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    The Dam and the Damned: Gibe III Ethiopia

    MARCH 19, 2012 12:44AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: alemayehu g mariam, ethiopia gibe, omo gibe ii, omo gibe i, china gibe iii, omo river basin, ethiopia charities and societies proclamation, mursi suri, omo valley bodi, ethiopia oakland institute, omo river basin, geber egziabher ethiopia environmental protection authority, toxic ecology african dictatorships, ethiopia population 2050, jean-bedel bokassa, bujagali dam uganda, inga dams congo, basilica of our lady of peace of yamoussoukro, african white elephants, african dictators, zenawi neoliberals, gibe italy, gibe world bank, gibe african development bank, gibe european investment bank, international rivers gibe, gibe unesco, gibe iii sudan kenya, gibe african resources working group, turkana unesco world heritage site, gibe lake turkana, lake koka pollution, lake koka ethiopia

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    Delivering on Donald Payne’s Human Rights Legacy

    MARCH 12, 2012 12:22AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: politics, ethiopia consolidation act of 2005, and human rights advancement act of 2006, democracy, ethiopia freedom, hr 5680, hr 4423 ethiopia, congressman christopher smith new jersey, civil society law ethiopia, maria otero undersecretary ethiopia, alemayehu g mariam, meles zenawi dictator, martin luther king drum major, obama human rights, hilary clinton human rights, u.s. human rights policy, ethiopia democracy accountability act, donald payne hr 2003, ethiopia donald payne, donald payne human rights legacy

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    Ethiopia: From Dictatorship to Democracy

    MARCH 5, 2012 12:36AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: mahatma gandhi, nelson mandela, ethiopian national transition council, ethiopia entc, fiseha eshetu unity university, ethiopia torture, ethiopia political parties, ethiopia kangaroo court, ethiopia 1991, ethiopia federalism, ethiopia constitutional democracy, ethiopia multiparty, ethiopia arab spring, ethiopia 2005 elections, meles zenawi election, ethiopia herman cohen, ethiopia 99.6 percent, ethiopia grassroots, ethiopia dictatorship, ethiopia democracy, alemayehu g mariam

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    Political Prisoners Inside Ethiopia’s Gulags

    FEBRUARY 27, 2012 12:07AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: ethiopian gulags, andualem aragie, soviet gulags, swedish journalists ethiopia, n.y. times nicholas kristoff, ethiopia human rights report, ethiopia prisons, maekelawi, ethiopia human rights watch, ethiopia u.n. committee against torture, ethiopia dewar report prison, birtukan midekssa political prisoner, meles zenawi, reagan-fascell fellow, national endowment for democracy, andualem aragie, unity and democracy party, negasso gidada, andualem aragie beaten, bekele gerba, olbana lelisa, tilahun fantahun, ethiopia constitution, proclamation no.414/2004, ethiopia universal declaration of human rights, ethiopia international covenant on civil and political rights, u.n. body of principles for the protection of all persons under any form of detention or imprisonment, u.n. declaration against torture, convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, african [banjul] charter on human and peoples’ rights, rome statute international criminal court, alemayehu g mariam

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    Deutsche Welle (Ethiopia): A Disgrace to Press Freedom?

    FEBRUARY 20, 2012 3:47AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: politics, ethiomedia, hate speech ethiopia, german federal constitutional court, art. 5 (1) basic law for the federal republic of germany, alemayehu g mariam, eskinder nega, girma seifu, berhanu nega, thilo hoppe, code of ethics of the society of professional journalists, ethiopia disgrace to press freedom, fascist woyane regime, ludger schadomsky open letter, meles zenawi, bereket simon, ludger schadomsky deutsche welle, ethiopia press freedom, deutsche welle ethiopia, deutsche welle amharic, ethiomedia, hate speech ethiopia, german federal constitutional court, art. 5 (1) basic law for the federal republic of germany, alemayehu g mariam, eskinder nega, girma seifu, berhanu nega, thilo hoppe, code of ethics of the society of professional journalists, ethiopia disgrace to press freedom, fascist woyane regime, ludger schadomsky open letter, meles zenawi, bereket simon, ludger schadomsky deutsche welle, ethiopia press freedom, deutsche welle ethiopia, deutsche welle amharic

