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Out of Touch in the Horn of Africa?

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

The Berlin Conference of 2009 In 1884, the Berlin Conference was convened by the European imperial powers to carve out colonial territories in Africa...

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Steel Vises, Clenched Fists and Closing Walls, (Part II)

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

If American policy makers are giving lip service to human rights in Ethiopia to immunize themselves from criticism by the international human rights community, their concern is truly misplaced.

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The Democracy Before Democracy in Africa

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

As Ghana was the original model of the one-man, one-party state in Africa, Ghana today could be the model of constitutional multiparty democracy in Africa.

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