In Dedication to Our Hero Jaal Damissee K. Sardaa (1945-2023) April is a month when Oromo communities all over the world remember their heroines and heroes (hereafter ‘heroes’). Particularly, 15th April has a special place in the Oromo struggle for freedom. It is on this particular day, in 1980, that Read more…
Although no official region-based corruption index for comparison exists, based on the general sentiments of public outcry, Oromia is one of the most corrupt regions of Ethiopia, if not at the top of the league table. From minor traffic offences that can be settled by offenders for mere 100 to Read more…
— OROMIA TODAY EDITORIAL The audacity is jaw dropping, the miscalculation is mind boggling; the insensitivity will only hasten the end of an empire that is already in tatters. Yes, colonel Abiy Ahmed, PM of Ethiopia, just followed in the footsteps of his role models, Menelik II and Haile Sellasee Read more…
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…
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…
OPINION by Michael Rubin | June 11, 2020 05:41 PM It is often forgotten that the worst dictators are often, early in their careers, lauded as reformers. In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was initially embraced as a “pragmatist” by diplomats and journalists alike. In 1991, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Burmese Read more…
Laetitia Bader Senior Researcher, Africa Division Click to expand Image Visitors view photos of victims of the Derg regime in Ethiopia’s Red Terror Martyrs’ Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa on March 4, 2014. © 2014 Eitan Simanor/Alamy Stock Photo. “I want to move on and feel a part of Abiy’s Read more…
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/29/ethiopias-security-forces-accused-of-torture-evictions-and-killings-report Prime minister Abiy Ahmed has been lauded for his democratic reforms. But Amnesty International are now urging him to investigate allegations of serious human rights abuses Tom Gardner in Addis Ababa Fri 29 May 2020 15.15 AEST A man waves an Oromo flag as people from the community gather Read more…
April is a month when Oromo communities all over the world remember their heroes and heroines (henceforth heroes). Particularly, 15th April has a special place in the Oromo struggle for freedom. It is on this particular day, in 1980, that the Oromo people lost a dozen of their gallant and Read more…