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The Audacity of Evil in Ethiopia

April 22, 2013 – Alemayehu G. Mariam — No Comments ↓

Reeyot Alemu Ethiopian Political Prisoner Triumph of Evil?

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”, said Edmund Burke. But what happens when evil triumphs over a good young woman journalist named Reeyot Alemu in Ethiopia? Do good …

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Ethiopia: Right in Prison, Wrong on the Throne

April 8, 2013 – Alemayehu G. Mariam — No Comments ↓

Last April, I wrote a “Special Tribute to My Personal Hero Eskinder Nega”. In that tribute, I groped for words as I tried to describe this common Ethiopian man of uncommon valor, an ordinary journalist of extraordinary integrity …

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Ethiopia 2013: Year of the Cheetah Generation

January 7, 2013 – Alemayehu G. Mariam — No Comments ↓

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Year of the Cheetahs

2013 shall be the Year of Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation.

“The Cheetah Generation refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different

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Ethiopia: Educating a Dictator

July 4, 2011 – Alemayehu G. Mariam — 6 Comments ↓

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Voice of America is the Voice of the Voiceless

The Voice of America’s (VOA) Journalist Standards & Practices (document 11-023 and 11-024), under the section captioned “WHAT DO VOA’S AUDIENCES HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT? Audiences ‘ …

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Ethiopia: Profiles in Journalistic Courage

November 15, 2010 – Alemayehu G. Mariam — 2 Comments ↓

By Alemayehu G. Mariam

Honor Thy Independent Journalists

I often write about the trials and tribulations of Ethiopia’s independent journalists, sometimes in tones of lamentation[1], other times in wistful philosophical reflection[2]. I have always defended the constitutional and human rights …

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