Thank you all for coming this afternoon. And thank you Seattle Ethiopian Millennium Celebration Committee for inviting us to join you here today. And Happy Ethiopian New Year to all…
I wish you were there! How I wish you were there! It was the 9th of September. A day I will always remember. A glorious day when Dulles Airport became…
Dinkenesh (Lucy) in Houston with Diamonds? We call her Dinkenesh. They call her “Lucy”. But what’s in a name? “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” said…
August 22, 2007 Mr. Gary Klein, Esq.DLA PiperFederal Affairs and Legislative Practice Group1200 Nineteenth Street, NWWashington, DC 20036-2412 BY E-MAIL AND FAXDear Mr. Klein: I write this letter to challenge…
“If they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.” Note to the reader: The following analysis may appear be a bit long for…
Ato Seye Abraha was a former defense minister in Zenawi’s regime. He was “convicted” on “corruption charges” in 2002, along with other officials. Informed sources say his “conviction” had the…
In the history of all great nations, there comes a moment when the people must make a choice that will define them in their own time, vindicate the enormous sacrifices…
Thank you Kinijit-Oakland Support Chapter for organizing this Town Hall Meeting and for inviting me to speak on the second anniversary of the May, 2005 elections in Ethiopia. And thanks…
Thank you for inviting me to speak at the Ethiopia Roundtable Forum of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee (CPCC) in Ottawa, Canada. The CPCC network, which is made up of…
They said Ethio-Angelinos are apolitical, depoliticized and disengaged from politics. It stings a little when it is said by former Ethio-Angelinos: “When it comes to Ethiopian politics, Los Angeles is…