My VOA (Amharic) Interview on HR 128 and PM Abiy 4 -16 -2018
My interview on Voice of America (Amharic) on April 16, 2018 re: H.R. 128 and PM Abiy.
Memorandum No. 1: To PM Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopia’s Cheetahs/Abo Shemanes (Youth)
Author’s note: In my last “commentary” (My Personal Letter to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed), I promised to focus my future observations on issues and topics that will serve to promote peace, reconciliation, unity and the general well-being of the Ethiopian people. The time for recrimination, denunciation and diatribe is passed. The time now is to…
ለኢትዮጵያ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አብይ አህመድ የተጻፈ የግል ደብዳቤ (ትርጉም ከንግሊዘኛ)
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ እ.ኤ.አ ሚያዝያ 8 ቀን 2018 ዓ.ም ለጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አብይ አህመድ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ጽ/ቤት አዲስ አበባ ኢትዮጵያ “እንደማንኛውም ተራ ደቡብ አፍሪካዊ ዜጋ ዕለት በዕለት የምናከናውናቸው ተግባራት የሰው ልጆች በፍትህ ላይ ያላቸውን እምነት እና በእራስ የመተማመን መንፈስ በማጠናከር ለሁሉም ሕዝብ የተመቸ እና አንጸባራቂ ህይወት ለማስገኘት እንዲቻል ይህች ቆንጆ የሆነች ሀገር በፍጹም በፍጹም እንደገና…
What I Really Think About Ethiopia’s Youth (Abo Shemanes/Cheetahs) Video (Amharic)
A video segment on Ethiopia’s youth (Cheetah/Abo Shemane Generation) from my interview with Reeyot Alemu, Yetsehafian Dimetsoch, on Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT), September 15, 2016. The full Amharic interview is available at the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikebw7F4Ht4
My Personal Letter to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia
Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity’s belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all – never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land…
አብይ አህመድ፡ የቆሰለውን የህወሀት አውሬ በእራሱ የመጫወቻ ካርታ ሲረታው!
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም (ክፍል 1) ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ Original post in English available here: https://goo.gl/Rvm82i ለኢትዮጵያ አቦሸማኔው (አዲሱ ትውልድ) ማሳሰቢያ፡ በአሁኑ ጊዜ በኢትዮጵያ የሚያስፈልገው ነገር የአገዛዝ ለውጥ እንጅ የአገዛዝ የወንበር መቀያየር ጨዋታ አይደለም፡፡ የሚያስፈልገው ነገር ስርነቀል ለውጥ ነው፤ ከወሮበላ ዘራፊ አምባገነናዊነት የጠነባ ስርዓት ወደ መሰረታዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ለውጥ፡፡ የሚያስፈልገው ነገር የሙስናን ባህል፣ የዝምድና እና የጓደኝነት አሰራርን እና አድሏዊነትን ሊያከስም…
Abiy Ahmed: Beating the TPLF Wounded Beast at His Own Game in Ethiopia (Part I)
Memorandum to Ethiopia’s Cheetahs: What is needed in Ethiopia today is regime change, not a game of regime musical chairs. What is needed is structural change, fundamental change from thugtatorship to democracy. What is needed is transformational change which ends the culture of corruption, nepotism and cronyism. What is needed is accountability to hold those…
Much Ado About Prime Minister Tweedledee Tweedledum in Ethiopia
Bravo! The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) has done it again! The T-TPLF’s latest scam is the equivalent of a children’s Easter egg hunt for “prime minister”. It is a con game called, “The Search for a New (C)Prime Minister”. The T-TPLF bosses have been scheduling, cancelling, rescheduling and cancelling time and…
MERCENARY MILITARY COMMAND POST REIGN OF TERROR IN ETHIOPIA
Author’s Note: This commentary is aimed at the Diaspora Ethiopian media. It aims to accomplish two objectives. First, I aim to openly challenge the Diaspora Ethiopian media not to become unwitting parrots and dupes of the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation (T-TPLF) and to remain vigilant and expose T-TPLF disinformation campaigns. Second, I wish…
Rex Tillerson, Aboard the Ethiopia Freedom Train!
On March 8, 2018, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson landed his jet at Bole Airport in Addis Ababa and hopped right on the Ethiopia Freedom Train. At his press conference, Secretary Tillerson said for the problems faced by Ethiopians, “the answer is greater freedom for people,…