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    The Dragon’s Dance with Hyenas

    FEBRUARY 13, 2012 1:12AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: chinese dragon, watusi shuffle, african hyenas, african union building new, china in africa, china in ethiopia, teodoro obiang nguema, china noninterference, china model, china model africa, liu guijin china's special representative african affairs, yoweri museveni uganda, paul kagame rwanda, robert mugabe zimbabwe, new breed of african leaders, kwame nkrumah, ghana constitution, african dictators, inc., world bank ease of doing business index, meles zenawi, global financial integrity ethiopia, world press freedom index, china zambia, michael sata zambia china, jia qinglin, chairman of the national committee of the chinese people's political consultative conference, alemayehu g mariam, economy

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    African Beggars Union Hall?

    FEBRUARY 6, 2012 12:12AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: african union new headquarters, china africa union building, meles zenawi africa union building, china gift africa, meles zenawi, equatorial guinea teodoro obiang nguema african union, teodorin obiang racketeering, africa rising, africa panhandling, richard poplak african union building, african union burundi uganda somalia darfur, african union mission in somalia, amisom, african union convention on preventing and combating corruption, african charter on democracy, elections and governance, new partnership for africa's development, nepad, declaration on democracy, political, economic and corporate governance, george ayittey, african union international criminal court, african union gadhafi, african union bashir sudan, botswana ketumile masire ethiopia elections, ethiopia global financial integrity, africa basic statistics, world bank ethiopia $380, africa renaissance, africa rising, china economic investment africa 150 billion, alemayehu g mariam

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    African Dictators: Can’t Run, Can’t Hide!

    JANUARY 30, 2012 12:29AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: african dictators, international criminal court africa, laurent gbagbo icc, alassane ouattara icc, africa crimes against humanity, kenya judge sudan omar al-bashir, ahmed haroun, ali kushayb, darfur, bahr idriss abu garda, moammar gaddafi icc, saif al-islam icc, abdullah al-senussi icc, uhuru kenyatta icc, jomo kenyatta, raila odinga, mwai kibaki, francis muthaura, william joshua arap sang, lord’s resistance army icc, joseph kony icc, vincent otti icc, thomas lubanga dyilo icc, jean-pierre bemba gombo icc, bosco ntaganda icc, mathieu ngudjolo chui icc, international criminal court, gambella ethiopia human rights violations, ogaden war crimes, ethiopia u.n. committee against torture, universal jurisdiction africa, augusto pinochet crimes against humanity, hissène habré icc, human rights violators and war crimes unit, u.s. immigration and customs enforcement human rights violations, argentina dirty war, leopoldo galtieri, jorge rafael videla, hosni mubarak trial, bashar al-assad, ali saleh, alemayehu g mariam

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    Africans Unite! Ethiopians Unite!

    JANUARY 9, 2012 12:21AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: ethiopian unity, ethiopia bob marley, african unite, preamble u.s. constitution, abraham lincoln, jesse jackson, barack obama accra speech, oromo ethiopia, amhara ethiopia, tigray ethiopia, gurage ethiopia, gambella ethiopia, afar ethiopia, ogaden ethiopia, anuak ethiopia, ethiopia orthodox, ethiopia muslim, ethiopia protestant, ethnic federalism ethiopia, kilil ethiopia, oromo liberation front, olf secession, olf ethiopian unity, olf national council, olf minneapolis, ethiopia tplf, meles zenawi, tribalism africa, ethnic politics africa, oromo secession, africa idfentity politics, ethiopia human rights, alemayehu g mariam

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    An “African Spring” in 2012?

