Yearly Archives: 2017
Chinese Neocolonialism in Africa: The Dragon Eating the African Lion and Cheetah? (Part I)

Author’s Note: In March 2013, I wrote a commentary entitled, “The Dragon Eating the Eagle’s Lunch in Africa?”. That commentary 1) lamented the disadvantages of American companies in Africa competing with Chinese state-supported…

Despite Trump: What is and What isn’t—Charlottesville to Boston

Guest Commentary: August Nimtz  Watching the images from Boston on August 19, and reading the reports I couldn’t help but think about how much has changed in the U.S. despite…

The Dawn of a New Era in U.S. Human Rights Policy in Africa: Is Ethiopia Next?

“… We express America’s values from the State Department. We represent the American people. We represent America’s values, our commitment to freedom, our commitment to equal treatment of people the…

Al Mariam’s Hiber Radio (Amharic) Interview on Charlottesville and the Resurgence of White Supremacist Groups in U.S.

Al Mariam’s Hiber Radio (Amharic) on Charlottesville and the resurgence of white supremacist groups in the U.S. (08/25/2017). Audio:   Youtube:    

Ethiopia: Mayday (S.O.S.) in August for the T-TPLF!

“These perpetual little panics of the French – which all arise from fear of the moment when they will really have to learn the truth – give one a much…

Al Mariam’s Voice of America Interview (Amharic) on Trump’s Comments on White Supremacists, August 16, 2017

Al Mariam’s Voice of America Interview (Amharic) on Trump’s Comments on White Supremacists, August 16, 2017.

The Dilemma of U.S. Policy in Ethiopia (Part I)

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…

The T-TPLF’s Corruption Prosecution Con Game

Author’s Note: If I assembled all of the commentaries I wrote on the T-TPLF’s corruption, it would comprise of at least two solid volumes. Back in 2013, I commented extensively…

Taxation With Repression and the Raging Quiet Riot in Ethiopia

James Otis, an early instigator of the American revolution, captured the rebellious sentiments and resentments of the colonists when he proclaimed, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” In 1765, Otis organized…

British (In)Justice: The Persecution by Proxy Prosecution of Ethiopian Dissident Tadesse B. Kersmo

    I cut my “legal teeth” nearly four decades ago pouring over the Magna Carta, Blackstone’s  “Commentaries” and Edward Coke’s legal treatises on the primacy of common law principles…

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