Alemayehu G. Mariam

In her Letter to the Washington Post, U.S. Undersecretary Wendy R.

It was too good to be true. It is too bad it was true for the people of Gambella in western Ethiopia.

Ethiopians have been the object of a cruel bureaucratic joke by the World Bank.

It is a dark and gloomy month on the “Dark Continent”!

“Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis

Famine in Ethiopia is a topic that horrifies me.

Last week, US President Barack Obamamet with a delegation of the regime in Ethiopia and said, “… the Prime Minister [Hailemariam Desalegn"> and the government is going to be organizing

The African circus is coming to town. It is officially called ‘U.S-Africa Leadership Summit’ (not ringling African brothers). It is scheduled to be held on August 5-6 in Washington D.C. The theme of the ‘summit’ is ‘Investing in the Next Generation’.

Last week, the regime in Ethiopia announced its abduction of Andaragatchew Tsgie, General Secretary of the Ethiopian opposition group known as Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy, with smug delight.

‘Making predictions is hard. Especially about the future’, said the famous American baseball player, Lawrence ‘Yogi’ Berra facetiously. Likewise, predicting whether there is light at the end of the tunnel in 2050 and beyond is hard. Especially about the Dark Continent.