A Tale of Tall Tales and “Ethiopia’s Diplomat-in-Chief”

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What does a malaria researcher know about the art and science of diplomacy? Or for that matter the difference between telling the truth and telling lies? Or condoning or condemning lies? These are not trick questions.   Tedros Adhanom is the “foreign minister” in the Thugtatroship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF). In the official “Ministry of Foreign Affairs Biography of the Minister”, Adhanom is described  as “an internatio […]

The Poison of Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia’s Body Politic

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 The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation (T-TPLF) adopted its fabricated constitution for Ethiopia on December 8, 1994. The Preamble to that constitution declares, “We the Nations, Nationalities and People of Ethiopia…” have written the constitution to 1) “secure the right to self-determination” for “people of the nations and nationalities”, 2) ensure the territorial insularity (separateness) of…

Bibi Came, Bibi Saw, Bibi Brought Nothing to the Table!

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On March 3, 2015, Prime Minister Benjamin (“Bibi”) Netenyahu addressed a joint session of the United States Congress to deliver  his diktat: Pass a law to prevent President Obama from negotiating with Iran because any U.S. agreement with Iran is not worth the paper it is written on. “We’re better off without it,” exhorted Netenyahu. It was…

Young Ethiopian Musicians Rising!

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Young Diaspora Ethiopian musicians are rising fast and gaining attention on the international scene. They sing in English, but some include Amharic songs in their repertoire. Their lyrics are serious and spotlight social conditions. Their melodies are a fusion of Ethiopian, rock and jazz beats. They attract audiences across cultural lines. Their music has universal…

ቻው! ቻው! በኢትዮጵያ የካሩቱሪ ቅኝ ግዛት (ፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም)

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በጋምቤላ በ99 ዓመታት በተገባው የመሬት ኪራይ ውል በደሳለኝ ዕይታ መሰረት ካሩቱሪ የሚጠበቁበት ዝርዝር ነገሮች ምንድን ናቸው? የወያኔ ወሮበላ የዘራፊ ቡድን ስብስብ ሁሉንም ነገር ደብቅ ስለሚያደርግ እውነታዎችን ለማረጋገጥ የምችልባቸው እውነታዎቸ የሉም፡፡

Bye, Bye Karuturistan, Ethiopia!

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  It was too good to be true. It is too bad it was true for the people of Gambella in western Ethiopia. Last month, the ignoble demise of Karuturi  Global, Ltd.  (a/k/a “Ethiopian Meadows Plc.”, “Gambella Green Valley Plc (Ethiopia)”,  “Karuturi Agro Products Plc (Ethiopia)) in Ethiopia was announced  quietly and without fanfare. Karuturi,…

የኢትዮጵያ የምርጫ ቅርጫ: አይን ያወጣ የቅጥፈት የይስሙላ ምርጫ (ፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም)

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በሲባጎ እንደታሰረ አሻንጉሊት ተይዘው የሚንቀሳቀሱት እና እጅ እና እግር በሌለው አደናጋሪ ንግግራቸው የሚታወቁት “ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር” ኃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ እ.ኤ.አ በ2015 የሚካሄደው ምርጫ “እንከንየለሽ” እንደሚሆን ያውቃሉ፡፡

Ethiopia’s Perfekt Elektion? Much Ado About Nothing!

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Who knows about Ethiopia’s perfekt elektion in May 2015?     It is the middle of February 2015 as I write this commentary. But I always remember in November. I see some of my Ethiopian friends carrying long forlorn melancholy faces.  A few lines from Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” flash in my mind: Why,…

Ethiopia’s “Odious Debt” to the Odious World Bank

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In my last commentary, The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation”, I cryptically observed in passing, “… The USD$600 million is money the World Bank loaned to the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (T-TPLF)  in the name of the People of Ethiopia. Future generations of Ethiopians will be asked to pay it back….