Author’ Note: Below is the full version of the speech I delivered during my induction into the “Hall of Fame” at California State University, San Bernardino on April 26, 2019.** The video of my abbreviated speech is available in the embedded video below and also HERE. ===================================== ================= Thank you. [1] After nearly 5 decades…
Last week, two important announcements were made attesting the fact that Ethiopia is a rising bright star in the world. In the Washington Post-Reporters Without Borders open forum, Ethiopia was described as the “brightest light in the world for press freedom after Tunisia.” Reporters Without Borders is one of the foremost organizations defending press freedom globally….
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” (Othello, Act III, Scene III [Iago]) Green-ey’d monsters in Ethiopia Until April 2, 2019, the first anniversary of H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s term in office, the narrative and refrain of Ethiopia’s Chicken Littles and…
A teachable moment for ESAT and supporters of ESAT. ESAT has been embroiled in recent controversy over statements made by one of its commentators concerning alleged evidence of wrongdoing by H.E. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed when he served at the Ethiopian Information Network Security Agency well over a decade ago. The alleged evidence was discussed…
April 2, 2019 H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed Office of the Prime Minister Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dear Prime Minister Abiy: I refer to my personal letter to you dated April 8, 2018. In that lengthy letter, I congratulated you on your appointment as prime minister and gave you my full support. At that time,…
Author’s Note: In this commentary, I try to explain to my readers why on the eve of PM Abiy Ahmed’s stellar first year anniversary there is so much political white noise in Ethiopia. There is a campaign of Infowars (psychological warfare) underway on the people of Ethiopia and the administration of PM Abiy Ahmed. It…
========================================================== Special Author’s Note: For the past few years, I have written commemorative commentaries on the Sharpeville Massacre of March 21, 1960 and the Meles Massacres of 2005. I have written these commentaries to remind those who believe in solving problems with large scale violence that violence begets violence and lasting peace can be achieved…
“No heroes in Ethiopia today.” Last week, on International Women’s Day, H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed made a stunning assertion: “Ethiopia has no heroes today.” The fact that he made the bold statement before a gathering of women leaders was even more searing and ironically begged the question, “If Ethiopia does not have heroes,…
Praxis is simply the practical application of theory. In praxis, one is not interested in trying to understand the world in the abstract but to act in the world in order to change it and make it better. Last week, H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed was doing whirlwind shuttle diplomacy demonstrating the praxis of…
The jackal in sheep’s clothing is back! The latest strategy by the bosses of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) hunkered and bunkered down at the Axum Hotel in Mekele is to bring together elements of the Arena Party, Amhara National Movement and Oromo Liberation Front to wage a scorched earth opposition against the nonviolent…
