Steel Vises, Clenched Fists and Closing Walls (Part I)
Note: This is the first installment in a series of commentaries I intend to offer on U.S. foreign policy (or lack thereof as some would argue) in Ethiopia. In this piece, I explore the human rights rhetoric in U.S. foreign policy and argue that lof...
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EACA Urges President Obama To Reject Ethiopia’s Sham Election Results
ETHIOPIAN AMERICAN CIVIC ADVOCACY
Fighting for Democratic values, Human Rights, and Donor Accountability
The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States of America
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Re: Ethiopia...
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Ethiopia’s Democratic Sham
BY NATHANIEL MYERS | MAY 21, 2010
A government clampdown has rendered the outcome of Sunday's parliamentary elections a foregone conclusion. Washington doesn't seem to mind that its ally, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, is assured a win.
I first gli...
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Rockville Filmmaker Goes on Hunger Strike Outside White House
By Will Sommer on May. 7, 2010 at 02:46 pm
“I fantasize about lasagna a lot,” says the Rockville filmmaker Chris Flaherty. Flaherty will have to wait at least a few more hours before his big meal, though.
Flaherty has been on a five-d...
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Christopher P.Flaherty Notice President Barack Obama About Hunger Stike
President Barack Obama
The White House
1500 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington DC, 20500
May 2nd 2010
Re: Notice of hunger strike
Dear President Obama,
I would like to thank you on the excellent job you have been doing on getting our count...
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Obama Backs Down on Sudan
Until he reached the White House, Barack Obama repeatedly insisted that the United States apply more pressure on Sudan so as to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Darfur and elsewhere.
Yet, as president, Mr. Obama and his aides have caved, leaving ...
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On Human Rights, Obama’s Words Soar Above Actions
January 20, 2010
Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch.
As one would expect from so eloquent a leader, Barack Obama has brought a marked improvement in presidential rhetoric on human rights compared with his predecessor...
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Zenawi’s Expertise: Divide and Conquer at Copenhagen
African nations are also protesting that Ethiopia doesn't represent the position of the African bloc.
"If Prime Minister Meles wants to sell out the lives and hopes of Africans for a pittance, he is welcome to - but that is not Africa's position," s...
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Sarkozy, Obama Pressure Ethiopia’s Corrupt Tyrant Meles Zenawi (the Tigrai Ruler) to Betray Africa’s Future at Copenhagen Climate Talks
By Jamie Henn:
NGOs and civil society groupings are reacting with anger and disappointment to a joint appeal by France and “Ethiopia, representing Africa” for a so-called ‘Copenhagen Accord’ to result from the current COP15 negotiations be...
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U.S. Senate Confirms Daniel W. Yohannes as CEO of Millennium Challenge Corporation
Washington, D.C. -- Today the United States Senate unanimously confirmed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Daniel W. Yohannes as the new Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). As CEO, Mr. Y...
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Aigaforum Tribalists Used a Racial Epithet Against President Barack Obama’s Administration
The AIGA Forum tribalists from Tigrai used a racial epithet directed against President Barack Obama's Administration.
Ashamed of their African ancestry and blackness, , the tribalists of the 21st century from Tigrai who continue to remain absolute...
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Now is the Time to End Tyranny!
By Alemayehu G. Mariam:
End Tyranny Now!
“No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. That is not democracy, that is tyranny, and now is the time for it to end.” Thus spok...
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The Blood of Africa Within Me
By Marks S.Smith
ACCRA, Ghana – An American president who has "the blood of Africa within me" praised and scolded the continent of his ancestors Saturday, asserting forces of tyranny and corruption must yield if Africa is to achieve its promise....
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What Obama can do for Africa
His visit can help African democracy if he curbs a misguided US belief in security by military force
By Salim Lone:
Despite the constraints he faced in fulfilling pledges he made as a candidate, Barack Obama has succeeded in offering avenues ...
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The Wonderful Act of Empowerment
By yilma bekele:
It is celebration time for Ethiopians outside their homeland especially for those in the democratic West. The recession has been brutal on immigrants more so on those that are in the service sector. We have learned to be res...
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Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me …My Friend
By Fita Chala ( fitachala@yahoo.com)
Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me
“And so to all the other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of ...
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The Right Side of History and the Audacity of Hope
By Alemayehu G. Mariam
The right and wrong sides of history
By Alemayehu G. Mariam | January 26, 2009
The Right Side of History and the Audacity of Hope
History has two sides. A right and a wrong side. Barack Obama is on the...
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A Change They Can Rejoice In
By Pamela Constable
Ethiopian Immigrants Say Obama Has Restored Faith in the American Dream
Washington Post Staff Writer
Ethiopian immigrants, who make up the largest contingent of African emigres in the Washington area, often gather after work ...
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Our Destiny is Shared, & a New Dawn of American Leadership is at Hand!
Hello, Chicago:
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new da...
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