I am now declaring my support for Bernie Sanders, the dark horse of the Democratic Party, to become the next President of the United States. It is refreshing act of moral self-affirmation for me to support a man who lives out his principles. Before explaining why I am supporting Bernie Sanders, I have some other…
Author’s Note: What’s in a label? Well, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet…”? That may be true, provided, of course, those roses are not roses raised on the land-grabbed farmlands of Karuturi Global in Ethiopia, a topic I explored in my recent…
Author’s Note: My commentary this week follows last week’s comment on the collapse of Karuturi Agro Products, Plc., in Gambella, Ethiopia. In 2010, the T-TPLF handed over 100 thousand hectares of land to the infamously “iconic land grabber” Sai Karuturi and “cancelled” its “land rent contract” earlier this month. On the heels of the Karuturi debacle,…
Authors note: I have written this commentary not because I care about the legal dispute between Karuturi and the T-TPLF over a land deal in Gambella. I could not care less how thugs and those who do business with thugs resolve or do not resolve their disputes. But I am deeply concerned about the economic…
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ “ኢትዮጵያውያን በእርግጠኝነት ነጻ ቢሆኑ ኖሮ የት ይደርሱ ነበር?“ ይህ ከላይ በመንደርደሪያነት የቀረበው ጥያቄ ባለፈው ሳምንት ዘኢኮኖሚስት የተባለው መጽሄት ባዘጋጀው ጹሁፍ በርዕሰ አንቀጹ ላይ ያቀረበው ነበር፡፡ መጽሔሄቱ እራሱ ላቀረበው ጥያቄ እንዲህ በማለት እራሱ የሰጠው መልስም አስደማሚ ነበር፡ “መንግስት ዜጎች የሰላም አየር እንዲተነፍሱ እና በነጻነት እንዲኖሩ ቢፈቅድ ኖሮ እንደ ወፍ ክንፍ …
“What if they were really set free?” That was the question The Economist asked in the headline of its article last week about Ethiopians. Its response was equally breathtaking: “If the government let people breathe, they might fly.” These sixteen words brought tears to my eyes, joy to my heart and resolute optimism to my…
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ ከጥቂት ቀናት በፊት በውጭ ሀገር የሚኖሩ የህዝባዊ ወያኔ ሀርነት ትግራይ ወሮበላ የዘራፊ ቡድን ስብስብ (ዘ-ህወሀት) ዴፕሎማቶች ከፍተኛ የሆነ ዓለም አቀፍ የውጭ ምንዛሬ የገንዘብ ፍሰት ችግር ውስጥ ተቀፍድደው የሚገኙ መሆናቸውን የሚገልጽ አሳዛኝ የሆነ ጽሁፍ አነበብኩ፡፡ በብርሀን ፍጥነት በአንድ ጊዜ ከወባ ትንኝ ተመራማሪነት ወደ ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትርነት እንደተተኮሰው እንደ ቴዎድሮስ አድኃኖም ዘገባ በውጭ…
A few days ago, I read a heart-rending article about the serious cash flow problems the diplomatic missions of the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) are facing worldwide. According to the malaria-researcher-turned-“Ethiopian”-foreign-minister-overnight, Tedros Adhanom, “Ethiopian diplomatic missions abroad” are experiencing a “challenge of accessing foreign currency.” Adhanom moaned and groaned about a…
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ በዘ–ህወሀት የተወገዘችው ኢትጵጵያ ባለፈው ሳምንት ታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ህዳሴ ግድብ እየተባለ የሚጠራው አዲስ ስምምነት የተፈረመበት የብዕር ቀለም ሳይደርቅ የግብጽ ፕሬዚዳንት ጀኔራል አብደል ፋታህ ኤል ሲሲ በአንድ ብሄራዊ የእርሻ ፕሮጀክት የምረቃ ስነስርዓት በዓል ላይ በመገኘት ለግብጽ ህዝብ እንዲህ የሚል መልዕክት አስተላልፈዋል፣ “ውኃ የህይወት ወይም የሞት ጉዳይ መሆኑን እና ይህም የግብጽ ህዝብ ጭንቀት መሆኑን ሙሉ…
The damnation of Ethiopia by the T-TPLF Last week, before the ink had dried on the “new agreement” on the so-called Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Egyptian President General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi told Egyptians during the inauguration of a national farmland project, “I totally understand the concern of Egyptians as water is a matter of life or death. We…
