BY ALEMAYEHU MARIAM | THE HILL An old Ethiopian aphorism propounds, “If spiders could gather up their silk in a single twine, they could tie up a lion.” In other words, many weak and powerless people could band together and defeat a mighty adversary.
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Removing the rust from U.S. policy means disentanglement from partnering with African dictators BY ALEMAYEHU G. MARIAM Earlier this month, President Donald Trump was criticized for letting his “unelected” daughter Ivanka sit in for him during the high-level “Partnership with Africa, Migration and Health” session at the G-20. Ms. Trump was criticized for not making […]
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By Amanuel Biedemariam, Human rights violations, genocides, ethnic cleansing, election-rigging, mass imprisonment, corruption, selling-interests of Ethiopia for temporary gains, human trafficking, abuse of power, torture and mismanagement etc … is rampant in Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) led Ethiopia. In 2010, after the TPLF, claiming to have won 99% of the votes declared itself winner, […]
Continue ReadingBy Amanuel Biedemariam, A YOUNG Eritrean that was born in the US once said, “When I hear people call Eritrea a new nation, it startles me because I grew knowing Eritrea to be a nation.” Most Eritrean children that grew up in the US before independence have encountered people that told them Eritrea does not exist […]
Continue ReadingBy Bereket Kidane, Everything that one can think of to bring down a government and a people has been tried and failed when it comes to Eritrea. Every trick in the book has been put to use. Frustrated enemies whose anti-Eritrea efforts have failed have turned to blaming the mining companies, diaspora Eritreans for their […]
Continue ReadingBy Amanuel Biedemariam, The history of the UN is one of corruption and infectiveness. During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union had competing global agendas and interests. As a result the UN was irrelevant, unable to pursue its stated purpose because it lacked the mandate, leadership, funding and principled organizational structure worthy […]
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