Striving to build an Ethiopian Information Society since 1996
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
By Rebecca Tan – September 12, 2018 at 6:00 AM – published on the Washington Post
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 … Read More
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
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… Read More
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 … Read More
The Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund Advisory Council (Council) is pleased to acknowledge the statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia on August 9, 2018 announcing the formation of … Read More
An interesting and insightful paper by Alex de Waal of the World Peace Foundation.Today’s changes in Ethiopia are rapid, confusing and disruptive. They
promise openness and democratization, but also contain perils. Like many
others, I am struggling
On 22nd June 2018, the Ethiopian government reported that it has unblocked 264 websites. This news was also reported by ESAT, a major Ethiopian media website that was blocked over the last years.
… Read MoreFreedom of expression is a foundational
ኢትዮጵያ በለውጥ ጉዞ፤ ከአንባገነናዊ ሥርዓት ወደ ዲሞክራሲ
ለውጡየሰነቃቸውተስፋዎች፣የተወሰዱበጎእርምጃዎችእናያንጃበቡአደጋዎች ድልድይ፤በአውሮፓየኢትዮጵያዊያን የኢትዮጵያዊያን የኢትዮጵያዊያንየውይይትመድረክ አቅራቢ፤ ያሬድ ኃይለማርያም ሐምሌ 28 ቀን 2018 ብራስልስ፣ ቤልጂየም
ኢትዮጵያ ባለፉት 27 ዓመታት የሕግ የበላይነት በገፍ የተጣሰባት፣ ነጻ ዳኝነት እና ፍትህ የተጓደለባት፣ ሰብአዊ መብቶች እና የዜጎች መሰረታዊ ነጻነቶች ያለ … Read More