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Reflections on Prof. Mesfin’s “Adafne”: Saving Ethiopians From Themselves?[Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam’s latestAmharic book, “Adafne: Fear and Failure”, is at once a lamentation on the decline and decay of Ethiopian society from the corrosive effects of bad governance, tyrannical rule and moral corruption...
Can the T-TPLF Stop the Famine in Ethiopia? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
It is a big international secret that Ethiopia today is in the middle of a Biblical famine.
For the second time since 1984-85!
Last week, the Global Post headlined an article posing the question:
Ethiopia is facing its worst drought in 30...
A Government-in-Exile for Ethiopia? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Foreword to a “government-in-exile for Ethiopia”
A few weeks ago, I gave an interview to an Ethiopian civic group on the topic of “government in exile” under international law.
I was asked to comment on whether the idea and practice...
Ethiopia: Three girls and a kidnapping [By Abebe Gellaw]
Angelina Jolie is doing a “favor” by lending her name to raise awareness on abduction, or rather kidnapping of girls in countries like Ethiopia. She is leveraging her star power to promote Difret, despite the twisted saga behind its production.
The...
Let Teddy Play On and On and On… [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” opens with the Duke of Orsino declaring to the assembled musicians, “If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it…
The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF)...
Today Europe is our home, tomorrow our home will be yours! A message to European leaders. [By Leoul Leo Mekonen]
If Europe hasn’t experienced 2 world war, the issue of human rights wouldn’t have gotten strong position as it is now. The horrible days of WW2 gave good lesson to Europeans that humanity is more important than ethnicity, nationality...
Ethiopia: Is the T-TPLF Ship of Hate Sinking… S.O.S.?[Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Is the T-TPLF Ship of Hate (I mean state) sinking in an ocean of fear and loathing?
The T-TPLF is the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front, the ruling criminal enterprise masquerading as a government in Ethiopia.
This past...
Ethiopian Bloggers in Kangaroo (Monkey) Kourt [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Kangaroo/monkey kourt (in)justice T-TPLF style
Last week, young Ethiopian bloggers collectively known as “Zone 9 Bloggers” (named after a cell block holding political prisoners at the infamous Meles Zenawi Kality Prison, a few...