Linked News
Ethiopia’s PM sees OLA rebellion grow in his own backyard
Source: Courtesy of BBC Afaan Oromoo, Nairobi. In the latest sign of the deep crisis that has engulfed Ethiopia, conflict in the vast Oromia region – the heartland of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed – is escalating as political and ethnic tensions explode. Full article is here. (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63710783)
Linked News Oromia Genocide
Andrew DeCort’s Message of ‘Cry Out for Peace’ with regard to Atrocities in Oromia
Andrew DeCort puts out a gripping exposé of “the horrifying escalation of violence in Ethiopia’s Oromia region” as he sets out his article on his Facebook page. A five-section article starts with “Ethiopia’s “Other War” in Oromia” and wraps up with last section on “Cry Out for Just Peace!”. – commentary Read more…
Linked News Oromia Genocide
A TikTok Video Message by Aisha Oromia Ali on Genocide in Oromia
Gross Human Rights Violations and Crimes Against Humanity in Western Oromia. The perpetrators are the Ethiopian government and the Amhara paramilitary group called Fano. This sinister Grand Plan is to crush the Oromo People’s freedom fighters–the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA)–whose majority fighting force are the Qeerroo and Qarree youths that Read more…
Linked News Technology
Ethiopia hosts internet forum despite shutdowns
Ethiopia is hosting the UN’s annual internet forum despite an internet blackout of more than a year in the war-devastated region of Tigray. Read more @ the BBC website
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Ethiopian government accused of deadly air strikes on Oromia region
Source: Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopia-government-accused-deadly-air-strikes-oromiya-region-2022-10-27 Summary: Oromo groups say hundreds killed in air strike No comment from government and army spokespersons Alleged strikes come as Tigray peace talks start NAIROBI, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Two organisations from Ethiopia’s Oromia region have accused the army of conducting air strikes there in recent days Read more…
Editorial
Oromia: Abiy’s War of Attrition and the Oromo National Struggle
By: Itana Gammada, June 29, 2021 A people under colonial occupation have a maximum of two choices, either stand up and fight for their freedom and dignity or accept humiliation, subjugation, victimization and perpetual slavery. Throughout human history, colonialism has never been an option. Rather, oppressed people worldwide make the Read more…
Linked News
Ethiopia Votes, But Balloting Will Not Ease the Country’s Deep Crisis
Supporters of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attend his last campaign event ahead of Ethiopia’s parliamentary and regional elections scheduled for 21 June in Jimma, Ethiopia, 16 June 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Neger Q&A / AFRICA 17 JUNE 2021 Ethiopia Votes, But Balloting Will Not Ease the Country’s Deep Crisis Elections delayed Read more…
Human Rights
Ethiopia: Boy Publicly Executed in Oromia
Ethiopia: Boy Publicly Executed in Oromia Hold Abusive Officials, Security Forces Accountable Roundabout at site of Amanuel Wondimu’s execution on May 11, 2021, in Dembi Dollo town, Oromia, Ethiopia. © Nakoor Malkaa VOA (Nairobi) – Ethiopian government forces summarily executed a 17-year-old boy in Ethiopia’s Oromia region in broad daylight, Read more…
Linked News
Abiy Ahmed Has Condemned Ethiopia to Dissolution
May 16, 2021 By choosing unilateralism over negotiation, Abiy may have cemented his legacy not as a Nobel Peace Laureate, but rather as the man who ended a country whose history dates back millennia. by Michael Rubin The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray Province is now more than six months old. Read more…
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Ethiopia’s Tigray War Is Fueling Amhara Expansionism
Abiy Ahmed depends on the support of ethnic Amhara leaders and militias whose goal is to reconquer what they consider lost territories—from Tigray to Sudan. By Kjetil Tronvoll, an anthropologist and professor at Bjorknes University College in Oslo. Members of the Amhara militia stand in a street while a soldier Read more…
Editorial
Ethiopia’s vicious deadlock
Ethiopia’s vicious deadlock 27 April, 2021 by René Lefort The much-hyped democratic transition is not only dead but buried deep. It would need a miracle to exhume it in the near future. Last year, Tigray’s leaders underestimated their weaknesses. The region’s security forces were swept away in the conventional conflict Read more…
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Eighteen killed in clashes between Ethiopia’s Oromo, Amhara groups
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/eighteen-killed-clashes-between-ethiopias-oromo-amhara-groups-2021-04-19/ April 20, 20215:18 PM AEST Africa Reuters Clashes between people belonging to Ethiopia’s two largest ethnic groups, the Oromo and Amhara, killed at least 18 people late last week, local officials said on Monday, the latest outbreak of violence ahead of national elections in June. Political and ethnic Read more…
History
OLF and TPLF: Major Issues and Outcomes of a Decade of Negotiations since 1991
Source: From a Presentation by Abiyu Geleta, Oromo Studies Association Conference of 2002 in Washington, DC. I. Introduction This is a brief account of major issues and outcomes of a decade of negotiations between the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) since 1991. In those Read more…
History
How rescued Ethiopian slaves came to fight for Britain in the Anglo-Boer war
Date: 28/01/2021Author: Martin Plaut3 Comments The background to this story is told in a BBC report. A group of Ethiopian slaves were freed by a British warship in 1888 off the coast of Yemen, as they were being taken to the slave markets of Arabia. The freed slaves were then Read more…
History
Oromia: The country at the crossroads of history
By Leenjiso Horo December, 2020 A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots. Marcus Garvey This article is a general summary of the conquest, resistance, and failures, betrayals, and hopes for the future. Along with these, it also points out Read more…