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Ethiopia: Cutting a Deal With the Wounded Beast (Part III) Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: This is the third installment in a three-part series on prospects for “mediation”, “reconciliation” and “negotiation” with the ruling Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF). I have explained...
Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love (Reconciliation): Dr. Martin Luther King’s Message to Ethiopians Today [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: Earlier this week, Americans celebrated what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s 89th birthday.
I believe it is timely to reflect on Dr. King’s lifelong message of nonviolence, peace, reconciliation in the context...
The mastermind behind the creation TPLF speaks.... (By Achamyeleh Tamiru)
According to the eye witness account provided by an early EPRP recruit and a graduate of the then-famed PLO military “academy” Tesfaye Mekonen, Isayas Afeworki was the mastermind behind the creation of TPLF.
In his book, «ይድረስ...
TPLF Monopoly “on Economic and Political Power in Ethiopia Could Not Possibly Last” – Ambassador Herman Cohen [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: In a recent interview on Voice of America- Amharic Service (for audio of original English interview click here) former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and U.S. ambassador, Herman Jay (Hank) Cohen,...
Ethiopia: A Strong Opposition Is the Only Solution to Dislodging Ethiopia's Ruling Coalition
By Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College
The political proteststhat destabilised Ethiopia’s two largest regional states in 2016 have become a major test for Ethiopia’s ruling People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front.
The...
No Diplomacy, No Dependency! (BefeQadu Z Hailu)
I believe all changes must come from within Ethiopia. It is the people of Ethiopia who should have the chance to have the ultimate say to make decisions on its fate. However, realities on ground give foreign powers disproportionate opportunity...
T-TPLF Playing Political Football with Political Prisoners in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
TPLF: Does the LF stand for Lie Factory? Is it Meles or Melies?
The “LF” in TPLF stands for Lie Factory. Melies Zenawi was the chief executive officer of the TP Lie Factory.
With last week’s announcement of the so-called “release...
Yes, there is Tigrean domination in Ethiopia (Jawar Mohamed)
In their recent joint interview, chairmen of the EPRDF member parties went out of their way to say there is no Tigrean or even TPLF domination in Ethiopia. Given TPLF has been crying about alleged rise of anti-Tigrean sentiment in Ethiopia,...