Ethiopia, Kenya and the leadership vacuum. By Yilma Bekele
Somalia would take a long time to recover and start acting like a Nation. Kenya the sane among the group has entered the warring Nations club. South Sudan has become a …
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Ethiopia, Kenya and the leadership vacuum.
The Poison of Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia’s Body Politic
The Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation (T-TPLF) adopted its fabricated constitution for Ethiopia on December 8, 1994.
The Preamble to that constitution declares, “We the Nations, Nationalities and People of Ethiopia…” have written the constitution to 1) “secure the
…Ethiopia-visions of the final battle.
Ethiopia-visions of the final battle. By Yilma Bekele
We all should thank the Central Committee of Tigrai Peoples Liberation Front for making things a little clearer in our country. When election season is close the TPLF removes all pretenses and …
Tagged with: Andenet Party, Birtukan Midekssa, Ethiopia Dictatorship, ethiopian elections, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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What does it take to get the helicopters back?
What does it take to get the helicopters back? By Yilma Bekele
Normally regimes do not lose such an important asset just like that. Fighter jets or helicopters just do not fly out of the coop so easily. But we …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, ethiopian helicopter, Woyanne, yilma bekele
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Andargachew Tsige and the struggle for freedom.
Andargachew Tsige and the struggle for freedom. By Yilma Bekele
Andargachew Tsige was taken prisoner by the TPLF Woyane regime on June 24/’13 while on transit at Sana, Yemen International Airport. He was removed from the airplane and flown to …
Tagged with: andargachew tsgie, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, ginbot7, yilma bekele
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Get well Dr. Craig Spencer
Get well Dr. Craig Spencer. By Yilma Bekele
What kind of place would the world be without people like Dr. Craig Spencer? Dr. Spencer is the medical doctor that is currently in New York Hospital with symptoms of the Ebola …
Tagged with: dr. craig spencer, ebola africa. ebola, ebola ethiopia, Ethiopia Dictatorship, human right ebola ethiopia, yilma bekele
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Gebru Asrat and his politics
By Yilma Bekele
The honorable Ato Gebru Asrat has written a very fat book that is five hundred pages long. I am assuming that the purpose of the book was to present himself as a person of vision and to …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Dictatorship, ethiopia eritrea, ethiopian democracy, Gebru Asrat, Seye Abreha, tigrai kilil, TPLF, woyane, yilma bekele
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Marriage proposal to Mighty Awash and HMD comes to the US.
Marriage proposal to Mighty Awash and HMD comes to the US. By Yilma Bekele
Our elders know how to tell a story. The way they do it could be compared to like pealing an onion, you have to go thru …
What is the Value of American Values in Africa?
“We did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks; we did some things that were contrary to our values. When we engaged in some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, techniques that I believe …
The “Farce” of U.S. Diplocrisy
Is the Obama Administration’s human rights policy a “farce”?
Last week U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Syrian president Bashar al-Assad a “terrorist” criminal and called Assad’s electoral plans a “farce”. “Assad’s is making partnership with terrorist elements, attracting …
The kingdom from hell and Ethiopians
By Yilma Bekele
Today it is said that there are over a quarter of a million Ethiopians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The vast majority are young economic refugees working as maids, chauffeurs, and house servants. Women outnumber men …
Tagged with: Birtukan Human Rights, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, ethiopian diaspora, Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia, TPLF, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
The Diplomacy of Nonviolent Change in Ethiopia
In my commentary last week, “Interpreting and Living MLK’s Dream”, I discussed, among other things, Dr. Martin Luther King’s (MLK) philosophy of nonviolent social change. MLK argued that the “crucial political and moral question of our time” is …
Edu-corruption and Mis-education in Ethiopia
Educorruption and the miseducation of Ethiopian youth
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela. For the late Meles Zenawi and his apostles (the Melesistas) in Ethiopia, the reverse is true:
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The selling of Ethiopia to the highest bidder.
The selling of Ethiopia to the highest bidder. By Yilma Bekele
Actually that statement might not be true. We do know our country is being sold but we have no idea if the bidding has been open or closed. We …
Tagged with: Ethiopia Corruption, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Economy, Ethiopia News, ethiopian diaspora, yilma bekele
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The London Debretsion Church and the Ethiopians
By Yilma Bekele
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W32z928rkdk#at=197
Please follow the link above and watch the YouTube video before reading this article.
