24 Oct 2013
በአፍሪካ ውስጥ በቅዠት የሚባንኑት እነማን ይሆኑ ?
ፕሮፌሰር ዓለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም ከነጻነት ለሃገሬ ታላላቅ የአፍሪካ መሪዎች ህልም አላቸው፡፡ ቀሪዎቹ በቅዠት የተሞሉ ናቸው፡፡ በቅርቡ የአፍሪካ መሪዎች ቢያንስ በአፍሪካ ህብረት ስልጣን ያላቸውና የእነርሱ ጋሻ ጃግሬዎች ስለህግ ልዕልና፣ ስለዘር ማደን (ማሳደድ) የማያቋርጡ አስደንጋጭ የቅዠት ሪፖርቶች በገፍ እያቀረቡ ነው:: ቅዠታቸዉም የፍትህ ጎራዴ ስያሳድዳቸው በላብ ተጠምቀው ከንቅልፍ ይነቃሉ:: ፕሬዚዳንት ኡሁሩ ኬንያታ እንደ ታይም መጽሔት አገላለጽ “የኬንያውአንደኛ ሀብታም
20 Oct 2013
Who’s Having “Nightmares” in Africa?
Great African leaders have dreams. The rest have nightmares. Recently, African leaders, at least those at the helm of the African Union and their flunkies, have been reporting endlessly recurring ghastly nightmares of Lady Justice “race hunting” them with scales in one hand and a sword in the other. President Uhuru Kenyatta, described by Time
13 Oct 2013
The AU’s Mass Treaty-cide Brinksmanship
Charge of the light brigade The African Union’s threatened “mass treaty-cide” (a phrase I am compelled to coin to describe the bizarre threatened walkout on the Rome Statute) fizzled out. Those who predicted the “extraordinary summit” on the “AU’s relation with the International Criminal Court” (ICC) would end in a big bang were pleasantly
10 Oct 2013
Witness for the International Criminal Court
OCTOBER 10, 2013 11:21PM On October 11-12, 2013, the African Union (AU) will gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to formally withdraw from the Rome Statute in supremely dramatic form. The world for the first time will witness a choreographed denunciation (announcement of termination) of an international treaty by an entire continent. This act of collective
06 Oct 2013
Saving African Dictators from the ICC
Note to the reader: In my commentary last week, I defended the International Criminal Court (ICC) against accusations of “race hunting”, selective and arbitrary prosecution and abuse of power by certain African leaders. This week I continue my defense, in a rather lengthy commentary, by exposing and scrupulously refuting the bogus arguments articulated by these leaders
05 Oct 2013
Breast Cancer Awareness for Ethiopians
October is international Breast Cancer Awareness month. Throughout the month, public and private organizations in many countries promote programs and activities aimed at breast cancer risk reduction, early detection, treatment and research. It is well-established that breast cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women throughout the world. Millions of women are diagnosed
29 Sep 2013
The International Criminal Court on an African Safari?
African Race Hunting, the Race Card and Racing After African Thugs? Hailemariam Desalegn, the titular prime minister of Ethiopia, says the International Criminal Court (ICC) is on African safari. In May 2013,according to the BBC, Desalegn said, “African leaders were concerned that out of those indicted by the ICC, 99% are Africans. This shows something
22 Sep 2013
Ethiopia: Beyond the Hubris of Evil
When I wrote a commentary on the plight of the imprisoned 32-year old Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu last April, I titled it “The Audacity of Evil in Ethiopia.” At the time, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) had sent a letter to the “Minister of Justice” of the ruling regime in Ethiopia pleading medical care
16 Sep 2013
A Renaissance for Ethiopia’s Youth
For the past one-half decade, Ethiopia has been awash with talk of renaissance. There has been a lot of windbagging about a “Renaissance Dam” over the Blue Nile. Our ears nearly fell off listening to the endless gab about an “economic renaissance” with “11 percent” plus annual growth. There has also been much talk of
09 Sep 2013
The Diplomacy of Nonviolent Change in Ethiopia
In my commentary last week, “Interpreting and Living MLK’s Dream”, I discussed, among other things, Dr. Martin Luther King’s (MLK) philosophy of nonviolent social change. MLK argued that the “crucial political and moral question of our time” is the “need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence.” I believe