Author: almariam

My interview on Voice of America Amharic Program on March 8, 2017. (Part I and II.)

“Having been on this Committee now 36 of my 37 years,  I have to tell you that  I remember when Nicolae Ceaușescu of Romania, one of the most brutal dictatorships, with the Securitate, the KGB equivalent, every year his lobby form would come around with bullet points. They  made them look like they were Mother…

Originally appeared in The Hill (o3/09/17.) [Posted on almariam.com on 7/27/17.] http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/323198-trumps-suspicion-of-foreign-aid-to-africa-is-right-on-the ======================== Mick Mulvaney, the Director of the White House Office of Management Budget confirmed that the Trump administration is set to make “fairly dramatic reductions” in the U.S. foreign aid budget. This announcement will likely disappoint and alarm many in the foreign aid industry. There…

My interview on Voice of America Amharic Program on March 8, 2017. (Part I.)  

Author’s Note: This commentary is the third installment in an ongoing series opposing the lobbying efforts of the Praetorian regime in Ethiopia which rules by a declaration of emergency. For years and particularly over the past month, I have strongly argued to the Trump administration to review U.S. foreign aid programs in Ethiopia and Africa….

My interview with on ESAT radio on the massive nearly $USD2 million lobbying effort in the U.S. by the T-TPLF.

My interview with radio journalist Abebe Belew on the massive nearly $USD2 million lobbying effort in the U.S. by the T-TPLF.

Author’s Note: Below is a copy of the letter I sent to President Donald Trump by email and U.S. mail. I am asking particularly all pro-democracy Ethiopian Americans and other Americans who believe in freedom, the rule of law, democracy and human rights to join me in sending letters and emails to President Trump and…

Millions of Ethiopians starve to death as the T-TPLF spends millions to keep itself alive The latest USAID’s Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS) report stated: “The 2017 Humanitarian Resources Document released by the Government of Ethiopia estimates 5.6 million people will require emergency food assistance through June 2017, with funding requirements of approximately $948 million USD.”…

  “Fundamental to the work of this court is a vigilant recognition that is it but one of three equal branches of our federal government. The work of the court is not to create policy or judge the wisdom of any particular policy promoted by the other two branches. That is the work of the…