Matriarch of the Unholy Trinity Susan Rice, the current U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., has been waltzing (or should I say do-se-do-ing) with Africa’s slyest, slickest and meanest dictators for…
The Precarious State of Religious Freedom in Ethiopia In a weekly column entitled “Unity in Divinity” this past June, I expressed grave concern over official encroachments on religious freedom in…
On September 2, 2012, Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., delivered a nauseatingly sentimental oration at the funeral of Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi. She called Meles “selfless and…
By Alemayehu G Mariam Respeaking Truth to the Powerless For several years now, I have been “speaking truth to power”. In fact, the tag line for my blog page is “Defend…
By Alemayehu G Mariam It seems Ethiopia finally has a new prime minister. Two days ago, the leaders of the ruling EPDRF party approved Hailemariam Desalegn, the current deputy prime…
መለስ ስለፈጸመውና ስላመለጠው ጉዳይ በሕይወት ዘመኑ እያለ በብቃት ያነሳሁት ስለሆነ አሁን ከህልፈቱ በኋላ ብዙም የምለው የለኝም፡፡ ሕልፈተ ሞቱ ያሳዝነኛል፤ ምክንያቱም፤ ጆን ዶን እንዳለው ‹‹የማንም ሰው ሞት ያሳንሰኛል፤ ምክንያቱም እኔም ቁጥሬ ከሰብአዊያን ጋር ነውና ፡፡ሞት ለሁላችንም በእኩል መንገድ መጪ ነው፡፡ሲመጣም ሁላችንንም በእኩል ደረጃ ያስቀምጠናል፡፡›› እንደ ሃቀኛ የሰብአዊ መብት ተሟጋች፤የለየለት ፈላጭ ቆራጭ ባለ ስልጣን ቢሞትም ያሳዝነኛል ምክንያቱም በሰብአዊ መብት ጉዳይ፤በፍትሕ ሚዛናዊነት ላይ፤በእኩልነት ላይእና በመሳሰሉት ላይ ሲጓደሉ ለሙግት በመሰለፌ ነው፡፡
Alemayehu G Mariam It is time to bury the hatchet and move forward in Ethiopia! Nelson Mandela taught that “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have…
Alemayehu G Mariam Free to Speak To paraphrase an old expression, “There are two things that are quintessentially important in any society. The first is free speech and I can’t…
Alemayehu G. Mariam “Bondage” is the state of being bound by or subjected to some external power or control. When people are bound by debt, they are in “debt bondage”….