Al Mariam’s Commentaries
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ የጸሀፊው ማስታወሻ፡ ከጥቂት ቀናት በፊት ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አብይ አህመድ እንዲህ ብለው ነበር፣ “ቅንነት የሌላቸው እና የተዛቡ ወሬዎች በሶማሊ ክልል ሰብአዊ ቀውስ ላይ ነዳጅ ይጨምራሉ፡፡“ ትላንት ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ እንዲህ በማለት ኢትዮጵያውያን ወገኖቻቸውን መክረዋል፣ “ቅንነት የሌላቸውን እና የተዛቡ ወሬዎችን በመቀበል አታሰራጩ፡፡ ቅንነት የሌላቸውን እና የተዛቡ ወሬዎችን በፍጹም አናሰራጭ ምክንያቱም በዚሁ ሰበብ በርካታ ሰዎች እየተጎዱ ነው፡፡ የመረጃ…
Author’s Note: A few days ago, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said, “’fake news is fueling the Somali regional crisis.” Yesterday, he advised Ethiopians not to buy and spread fake news. Let’s not spread fake news because a lot of people are hurt by it. We need to carefully consider the reliability of their sources of…
Al Mariam Voice of America Amharic Program interview on the establishment of the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund Advisory Council on August 10, 2018.
When I wrote Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed an open letter on June 3, 2018 on behalf of Diaspora Ethiopians in the U.S. asking him to “please, please be our guest”, I promised: If you come to the U.S., I have no doubts you would victoriously declare, “I came; I saw; and I conquered the hearts and minds…
As the self-appointed Ethiopian diaspora spokesperson, I thank Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed, President Lemma Megerssa, Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh Gegebeyehu and the entire Team Abiy Ahmed-ETHIOPIA delegation for travelling thousands of miles to be with us in America. It has been said, “Distance means so little when someone means so much.” Y’all came to…
My interview on the Voice of America- Amharic program on the visit of Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed to Los Angeles, July 29, 2018.
Diaspora diplomacy as state diplomacy On behalf of all diaspora Ethiopians of goodwill and good faith in the United States, I welcome Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia to the United States. PM Abiy will begin his whirlwind “diaspora diplomacy” in America on July 28 with an appearance in Washington, D.C. followed by appearances in…
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ …በምዕራቡ ዓለም አንድ ስኒ ሚያኪያቶ (ቡና በወተት) 3 ወይም 4 የአሜሪካ ዶላሮች ያወጣል፡፡ ሆኖም ግን የዲያስፖራውን ማህበረሰብ አጥብቄ የምማጸነው ከዕለታዊ የማኪያቶ ፍጆታ ወጪያቸው አንድ ዶላር በመቀነስ ለሀገራቸው እንዲሰጡ ነው፡፡ የአደራ ገንዘብ/ፈንድ (Trust Fund) መመስረት እና በኢትዮጵያ እና/ወይም በአሜሪካ ሂሳቦችን መክፈት እንችላለን፡፡ እያንዳንዱ የዲያስፖራው ማህበረሰብ አባል በየዕለቱ ለማክያቶ ከሚያወጣው ወጭ እየቀነሰ አንድ…
… In the Western world, one cup of macchiato [coffee with milk] could cost $3, $4 or $5 U.S. dollars. But what I beg of the Diaspora is to take $1 from their daily macchiato expense and give it to their country. We could establish a trust fund and open accounts in Ethiopia and/or…
Selam All: I am leading a small group of volunteers in identifying and contacting Ethiopian Diaspora intellectuals and professionals in all fields to be listed in a “Declaration of Support for TEAM ABIY AHMED- ETHIOPIA”. We would like to invite you to become an original signatory to the “Declaration”. A bound volume of the “Declaration”…
