Alemayehu G. Mariam

Ethiopia at the Crossroads of History

By Alemayehu G. Mariam There is an old morality tale of The Emperor’s New Clothes about a king who is… (more)

May 22, 2010

Alemayehu G. Mariam Note: Except for elements inserted in the nature of narrative license, syntax and independently established facts, this… (more)

May 17, 20102

Alemayehu G. Mariam Happy Mother’s Day, Birtukan (Invictus) Midekssa ! As Mother’s Day is celebrated in Ethiopia on the second… (more)

May 9, 20102

Alemayehu G. Mariam Encore performance! It is the same two act play (farce) of May 2005. The stage is the… (more)

May 3, 20102

Alemayehu G. Mariam “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets,” fretted Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of… (more)

April 26, 20101

“There are lies, lies and implausible lies,” to quote Meles Zenawi, the dictator-cum-economic spinmeister of Ethiopia. Last week, Zenawi told… (more)

April 19, 20103