Tag Archives: Saif Al-Islam
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: The Sun Also Rises

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Creeping Youthbellion and Youthvolution in Africa and the Middle East “When the sun rises, it rises for everyone,” goes the old saying. The sun that rose…

Thugtatorship: The Highest Stage of African Dictatorship

Originally appeared in the Huffington Post on 02/28/2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alemayehu-g-mariam/thugtatorship-the-highest_b_828864.html Thugogracy in Africa If democracy is government of the people, by the people and for the people, a thugogracy is a…