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Ethiopia: Food for Famine and Thought! By Alemayehu G. Mariam At the recent 2012 G8 Food Security Summit in Washington, D.C., Abebe Gellaw, a young Washington-based Ethiopian journalist, stood up in the gallery and thunderously proclaimed to dictat… more »

Ethiopia: Meles, Speechless! By Alemayehu G. Mariam On May 18, 2012, dictator Meles Zenawi learned a lesson he will not easily forget. In the land of free speech, he was rendered speechless. Abebe Gellaw, a young Washington-based Ethiopian journ… more »

Ethiopia: The Bedtime Stories of Meles Zenawi By Alemayehu G. Mariam At the “World Economic Forum Meeting” in Ethiopia last week, dictator Meles Zenawi lectured: …. My view is that there is no direct relationship between economic growth and dem… more »

Ethiopia: African Hunger Games at Camp DavidBy Alemayehu G. MariamWhite House spokesman Jay Carney announced last week that President Obama has invited the presidents of Ghana, Tanzania, Benin and Meles Zenawi to attend the G8 Summit (the forum f… more »

Justice for Sierra Leone! No Justice for Ethiopia?By Alemayehu G. MariamWarlord Charles Taylor Caged!After 420 days of trial (over nearly four years), 115 witness, over 50,000 pages of testimony, and 1,520 exhibits, Charles Taylor, warlord-tu… more »