The World Bank lies, Ethiopia dies… from onerous “odious debt” I had completely forgotten about the so-called “Growth and Transformation Plan” (GTP) of 2010, until the World Bank reminded me of it last week. by Alemayehu G. Mariam That “Plan” was the late Meles Zenawi’s gimmick about having an economic plan for Ethiopia. “Ethiopian economic growth…
The moral bankruptcy of the World Bank in Ethiopia Ethiopians have been the object of a cruel bureaucratic joke by the World Bank. Last week, an official investigative report surfaced on line showing World Bank bureaucrats in Ethiopia have been playing “Deception Games” of displacement, deracination, forced resettlement and a kinder and gentler form of ethnic cleansing in the Gambella region of Western Ethiopia….
When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [MLK] gave his “I Have a Dream Speech” in August 1963, he asked the “devotees of civil rights” a simple rhetorical question: “When will you be satisfied?” One of his answers was particularly poignant. “We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the…
by Alemayehu G. Mariam “Cirque d’Andargachew” presented by the Ringling T-TPLF Brothers Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) is often credited with the observation that one should “judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” Voltaire also wisely observed, “All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” How…
“Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,… [and] see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams” A Happy New Year to all of my readers!!! I get to celebrate New Year twice every year. The first on September 11, the Ethiopian New Year. The second on January 1. I also get to make two…
(የፀሐፊው ማስታወሻ — ይህን ፅሁፍ በነጻነት ለሀገሬ ስም ለአማርኛ አንባቢዎቼ አቀርባለሁ። የነፃነት ለሀገሬ ትርጉሞች የረቀቁና የተጣሩ ናቸው። የነፃነት ለሀገሬን ድጋፍ በማግኘቴ ታላቅ ደስታና ክብር ይሰማኛል። ነፃነት ለሀገሬ ያልተዘመረለት/ያልተዘመረላቸው የኢትዮጵያ ጀግና/ጀግኖች ናቸው። ከፍተኛ ክብርና አድናቆቴን ለነፃነት ለሀገሬ አቀርባለሁ/አቀርብላቸዋለሁ! ትግሉ ይቀጥላል ለነፃነት ለሀገሬ!!!)
(የፀሐፊው ማስታወሻ — ይህን ፅሁፍ በነጻነት ለሀገሬ ስም ለአማርኛ አንባቢዎቼ አቀርባለሁ። የነፃነት ለሀገሬ ትርጉሞች የረቀቁና የተጣሩ ናቸው። የነፃነት ለሀገሬን ድጋፍ በማግኘቴ ታላቅ ደስታና ክብር ይሰማኛል። ነፃነት ለሀገሬ ያልተዘመረለት/ያልተዘመረላቸው የኢትዮጵያ ጀግና/ጀግኖች ናቸው። ከፍተኛ ክብርና አድናቆቴን ለነፃነት ለሀገሬ አቀርባለሁ/አቀርብላቸዋለሁ !!! ትግሉ ይቀጥላል ለነፃነት ለሀገሬ!!!) ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ የአፍሪካ አሜሪካዊ ደራሲ፣ ገጣሚ፣ የዳንስ ተወዛዋዥ፣ ተዋናይ እንዲሁም…
የሩቢዮ የኩባን ከዩኤስ አሜሪካ ጋር ያላትን ግንኙነት ወደ ቀድሞ ግንኙነት የመመለሱን ሁኔታ የመቃወማቸው አመክንዮ መረጃ ላለመስጠት በደብቅነት ወይም ደግሞ በየዋሀነት ያደረጉት ይንሁን አይሁን እርግጠኛ አይደለሁም፡፡
“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”, decreed Maya Angelou, the great African American author, poet, dancer, actress and singer. “I shall persevere!” wrote Eskinder Nega, the imprisoned and preeminent defender and hero of press freedom in Ethiopia, in a letter smuggled out of the infamous Meles Zenawi Prison in Kality,…
Cuba finally coming in from the Cold (War)? “I am not a dictator, and I do not think I will become one. I will not maintain power with a machine gun,” said Fidel Castro in an interview in January 1959, shortly after he ousted President Fulgencio Batista. With that declaration, Castro established Cuba as the…
