change does not need a few active players and many who watch from the sidelines. Change is a process that requires all of us to get into the field and make our contribution. Change is not the kind of game that spectators watch and cheer when there is a good result and criticize and complain…
A Personal Note to the Reader: Here I go again, talking about human rights! Everyone else is talking about war and rumors of war. I am still talking about human rights in Ethiopia. Again! Do I sound like a broken record? I don’t mind. Ah! Yes. 12 years — very long years — later, we…
Introductory Note: I have prepared this commentary specifically for presentation at a symposium sponsored by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Aadland Consult and the Ethiopian Foreign Relations Strategic Studies Institute scheduled for December 16, 2018 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Los Angeles, CA.[1] In this commentary, I reflect on the “rule…
I cry for the hundreds of victims of the October 2, 2016 Irreecha Festival Massacres in Ethiopia. I also cry out for freedom, democracy and human rights in Ethiopia. On October 2, 2016, troops loyal to the Tigrean Peoples’ Liberation Front (T-TPLF) opened fire indiscriminately on crowds attending one of the most important cultural and…
Author’s Note: I refer to my previous commentaries (Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV) on my extremely pessimistic prognostications on U.S. policy in Ethiopia under the Biden Administration. In this commentary, I shall discuss what I believe will be the fourth pillar of U.S. policy in Ethiopia under the Biden Administration: Pull the…
እንደመር! አንቀነስ! እንባዛ! አንከፈል! እለም አለ የፍርቅ ባቡሩ ሁላችንም ይዞ በሙሉ ! Travel Advisory: All passengers aboard Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia Love Train! The Abiy Ahmed “Ethiopia Love Train” has no brakes. It is a runaway train. It is unstoppable. Nothing can derail the Ethiopia Love Train. This Memorandum was not supposed to be about…
Change does not need a few active players and many who watch from the sidelines. Change is a process that requires all of us to get into the field and make our contribution. Change is not the kind of game that spectators watch and cheer when there is a good result and criticize and complain…
A Personal Note to the Reader: Here I go again, talking about human rights! Everyone else is talking about war and rumors of war. I am still talking about human rights in Ethiopia. Again! Do I sound like a broken record? I don’t mind. Ah! Yes. 12 years — very long years — later, we…
Introductory Note: I have prepared this commentary specifically for presentation at a symposium sponsored by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Aadland Consult and the Ethiopian Foreign Relations Strategic Studies Institute scheduled for December 16, 2018 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Los Angeles, CA.[1] In this commentary, I reflect on the “rule…
I cry for the hundreds of victims of the October 2, 2016 Irreecha Festival Massacres in Ethiopia. I also cry out for freedom, democracy and human rights in Ethiopia. On October 2, 2016, troops loyal to the Tigrean Peoples’ Liberation Front (T-TPLF) opened fire indiscriminately on crowds attending one of the most important cultural and…
