My Interview on Voice of America- Amharic Program 7/31/2018
My interview on the Voice of America- Amharic program on the visit of Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed to Los Angeles, July 29, 2018.
My interview on the Voice of America- Amharic program on the visit of Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed to Los Angeles, July 29, 2018.
Author’s Note: The ruling Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) in Ethiopia is said to be on the verge of passing a “law” protecting “Oromia’s special interest in Addis Ababa” and “giving Oromia extensive rights in the capital city” (hereinafter the T-TPLF Masters’ Addis Ababa Plan B). It is a trial balloon “leaked…
My interview with on ESAT radio on the massive nearly $USD2 million lobbying effort in the U.S. by the T-TPLF.
Blinken, Sullivan and Rice- “The Fearsome Threesome” Out to Get Ethiopia! To be sure, I expect absolutely nothing from Trump by way of improvements in the current Africa policy, which is based on aid welfare mentality. That also means there is no chance that I could be disappointed by the Trump Administration’s failure to do…
Reported in the Swedish Yle’s Finnish-Swedish broadcasting media. Original report link: https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2017/03/29/etiopiens-premiarminister-blir-inte-hedersdoktor-vid-finskt-universitet Google translation of Swedish-Finnish report below: Ethiopian Prime Minister will not be an honorary doctorate at the Finnish university PUBLISHED FÖR UNGEFÄR 10 TIMMAR SEDAN. UPDATEDFÖR UNGEFÄR 9 TIMMAR SEDAN Premiärminsiter Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn Picture: EPA / MATT LISELOTT LINDSTRÖM HELSINKI Tampere University was about to appoint Ethiopia’s…
Americans have no monopoly on heroes. Olympic heroes, that is. On August 21, 2016, Feyisa Lelisa, the 26-year-old Ethiopian long distance runner at the Rio Olympics repeated an act that was once described as the “the most overtly political statement in the history of the modern Olympic Games.” On October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and…
Author’s Note: COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the global health, economic and social system. Two weeks ago, the Ethiopian Parliament passed a law (Proclamation No. 3/2020 “State of Emergency Proclamation Enacted to Counter and Control the Spread of COVID-19 and Mitigate Its Impact) to respond to the looming COVID-19 crisis in Ethiopia. I applaud the…