The Psychology of Fear and Blame: Oromia PP Administration’s Obsession with OLA
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The Psychology of Fear and Blame: Oromia PP Administration’s Obsession with OLA

Psychology offers a lens through which we can understand human behavior, particularly what individuals or institutions focus on and fear the most. This is often encapsulated in phenomena such as the Freudian slip, where underlying anxieties surface unintentionally. In the case of Oromia’s administration, their almost reflexive fixation on blaming the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA)—…

How the Educated Elites Lost the Plot as the Tide is Turning: Using Education to Inflame Rather Than Heal
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How the Educated Elites Lost the Plot as the Tide is Turning: Using Education to Inflame Rather Than Heal

by Elemoo Qilxuu When I saw these three people, the screen characters from The Three Stooges came to mind, albeit in a darker way. The Three Stooges evoke a mix of slapstick chaos, quick wit, and timeless, absurd humor that holds a special place in comedy history. But for these three Amhara elites, what replaces…

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The Comedy of Errors

An Ad Hoc Personal Blog on Current Affairs. Look no further! I’m not talking about Shakespeare’s play. I’m simply borrowing its title as a metaphor. A “comedy of errors” typically describes a situation marked by a cascade of mistakes, misunderstandings, or coincidences that spiral out of control, often with humorous or absurd results. When people…

Battee Urgeessaa Is Gone, Who Will Be Next For Koree Nageenyaa’s Gestapo?
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Battee Urgeessaa Is Gone, Who Will Be Next For Koree Nageenyaa’s Gestapo?

An accomplished Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) political figure was assassinated last night. His assassination was made to coincide with one of the major religious holidays, Ramadan, presumably calculated to bury the news amidst the celebratory atmosphere. The cruelty of the Ethiopian regime is only matched by the character of the martyr, Jaal Battee Urgeessaa, renowned…

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Lessons to be Learnt from the Recent Attempt to Form Oromia Orthodox Synod

read this article with audio player Background The announcement of the formation of the Oromia Orthodox Synod on 22 January 2023 was widely welcomed among the Oromo nationals with an overwhelming degree of positivity. It was felt as though that was a wonderful good news for the new year. At long last the Oromo Orthodox…

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The Ethiopian Orthodox Church: Amhara’s Weapon of Mass Confusion

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church’s focus should have been on theology instead of being an economic and political instrument that provides a way of life. In the name of religious teaching, the Orthodox Church made it possible for the Amharic language to expand across the empire of Ethiopia while at the same time allowing the Amharas…

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Andrew DeCort’s Message of ‘Cry Out for Peace’ with regard to Atrocities in Oromia

Andrew DeCort puts out a gripping exposé of “the horrifying escalation of violence in Ethiopia’s Oromia region” as he sets out his article on his Facebook page. A five-section article starts with “Ethiopia’s “Other War” in Oromia” and wraps up with last section on “Cry Out for Just Peace!”. – commentary by Staff Editor Footage is…

Liberating The Land and Resources for The Development of Oromia

  By: Itana Gammada April 18, 2019 Introduction A nation cannot survive, let alone develop and prosper, without having full control over its land, resources and the capacity to direct those resources towards economic development. An effective development plan requires: 1) free mobility of available national resources; 2) a people-oriented and firmly secured national organization;…

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Barara is not Addis Ababa

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…

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An Independent Oromia is Inevitable

By Gumaa Guddaa This article was first published on Oromo Affairs blog site on September 10, 2010 and now republished on Oromia Today to honour the Oromo revolutionaries martyred for the liberation of Oromia since the November 2015 uprise. Introduction Oromia was forcefully annexed by a neighboring country called Abyssinia at the end of the…

The need for Oromo nationalists’ unity to end Tigrayan genocide of Oromo people

By Leenjiso Horo The Oromo people have united more than ever before from width and breath of Oromia to end the colonial occupation in order to restore their full national sovereignty and independence. In unity, they have raised their flag over Oromia. This is done with so much sacrifice in the lives of their youths,…

Call for Oromo Political Organizations to form a Front

Time is creating tension and confusion. Almost twenty six years ago the strongest army in sub-Sahara Africa (except South Africa), the Darg suddenly collapsed. Soldiers started running away from battle fronts carrying their guns as if they were simple canes. Darg was an oppressive, hated authoritarian government. Most peoples felt any devil was better than…

Ethiopia is crumbling: Time to redraw the boundaries of the empire

Ethiopia, an ailing empire, like others before it, is crumbling under its own weight. Recent events in Oromia have exposed the vulnerability and frailty of the 130 years old dilapidated empire. The bastions of the empire were totally surprised but the rest of the world seems aware of what was coming. The self-distraction of the…