Deliver Us From the TPLF (D)evil!
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name… Lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from the TPLF (D)evil.” (Lord’s Prayer adaptation.) Thank God Almighty, We shall be delivered from the...
View ArticleSanctions Showdown With Ethiopia: The Wrath of Biden
Author’s Note: The Biden administration is at the end of its wits in its policy towards Ethiopia. Over the past two years, the Biden administration left no stones unturned to help the terrorist TPLF...
View Article11/8/22: Vote Republican. Save the Republic!
Remember, remember the 8th of November 2022, “Save the Republic Day.” We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain,...
View ArticleWe Have Met The Enemy And Finally Ethiopia Is At Peace! (Part I)
COMMEMORATING NOVEMBER 4, 2020, SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICIOUS ATTACK ON THE ETHIOPIAN NORTHERN COMMAND IN TIGRAY REGION. DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF HEROIC ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORCE MEMBERS,...
View ArticleI ALWAYS REMEMBER ETHIOPIA IN NOVEMBER!
Author’s Note: Since 2007, I have written anniversary memorial messages in remembrance and in honor of victims of TPLF massacres and wanton violence in Ethiopia. In my first memorial tribute,...
View ArticleI ALWAYS REMEMBER ETHIOPIA IN NOVEMBER!
Author’s Note: Since 2007, I have written anniversary memorial messages in remembrance and in honor of victims of TPLF massacres and wanton violence in Ethiopia. In my first memorial tribute,...
View ArticleConverting Our Peace Dividend Into ETHIOPIAN PEACEPERITY
Let me make it crystal clear! I am a gung-ho supporter of the Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (“Agreement”) between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front...
View ArticleStructural Reform in the Ethiopian Judicial Sector: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed...
The Fierce Urgency of Now. We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing...
View ArticleJudicial Sector Reform in Ethiopia: The Five-Year (2014-2018) Strategic Plan...
Author’s Note: While this commentary stands on its own merits, the author strongly recommends reading Part I of the series to appreciate the enormous complexity and fierce urgency of judicial/justice...
View ArticleTaking a Bite Out of the Corruption Elephant in the Ethiopian Judicial Sector...
We wanted to dismantle their network of corruption [in city government]. We tried to move corrupt officials out of their positions and reshuffle them. The court would not allow us. They ordered us to...
View ArticleOPEN LETTER WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO ANTONY BLINKEN: WHY DO YOU NOT CONDEMN...
Antony Blinken US Secretary of State Washington, DC Sir: The Immigration and Nationality Act § 219 (Title 8, CHAPTER 12 SUBCHAPTER II Part II § 1189; 8 U.S. Code § 1189 – Designation of foreign...
View ArticlePM Abiy Ahmed in Washington DC: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered With…
Veni, vidi, vici – I came, I saw, I conquered. Legend has it, Julius Caesar, following his quick victory – five days- at the Battle of Zela in 47 BC, informed the Roman Senate, “Veni, vidi, vici.” “I...
View ArticleHomegrown Peace Wins Over an Unholy War in Ethiopia
Medemer is a covenant of peace that seeks unity in our common humanity. It pursues peace by practicing the values of love, forgiveness, reconciliation, and inclusion. It takes a few to make war, but it...
View ArticleAfrican Solutions to African Problems: Let the African Union Resolve the GERD...
Is the Biden administration a “friend” of Ethiopia? Following the US-Africa Summit last month, the million dollar question is whether Ethiopia and the US have kissed and made up. Some Ethiopians...
View ArticleMy Personal Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.-1/16/2023
Author’s Note: For more than a decade and half, I have sought to honor the work and memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) on “Martin Luther King, Jr., Day” and other...
View ArticleMessage to Ethiopian Intellectuals: A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste!...
Author’s Note: In 1972, the United Negro College Fund launched a very successful advertising slogan, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” It was part of a fundraising campaign aimed at enrolling...
View ArticleMessage to (Diaspora) Ethiopian Intellectuals: Save/Support Ethiopian...
Author’s Note: While this commentary stands on its own merits, I strongly recommend reading Part I, “Message to Ethiopian Intellectuals: A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste!” In Part II of my message...
View ArticleDisruptive Innovation Can Fix Failing Ethiopian Education (Part III)
Adafne has made Ethiopia the land of chatterboxes — first by suppressing truth, second by suppressing education and knowledge, third by closing down all means by which truth is propagated, fourth by...
View ArticleLooking for a Few Good Hummingbirds for Mission Education S.O.E.Y. (Part IV)
When Education Minster Berhanu Nega made the admission before the entire world that 97 percent of Ethiopian students had failed the national school leaving exam, he took one small step for himself and...
View ArticleEmbracing “Failure” as a New Design Philosophy in Ethiopian Education Reform...
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing you are not innovating. Elon Musk The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. Steve Jobs Winston...
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