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Ethiopia: Another T-TPLF White Elephant for Sale? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Is the T-TPLF setting up the “Ethiopian Railway Line” for a fire sale?
The “Ethiopian Railway Line” opened in October 2016 with all the bells and whistles. Today it is derailed and teeters on the edge of financial disaster.
The T-TPLF...
TrAIDing in Misery: The T-TPLF, its Partners and Famine in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The T-TPLF (Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front) is out in full force once again on its annual panhadling circuit.
In January 2016, the T-TPLF was out peddling for food aid and blaming the West for being ungenerous.
For...
Farewell, Barack Obama! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
To: President Barack Obama:
As I bid you farewell and adieu, I ask you three questions on matters that are enormously important to me:
Is Africa better off today than when you became president on January 20, 2009?
Is Ethiopia better off today...
Ethiopia: We MUST Keep Our Eyes on the Prize! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
I am calling for a truce in the war of words among Ethiopian scholars, intellectuals and others over history, historicity and historicism. I am also calling for an end to the histrionics surrounding the war of words.
Truth be told, it is the...
The World Bankliars in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The World Bank of Liars
I have been wrangling with the World Bank of Lies, Damned Lies and Statislies in Ethiopia for the past few years.
I have been trying to keep them honest. I once offered a deal to The World Bank: If they stopped lying...
The TPLF Hired a Rubbish Writer to Defend it against Prof. Al Mariam [By LJDemissie]
With an open mind, I read an article titled “TEACHING ALMARIAIM HOW TO WRITE” on the Aiga Forum website, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front’s (TPLF’s) mouthpiece. The article was written by Yenieta A, who claimed that Ethiopian...
Dare to Dream With Me About the New Ethiopia in 2017 [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
“Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,… [and] see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.”
Author’s Note: I get to celebrate New Year twice every year. The first on September 11, the Ethiopian New Year. The second on January...
Ethiopia 2016 in Review: The Year of Perseverance! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: In July 2016, I completed my tenth year of uninterrupted Monday Commentaries (and sometimes up to 4 commentaries) a week. Some have amiably characterized my commentaries as “Monday Sermons”.
My first commentary (in the...