This is Debretsion Ethiopian Orthodox Church in London England. The picture seems to have been taken on a cold winter day. It …
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Ethiopia: Where Do We Go (or not go) From Here?
On the road to democracy and unity?
For some time now, I have been heralding Ethiopia’s irreversible march from dictatorship to democracy. In April 2011, I wrote a commentary entitled, “The Bridge on the Road(map) to Democracy”. I …
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Ethiopia: Rise of the Chee-Hippo Generation
The Silent World of Hippos on Planet Cheetah
In my first weekly commentary of the new year, I “proclaimed” 2013 “Year of Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation” (young people). I also promised to reach, teach and preach to Ethiopia’s youth this year …
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Susan Rice is now Fried Rice – a great news for her victims in Africa
By Yilma Bekele
Good news is always welcome. Then there is the extraordinarily good news that jars you from your slumber. And when the good news happens right around Christmas there is nothing one can do other than put more …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Birtukan Human Rights, ethio, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi, Susan Rice, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Home and country burglarized
By Yilma Bekele
Someone broke into our house. They forced the backdoor open and went through every square inch of the house. They turned our mattress over, pilfered through our drawers and left the closet in a mess. It was …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Democracy and Africa, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News, Susan Rice, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
An Ethiopian with election envy.
An Ethiopian with election envy. By Yilma Bekele
The US is getting ready for presidential elections. 2012 will be the 57th time elections have taken place. The first election was held in 1788 and there were five contestants and it …
Tagged with: Eprdf, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, OPDM, TPLF, yilma bekele
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Meles Ashebari Zenawi and death
By Yilma Bekele
It has been two weeks now since our conversation has been revolving around the dictator. We know for sure he is not well but beyond that no one has come up with any credible explanation for his …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Birtukan Human Rights, Dictator Meles Zenawi, dictatorship, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Meles Zenawi, TPLF, Woyanne, yilma bekele
Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia in BondAid?
Alemayehu G. Mariam
“Bondage” is the state of being bound by or subjected to some external power or control. When people are bound by debt, they are in “debt bondage”. When they are held in involuntary servitude, they are in …
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When we were the achievers
By Yilma Bekele
I am always harking back to the pleasant years of our past. Believe me it not being nostalgic rather it is the lack of good news that makes me reach deep to salvage a little bit of …
Tagged with: al amoudi, ethio, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, Ethiopian economy, Meles Zenawi, self reliance Ethiopia, yilma bekele
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Religion and Ethiopia
By Yilma Bekele
Two important meetings were held a week ago. One was in Addis Abeba and the other in Washington DC. Both were concerning our motherland and the future. That is where the similarities end. One was intended to …
Ethiopia: The Bridge on the Road(map) to Democracy
Alemayehu G Mariam
Last week I had an opportunity to address a town hall meeting in Seattle sponsored by the Ethiopian Public Forum in Seattle (EPFS), a civil society organization dedicated to promoting broad dialogue, debate and discussion on Ethiopia’s …
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The displaced Ethiopians
By Yilma Bekele
I am sure we are all familiar with what is known as the ‘melting pot’ concept when it comes to describing how America functions. The term is a metaphor ‘for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, failed state, TPLF
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Ethiopia and Winds of war
By Yilma Bekele
War is upon us again. War defines the Ethiopian Government. Since it came to power it has been at war with its citizens. No region or ethnic group has been spared from this infection. The regime is …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, TPLF, Woyanne
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia as a waste disposal
By Yilma Bekele
The embattled former tyrant president of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh is going to settle in Ethiopia. Ethiopia will be his home in exile. Ethiopia was not his first choice. He wanted to settle in Oman his neighbor …
Tagged with: Addis Ababa, African Dictators, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights, Ethiopia News
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Ethiopia and Syria revisited
By Yilma Bekele
The Syrian regime is killing its own people to save the country from terrorists (ashebariwoch). The world is watching and keeping score. Thanks to social media such as Twitter and Facebook we are all witnessing this display …
Loving Ethiopia to death – the teacher
By Yilma Bekele
The last few months I have been inflicted with a Herman Cain (HC) moment. You remember his interview with a newspaper publisher and when asked his opinion regarding President Obama’s policy on the uprising in Libya? My …
Tagged with: Birtukan Midekssa Political Prisoner, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia Human Rights
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Why is Ethiopia Poor?