    JANUARY 2, 2012 12:45AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: african spring, arab spring, albert camus the rebel, enough is enough, kwame nkrumah, mit professor roger d. petersen, petersen resistance, rebellion, briefcase bandits, george ayittey, african kleptocracies, thugtatorships, dictator meles zenawi, yoweri museveni egyptian-like revolution, yenesew gebre, negasso gidada udj, zimbabwe robert mugabe, equatorial guinea teodoro obiang nguema, george ayittey, alemayehu g mariam

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    Ethiopia: 2011 in the Republic of Corruptistan

    DECEMBER 26, 2011 12:27AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: ethiopia republic of corruptistan, ethiopia 11.7 billion stolen, journalist dawit kebede, seed ethiopian diaspora, why ethiopia poor, why ethiopians starving, fakeonomics meles zenawi, dictatorship state terrorism, things fall apart africa, thugtatorship, meles zenawi, alemayehu g mariam, karuturi ethiopia, politics

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    Ethiopia: Land of Blood or Land of Corruption?

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 2:05AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: ethiopia transparency international, ethiopia corruption index, ethiopia global financial integrity, ethiopia akeldama, alemayehu g mariam, ethiopia land of blood, ethiopia dictator meles zenawi’s, ethiopia anti-terrorism law, ethiopia terrorism, ethiopia al qaeda al shabbab, ethiopia human rights violations, ethiopia press freedom, ethiopia inquiry commission, ethiopia ogaden, ethiopia terrorism, ethiopia lalibela, ethiopia axum, ethiopia famine, ethiopia meles zenawi, politics

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    Why is Ethiopia Poor?

    NOVEMBER 28, 2011 1:08AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: alemayehu g mariam, ethiopia federal ethics and anti-corruption commission, ethiopia press, ethiopia international organization for migration, ethiopia poverty, ethiopia corruption, ethiopia dictatorship, ethiopia good governance, ethiopia economist magazine, ethiopia central statistical agency, ethiopia growth and transformation plan, zenawinomics, ethiopia international monetary fund, ethiopia world bank, ethiopia environmental performance index, ethiopia bertelsmann political and economic transformation index, ethiopia ibrahim index of african governance, ethiopia international bank for reconstruction and development investment climate assessment, ethiopia index of economic freedom, ethiopia failed states index, ethiopia transparency international corruption index, ethiopia world bank, ethiopia oxford poverty and human development initiative multidimensional poverty index 2010, ethiopia rule of law, ethiopia education, ethiopia health, ethiopia 2010 legatum prosperity index, ethiopia legatum institute, hyena states, vampire states, western aid africa, africa colonialism, robert guest economist, shackled continent, free africa foundation, george ayittey

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    African Dictators: The People Don't Love You!

    OCTOBER 31, 2011 1:21AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: politics, alemayehu g mariam, ethiopia political prisoners, african dictators, omar al-bashir, robert mugabe, laurent gbagbo cote d’ivoire, ben ali and mengustu are doing just jean-bedel bokassa, africa colonialism, john kennedy, winston churchill, pan am flight 103, eman al-obeidy, prime minister mahmoud jibril, gadhaffi rats and cockroaches, meles zenawi, mengistu hailemariam, mobutu sese seko, benito mussolini, saddam hussien, saif al-islam, libyan revolution

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    What Should Starving Ethiopians do to Help Themselves?

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 12:45AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: dictator meles zenawi, ethiopia ethnic politics, ethiopian diaspora, ethiopia universal declaration of human rights, ethiopia assistant secretary of treasury andy baukol, imf ethiopia, ethiopia inflation, ethiopia business environment, aid dambissa moyo, ethiopia wikileaks, donalad yamamoto ethiopia, western donors ethiopia, article 55 (4) of the ghanaian constitution, ethiopia democracy, ethiopia famine, ethiopia starvation, ethiopian youth, ethiopia youth unemployment, ethiopia child malnutrition, ethiopia urban youth, 2000 human rights country report on ethiopia, 2010 us. human rights country report ethiopia, ethiopia domestic violence, ethiopia gender discrimination, birtukan midekssa, ethiopia women rights, martin l. king darkest hour, gandhi tyrants fall, ben ali tunisia, hosni mubarak trial, moammar gadhafi, bashir al-assad syria, alemayehu g mariam

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