State Terrorism and “Computer Crimes” in Ethiopia – by Alemayehu G Mariam
Smoke and mirrors: The T-TPLF replacing its “anti-terrorism law” with a “computer crimes law”? The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) is getting hammered left and right and...
View ArticleEthiopia: Guess Who is Coming to WHO in 2017? (Al Mariam)
Bt Alemayehu G.Mariam “Wonders never cease!” Well, “not only do they never cease, but new and ever new wonders come crowding on their heels.” The “latest wonder” is Tedros Adhanom, the foreign minister...
View ArticleThe Holland Company Sher Deadly Roses need to be Stopped !!! (Tedla Asfaw)
A Dutch documentary program about 40 minutes on a flower farm in Ziway, Ethiopia, owned by the Sher flower farm a multi-million company run by father and daughter from Holland, was shown on Holland TV...
View ArticleFarewell, The Greatest (A Tribute) – Al Mariam
June 9, 2016 Was Muhammad Ali “The Greatest”? Ali told British actress Joanna Lumley in 1989 that it was all a publicity stunt to promote his fights. Lumley: “Ali. You are the greatest. How are you...
View ArticleEthiopia: T-TPLF Criminals Nabbed in America Selling Unregistered Bonds! ( Al...
By Prof. Alemayehu G Mariam Author’s Note to the Reader: Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced an agreement in which the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation...
View ArticleDonald Trump: Monster-in-Mischief! (Al Mariam)
Donald Trump wants to become the Commander-in-Chief of the United States. This week Trump proved he is supremely qualified to be the Monster-in-Mischief of the United States of America. A cowardly...
View ArticleEthiopia: TPLF is Dead and Buried with Meles Zenawi (Amanuel Biedemariam)
In 1998-2000, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) unleashed a deadly war against the people of Eritrea under the pretext of a boarder dispute. Soon thereafter it was evident that the agenda...
View ArticleEthiopia: An Oromo Dilemma – the National Question and Democratic Transition
Addisstandard / June 16, 2016 / Ezekiel Gebissa, People mourn the death of Dinka Chala who was shot dead by the Ethiopian forces the day earlier, in the Yubdo Village, about 100 km from Addis Ababa...
View ArticleEthiopia-Eritrea Wargames of Mass Distraction? (Al Mariam)
By Alemayehu G. Mariam The Global Terrorism Database. In April 2011, the late TPLF thugmaster Meles Zenawi was talking about war, rumors of war and war with Eritrea and a water war with Egypt. Here we...
View ArticleThe Human Rights Council: Saudi Arabia and Eritrea (Dawit Giorgis)
The Saudi Arabia and Eritrean stories on human rights violations exhibit graphically the anomalies and inconsistencies of positions being taken by the United Nations on issues related to Human...
View ArticleWhy Ethiopia, Eritrea skirmish is unlikely to spiral into another war
Seyoum Y. Tesfay, Addis Ababa UniversityInternational attention has once again been drawn to the fraught relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Both sides admit that the recent flare-up of armed...
View ArticleAbout the Report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea...
Messay Kebede is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton in in OhioI post this short memo to explain why I did not sign the petition protesting against the report of the UN Commission of...
View ArticleAffirmative Action Must Be Affirmative Inclusion ( Al Mariam)
Prof. Alemayehu G. MariamOn June 23, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Fischer v. Texas that the University of Texas at Austin (UTA) program which considered race, among many other factors, in...
View ArticleDoes (the Horn of) Africa Have Hope? (Al Mariam)
By Prof Alemayehu G. MariamIn April 2014, I wrote a commentary entitled, “Is there Any Hope for Africa?”I wrote that commentary despairing over the endless man-made disasters in Africa over the past...
View ArticleEritrea-Ethiopia Relations: Pedaling a Stationary Object? (Minga Negash)
Minga NegashThe June 12, 2016 clash between Eritrean and Ethiopian forces has ignited a new debate. It is one of the major interruptions of the “no war no peace” situation. However, there are fewer and...
View ArticleEthiopia sack Yohannes Sahle – A look at what went wrong
By Zecharias ZelalemCoach Yohannes SahleThe Ethiopian national team still have 2017 AFCON qualifying games against Seychelles and Lesotho awaiting them as they attempt to qualify as one of the best...
View ArticleA NEW ETHIOPIA MUST HAVE NO BUSINESS KEEPING OLD, REPRESSIVE INSTITUTIONS!
Addisstandard EDITORIAL:As you walk by the area, nothing looks out of ordinary. It is a bustling part of Piassa overcrowded with – as many parts of Piassa are – bars, shops, hotels and restaurants....
View ArticleThe Myth of a stable Ethiopia under a Minority Regime, (Neamin Zeleke)
Part IThe morale is to the material as three to oneNapoleon BonaparteThe Way means inducing the people to have the same aim as the leadership, so that they will share death and share life, without fear...
View ArticleThe power of culture: Why we couldn’t make lasting transformations
By Assegid Habtewold[1]Dr. Assegid HabtewoldThe article “Undoing the Unproductive Cultural Reforms TPLF Carried Out” explained how the ruling party scrupulously reconfigured our culture making it...
View ArticleUrgent Appeal to the American Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Subject: Allow Ato Habtamu Ayalew to leave Ethiopia for Emergency Medical CareJune 30, 2016Dear Madame AmbassadorThis is an urgent request to the American Embassy to facilitate departure of Ato Habtamu...
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