Category Archives: Al Mariam’s Commentaries
Pariah State?: Travel Warnings in the Land of 13-Months of Sunshine (Ethiopia)

U.S and U.K. issue warning to their citizens planning travel in  Ethiopia Time was tourists flocked to Ethiopia in search of the “Land of 13-Months of Sunshine” and adventure. Ziggy…

Ethiopia: Collective Punishment by Internet Clampdown

Last week, for the third time in the past year, the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) unplugged the internet. The reasons are a bit fuzzy. Some T-TPLF…

Al Mariam’s Voice of America Interview (Amharic) on James Comey Hearing, June 8, 2017

 

Al Mariam’s Voice of America Interview (Amharic) on Global Peace Index, June 7, 2017

Al Mariam’s Voice of America Interview (Amharic) on Global Peace Index, June 7, 2017  

Indexing Ethiopia

Author’s Note: Last week, Vision of Humanity issued its 2017 Global Peace Index (GPI).  Its report on Ethiopia is certainly the most distressing though unequivocal, straightforward and clear-cut. The state…

Ethiopia at tipping point as Congress mulls human rights bill

This op-ed piece first appeared in The Hill on May 29, 2017 07:00. It was posted on almariam.com on July 16, 2017. http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international-affairs/335559-ethiopia-at-tipping-point-as-congress-mulls-human BY AL MARIAM, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR – 05/29/17 07:00…

Ethiopia: A Harvest of Death and Destruction Since May 28, 1991

The T-TPLF Horsemen of the Apocalypse a quarter of a century later in Ethiopia On May 28, 1991, a rag tag rebel army of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)…

Empty Suit, Director–General, Gates World Health Organization (G-WHO)

I knew from the get go that the whole WHO “election” for “director-general” was a sham, a set up. Just like the 2015 Ethiopia “election” which resulted in a 100…

EthiopiaWIN.et and Tewdros Kassa-hun

Author’s Note: This month the Ethiopian popular music megastar Tewdros “Teddy Afro” Kassahun released his “Ethiopia” album, which quickly topped the World Albums Billboard chart during the week of May 15. This…

Ethiopia: Who for WHO? A Top Leader of  a Terrorist Organization, That’s Who!

Author’s Note: In this commentary, I make the case against Tedros Adhanom, a top leader of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front, a terrorist organization, who is a finalist for the director-general…

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