Tag Archives: Ecowas
The End Game of African Dictators
Posted on April 18, 2011, 12:06 am By

Alemayehu G. Mariam End Game Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire arrested! Hosni Mubarak of Egypt in intensive care! Moamar Gadhafi of Libya under siege! Omar al-Bashir of the Sudan, a…

Continue Reading
Why Do Things Always Fall Apart in Africa?
Posted on January 3, 2011, 1:45 am By

Originally appeared in the Huffington Post on  1/3/2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alemayehu-g-mariam/why-do-things-always-fall_1_b_803445.html Copycat Dictators and Cartoon Democracies in Africa Ivory Coast, December 2010. Laurent Gbagbo says he won the presidential election. The Independent…

Continue Reading