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An “African Spring” in 2012?
Posted on January 2, 2012, 1:08 am By

Alemayehu G. Mariam Waiting for the Dawn of “Africa’s Spring” in 2012?  How about an “Ethiopian Tsedey” in 2012? In 2011, we witnessed the “Winter of Arab” discontent made glorious by…

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U.S. Africa Policy: Empty Words, Emptier Promises
Posted on June 27, 2011, 12:48 am By

Alemayehu G. Mariam (This is the second installment in a series of commentaries I pledged to offer on U.S. policy in Africa under the heading “The Moral Hazard of U.S….

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