Alemayehu G Mariam Donald Payne Was a Drum Major for Democracy and Human Rights Grassroots Ethiopian human rights groups and activists have been stunned by the death last week of Donald Payne, our strongest ally and advocate in the U.S. Congress. His passing marks a major setback to the cause of freedom, democracy and human…
ፔይን ለአፍሪካ የነበራቸው ያልተቆጠበ ጥረት ታሪካዊና የማይዘነጋ ነው፡፡በ2008 በርካታው መጠን ለአፍሪካ በዓመስት ዓመታት ሂደት በተግባር ላይ የሚወጣውን የ 48 ቢሊዮን ዶላር የድጋፍ ችሮታ(ለኤይድስ መቆጣጠርያ) ኮንግሬስ እንዲፈቅድ በቀረበበት ወቅት ፔይን ከፍተኛ ሚና ተጫውተው እንዲፈቀድ አድርገዋል፡፡በዳርፉር በሰብአዊ መብት ረገጣና ዘር በማጥፋት ላይ የተሰማሩትን ተጠያቂዎች አስመልክቶ በሱዳን ላይ የተጣለው እቀባ እንዲወሰንም ያደረጉት ጥረትና ተሳትፎ ቀላል አልነበረም፡፡ በሱዳን የተደረሰውን የሰላም ስምምነትም እንዲሰምርና በሁለቱም ወገኖችና በዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃም ተቀባይነት እንዲኖረው ከማድረግም ባሻገር ደቡብ ሱዳንም እራሱን መንግሥት ለመሆን የበቃበትን ሂደት በመምራት ውጤታማ ያደረጉ ናቸው፡፡
Alemayehu G Mariam How does one say farewell to a great friend of Ethiopia and Africa? Representative Donald Payne, the dean of New Jersey’s House delegation and the first black congressman elected to represent New Jersey, died at age 77 from colon cancer on Tuesday. He was elected to 12 terms in the U.S. House…
የሰብ ሰሃራ አፍሪካም ፈላጭ ቆራጮች ሲንሸረተቱና መቀመጫቸውን ሲለቁ ታይተዋል፡፡ኮተ ዲቩዋሩም ሎራንት ባግቦ ከመኮፈሻው የሽቅርቅር ነጭ ኮሊታው ሸሚዙ ተለያይቶ በቤተመንግሥቱ ከተወሸቀበት ጓዳው ተይዞ በፈጸመው የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰትና ግድያ ለፍርድ ለዓለም የወንጀለኞች ፍርድ ቤት ተላልፏል፡፡ የኒጀሩ ማማዱ ታንጃ ሕገመንግሥታዊ የስልጣን ገደብን በመጣስ በሥልጣን ላይ ለመቆየት ቢፍጨረጨርም የኒጀር ጦር አሽቀንጥሮ አውርዶታል፡፡የማማዱ ታንጃም ቀንደኛ ተወዳዳ በሕዝባዊ ምርጫ ሥልጣኑን ተረከበ፡፡በቅርቡም፤የሴኔጋሉ መሪ የ85 ዓመቱ አብዱላዬ ዋዴ የሶስተኛ ጊዜ ምርጫ ለማድረግ ለማጭበርበር ሲያቅድ ሕዝባዊ ዐመጽ ተቀጣጥሎበት ምርጫ እንዲካሄድ ሲደረግ አብዱላዬ ዋዴም ለመወዳደር ሞክሮ በቂ ወንበር ሳያገኝ በመቅረቱ በዘዴ ስልጣን ለመያዝ በመንቆራጠጥ ላይ ቢሆንም አሸነፈ ቢባልም ከፍተኛ ሕዝባዊ ተቃውሞ እንዲያጋጥመው አያጠራጥርም፡፡
Alemayehu G. Mariam Mahatma Gandhi first formulated the iron law of history for dictators: “There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall – think of it, always.” Just in the past year we have seen Gandhi’s words come to pass as dictators fell…
ስቃይና መከራ፤ በደልና ግፍ፤ በኢትዮጵያ ፖሊሶችና ወታደሮች በተለይም የደህንነት አባላት፤ የጠረጠሯቸውን የህብረተሰብ አባላት፤የዩኒቨርሲቲ ተማሪዎችን፤የተቃዋሚ ሃይሎችን አባላት፤የሌሎችንም ደጋፊ ናቸው ብለው የሚጠረጥሯቸውን በሚስጥራዊ መንገድና ቦታ በወታደራዊ ካምፖችና በልዩ ልዩ ሰውር ቦታ በተዋቀሩ ጎሬዎች አስረኞችን ማጎር የደህነንቱ የተለመደ ተግባር ነው፡፡
Alemayehu G Mariam The Plight of Andualem Aragie and Other Political Prisoners in Ethiopia The “Gulag” prison system in the old Soviet Union was infamous for warehousing and persecuting dissidents and opponetns. The gulags were used effectively to weed out and neutralize opposition to the Soviet state. They were the quintessential tools of Soviet state…
Alemayehu G Mariam In a memorandum sent to Deutsche Welle’s (DW) [Germany’s international broadcaster] “correspondents outside Ethiopia” in late 2010, Ludger Schadomsky, editor-in-chief of DW’s Amharic program, blasted “ethiomedia and similar sites by extension” as a “disgrace” to press freedom. “The amount of hatred splashed across [ethiomedia] is a disgrace to any politically sober mind,” declared…
Alemayehu G. Mariam The Chinese Dragon is dancing the Watusi shuffle with African Hyenas. Things could not be better for the Dragon in Africa. In the middle of what once used to be the African Pride Land now stands a brand-spanking new hyenas’ den called the African Union Hall (AU). Every penny of the USD$200…
Alemayehu G Mariam The new African Union (AU) headquarters was inaugurated last week. It was “China’s gift to Africa.” China picked the entire USD$200 million tab for the building, fixtures and furniture. The China State Construction Engineering Corporation constructed the building using nearly all Chinese workers. Meles Zenawi, the dictator in Ethiopia,…
