Ethiopia Elections

Speaking Truth to the Powerless

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

Note: In my last commentary[1] on the theme, "Where do we go from here?" I suggested that the ruling dictatorship in Ethiopia following its 99.6 perc...

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Speaking Truth to Power

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

Note: Over the past week, I have received numerous requests from those who read my last commentary "Ethiopia at the Crossroads of History[1], to share...

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Interview With Birtukan Midekssa

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

Note: Except for elements inserted in the nature of narrative license, syntax and independently established facts, this "interview" is based on Englis...

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Aregawi Gebreyohannes, Ethiopian Opposition Candidate, Stabbed To Death

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian officials say an opposition candidate has been stabbed to death in northern Ethiopia. The candidate's party sa...

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Western Diplomatic Omerta in Ethiopia

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

Last week, in a piece reporting on the eerie silence of Western diplomats in Addis Abeba on Birtukan Midekssa, the first woman political party leader ...

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Ethiopia Convicts 13 In Absentia, Including An American Professor, Over Coup Plot

Reuters | Barry Malone | Posted 05.25.2011

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A U.S.-based university professor is among 13 men convicted in absentia by Ethiopia for plotting to overthrow the government, the state news agency sa...

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