My Interview (Amharic) on Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) on “Law Day” 05/10/17
My interview on Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) on “Law Day” (05/10/17) To view video, click on the link below:
Glimpses of Trump’s Foreign (Human Rights) Policy in Africa
“Guiding all of our foreign policy actions are our fundamental values: our values around freedom, human dignity, the way people are treated. These are our values… not our policies… Policies change… our values never change.” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, “Remarks to U.S. Department of State Employees”, May 3, 2017. Author’s Note: When I wrote…
US doesn’t need Ethiopia in its war on terror in the Horn of Africa
Originally appeared in The Hill (o5/05/17.) [Posted on almariam.com on 5/24/17.] http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/332093-us-doesnt-need-ethiopia-in-its-war-on-terror-in-the-horn-of ======================== Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited the Middle East and Africa to “reaffirm key U.S. military alliances” and engage with strategic partners.” Mattis only visited the tiny nation of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa where the U.S. maintains…
The Good Kops/Bad Kops T-TPLF Con Game (Over) in Ethiopia
“Oh! What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” The length to which the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation (T-TPLF) will go to scam, hoodwink, bamboozle, con, dupe, deceive, confound and flimflam the Ethiopian people never ceases to amaze me. This is not to suggest that I do not grudgingly…
The T-TPLF Spook Who Sat by the Jailhouse Door in Ethiopia (Part I)
Author’s Note: This is Part I of a two-part translation of an Amharic interview[1] with a former, now-exiled anonymous T-TPLF “mole” (deep- cover intelligence operative) who was trained to infiltrate prisons in Ethiopia to snitch on political prisoners, persuade them to falsely admit criminal wrongdoing and recruit younger prisoners to give false testimony in court…
About Time for the T-TPLF to Get in Their Spaceships and Scoot Out of Ethiopia?
Houston, we ain’t got NO problem! I dreamt the nightmare was finally over. It could have been a vision. I am not sure. There stood I watching the launch pad excitedly, anxiously, happily. I can hear the robotic voice at Mission Control starting the countdown sequence. T-May 29, 1991 (the day the T-TPLF [“Thugtatorship of…
Apartheid State of Emergency in Ethiopia 2.0
On October 9, 2016, the puppet prime minister (PPM) of the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) Hailemariam announced a “state of emergency” (SoE) in a 20-minute televised statement. The PPM argued “anti-peace elements”, allied with foreign forces, had incited strife and undermined the peace and stability in the country. He claimed “anti-peace…
The Torture Chronicles of Ethiopian Patriot Habtamu Ayalew (in His Own Words)
Author’s Note: Following is my translation of the Amharic interview given by Habtamu Ayalew to the Voice of America (VOA), Amharic Program on March 15, 2017 and broadcast on the same day and on March 18 on “Democracy in Action” program. Translation of speech or text often presents some technical problems. Some of them are…
“Ethiopian Prime Minister will not receive an honorary doctorate at the Finnish university”
Reported in the Swedish Yle’s Finnish-Swedish broadcasting media. Original report link: https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2017/03/29/etiopiens-premiarminister-blir-inte-hedersdoktor-vid-finskt-universitet Google translation of Swedish-Finnish report below: Ethiopian Prime Minister will not be an honorary doctorate at the Finnish university PUBLISHED FÖR UNGEFÄR 10 TIMMAR SEDAN. UPDATEDFÖR UNGEFÄR 9 TIMMAR SEDAN Premiärminsiter Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn Picture: EPA / MATT LISELOTT LINDSTRÖM HELSINKI Tampere University was about to appoint Ethiopia’s…
The Lords of Living Lies in Ethiopia
Author’s Note: In this commentary, I take a careful look at the “very sophisticated report from the Embassy [of Ethiopia]” submitted for the record at the “Democracy Under Threat in Ethiopia” hearing of the Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives on March 9, 2017. The “embassy” report…