Mr. President:  My name is Ali Hussein Saeed. I am writing you to officially condemn in the strongest possible terms your University’s hosting of Ethiopian head of state Meles Zenawi at this month’s global forum. … I am truly shocked and outraged that an institution as distinguished and world-reknowned as Columbia University would allow this man on its premises, let alone invite him, the best example of bad governance and brutal repression, to give an address on the topic of Ethiopia and African leadership!  Read More…