አንድ ጥንታዊ አፍሪካዊ አባባል፣ “ሁለት ዝሆኖች ሲጣሉ ፣ የሚጎዳው ሣሩ ነው” ይላል ፡፡ እኔ ደግሞ ፣ “ዘንዶ እና ንስር አሞራ  በኢትዮጵያ ሣር ላይ ሲዋጉ አንድ እና አንድ ብቸኛ አሸናፊ ይኖራል ፡፡ ጥቁሩ አንበሳ!  አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም *** ይህ መጣጥፍ በእንግሊዘኛ ከፃፍኩት የተተረጎመ ነው።  የአማርኛ ፅሁፉን አተረጔገም ጥያቄ ካለ እንግሊዘኛዉን ይመልከቱ። *** የደራሲው ማስታወሻ-እኔ በባይድን አስተዳደር ሥር…

Folded Arms: How are we going to sock it to Ethiopia? An old African saying teaches, “When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. I say, “When the dragon and eagle fight on the Ethiopian grass, there will be one and ONLY one winner. The Black Lion! Alemayehu G. Mariam Author’s Note: I…

*** ይህ መጣጥፍ በእንግሊዘኛ ከፃፍኩት የተተረጎመ ነው።  የአማርኛ ፅሁፉን አተረጔገም ጥያቄ ካለ እንግሊዘኛዉን ይመልከቱ። *** ከወያኔ ጋር “መደራደር” ማለት ቀልድ ነው ፡፡ ጅቦች ከጥንቸሎች ጋር ስለ ምሳ መደራደር ማለት ነው ፡፡ ለጅቦች ታላቅ ድል ለጥንቸሎች ግን ከባድ ኪሳራ ነው። ለህወሃት ድርድር ማለት “የዜሮ ድምር ጨዋታ” ማለት ነው። ሁል ጊዜም ያሸንፋሉ። እነሱ ሁለት የመደራደር ስትራቴጂዎች ስልቶች…

The very idea of negotiating with the TPLF is simply laughable. It is like hyenas negotiating with antelopes about dinner. Total win for hyenas, total loss for antelopes. For the TPLF negotiation means playing a “zero-sum game”. They win all the time, everybody else loses every time. They have two negotiating strategies: “Might makes right….

*** ይህ ፅሁፍ በእንግሊዘኛ ከፃፍኩት የተተረጎመ ነው።  ለእንግሊዘኛው ፅሁፍ እዚህ ይጫኑ።  የአማርኛ ፅሁፉን የትርጉም ጥያቄ ካለ እንግሊዘኛዉን ይመልከቱ። *** የደራሲው ማስታወሻ- ወደፊት የሚሆነውን የመተንበይ ችሎታ የለኝም፡፡ በእርግጥ ነቢይም  አይደለሁም ፡፡ ግን በኢትዮጵያ ላይ ያሉኝ ትንበያዎች ሁሉ እስካሁን እውን ሆነው ታይተዋል! እ.ኤ.አ. ታህሳስ 18 ቀን 2016 የትራምፕ አስተዳደር አፍሪካን እንዴት በፖሊሲ እንደሚይዝ ተንብዬ ነበር ፡፡ ከትራምፕ…

Blinken, Sullivan and Rice- “The Fearsome Threesome” Out to Get Ethiopia! To be sure, I expect absolutely nothing from Trump by way of improvements in the current Africa policy, which is based on aid welfare mentality. That also means there is no chance that I could be disappointed by the Trump Administration’s failure to do…

A specter is haunting America- the specter of Trumpism. Donald Trump believes he can mobilize disaffected White voters by exploiting their fears and prejudices.  Trump’s strategy is to stoke the anger of certain white voters so that they will come out in massive numbers to vote for him and offset the demographic shifts in the United…

Special Author’s Note: After I wrote the commentary reprinted below on August 3, 2020, some friends and colleagues were quick to point out how “naïve I was about Tigreans and the TPLF”. In summary form, the criticisms about my commentary were cast along the following lines: 1) “Ethnic identity is more important to Tigreans than…

But Mengistu and Meles should never forget: ‘Justice is like a train that is nearly always late,’ but for the fiendishly wicked, justice always arrives in the nick of time… Beseferut qûna mesefer ayqerem (with the measure you use, it will be measured to you).’    Alemayehu G. Mariam, June 2, 2008. “Without the TPLF, Ethiopia…