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 a memorable sonnet, Shakespeare wrote, “When to the sessions of sweet silent thought / I summon up remembrance of things past…” Today, I summon up remembrance of “July 29, 2018 ‘PM Abiy Ahmed Ethiopia Day’ in Los Angeles.” It was truly an amazing day. On July 29, 2018 at 9:30 a.m., Team Abiy Ahmed-…
Author’s Note: For the past two years, I have carefully monitored Al Jazeera news reporting and op-ed publications on Ethiopia. In its news reporting, Al Jazeera has consistently given slanted attention to stories which create and promote the impression Ethiopia is an ethnic powder keg ready to blow up. Its government is weak and inept….
In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Attributed to George Orwell At this critical time in Ethiopia’s history, I believe Ethiopian intellectuals must take a leading and active role in the public debate to shape the future of their homeland. But there is a deficit in the supply of transformational…
Aaahhh! Longing for the sweet earthy scent of Aba-I Her beauty and bounty resounding to the sky Waiting for July on the calendar Hail Aba-I, I salute you from afar. Aba for the Father I, for the Son of the Light and Power Aba-I, the Mother Of the longest running river. Strangers call you Baḥr…
(ከብስራት ኢብሳ፣ ሆላንድ) አላሰልቻችሁና በተደጋጋሚ እንደተባለው፣ ወቅቱ ከኮረና የወረርሺኝ በሽታ በተጨማሪ የውጭ እና የውስጥ የሀገራችን ጠላቶች ባደባባይ ግንባር ፈጥረው፣ በእቅድ ሕዝባችንን ገለው የተረፈውን እያፈናቀሉ ሽብር በመፍጠር የየራሳቸውን፣ የተለያየ ዓላማን ለማስፈጸም የመጨረሻ ሙከራ ላይ ናቸው፡፡ ወደ 30 ለሚጠጉ ዓመታት በወያኔ ተጀምሮ ሀገሩን የበከለው የከረረ ብሔረተኝነት፣ ሌሎች ተገደውም ሆነ ፈቅደው ፈለጉን ተከተሉት፡፡ ብዙ ምሁራን፣ “ቆመንለታል” ለሚሉት ማኅበረሰብ…
Happy July 4th to all! On July 4, 2006, in a comment entitled, “Awakening Giant!”, I asked: CAN ETHIOPIANS AND ETHIOPIAN AMERICANS LIVING IN AMERICA MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR HOMELAND? On July 4, 2020, I answer that question with the fierce urgency of now. Now is the time for all diaspora Ethiopians to come…
Let there be no mistake. Artiste Haachalu Hundessa was murdered in a terrorist attack on June 29, 2020! Haachalu was ambushed under cover of darkness by cowardly hired guns. But who pulled the trigger finger of the hired guns? None other than leaders of a terrorist organization listed in the Global Terrorism Database and their…
Today, June 29, 2020, the U.N. Security Council has scheduled an open session on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. As I shall demonstrate below, the open session is a strategic move coordinated and pre-planned by the U.S. and Egypt to break the back of Ethiopia and force her to abandon her natural rights to use…
Egypt has discovered a new word to demonize Ethiopia and wreck the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in the U.N. Security Council. UNILATERALISM. The term unilateralism refers to the single-minded pursuit of foreign policy and national interest by magnifying one’s objectives and subordinating or disregarding the aims and interests of other nations. Learned scholars of…
