ET-HIOPIA-WIN-ET: Lemma Megerssa in His Own Words
“Ethiopians are like sergena teff [staple foodstuff in Ethiopia made whose tiny seeds resemble poppy seeds eaten as flatbread called injera] (applause). [Grain] that is gathered together. Milled...
View ArticleET-HIOPIA-WIN-ET: Gedu Andargachew in His Own Words
Ethiopiawinet in a nutshell… “Indeed, our diversity has been the amazingly distinctive feature of our Ethiopiawinet. The strong bond in the mosaic of our Ethiopiawinet is reflected in the diversity of...
View ArticleET-HIOPIA-WIN-ET: Gedu Andargachew in His Own Words
Ethiopiawinet in a nutshell… “Indeed, our diversity has been the amazingly distinctive feature of our Ethiopiawinet. The strong bond in the mosaic of our Ethiopiawinet is reflected in the diversity of...
View ArticleIs the Sky Falling on Fake Diplomacy at the State Department?: Why I Support...
Author’s Note: In the past few days, it has been widely reported that the fix is in to axe Rex Tillerson from the State Department and replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo by January 2018. There...
View Article“Beggar Continent, No More!”, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo
Today, Africa is a Continent of COMPETING BEGGAR NATIONS. We vie with one another for favours from our former colonial masters; and we deliberately fall over one another to invite neocolonialists to...
View ArticleEthiopia-win-et: Deconstructing the T-TPLF’s Ethnic Federalism (Part I)
Introduction to the series I am developing this multipart series of what I call “Deconstructing Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia” (along with many other topical series to come) for several reasons. The...
View ArticleEthiopia-Win-Et: The U.S. on the Horns of a Creeping Civil War Dilemma in...
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable…In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” — John F. Kennedy...
View ArticleEthiopia-Win-Et and British Justice: The Magna Carta Lives on For Tadesse...
Vindication of the rule of law In his closing argument defending a cabinet minister of a fictional African country called “Naranga”, John Mortimer’s equally fictional character Rumpole of the Bailey...
View ArticleEthiopia-Win-Et: Understanding the Mind of the Mastermind of Ethnic Federalism
As long as people believed in ‘a bright future,’ they fought side by side irrespective of nationality – common questions first and foremost! But when doubt crept into people’s hearts, they began to...
View ArticleKudos! Trump’s First Year Human Rights Record in Africa
Author’s Note: In this commentary, I offer a personal review of the Trump administration’s human rights record in Africa in 2017. On December 21, 2017, with little fanfare, President Donald Trump...
View ArticleThe Year of Ethiopia-Win-Et, RISING!
Author’s Note: I have a tradition of reviewing the year in my last commentary of the year. It gives me an opportunity for a momentary reflection on some things that have happened and did not happen...
View ArticleT-TPLF Playing Political Football with Political Prisoners in Ethiopia
TPLF: Does the LF stand for Lie Factory? Is it Meles or Melies? The “LF” in TPLF stands for Lie Factory. Melies Zenawi was the chief executive officer of the TP Lie Factory. With last week’s...
View ArticleTPLF Monopoly “on Economic and Political Power in Ethiopia Could Not Possibly...
Author’s Note: In a recent interview on Voice of America- Amharic Service (for audio of original English interview click here) former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and U.S....
View ArticleRomancing the “Wounded Beast” in Ethiopia: Is Reconciliation Without Truth...
Author’s Note: This is the first installment in a three-part series on prospects “mediation”, “reconciliation” and “negotiation” with the ruling Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front...
View ArticleTedros Adhanom’s Pay to Play at the AdWHO-ville, Geneva
Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), is hell-bent on changing WHO into AdWHOnom. Last week, POLITICO posted a scathing article on Adhanom’s “fast track” job...
View ArticleUnarmed Truth and Unconditional Love (Reconciliation): Dr. Martin Luther...
Author’s Note: Earlier this week, Americans celebrated what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s 89th birthday. I believe it is timely to reflect on Dr. King’s lifelong message of nonviolence,...
View ArticleUnarmed Truth and Unconditional Love (Reconciliation): Dr. Martin Luther...
Author’s Note: Earlier this week, Americans celebrated what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s 89th birthday. I believe it is timely to reflect on Dr. King’s lifelong message of nonviolence,...
View ArticleDancing With the Wounded Beast in Ethiopia (Part II)
Author’s Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series on prospects for “mediation”, “reconciliation” and “negotiation” with the ruling Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation...
View ArticleThe Polistitution of “John” Debretsion Gebremichael
Sex, lies, corruption and hacked emails It has been said that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession. The second oldest profession in the world is said to be politics. There are hookers and...
View ArticleThe Polistitution of “John” Debretsion Gebremichael
Sex, lies, corruption and hacked emails It has been said that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession. The second oldest profession in the world is said to be politics. There are hookers and...
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