Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of OSA Board of Directors and its Executive Committee, I want to welcome you all to this evening’s events. It is with a great sense of satisfaction that I stand before you to open the 31st Annual OSA conference. The first time I came to Washington was 33 years ago…
Part I By Mekuria Bulcha, Professor The qubee [the Oromo alphabet], in providing an instrumental means to modern communication, has itself become highly symbolic of the legitimacy and authority of Oromo in the modern learning environment. Juxtaposed with the odaa tree [it], is a resonant symbol of the Oromo polity asserting the unity of all…
By Ibsaa Guutama 25 June 2017 Qubee is Oromo national treasure and pride. It belongs to no group in particular except the Oromo nation. It costed so many lives and involve so many to reach here. Therefore let us make a call to Oromo of all walks of life, from independent or dependent camps, to…
By: Bayisa Wak-Woya 15 May, 2017 Fellow Oromos, With this personal letter of plea, I am addressing you all, wherever you are, requesting your undivided attention. I already sent similar plea note to ALL Oromo political organizations and political activists sharing with them my views on the need to intervene and stop the ongoing war…
Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 25/04/2017 In the first part of this article which was published on March 28, 2017 by Oromia Today and other Oromo websites, I critically assessed the conditions under which the Oromo and the various conquered peoples in southern Ethiopia had participated in the famous Battle of Adwa. I discussed the Abyssinian…
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Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 28 March 2017 Whenever an Oromo scholar or politician mentions Menelik or his conquest of Oromia, the scathing criticism that meets him or her is that history is irrelevant for the current crisis. They are often advised to stop looking backwards and to focus on the future. Meanwhile, the irony is…
By: Bayisa Wak-Woya wakwoya2016@gmail.com Geneva, 20th February, 2017 PART – I From the outset: The recent ESAT interview with Dr. Larebo encouraged me to write this note, something which I was thinking of doing for some years now. Although I am disappointed with both the form and content of the interview, I found it a…
Source: https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-democracy-threat-ethiopia/ To watch visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoE0ldEhM8I
Source: The Guardian Jason Burke in Addis Ababa Monday 13 March 2017 Addis Ababa had a plan – to expand, and lead newly prosperous Ethiopia into a brave new century. But after protests led to a violent and harrowing state crackdown, what happens next could reverberate across Africa. “Land is everything for the Oromo. It…
By Ibsaa Guutama February 2017 The matter of Oromo Liberation Seriousness of the Oromo in demanding for their independence has started to be felt by all that have interest in and hatred for independent Oromia. As a result, scared internal and external forces are rushing to extinguish the fire of freedom. For them independent Oromia…
By Leenjiso Horo, February 2017 Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it. —Frantz Fanon The Greatest Oromo Generation of 1960s The great Oromo generation of 1960s chose to fulfil its mission. Its mission has been and still is the liberation of Oromia. It rejected any political line…
By Leenjiso Horo, January 2017 The Tigrayan fascist regime has undertaken open and hidden total genocidal war against the Oromo men, women, and children. It has been carrying out systematic, methodical, pre-planned, and centrally-organized genocidal mass massacre against the Oromo men, women and children. Our people have been and are facing the cruelest and barbarous…
A PROPOSAL ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF OROMO SUPPORT By: Koree Tokkummaa 29 December 2016 Over three months ago, a lady came up with an initiative on “#Oromo Protests Support Group” to go beyond mere exchange of information and urged the participants to organize a teleconference for a deliberation on what concrete measures need to be…
Source: The Irish Times http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/ethnic-tensions-could-see-ethiopia-descending-into-civil-war-1.2898411 James Jeffrey in Addis Ababa No longer are bands of young men marauding on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, trying to set fire to foreign-owned factories. Nearly two months into Ethiopia’s six-month state of emergency, it appears to be having the desired effect: protests rocking its two…
OLF announces the election of Galasa Dilbo as Chairman and Mulugeta Mosisa as Deputy Chairman Source: www.oromoliberationfront.net Read the whole statement below. 06.12.2016 At this critical juncture the Oromo people are facing ethnic cleansing and genocide. By declaring state of emergency, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) regime has authorized full-scale state terrorism, arbitrary mass…
