Alemayehu G Mariam
The Man Who Cried “Freedom!”
On May 18, 2012, dictator Meles Zenawi learned a lesson he will not easily forget. In the land of free speech, he …
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Ethiopia: Meles, Speechless!
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Delivering on Donald Payne’s Human Rights Legacy
Alemayehu G Mariam
Donald Payne Was a Drum Major for Democracy and Human Rights
Grassroots Ethiopian human rights groups and activists have been stunned by the death last week of Donald Payne, our strongest ally and advocate in the U.S. …
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Posted in Ethiopia News
Ethiopia’s Awramba Times: More Powerful Than…
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Awramba Times: More Powerful Than Ten Thousand Bayonets
“Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets,” fretted Napoleon Bonaparte, dictator of France, as he summed up his determination to crush that country’s independent
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Ethiopia: The Truth About the Hummingbirds
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
Note: This is my sixth and final commentary on the theme “Where do we go from here?” following the rigged May 2010 elections in Ethiopia in which the ruling dictatorship won by 99.6 percent [1]. In …