I am celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta Libertatum or the Great Charter of English Liberties. Whoa! Hold it! I understand your question! Why is a guy born in Africa (Ethiopia) now living in America celebrating a document written by a bunch of disgruntled and rebellious English barons quarrelling with a feudal monarch…
The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation (T-TPLF) adopted its fabricated constitution for Ethiopia on December 8, 1994. The Preamble to that constitution declares, “We the Nations, Nationalities and People of Ethiopia…” have written the constitution to 1) “secure the right to self-determination” for “people of the nations and nationalities”, 2) ensure the territorial insularity (separateness) of…
On March 3, 2015, Prime Minister Benjamin (“Bibi”) Netenyahu addressed a joint session of the United States Congress to deliver his diktat: Pass a law to prevent President Obama from negotiating with Iran because any U.S. agreement with Iran is not worth the paper it is written on. “We’re better off without it,” exhorted Netenyahu. It was…
Young Diaspora Ethiopian musicians are rising fast and gaining attention on the international scene. They sing in English, but some include Amharic songs in their repertoire. Their lyrics are serious and spotlight social conditions. Their melodies are a fusion of Ethiopian, rock and jazz beats. They attract audiences across cultural lines. Their music has universal…
በጋምቤላ በ99 ዓመታት በተገባው የመሬት ኪራይ ውል በደሳለኝ ዕይታ መሰረት ካሩቱሪ የሚጠበቁበት ዝርዝር ነገሮች ምንድን ናቸው? የወያኔ ወሮበላ የዘራፊ ቡድን ስብስብ ሁሉንም ነገር ደብቅ ስለሚያደርግ እውነታዎችን ለማረጋገጥ የምችልባቸው እውነታዎቸ የሉም፡፡
It was too good to be true. It is too bad it was true for the people of Gambella in western Ethiopia. Last month, the ignoble demise of Karuturi Global, Ltd. (a/k/a “Ethiopian Meadows Plc.”, “Gambella Green Valley Plc (Ethiopia)”, “Karuturi Agro Products Plc (Ethiopia)) in Ethiopia was announced quietly and without fanfare. Karuturi,…
በሲባጎ እንደታሰረ አሻንጉሊት ተይዘው የሚንቀሳቀሱት እና እጅ እና እግር በሌለው አደናጋሪ ንግግራቸው የሚታወቁት “ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር” ኃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ እ.ኤ.አ በ2015 የሚካሄደው ምርጫ “እንከንየለሽ” እንደሚሆን ያውቃሉ፡፡
Who knows about Ethiopia’s perfekt elektion in May 2015? It is the middle of February 2015 as I write this commentary. But I always remember in November. I see some of my Ethiopian friends carrying long forlorn melancholy faces. A few lines from Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” flash in my mind: Why,…
In my last commentary, The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation”, I cryptically observed in passing, “… The USD$600 million is money the World Bank loaned to the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (T-TPLF) in the name of the People of Ethiopia. Future generations of Ethiopians will be asked to pay it back….
(ፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም) የዓለም ባንክ ይዋሻል፣ ኢትዮጵያ እጅግ በጣም አስቸጋሪ በሆነ እና “ጥላቻን፣ ንቀትን ወይም ደግሞ መከፋትን በሚቀሰቅስ ዕዳ” ውስጥ በመዘፈቅ በመሞት ላይ ትገኛለች…
