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USAID and Famine in Ethiopia: What Does Gayle E. Smith Have to Say? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: The following is a true and correct copy of my letter to USAID Administrator Gayle E. Smith dated March 16, 2016, and the response I received from T.C. Cooper, Assistant Administrator, USAID Bureau for Legislative and Public...
The Bantustanization (Kililistanization) of Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s Note: This is the second installment in a series of ongoing commentaries that I expect to post regularly under the rubric, “Ethnic Apartheid in Ethiopia”.
The twin aims of the series are: 1) to demonstrate beyond a shadow...
Quo Vadis Ethiopia: Where Are You (not) Going? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
(Excerpted English version of speech given at the “Conference on the Future of Ethiopia: Transition, Democracy, and National Unity” organized by Vision Ethiopia on March 27, 2016 at the Marriott Georgetown.)
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I want to thank Vision Ethiopia...
Musings On A Battle Of Mice [By Eskinder Nega, Gulag]
Woodrow Wilson’s visit to Europe in 1918 evoked wild cheers and hope of a world without wars. John Kennedy’s and Ronald’s Regan’s visits to Berlin raised the spirits of Berliners and the free world. Had the parades of yester years been...
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...