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…

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) 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,…

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,…

By Wolbert G.C. SMIDT Oromo–German relations First steps A crucial period for the creation of the traditional and special relationship between Germans and the Oromo were the 1840s, when many Oromo areas were still located outside the traditional Ethiopian state. Two parallel undertakings of two South Germans – Tutschek and Krapf – led to a…

By Ibsaa Guutama 4 November 2017 Oromia has been ruled by colonial agents sent from Finfinnee since its occupation. The Oromo people had been struggling to end this situation for over a century. An agent of the colonizer called OPDO was created in 1991 with Oromo label to counter the only political organization Oromo had,…

A Pledge to Struggle for Oromo National Sovereignty By Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 30 September 2017 Introduction In Part II of this article I have described the trauma and anger caused by the October 2, 2016 massacre and discussed the manner with which the Oromo society has responded to the situation. In this third part…

28 September 2017 The Oromo Resolve to Fight the Trauma of State Terrorism By Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor Although the Oromo have been exposed to series of violent acts perpetrated against them by the Ethiopian security during the past twenty-six years, the Irreecha massacre of October 2, 2016 stands out as one of the most…

25 September 2017 October 2 Will Signify State Terrorism Against the Oromo in Ethiopia By Mekuria Bulcha, Professor Introduction In Oromo history 2016 was one of the darkest years. Sequences of traumatic events followed each other from day to day, week to week and month to month as the Oromo uprising which had started in…

Defying a Tradition that Demonizes Our Identity, Our Language and Alphabet 18 September 2017 By Mekuria Bulcha, Professor Introduction In the first part of this article which was published on websites on July 15, 2017, I have described briefly the humble beginning of Oromo literacy and the repression with which it had been treated by…

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…