Posted in Al Mariam’s Commentaries By almariam On September 23, 2018 I just returned from Ethiopia after a 48-year absence. Ethiopia has changed in ways I could not possibly imagine. It also has not changed at all. The old saying is true. The more things change, the more they remain the same. I will share my experiences in my [...]
By Rebecca Tan - September 12, 2018 at 6:00 AM – published on the Washington Post Ethiopians sing and dance ahead of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s speech at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington on July 28. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) WASHINGTON — The last time Neamin Zeleke saw home was in 1986. He was [...]
Ethiopians have obviously a manifest difficulty in understanding rationally both the rise of Dr. Abiy Ahmed to premiership and his implementation of far-reaching changes. Here is a man who comes from the ranks of the coalition of political parties known as the EPRDF and whose defining feature is that it is filled mostly with members [...]
What Abiy’s Plans Mean for the Country and the Region By Michael Woldemariam Ethiopia is on the move. The resignation of beleaguered Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in February ushered in the most significant reordering of political power in the country since 1991, when youthful guerrillas toppled the long-serving Marxist strongman Mengistu Haile Mariam. The new administration, led by [...]
የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ ታሪካዊነቱም ሆነ ዓላማው ጥንታዊ ነው፡፡ አንድ አገር የሚለየውና የሚታወቀው በድንበር፣ በሕዝብና በሰንደቅ ዓላማ ነው፡፡ አንድ አገር አንድ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ ብቻ ነው የሚኖረው፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ ከላይ ወደ ታች፥ አረንጉዋዴ፥ ቢጫና ቀይ ቀለማት ናቸው፡፡ ይህ የሕዝብ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ ነው፡፡ የነዚህ ቀለማትና ቅርስ የተረጋገጠው ከዳግማዊ ምኒልክ ጊዜ በፊት ጀምሮ ነው፡፡ ቀደም ብሎም ኢትዮጵያ [...]
ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዶ/ር ዓቢይ ዲያስፖራዎች ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ተመልሰው በመካሄድ ላይ በሚገኘው የለውጥ ሂደት እንዲካፈሉ ጥሪ ካደረጉበት ጊዜ ጀምሮ ብዙ ኢትዮጵያውያን ወዳገራቸው መመላሰቸውን ሳስተውል፣ እነዚህ ተመላሾች በተለይም የፖሊቲካ ድርጅት መሪዎችና አክቲቪስቶች ከብዙ ዓመታት በኋላ በሰላም መመለሳቸውን እንጂ ከተመለሱ በኋላ በፖሊቲካው እንቅስቃሴ ሂደት ውስጥ ሊያጋጥማቸው የሚችለውን መሰናከል በቅጡ ያስተዋሉት ስላልመሰለኝ፣ አንዳንድ ጠቃሚ ማስታወሻዎችን ለማስቀመጥ ወሰንኩ። ይህን ሆ [...]
