8 April 2019 By Leenjiso Horo* Let me begin with the oftentimes told old parable to illustrate the meaning of the Oromo consensus: unity makes strength. The parable runs like this. Once upon a time, there was an old man who was very ill and lay dying in his bed. He had four children who…
8 April 2019 By Ibsaa Guutama It seems we are now in a period like that of Ali Aluulaa, the last Oromo regent/guardian of the Ethiopian throne. He was true to his trusteeship and did not crown himself when Teedros came to disgracefully discarded him. But no one called Teedros “Zaranya” when he chased out…
By Ibsaa Guutama 23 March 2019 Oromo elites are shunning initial Kaayyoo of the nation as articulated by OLF without replacing it with any viable alternative. This raises a question if they are accepting that Oromo were and will be self-reliant independent nation? So far it is only struggle under that kaayyoo, that could enable…
By Guluma Gemeda PhD University of Michigan-Flint 25.11.2018 Recently, unpublished, 49-page document entitled: ‘Addis Ababa is Barara, and Barara is Addis Ababa’ has circulated on the internet. The name of the author(s) is not indicated but an organization called Amhara Professionals Union (Amba) claims to have sponsored it. The purpose of this document, as indicated…
A Response to Dr Zelalem Atlee’s attack on the Oromo: (http://abbaymedia.info/oromo-fundamentalism-the-septic-abortion-of-ethnic-politics-zelalem-attlee-md-mhcm-drph/) By Imiru Itana 16/11/2018 I wrote this article in response to Dr. Zelalem Atlee’s statement posted on AbayMedia on 28 September 2018 as linked above. It is appalling to read the jargon written by a person who is a Medical and Philosophy doctorate holder…
Source: https://www.opendemocracy.net/ren-lefort/pacified-politics-or-risk-disintegration-race-against-time-in-ethiopia RENÉ LEFORT 21 August 2018 The dramatic changes of the last months have moved Ethiopia away from “the gates of hell ”, but all options are still on the table, from the worst to the best. April 2, 2018 – House of People’s Representatives – Swearing in of the new Prime Minister Abiy…
Article 39: Oromo Nationalism, Abyssinian Exceptionalism & Expectations Raised by Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s Premiership (Part II continued) Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 25 July 2018 Inclusion that excludes – a myth used to distort history As I have noted in the previous section of this article published on this website on July 12, the Abyssinian myth…
Article 39, Oromo Nationalism, Abyssinian Exceptionalism & Expectations Raised by Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s Premiership (Part II) Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 10 July 2018 Introduction As indicated in the first part of this article, the declaration of most of the opposition political organizations that came to life and disappeared during the last 26 year has been…
Article 39, Oromo Nationalism, Abyssinian Exceptionalism & Expectations Raised by Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s Premiership Part I Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 8 July 2018 Ethiopia is in the middle of one of the many crises it had faced since its creation as an empire at the end of the nineteenth century. During the last four years,…
Source: www.oromoliberationfront.net 25 June 2018 RESPONSE OF THE OROMO LIBERATION FRONT TO PM ABIY’S CALL The speech made by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed on June 19, 2018 in the Ethiopian Parliament calling for reconciliation is admirable and his call for peaceful settlement of conflicts in Ethiopia deserves consideration. However, we will take this…
The History and Politics of the Qubee Alphabet Guluma Gemeda Professor, PhD 1 July 2018 In several publications, Professor Mekuria Bulcha has presented the origin, development and the significance of the qubee alphabet for Afaan Oromo. Just last summer, in an article published online, he has succinctly summarized the discussion on the same topic.[1] But…
Professor Guluma Gemeda 7 June 2018 Since the fall of the Dergin 1991, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), as organizer and leader of the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has dominated Ethiopian politics. The junior members of the ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)—the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), the Oromo People’s…
Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s Speeches, Menilek II and the Problem of National Integration in Ethiopia Professor Guluma Gemeda 16 May 2018 The Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has been intentionally ambiguous about the role of Emperor Menilek II in Ethiopian history. Depending on the political circumstances, its position has vacillated between total condemnation and mild…
By Leenjiso Horo April 15, 2018 The 19th-century Russian historian Vasily Klyuchevsky famously wrote: “History doesn’t teach anything, but greatly punishes one for not learning its lessons.” This quotation reminds us, our failure to learn lessons of our tragic history of a century ago, the tragic history that made Oromo people the victim of Abyssinia,…
Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/128/text H. Res. 128 In the House of Representatives, U. S., April 10, 2018. Whereas the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has been an important partner of the United States and a regional leader in promoting economic growth, global health, and peace and security; Whereas Ethiopia has helped advance the national interests of the…
‘Freedom!’: the mysterious movement that brought Ethiopia to a standstill By Tom Gardner in Adama March 13, 2018 Source:https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/mar/13/freedom-oromo-activists-qeerroo-ethiopia-standstill Today, Desalegn is a banker. But once he was a Qeerroo: a young, energetic and unmarried man from Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, bound by what he calls a “responsibility to defend the people”. Twelve…
