21 August 2016 Source: BBC – read more at:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37150673 An Olympic marathon runner from Ethiopia staged a daring protest against his home government when he crossed the line in Rio on Sunday. As he took the silver medal, Feyisa Lilesa crossed his arms above – a gesture made by the Oromo people who have suffered…
By Professor Guluma Gemeda* Current widespread protests, particularly in Oromia, and lately in Amhara and other regions, have highlighted the weaknesses of the ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front’s (EPRDF) regime. Opposition groups are predicting possible collapse of the regime in the near future. Even some former members and supporters of the EPRDF are waking…
Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/world/africa/ethiopia-protests.html?ref=africa&_r=0 By Jeffery Gettleman AUG. 12, 2016 Is Ethiopia about to crack? For the last decade, it has been one of Africa’s most stable nations, a solid Western ally with a fast-growing economy. But in recent months, antigovernment protests have convulsed the country, spreading into more and more areas. In…
Source: The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/11/un-ethiopia-observers-reports-dozens-dead-protests UN high commissioner for human rights says reports from two regions were ‘extremely alarming’ with allegations of abuses by security forces The United Nations has urged Ethiopia to allow international observers in to parts of the country hit by deadly weekend clashes between security forces and protesters. At least 49 people…
Source: CNN Awol K. Allo, Special to CNNUpdated 1835 GMT (0235 HKT) August 9, 2016 http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/09/africa/ethiopia-oromo-protest/index.html Dr Awol K. Allo is LSE Fellow in Human Rights at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights. He writes on the issues behind several months of protests by Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromos. Around 100 people…
Source: Amnesty International PREESS RELEASE AUGUST 8, 2016 At least 97 people were killed and hundreds more injured when Ethiopian security forces fired live bullets at peaceful protesters across Oromia region over the weekend, according to credible sources who spoke to Amnesty International. Thousands of protesters turned out in Oromia and Amhara calling for political…
Source: www.oromoliberationfront.net (OLF) For Immediate Release 29 July 2016 It is with the deepest sorrow that the OLF announces the passing of Tarfa Dibaba on 29th July 2016 at the age of 76. Tarfa Dibaba was one of the founders and a senior member of OLF leadership. He was one of the early educated few…
We just heard a sad and heartbreaking news. It is the pass away of a great political tower in the Oromo national liberation struggle, Comrade Tarfa Dibaba. Comrade Tarfa Dibaba was a nationalist who introduced with his comrades the Oromo national liberation struggle for independence. He was a member of the great Oromo generation of…
By: Ibsaa Guutama July 2016 The continued colonial status of Oromia cannot be understood without understand the nature of the colonizer, the Abyssinian state. The power struggle within that state has lived not only creating tension to the Habashaa but also affecting the peaceful life of its neighbors in one way or other, more so…
“Such a Brutal Crackdown” Killings and Arrests in Response to Ethiopia’s Oromo Protests download whole document: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/ethiopia0616web.pdf
By: Itana Gammada The only viable choice for nations or peoples under colonial occupation is to set forth their goals, become organized and united in their stated objectives, and fight for their freedom, independence, justice, and dignity. Because of infringements of colonialism and imperialism on the way of life of indigenous peoples, never in human…
by Prof Mekuria Bulcha Introduction “Dhibbaa kara kamiyyuu isinitti dhufuun dirqamtani of duuba hin jedhina; waan saba keenyaf hin baasaa, bu’as qaba jettan hojjedha.” “Let no external pressure force you to back from fulfilling your responsibilities to your people; do what you believe will serve the interest of our nation.” Yishaaq to Galaasaa Dilboo, Secretary…
The following are some of the pictures depicting recent protests by the Oromo people in Oromia and worldwide. As widely covered by the international media, the protests were triggered by the so-called “Addis Ababa Masterplan” which has been rejected by the Oromo people nation-wide, because of the disastrous effects the proposed plan would have on…
JANUARY 22, 2016 By: Felix Horne, Researcher, Horn of Africa “Badessa” was a third-year engineering student in western Ethiopia in April 2014 when he and most of his classmates joined a protest over the potential displacement of ethnic Oromo farmers like his family because of the government’s plan to expand the capital, Addis Ababa, into…
The debate on the situation in Oormia & Ethiopia in the EU parliament and the resolution adopted on 21 January 2016 . Watch:
January 21, 2016 —FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Media Contact: Anuradha Mittal, Oakland InstituteLewis Gordon, Environmental Defender Law Center Oakland, CA—With human rights as the special focus of the 26th Summit of the African Union that gets underway today in Ethiopia, the Oakland Institute and the Environmental Defender Law Center (EDLC) released a new report, Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism Law:…
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