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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...

IN ETHIOPIA, RUNNING FROM SEXUAL ABUSE [BY HANNAH BORENSTEIN]

OZY Tucked in a lush valley surrounded by mountains, Yaya Village is nothing short of a runner’s mecca. There’s a four-star resort complete with a 3,500-square-foot gym and access to physiotherapists, not to mention meals “optimized for...

Ethiopia: Our Need for Unity in Divinity Facing Adversity![Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]

The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) has been pursuing a systematic program of religious persecution and fomenting religious antagonisms in Ethiopia for quite some time. After the T-TPLF seized power in 1991,...