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Steel Vises, Clenched Fists and Closing Walls, (Part II)

Note: This is the second installment in a series of commentaries I intend to offer on U.S. foreign policy (or lack thereof as some would argue) in Ethiopia. In this…

Steel Vises, Clenched Fists and Closing Walls

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Note: This is the first installment in a series of commentaries I intend to offer on U.S. foreign policy (or lack thereof as some would argue)…

Ethiopia: The Truth About the Hummingbirds

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Note: This is my sixth and final commentary on the theme “Where do we go from here?” following the rigged May 2010 elections in Ethiopia in…

Speaking Truth On Behalf of Ethiopian Women

Note: This is my fifth commentary on the theme “Where do we go from here?” following the rigged May 2010 elections in Ethiopia in which the ruling dictatorship won by…

Speaking Truth On Behalf of Ethiopia’s Youth

Alemayehu G. Mariam Note: This is my fourth commentary on the theme, “Where do we go from here?” following the rigged elections in Ethiopia last month in which the ruling…

Ethiopia: Speaking Truth to the Truth-Seekers

Alemayehu G. Mariam This is my third commentary on the theme, “Where do we go from here?”, following the rigged elections in Ethiopia last month.[1] In this piece, I urge…

Accessories to the crime of democricide in Ethiopia

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Note: In my first commentary [1] on the theme, “Where do we go from here?”, I suggested that the ruling dictatorship in Ethiopia following its 99.6…

Ethiopia: Speaking Truth to the Powerless

Alemayehu G. Mariam Note: In my last commentary[1] on the theme, “Where do we go from here?” I suggested that the ruling dictatorship in Ethiopia following its 99.6 percent “victory”…

Of Elections and Diapers in Ethiopia

Alemayehu G. Mariam Note: Over the past week, I have received numerous requests from those who read my last commentary “Ethiopia at the Crossroads of History[1], to share my views…

Ethiopia at the Crossroads of History

By Alemayehu G. Mariam There is an old morality tale of The Emperor’s New Clothes about a king who is so self-absorbed, vainglorious and obsessed with his appearance that he…

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