Alemayehu G. Mariam
On December 21, 1987, Time Magazine on its cover page featured a downcast and crestfallen young Ethiopian mother as a symbol of famine victims in that country. Time asked two …
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Why are Ethiopians Starving Again in 2011?
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Posted in Ethiopia News
Starve the Beast, Feed the People
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Americans fed up with uncontrolled deficit government spending are often heard invoking a familiar battle cry: “Starve the Beast!” In other words, no more taxpayer dollars for wasteful government spending.
I say we stand up to …
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Ethiopia’s regime and the weaponization of famine
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Author’s Note: On June 16, 2008, I published a special commentary (reproduced below in its original form) explaining the sysetmatic use of disinformation by Meles Zenawi, the dictator in Ethiopia for two decades, to deny …
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia’s “Silently” Creeping Famine
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
“Oh! What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive,” said Sir Walter Scott, the novelist and poet. Is there “famine” in Ethiopia, or not? Are large numbers of people “starving” there, or …