Tag Archives: Africa Corruption
Light at the end of the tunnel for the “Dark Continent”?

(Author’s note: This commentary appeared on  Pambazuka.org  on May 29, 2014 as part of a mid-century outlook on possible scenarios in Africa. I make my “predictions” debating myself as a political…

Ethiopia: Unfreedom of Information

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Life and Times of Democracy in Africa The long march of democracy in West Africa seems to be well underway. In July 2009, I wrote a weekly…

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

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