Every year, I remember two massacres in Africa. In March, I remember the March 21, 1960 white apartheid regime Sharpeville massacre in South Africa. In November, I remember the Meles Massacres of June 8, 2005 and November 1-10 and 14-16, 2005 in Ethiopia committed by the black apartheid regime of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation…
Adding insult to injury Hailemariam Desalegn and his T-TPLF have massacred hundreds of people over the past few months. Now, they are on a charm offensive. A couple of days ago, in Ethiopia’s monkey (kangaroo) parliament, a member is videotaped burying his face in a piece of paper and belting out with rhetorical flair three…
Robert Kagan, a well-known neocon, recently argued “Trump is the GOP’s Frankenstein monster. Now he’s strong enough to destroy the party.” Kagan reamed establishment Republicans: “Trump is no fluke. Nor is he hijacking the Republican Party or the conservative movement. He is [the] party’s Frankenstein’s monster, brought to life by the party, fed by the party and…
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ በአሜሪካ “ባለሶስት-ጥፋት ሕግ“ እያሉ ይጠሩታል፡፡ ወንጀለኞች ሶስት ከባድ ወይም ደግሞ አስከፊ ወንጀሎችን የሰሩ ከሆነ ከ25 ዓመት እስከ እድሜ ልክ እስራት የሚያደርስ ቅጣት ይበየንባቸዋል፡፡ ዘ-ህወሀት በኢትዮጵያ የታክሲ አሽከርካሪ ሾፌሮች ላይ ጦርነት አውጇል! በኢትዮጵያ የህዝባዊ ወያኔ ሀርነት ትግራይ ወሮበላ የዘራፊ ቡድን ስብስብ (ዘ–ህወሀት) ለሶስት ወር ተራዝሟል የሚል ሽንገላ ያስቀመጠለትን እና…
In America, they call it “Three-Strikes Law”. Criminals who commit three violent or serious crimes are given 25 years to life. The T-TPLF has declared war on Ethiopian taxi drivers! In Ethiopia, the T-TPLF (Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front) is implementing (allegedly suspended for 3 months) what is the economic equivalent of three-strikes-and-you-are-out-of-the-taxi-business…
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ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ የጸሐፊው ማስታወሻ፡ በኢትየጵያ ውስጥ የፕሬስ ነጻነት እንዲከበር ከፍተኛ ተጋድሎ በማድረግ ላይ ካለችው ከአይበገሬዋ ርዕዮት ዓለሙ አስደናቂ ታሪክ ጋር በተያያዘ መልኩ ለማቀርበው ተከታታይ ውይይት ይህ የመጀመሪያው ክፍል ነው፡፡ ከዚህም በተጨማሪ በዴሞክራሲ፣ በህግ የበላይነት፣ በሰብአዊ መብት ጥበቃ እና በተጠያቂነት ጠንካራ መሰረት ላይ ለምትገነባው በኢዲሲቷ ኢትዮጵያ መልካም አስተዳደር እንዲሰፍን ልዩ የሆነ…
Author’s note: This is Part I in a forthcoming series relating my conversations with Reeyot Alemu and her amazing story in the defense of press freedom in Ethiopia. It is also about conversations with an extraordinary group of young Ethiopians living in Las Vegas who are dedicated to building good governance in a New Ethiopia founded on…
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ (የተመደበ፡ ለኢትየጵያ አቦ ሸማኔዎች ዓይን ብቻ) ከ2013 ወዲህ የመጀመሪያ መልዕክቴ፣ ይህ በሶስት ዓመታት ጊዜ ውስጥ ለኢትዮጵያ የአቦ ሸማኔ ትውልድ ማለትም ለኢትዮጵያ ወጣቶች ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ ያቀረብኩት ልዩ መልዕክት ነው፡፡ እ.ኤ.አ ጥር 2013 ዓመቱ የኢትዮጵያ አቦ ሸማኔ ወጣት ትውልድ ዓመት እንደሚሆን የአዲስ ዓመት መልዕክቴን ጽፌ አስተላልፌ ነበር፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ የአቦ ሸማኔው…
(Classified: For Ethiopian Cheetahs’ Eyes Only) My first “Message” from 2013 This is my second special message to Ethiopia’s “Cheetah Generation”, Ethiopia’s young people, in three years. In January 2013, I wrote a new year’s message in which I dedicated that year to Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation. I described Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation comprising of not only…
