My Interview on ESAT February 11, 2021 on the Global Disinformation and Demonization Campaign Against Ethiopia

Diaspora diplomacy as state diplomacy On behalf of all diaspora Ethiopians of goodwill and good faith in the United States, I welcome Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia to the United States. PM Abiy will begin his whirlwind “diaspora diplomacy” in America on July 28 with an appearance in Washington, D.C. followed by appearances in…

Donald Trump’s shtick is: “America needs to be respected again because the rest of the world has lost respect for America.” I don’t care much for The Donald. But his shtick gnaws away at my mind as I think over the disgraceful “red carpet” treatment President Barack Obama received last month when he visited Ethiopia,…

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…

Congratulations New Ethiopia! I joined the struggle for democracy and human rights in Ethiopia in 2005 because I had a dream. It was a native son’s dream his Motherland; a prodigal son who had then spent well over three decades in America living the American dream. I had a dream that one day the TPLF…