Guest Commentary: Martin Plaut The stalemate along the Ethiopian-Eritrean border benefits almost no-one. Two armies stare at each other across the 1,000 kilometre border – as they have done since…
Let us look forward happily to the new year with confidence in our hearts and resolve in our minds. Let us learn from the lessons of the past year and apply…
Author’s Note: In March 2013, I wrote a commentary entitled, “The Dragon Eating the Eagle’s Lunch in Africa?”. That commentary 1) lamented the disadvantages of American companies in Africa competing with Chinese state-supported…
Guest Commentary: August Nimtz Watching the images from Boston on August 19, and reading the reports I couldn’t help but think about how much has changed in the U.S. despite…
“… We express America’s values from the State Department. We represent the American people. We represent America’s values, our commitment to freedom, our commitment to equal treatment of people the…
Al Mariam’s Hiber Radio (Amharic) on Charlottesville and the resurgence of white supremacist groups in the U.S. (08/25/2017). Audio: Youtube:
“These perpetual little panics of the French – which all arise from fear of the moment when they will really have to learn the truth – give one a much…
Al Mariam’s Voice of America Interview (Amharic) on Trump’s Comments on White Supremacists, August 16, 2017.
Introduction to the series… This rather long and somewhat discursive introduction to the ongoing series I have dubbed “The Dilemma of U.S. Policy in Ethiopia: Policy Options” [hereinafter “policy options…
The ten days of T-TPLF kumbaya propaganda charm offensive in Ethiopia I have heard of the “12 Days of Christmas”. Even sang it. “On the first day of Christmas/ my…