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Ethiopia: The Corruption Game

May 20, 2013 – Alemayehu G. Mariam — No Comments ↓

House cleaning or window dressing?

Are they playing us like a cheap fiddle again? For a while, it was all about the Meles Dam and how to collect nickels and dimes to build it. That kind of played itself out. …

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To Catch Africa’s Biggest Thieves Hiding in America!

November 7, 2011 – Alemayehu G. Mariam — 5 Comments ↓

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A Plague of Thieves Visited on Africa

For the past four decades, a plague of cold-blooded thieves has descended upon Africa like a swarm of blood sucking ticks. These thieves masquerading as leaders have been trafficking in …

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U.S. Africa Policy: Empty Words, Emptier Promises

June 27, 2011 – Alemayehu G. Mariam — 11 Comments ↓

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(This is the second installment in a series of commentaries I pledged to offer on U.S. policy in Africa under the heading “The Moral Hazard of U.S. Policy in Africa”. In Part I, I argued that …

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