Monthly Archives: June 2014

Why is Ethiopia the second poorest country on the planet?

ethiopia povertyRecently, a well-known correspondent for one of the major American media outlets stationed in Ethiopia sent me an email grousing about my article urging boycott of Coca Cola in Ethiopia. He wrote, “I’m sorry to be blunt, but I don’t …

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DLA Piper charges Al Amoudi and cohorts $5,000 for 8 hours of “work”

DLA Piper, the notorious law firm that represents blood thirsty dictators around the world, has been after me for the past several years. So far they have filed 3 lawsuits against me on behalf of Al Amoudi, the Woyanne junta, …

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No Country for Ethiopian Human Rights Abusers

No Country for Eth CriminalsThe U.S. Justice Department encourages Ethiopians to report human-rights abusers hiding in plain view in America

They are hidden in plain view. They have been hiding in plain view in the U.S. for over 30 years. They have been hiding …

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Why I am boycotting Ȼoca Ȼola

Boycott Coke1Coca Cola is NOT the real thing

Diaspora Ethiopians are expressing their outrage on social and online media and calling for a boycott of Coca Cola Company for its unethical, arbitrary and unfair dealings with Ethiopia’s pop music superstar Teodros …

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ነጻነትነታችን እንደ ዕርዳታ እህል ከምዕራባውያን የሚለገሰን አይደለም — አቶ ኦባንግ ሜቶ

ለአዲሲቷ ኢትዮጵያ የጋራ ንቅናቄ በኢትዮጵያ ለሚገኙ የፖለቲካ መሪዎች ያስተላለፈው ግልጽ መልዕክት

የተወደዳችሁ በኢትዮጵያ የምትገኙ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ መሪዎች፤

በቅድሚያ ለአዲሲቷ ኢትዮጵያ የጋራ ንቅናቄ (አኢጋን) የአክብሮት ሰላምታ በማቅረብ በትግሉ መስክ የምትከፍሉትን መስዋዕትነት የሚያደንቅ መሆኑን ይገልጻል፡፡ በተለይ በአሁኑ ጊዜ የፖለቲካ ምህዳሩ እጅግ ጠብቦ …

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Who is afraid of the E(thiopian) bloggers?

E bloggers Who is afraid of  Eskinder Nega, Reeyout Alemu, Woubshet Taye, Zone Nine bloggers…?

The “dean” of independent Ethiopian journalists and blogger extraordinaire, Eskinder Nega, is serving an 18 year sentence for blogging. The late Meles Zenawi personally ordered Eskinder’s arrest …

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“በጨለማዋ አህጉር” ዋሻ ጭላንጭል ብርሃን ይታያልን?

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም

ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ 

በየጊዜው ተስፋቢስነቷ እየጨመረ የመጣው የአፍሪካ የወደፊት ዕጣ ፈንታአወዛጋቢ ሁኔታን ፈጥሯል፡፡  አንዳንዶቹ ጨለምተኝነትን በሚያንጸባርቅ መልኩ በሙስና በተዘፈቁ መሪዎቿ እና ሥር በሰደደው ጥልቅ ድህነት ሳቢያ በመጥፎ ሁኔታ ላይ ተንጠልጥላ ያለች ዕድለቢስ አህጉር በማለት ሲፈርጇት ሌሎቹ

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Tigrean Opposition to the TPLF

Despite the TPLF’s view of itself as the model of representation of ethnic interests and well-being, the growth of disenchantment is perceptible in Tigray. The proof is that non-violent Tigrean opposition to the TPLF is no longer negligible. Despite a …

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Light at the end of the tunnel for the “Dark Continent”?

(Author’s note: This commentary appeared on  Pambazuka.org  on May 29, 2014 as part of a mid-century outlook on possible scenarios in Africa. I make my “predictions” debating myself as a political scientist and a defense lawyer.)

Africa Map FutureIs there

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