VOA Amharic Interview on Ethiopian Trust Fund Advisory Council August 10 2018
Al Mariam Voice of America Amharic Program interview on the establishment of the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund Advisory Council on August 10, 2018.
Al Mariam Voice of America Amharic Program interview on the establishment of the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund Advisory Council on August 10, 2018.
UPDATED ON AUGUST 11, 2022 I was present at the Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam (GERD) on February 20, 2022 when the first turbine (#10) kicked into action. No words can express my feeling of pride, joy, honor and dignity in Ethiopia that day when the GERD produced 375MW of electricity and delivered it to the…
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…
Special Author’s Note: In this commentary/blog, I offer my full and unconditional support to the people of Tigray in their struggle against the reactionary leadership, cadres, supporters and bottom feeders of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). I am proud to say over the past decade and half there have been few in the Ethiopian…
In America, they call it “Three-Strikes Law”. Criminals who commit three violent or serious crimes are given 25 years to life. The T-TPLF has declared war on Ethiopian taxi drivers! In Ethiopia, the T-TPLF (Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front) is implementing (allegedly suspended for 3 months) what is the economic equivalent of three-strikes-and-you-are-out-of-the-taxi-business…
I am celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta Libertatum or the Great Charter of English Liberties. Whoa! Hold it! I understand your question! Why is a guy born in Africa (Ethiopia) now living in America celebrating a document written by a bunch of disgruntled and rebellious English barons quarrelling with a feudal monarch…
Law-book toting gunslingers of the new, new West In the folklore of the American wild, wild West, cattle barons and mine owners would pay hired guns to come around and “take care of business.” Oftentimes, they would pay hired guns (hit men) to rid outlaws the local marshals and sheriffs could not handle. Occasionally,…