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I Remember the March 21, 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Every year, I remember two massacres in Africa.
In March, I remember the March 21, 1960 white apartheid regime Sharpeville massacre in South Africa.
In November, I remember the Meles Massacres of June 8, 2005 and November 1-10 and 14-16, 2005...
The T-TPLF’s War on Ethiopian Taxi Drivers [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
In America, they call it “Three-Strikes Law”. Criminals who commit three violent or serious crimes are given 25 years to life.
The T-TPLF has declared war on Ethiopian taxi drivers!
In Ethiopia, the T-TPLF (Thugtatorship of the Tigrean...
Ethiopia: Kickin’ it with Reeyot Invictus and…[Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s note: This is Part I in a forthcoming series relating my conversations with Reeyot Alemu and her amazing story in the defense of press freedom in Ethiopia. It is also about conversations with an extraordinary group of young...
A Special “Message in a Bottle” to Ethiopian Cheetahs: Born Free, Live Free![Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
(Classified: For Ethiopian Cheetahs’ Eyes Only)
My first “Message” from 2013
This is my second special message to Ethiopia’s “Cheetah Generation”, Ethiopia’s young people, in three years.
In January 2013, I wrote a new year’s...
Ethiopia: Unity in Opposition [By GRAHAM PEEBLE]
Division and fear are the age-old tools of tyrants; unity and peaceful coordinated action the most powerful weapons against them.
Frightened and downtrodden for so long, there are positive signs that the Ethiopian people are beginning to come...
Does Museveni vacate like Zenawi or Gaddafi? [kiflu Hussain]
Coincidentally both my first country of asylum, Uganda, and my second, United States are in an election fever. Yet, there is a world apart difference between the two elections just like the geography that set them apart in different corners...
Ah! Qatari Resort in Addis Ababa! Why Don’t Ethiopians Eat Cake? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Fifteen million Ethiopians are suffering Biblical famine right NOW!
The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (T-TPLF) is chasing after “resort developers” from the Middle East.
What about the fifteen million facing the...