First, Why is Africa Poor?
George Ayittey, the renowned Ghanaian economist and president of the Free Africa Foundation swears that “Africa is poor because she is not free”. Like Ayittey, Robert Guest, business editor for The Economist, in his book …
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Ethiopia: The Diplomacy of Defending Dictatorship
Alemayehu G. Mariam
“It is time to stop hating Ethiopia.”
In November 2006, in her farewell cable to her replacement Donald Yamamoto and the Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Fraser, former Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Vicky Huddleston warned: “…
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Syria and Ethiopia–two peas in a pod.
Syria and Ethiopia–two peas in a pod. By Yilma Bekele
Tahrir Square, Misrata, Darra, Homs are becoming a household name. They are home of the brave and the bold. History will show epic battles were fought in this locations and …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Birtukan Human Rights, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, Ethiopia Rigged Elections, Meles Zenawi, Woyanne
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Ethiopia and its self-Inflicted wounds.
Ethiopia and its self-Inflicted wounds. By Yilma Bekele
Some of our independent Web sites have put me in a quandary. That is not a good place to be. A certain amount of certainty is a must for rational existence. There …
Tagged with: African Dictators, crime, Dictator Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Mengistu Haile Mariam
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The Diaspora as a teacher
By Yilma Bekele
There are a lot of Ethiopians outside of their homeland. I have not seen a reliable statistics to tell us the real number, but there is no hiding from the fact that we have become a Nation …
Tagged with: African Dictators, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, ethiopian diaspora, exile, Somalia
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia: Dictator With a Conscience?
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Ethiopia, Famine and the Oxford Dictionary
Oxymorons (figures of speech that combine contradictory terms) can sometimes provide unique insights into the cognitive process. Consider, for instance, the phrase “honest politician”. Is there such a thing? It sounds …
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Encounter with gilgel Woyannes
By Yilma Bekele
It is only four weeks ago when a few of us drove down from Oakland to San Jose to attend the public meeting called by the Ethiopian regime. We don’t really recognize the current Ethiopian regime as …
Tagged with: African Dictators, ethio, Ethiopia Democracy, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi
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Posted in Ethiopia News
TPLF and the art of reverse engineering
By Yilma Bekele
When you take an object apart to see how it works, or take software and disassemble it to locate the source code it is referred to as reverse engineering. Basically what you are doing is inverting the …
Tagged with: Blue Nile, Ethiopia Corruption, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, Meles Zenawi, VOA amharic
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia: The Art of War by Mass Distraction
Alemayehu G. Mariam
The Common People Don’t Want War
At the Nuremberg Trials in 1945, Hermann Goering, Hitler’s right-hand man, told his interrogator:
…Naturally the common people don’t want war. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders
The ‘domino effect’ in living color
By Yilma Bekele
What is referred to at the domino effect is “a chain reaction that occurs when a small change causes a similar change nearby, which then cause another similar change, and so on in a linear sequence.” We …
Tagged with: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dictatorship, Ethiopia News, Ethiopia Rigged Elections, failed state, Meles Zenawi
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Ethiopian Groundhog Year 2010
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Groundhog Year in Prison Nation
In December 2008, I wrote a weekly column entitled “Groundhog Year in Prison Nation” summarizing some of my weekly columns for that year. I used the “groundhog year” analogy following the …
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Reflections on Thanksgiving in America
Alemayehu G. Mariam
In 1620, one hundred and two prospective settlers left England and set sail for over two months to come to the New World. They landed in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. Nearly one-third of them were religious …
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Putting Lipstick on a Pig, Ethiopian Style
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Last week, there was a great deal of teeth-gnashing, knuckle-cracking and gut-wrenching by Ethiopia’s dictators over Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) 2010 report. The dictators belched out much sound and fury that signified nothing. Their fury had to …