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Herman Cohen, I Accept Your Apology Though It Comes More Than Two Months Late!
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam More than two months after Herman Cohen made his unprovoked, depravedly hateful and arrogantly insulting comments about the Amhara people, he has finally issued a twitter...
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Searching for a silver bullet.
Yohannes E. Temesgen. Dallas, Texas PM Abiy and Prof. Al Mariam Recently, I read an article written by Asfaw Regasa which is an open letter to professor Alemayehu Gebre Mariam. I also read many...
View ArticlePlug $10 Billion Hole and Prosper, UN Economists Tell Ethiopia
By David Malingha bloomberg. September 10, 2019 Ethiopia must attract new investment and reduce its debt if it’s to achieve the government’s economic growth and job creation targets, according to the...
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Why Jawar Mohammed is Responsible for the Unrest in the Southern Region of...
By Damo Gotamo Jawar Mohamed Senior Advisor to the Prime Minster of Abiy Ahmed Jawar Mohammed couldn’t handle his fifteen-minutes fame. He thinks he is a big shot and above the law. He says anything he...
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9/11- A Date That Shall Live in Infamy in America and in Glory in Ethiopia...
The March for Peace — 9/11/18 By Alemayehu G, Mariam Author’s Note: Today, September 11 (12), 2019 is Meskerem1, Ethiopian New Year’s Day (Enqutatash “gift of jewels”). I wish all Ethiopians a HAPPY,...
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Our universities are becoming hotbed of intolerance: the culprits are none...
Asmelash Yohannes, PhD Mekelle University School of Law) We are pretty pre-occupied with politics. Our life is consumed with political rumours. Social media posts are awash with ADP said this; Jawar...
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Ethiopia’s Economy under Abiy Ahmed: Hopeful Trajectory or Distant Dream?
This is short English summery of Wazema Radio 20 pages assessment report on Ethiopian economy. [Wazema Radio] – With his election as the chairperson of the ruling EPRDF, Abiy Ahmed (PhD) instantly...
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The Peace Dividend of Abiy Ahmed’s Global Diplomacy in Ethiopia
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam Africa’s First Responder for Peace, Ethiopia’s Globetrotter for Investment and Hardest Working Man in Politics We are beginning to see hard evidence of PM Abiy Ahmed’s...
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What Ethiopians can learn from Sidama’s thorny statehood journey
The upcoming Sidama referendum should trigger a much-needed nationwide conversation on ethnic and Ethiopian identity. by Adem K Abebe 18 Sept 2019 Sidama youths chat slogans as they gather for a...
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Xeno(Afro)Phobia in South Africa, Ethnophobia in Ethiopia?
By Alemayehu G. Mariam In the interest of full disclosure, I have a special place in my heart for Nelson Mandela and South Africa. That is understandable because Mandela in his autobiography, “The Long...
View ArticleCitizenship versus Identity the current political discourse in Ethiopia
by Alemayehu Biru (PhD.) This topic bears a very common binary way of putting complex sociopolitical issues by politicians and, at times, even by scholars, as if those concepts are as distinct entities...
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Addressing the African Rulers
By Belayneh Abate As African rulers look wealthier than the leaders of prosperous nations at the annual United Nations Assembly, the National Public Radio (NPR) of America reported on September 27,...
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The AMAZING Taye Bogale: A Force of Nature on the Ethiopian Intellectual...
By Prof. Alemayehu G. Mariam Battle of the social media troglodytes and the intellectual In this commentary, I salute and pay tribute to Taye Bogale. It is hard for me to describe Taye Bogale, whom I...
View ArticleThe Misuse of Ethiopia’s Diplomatic Missions and the Misfortune of the...
By Damo Gotamo Diplomacy is an art. People who engage in the old profession are required to have a range of abilities, including negotiation, communication, and conflict resolution skills. The way a...
View ArticleIn Politics, Being Deceived Is No Excuse!
By Belayneh Abate The Polish philosopher, Leskzek Kolakowski, once said, “in politics, being deceived is no excuse.”* Kolakowski died in 2009, but his teachings about excuses are evergreen and...
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Ethiopia:What is this election for?
By Kebour Ghenna October 6, 2019 Yes, what is this election for if it does not answer the relevant and serious political, societal and economic questions of Ethiopia, or help us pursue common interests...
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Open Letter to Susan Hypocrit E Rice: People Who Live in Glass Houses Should...
By Alemayehu G. Mariam On October 6, 2019 Last week, Susan Elizabeth Rice, President Obama’s former National Security Advisor and top confidant was ragging on President Donald Trump as the “destroyer...
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A MISTAKE OR INTENTIONAL? EITHER WAY, OROMO REGIONAL PRESIDENT’S STATEMENTS...
Obang Metho Remarks by Mr. Obang Metho on Shimelis Abdissa’s speech at the Ireecha Festival October 7, 2019 In a speech given at the 2019 Ireecha Festival, Mr. Shimelis Abdissa, the Deputy President of...
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The Communist Party of China caught by freedom movement of Hong Kong with its...
Failing to support the movement will have far-reaching consequences for the people in the ‘free world’, more so for the people under authoritarian regimes throughout the globe that emulate the regime....
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Nobel Prize gives new life to Ethiopia PM’s reforms
By Teshome M. Borago After mass protests – mostly in Oromia and Amhara region – forced the previous Ethiopian Prime Minister to resign in 2018, nobody imagined that his replacement would make drastic...
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