On March 24, 2020, Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, proposed a three-point plan to the G-20 to proactively deal with the inevitable health, economic and social fallout of the COVID-19 crises in Africa. The first prong of the plan aims to create an “Africa Global COVID-19 Emergency Financing Package” to deal with the crushing USD…
China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!” Donald Trump Tweet, January 24, 2020. I mean, obviously, you could logically say that if you…
Ethiopia has risen to meet the challenge and become Africa’s first responder in the war on COVID-19. Led by H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia is proposing to the G-20 (20 of the largest economies in the world) a three-pronged approach to deal with the potentially (and in the views of most experts highly…
Author’s Note: Over the past week, family and friends who have heard of the “state of emergency” in California have been calling to ask how we are doing battling COVID-19. There is no “state of emergency” in California, only an order by the governor to stay home so we minimize the chances of spreading the…
We now strive to live with our neighbors in peace and harmony. The Horn of Africa today is a region of strategic significance. The global military superpowers are expanding their military presence in the area. Terrorist and extremist groups also seek to establish a foothold. We do not want the Horn to be a battleground…
I would not have written this commentary but for the fact that I have been warning, pleading and begging the World Health Organization (WHO) to get a competent professional to man its helm for years. Now that COVID19 (novel coronavirus) has become a “pandemic” that has spread to all corners of the globe, the man…
… Ethiopians have no desire or idea to harm the Egyptian people. We believe that we should benefit from this river, the Nile, but when we benefit, we should not do harm to the Egyptian people. We want to forget what was in the past and begin a phase of cooperation … We will take…
My interview on Voice of America (Amharic) on the U.S. Democratic primary (“Super Tuesday” election. (March 4, 2020). http://almariam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/VOA-Amharic-Interview-3-4-2020-Prof-Al-Mariam-Segment.mp3
Author’s Note: In 1959, Egypt and Sudan made a deal to share the waters of the Nile allocating 78 percent to Egypt and 12 percent to the Sudan. Ethiopia was not consulted or involved in the deal. Egypt in a variety of ways is seeking to preserve that privilege and schemes to constrain Ethiopia’s use…
Those who can, will help us. Those who cannot, should leave us alone. Those who do not understand what we do will criticize us. Those who do not like what we do will oppose us. — H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed The Story of All of Us: Ode to Unity Park in Addis Ababa…
