Sidney Poitier arrives at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles in March 2014. Photo: AFP The Hollywood star’s death was confirmed to the BBC by the office of Fred Mitchell, the Bahamas’ minister of foreign affairs. Poitier was a trailblazing actor and a respected humanitarian and diplomat. He won the Academy Award for best actor for Lilies […]
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Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia celebrating Christmas on Friday two weeks after it was celebrated in the West as Ethiopian Orthodox Church considers January 7th being the day of Jesus’ birth. The holiday is marking colorfully at historic city of Lalibela, Amhara region of Ethiopia. This small town is mostly famous for its architectural marvels, the
Ethiopia kicks off its African Cup of Nations campaign on January 9 in Cameroon. The national team seeks to rally the country behind them, as the Horn of Africa nation faces its worst crisis in decades. Ethiopian national team players sang and chanted together inside the team’s dressing room just days before their Africa Cup
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Professor Al Mariam interview on ETV in Addis Ababa
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US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will step down from his post the role “in the coming days” after a year marked by deadly crises in Ethiopia and Sudan. Feltman plans to leave his post shortly after his current visit to Ethiopia, where more than a year of war in the
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“I hate when people confuse education with intelligence, you can have a Batchelor’s degree and still be an idiot” Elon Musk By Wondimu Mekonnen, England, January 02, 2022 Introduction Intellectuals are supposed to be men of great knowledge. An intellectual possesses the ability to think in a logical manner. An intellectual is guided by
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Al Mariam’s Commentaries / January 3, 2022 Author’s Note:I invite my readers to review my 10-POINT PROPOSAL for Diaspora Ethiopian Engagement During the Great Ethiopian Diaspora Homecoming. I invite and urge my readers to evaluate and develop these ideas and propose better ones. I offer them only as starting points for discussion.In this commentary (“travelogue”), I try to
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Joyce Karam Washington Jan 5, 2022 The US envoy to the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, will soon leave his position following setbacks for President Joe Biden’s administration in mitigating the conflict in Ethiopia and attempts to salvage a civilian transition of power in Sudan. He will be replaced by career diplomat and former ambassador to Turkey, David
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Communique on the Imperatives of Post-Conflict Peace, Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Ethiopia (Vision Ethiopia ) Ethiopians in the Amhara and Afar regions continue to sacrifice their precious lives and resources as a consequence of the raging war instigated by the terrorist groups, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Oromumma extremist wing of the Oromo Liberation
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By Berhanu Kebede The following would have been a fitting headline that encapsulates two identical events that took place three decades apart. A testament to forty-six years-long dance in ambiguity, TPLF continues to struggle to escape from freedom. “After a long protracted war, further amplified by a famine of biblical proportion looming over Tigray, The
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Aklog Birara (Dr) “The Ethiopia conflict has evoked a specific response pattern by the ‘international community, primarily the United States of America (USA), the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN): they address, or rather ‘target’, the Ethiopian government and not the insurgent TPLF which has caused most of the killing and destruction.” Dr.
Al Mariam’s Commentaries / January 1, 2022 There is little doubt the Ethiopian diaspora over the past has earned its stripes for its heroic role in public diplomacy, grassroots advocacy and political activism in the West as the U.S., E.U. and the U.N. openly and shamelessly sided with the terrorist group Tigray People’s Liberation Front
