Al Mariam’s Commentaries Archive
17 Apr 2018
My VOA (Amharic) Interview on HR 128 and PM Abiy 4 -16 -2018
My interview on Voice of America (Amharic) on April 16, 2018 re: H.R. 128 and PM Abiy.
15 Apr 2018
Memorandum No. 1: To PM Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopia’s Cheetahs/Abo Shemanes (Youth)
Author’s note: In my last “commentary” (My Personal Letter to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed), I promised to focus my future observations on issues and topics that will serve to promote peace, reconciliation, unity and the general well-being of the Ethiopian people. The time for recrimination, denunciation and diatribe is passed. The time now is to
08 Apr 2018
My Personal Letter to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia
Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity’s belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all – never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land
01 Apr 2018
Abiy Ahmed: Beating the TPLF Wounded Beast at His Own Game in Ethiopia (Part I)
Memorandum to Ethiopia’s Cheetahs: What is needed in Ethiopia today is regime change, not a game of regime musical chairs. What is needed is structural change, fundamental change from thugtatorship to democracy. What is needed is transformational change which ends the culture of corruption, nepotism and cronyism. What is needed is accountability to hold those
25 Mar 2018
Much Ado About Prime Minister Tweedledee Tweedledum in Ethiopia
Bravo! The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) has done it again! The T-TPLF’s latest scam is the equivalent of a children’s Easter egg hunt for “prime minister”. It is a con game called, “The Search for a New (C)Prime Minister”. The T-TPLF bosses have been scheduling, cancelling, rescheduling and cancelling time and
19 Mar 2018
MERCENARY MILITARY COMMAND POST REIGN OF TERROR IN ETHIOPIA
Author’s Note: This commentary is aimed at the Diaspora Ethiopian media. It aims to accomplish two objectives. First, I aim to openly challenge the Diaspora Ethiopian media not to become unwitting parrots and dupes of the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation (T-TPLF) and to remain vigilant and expose T-TPLF disinformation campaigns. Second, I wish
11 Mar 2018
Rex Tillerson, Aboard the Ethiopia Freedom Train!
On March 8, 2018, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson landed his jet at Bole Airport in Addis Ababa and hopped right on the Ethiopia Freedom Train. At his press conference, Secretary Tillerson said for the problems faced by Ethiopians, “the answer is greater freedom for people,
05 Mar 2018
Open Memorandum to U.S. Sec. of State Rex Tillerson and U.S. Amb. to Ethiopia Michael Raynor
The United States will stay the course in Ethiopia, and I hope I can count on each of you [Ethiopians] to do the same.” — U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Michael Raynor, in his Facebook outreach message message of February 13, 2018. I write this open memorandum on the occasion of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s
25 Feb 2018
An “Independent Commissione” for Ethiopia?: A Rejoinder to Tsadkan Gebretensae
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. It hurts too much to cry and it is too funny not to laugh. The T-TPLF will do anything to cling to power. For one more nanosecond. One more second. One more minute. One more hour. One more day. One more month. One more year. One
21 Feb 2018
To Save Ethiopia From Civil War, Solutions Must Work From the Ground Up
BY ALEMAYEHU MARIAM, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 02/21/18 02:30 PM EST 20 Originally Posted on The Hill on 02/21/18 http://thehill.com/opinion/international/374900-to-save-ethiopia-from-civil-war-solutions-must-work-from-the-ground-up Ethiopia teeters on the edge of a precipice. For the past two years, waves of defiant public protests have made the country ungovernable and posed an existential threat to the ruling party that has been in power since