Corruption in the Ethiopian JUST US Sector By Alemayehu G Mariam
For the past several months, I have been commenting on the findings of the World Bank’s “ ”, a 448-page report covering eight sectors (health, education, rural water supply, justice, construction,...
View ArticleFinland’s envoy exposes “the dark side” of Ethiopia’s regime by Keffyalew...
At the end of his four-year duty tour in Ethiopia as Finland’s Ambassador, Mr. Leo Olasvirta made some observations in his August 14, 2013 article, which appears on the Finnish Foreign Ministry webpage...
View ArticleI don’t Know You, but I Need to talk to you! – Fasika Woldesenbet
Tuesday August 27, 2013 I don’t Know You, but I Need to talk to you! Why are We, Ethiopians living abroad having difficulty to come together? I usually prefer face to face conversations, but I feel...
View ArticleEPRDF, UDJ, Semayawi Party, Medrek & EDP debate
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View ArticleAlcohol and the Youth in Ethiopia on the Occasion of the September Recovery...
September is a National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in the US. In recognition of the significance of this event in a number of other countries, this year’s Recovery Month is anticipated...
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TPLF’s fiction says human trafficking down in Ethiopia by 8% in 2013: How...
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MOLSA) at the end of August 2013 reported that in the 2012/2013 budget year, human trafficking – the smuggling of people out of the country by force or...
View ArticleJust Imagine ( Henoke Yeshetlla ( Poet) Part II)
I was reading a novel by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, “The Death of Ivan Ilych Golovin” . In his novel, Tolstoy tells us the story of the causation : the story of Ivan’s death. Ivan, a high court judge of...
View ArticleThe Diplomacy of Nonviolent Change in Ethiopia By ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM
In my commentary last week, “Interpreting and Living MLK’s Dream”, I discussed, among other things, Dr. Martin Luther King’s (MLK) philosophy of nonviolent social change. MLK argued that the “crucial...
View ArticlePrime Minister (PM) Haile Mariam Desalegn: Wags more bark less By Ewnetu Sime
It has been one year since PM Haile Mariam Desalegn emerges from EPDRF shady collation as new Prime Minister of the country. His administration has not shown any significant improvement and...
View ArticlePress Release – IEWO Calls upon all Ethiopians and Human Right Activists to...
International Ethiopian Women’s Organization (IEWO) stands proudly and courageously in solidarity with Reeyot Alemu, one of the very few heroins Ethiopian women of our time who is imprisoned by the...
View ArticleA Renaissance for Ethiopia’s Youth ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM
For the past one-half decade, Ethiopia has been awash with talk of renaissance. There has been a lot of windbagging about a “Renaissance Dam” over the Blue Nile. Our ears nearly fell off listening to...
View ArticleWords from a prisoner of conscience at Kaliti – Andualem Aragie -Prisoner of...
First of all, may my respectful and brotherly greetings reach you all wherever you may be! I wish to express my gratitude to you all for not succumbing to the ruling regime’s propaganda avalanche that...
View ArticleSporadic gun battles at Kenya mall after extremist attack kills 59; militants...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan military forces engaged in sporadic gun battles Sunday with the Islamic extremists holding an unknown number of hostages inside an upscale Nairobi mall, as officials said the...
View ArticleEthiopia: Beyond the Hubris of Evil ALEMAYEHU G MARIAM
When I wrote a commentary on the plight of the imprisoned 32-year old Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu last April, I titled it “The Audacity of Evil in Ethiopia.” At the time, the Committee to Protect...
View ArticleUDJ’S MILLIONS OF VOICES FOR FREEDOM TASK FORCE PRESS RELEASE
The Unity for Democracy and Justice party (UDJ), which has been in a social mobilization campaign since the last three months is working to conclude the campaign with mass public demonstration on...
View ArticleA Journalist kidnapped, Threatened, and Beaten by Intelligence and Security...
The Ethiopian journalist Bisrat Woldemichael was kidnapped, threatened, humiliated, and beaten by the Ethiopian intelligence and security agents on 28 August, 2013. He has reported this incident today...
View ArticleAfrican Dictators’ Crocodile Tear for Justice By Belayneh Abate
The gluttonous and corrupt African tyrants are raising their voice again against the international criminal court (ICC). They are preaching us that ICC is an unjust institution which hunts only...
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