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An “African Spring” in 2012?

January 2, 2012 – Alemayehu G. Mariam — 1 Comment ↓

Alemayehu G. Mariam

Waiting for the Dawn of “Africa’s Spring” in 2012? How about an “Ethiopian Tsedey” in 2012?

In 2011, we witnessed the “Winter of Arab” discontent made glorious by an “Arab Spring” followed by an increasingly hot

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

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

Alemayehu G. Mariam

(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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