Open Letter to Susan Hypocrit E Rice: People Who Live in Glass Houses Should...
Lo and behold! The woman who laughed at the desecration of democracy in Ethiopia now rises to defend it in America Last week, Susan Elizabeth Rice, President Obama’s former National Security Advisor...
View ArticlePeace in Ethiopia, Eritrea and All Africa: Congratulations PM Abiy Ahmed and...
The guns silenced, the suffering people of Ethiopia and Eritrea may now speak, shout out, that the two countries hereafter “shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks:...
View ArticleInnovating the Developmental State Through Homegrown Economic Reform?
This op-ed piece appeared in Fortune, “the largest English weekly in Ethiopia” on October 13, 2019. “Innovating the Developmental State Through Homegrown Economic Reform?”...
View Article“Medemer” by Abiy Ahmed, Ph.D., An Interpretive Book Review in Two Parts
“Medemer” (original in Amharic), Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, 280 pp. (October 2019) Part I — The “philosophy” of “Medemer” Reviewer’s Note: This review is intended for the benefit and...
View Article“Medemer” by Abiy Ahmed, Ph.D., An Interpretive Book Review, (Part II)-...
“Medemer” (original in Amharic), Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Nobel Peace Laureate 2019, 280 pp. (October 2019) Reviewer’s Note: Part I of my book review on the “philosophy” of...
View ArticleDIGITAL PSYCHO-TERRORISTS’ INFOWARS ON ETHIOPIA: Fool Me Once, Shame on You....
Author’s Note: The information war (InfoWars) on Ethiopia today is in full swing. Lies, fake news and disinformation intended to bamboozle, hoodwink and confuse Ethiopians are spreading on social and...
View Article“OK, Hippos!”, Growled Ethiopia’s (Abo Shemanes) Cheetahs
… Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation is the only generation that could rescue Ethiopia from the steel claws of T-TPLF tyranny and dictatorship. It is the only generation that can deliver Ethiopia from the...
View ArticleEthiopia: I Remember the Slaughter of November 2005 in 2019!
Special Author’s Note: For years, I have memorialized the month of November by remembering the hundreds of innocent Ethiopians who lost their lives or were maimed and disfigured in the Meles Massacres...
View ArticleEthiopia: An African Political Miracle in the Making?
There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall — think of it, always.” -Mahatma Gandhi Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the...
View ArticleYou Snooze, You Lose! Wake Up Slumbering Diaspora Ethiopian Giant!
Author’s Note: I have written this commentary as a wake-up call to diaspora Ethiopians, particularly those in the United States. Fundamental and structural changes are taking place in Ethiopia....
View ArticleThree-Ring Media Circus in Oslo?: Why I Support PM Abiy’s Decision Not to...
“Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth.” H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed is scheduled to formally accept his Nobel Peace Prize and deliver his...
View ArticleCongratulating Abiy “Champion of Peace” Ahmed!
In his last will and testament, Alfred Nobel provided for an award to be given to “champions of peace to be selected by a committee of five persons in the Norwegian Storting”. I wish to congratulate...
View ArticleEthiopian Diaspora Trust Fund First Annual Fundraiser: I have a dream…
Author’s Note: Below is my speech at the First Annual Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund (EDTF) fundraising Gala. It has been a labor of love for me to serve as Chairman of the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust...
View ArticleHate, Hearts and Minds: “Creating an Ethiopia That is Second to None in Its...
“We are creating an Ethiopia that is second to none in its guarantee of freedom of expression. We should avoid the path of extremism and division, powered by the politics of exclusion. Our accord hangs...
View ArticleHate, Hearts and Minds: “Creating an Ethiopia That is Second to None in Its...
Now the other myth that gets around is the idea that legislation cannot really solve the problem and that it has no great role to play in this period of social change because you’ve got to change the...
View ArticleMaking History With the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund: 22 Projects...
WISHING ALL IN THE EDTF FAMILY, FRIENDS OF EDTF AND ALL OTHERS A HAPPY NEW YEAR! The Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund (EDTF) Board of Directors (BoD) and Advisory Council (AC) are proud to announce the...
View ArticlePM Abiy Ahmed’s Message to Ethiopia’s Youth: Up From Poverty With Prosperity...
When I listened to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed introducing his Prosperity Party to a gathering of youth at Millennium Hall in Adds Ababa a few days ago, I had two reactions. The first was pure elation....
View ArticleThe End of EleKtions and Dictatorship and the Beginning of Free and Fair...
Author’s Note: As the 2020 Ethiopian general election looms, I am filled with hope and expectation that Ethiopia for the first time in its millennia-long history will have a free and fair election and...
View ArticleDemocracy, the End Game in Ethiopia: From EleKtions to Free and Fair...
… My view is that rule of law is a quintessential principle of good democratic governance. It is a vital part of statecraft (the art of leading a country). It is a fundamental element in...
View Articleየጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አብይ አህመድ መልዕክት ለኢትዮጵያ ወጣቶች፡ “በብልጽግና ፓርቲ ከድህነት ነጻ እንወጣለን!”
የፀሐፊው ማስታወሻ: ይህ ጽሁፍ በእንግሊዘኛ ጃኑዋሪ 6 2020 ወጥቶ ነበር:: እዚህ ይጫኑ: PM Abiy Ahmed’s Message to Ethiopia’s Youth: Up From Poverty With Prosperity Party! በፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረ ማርያም ትርጉም ከኢንግሊዘኛ ነፃነት ለሀገሬ ከጥቂት ቀናት በፊት...
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