International Criminal Court Prosecutor throws in the towel It is a dark and gloomy month on the “Dark Continent”! It is the worst of times in Africa when a man in the highest political office accused of egregious crimes against humanity waltzes out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) grinning like a Cheshire cat and…
Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis The tip of the iceberg: Not isolated cases On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner, a 43…
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ ባለፈው ሳምንት በዩናይትድ ስቴትስ አሜሪካ የሚኖሩ በርካታ ኢትዮጵያውያን/ት ቤተሰቦች ከዘመዶቻቸው እና ከጓደኞቻቸው ጋር በመሆን በኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ በመጥፎ ገጽታው ሲታወስ የሚኖረውን እ.ኤ.አ ኖቬምበር 14/1974 በኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ የተፈጸመውን የእልቂት ሰለባዎች ለማስታወስ በአንድ ላይ ተሰባስበው የጸሎት ስርዓት አድርገዋል፡፡ በዚያ የጥላቻ ዕለት የወታደራዊው አምባገነን ስብስብ ተራ ስብሰባ በማድረግ 60 ከፍተኛ የመንግስት ባለስልጣኖችን፣ የመንግስት…
Last week, many Ethiopian families in the United States gathered in houses of worship with their relatives and friends to hold memorial services in remembrance of the victims of the massacre of the 24th of November 1974, a date that shall live in infamy in Ethiopian history. On that fateful day, a military junta gathered…
Author’s Note: For over four decades, the self-styled Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which clings to power by force in Ethiopia today, has been planning and waging a sustained and relentless political, social and cultural war to “de-Ethiopianize” Ethiopia. The TPLF’s de-Ethiopianization program and ideology are built around a set of specific strategies, policies, actions and practices…
እጅግ በጣም የተለዬ ችሎታ ያላት ወጣት ኢትዮጵያዊት የኪነ ጥበብ ባለሙያ የሆነችው ሜሮን ጌትነት ባለፈው ሳምንት “ሀገሬ፣ ህዝቤ፣ ክብሬ” በሚል ርዕስ የተዘጋጀ ጠንካራ የሆነ የአማርኛ ግጥም በዩቱቢ ድረ ገጽ በመልቀቅ እንዲነበብ አድርጋለች፡፡ ሜሮንን ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ “ያየኋት” በዚህ አሁን በያዝነው ዓመት መስከረም ወር በአንዲት ኢትዮጵያዊት ልጃገረድ ላይ በተደረገው የጠለፋ ጋብቻ ወንጀል ላይ ተመስርቶ የተሰራውን ተውኔት (ፊልም) በማስታወቂያነት እንዲያገለግል በቪዲዮ ተቀርጾ የቀረበውን ምስል ባየሁበት ጊዜ ነበር፡፡ በሀገሪቱ በስልጣን ላይ እንደ መዥገር ተጣብቆ የሚገኘው ገዥ አካል ለዚህ ጉዳይ ጆሮ ዳባ ልበስ ስላለ ያ አስቀያሚ የጠለፋ ጋብቻ ወንጀል ድርጊት አሁንም ቢሆን እንደቀጠለ ይገኛል፡፡ ድፍረት በሚለው ተውኔት ላይ ሜሮን የማትበገር የህግ ባለሙያ ገጸ ባህሪን በመላበስ ወሳኝ ሚናን በመጫወት የጥቃቱ ሰለባ ለሆነችው ልጃገረድ ነጻነት ብቻ ሳይሆን እርሷ እንደሴትነቷ የራሷን እና የሌሎችን ሴቶች ክብር ለማስጠበቅ ስኬታማ የሆነ ተውኔት ሰርታለች፡፡
The poet-artist with an “unconquerable soul”? Last week, Meron Getnet, the extraordinary young Ethiopian actress, put out on Youtube a powerful Amharic poem entitled, “Hagere, Hizbe, Kibre” (My Country, My People, My Honor). The last time I “saw” Meron was this past September in a video clip intended to be a promotional for the film DIFRET (COURAGE), a film…
Oh, Cruel November 2005! In 2005, Ethiopians faced unspeakable horrors. Following the parliamentary elections in May of that year, hundreds of Ethiopian citizens who protested the daylight theft of that election were massacred or seriously shot and wounded by police and security personnel under the exclusive command and control of the late regime leader Meles…
Gebremedhin Araya (L), Max Perbedy (C), Tekleweyne Assefa (R) Remembering the Great Ethiopia Famine of 1984 (Part II) In my commentary last week, (Remembering the Great Ethiopia Famine of 1984, Part I), I reviewed various commentaries I had written over the years challenging the fabricated and false claims of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) and its…
There is famine in Ethiopia in 2014, but it is known by other fancy names Famine in Ethiopia is a topic that horrifies me. Over the years, I have written long commentaries on the subject often challenging with incontrovertible facts the fabricated and false claims of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front and its late leader…
