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Ethiopia: The Art of Bleeding a Country Dry

Alemayehu G. Mariam Ethio-Corruption, Inc. (Unlimited) “The people of Ethiopia are being bled dry. No matter how hard they try to fight their way out of absolute destitution and poverty,…

Ethiopia’s Awramba Times: More Powerful Than…

Alemayehu G. Mariam  Awramba Times: More Powerful Than Ten Thousand Bayonets “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets,” fretted Napoleon Bonaparte, dictator of France, as…

Yenesew Gebre: Give me Liberty or Give me Death!

Give me Liberty or Give me Death!  On 11/11/11, Yenesew Gebre, a 29 year-old Ethiopian school teacher and human rights activist set himself ablaze outside a public meeting hall in…

November is to Remember!

By Alemayehu G Mariam  Remember June and November, 2005  “The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people…

To Catch Africa’s Biggest Thieves Hiding in America!

Alemayehu G. Mariam A Plague of Thieves Visited on Africa For the past four decades, a plague of cold-blooded thieves has descended upon Africa like a swarm of blood sucking…

African Dictators: The People Don’t Love You!

Alemayehu G. Mariam           In February 2011, at the onset of the Libyan Revolution, Moamar Gadhaffi trumpeted to the world, “They love me. All my people…

Ethiopia: Kangaroo Justice for Two Swedish Journalists

Alemayehu G. Mariam Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye in Kangaroo Court  The old adage is that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” Could it be said equally that arrogance…

Africa:No Honor Among Dictators?

Alemayehu G. Mariam “If I Were the U.S.” The old saying is that there is no honor among thieves. Is it also true that there is no honor among dictators?…

What Should the World Do and Not Do To Save Ethiopians?

Alemayehu G. Mariam Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Time Magazine on its cover page asked two weighty questions about recurrent famines in Ethiopia: “Why are Ethiopians starving again?…

Starve the Beast, Feed the People

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Americans fed up with uncontrolled deficit government spending are often heard invoking a familiar battle cry: “Starve the Beast!” In other words, no more taxpayer dollars…

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