Obbo Taye Dandea’s Interview on the BBC Afan Oromo Thursday, December 7, 2023 (part 1 of 2) Friday, December 8, 2023 (part 2 of 2) English Translation Notes: 1. words in [square brackets] added for clarity and will only improve and not change meaning. 2. emphasis is on maintaining the Read more…
Joint Open Letter to the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Support of the use of the Legal name Finfinnee by the U.S. Embassy November 30, 2023 The Honorable Antony Blinken United States Secretary of State The State Department 2201 C St., NW Washington, DC 20520 Read more…
Letter to the Honorable Antony Blinken November 27, 2023 Full Letter is Here.
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…
Ethiopia Is Not Ready for Transitional Justice Washington should not engage with the country’s government unless it pursues accountability for war crimes. By Seifudein Adem, a professor of global studies at Doshisha University, and Abadir M. Ibrahim, the associate director of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School. MARCH 14, 2023, Read more…
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 Read more…
BY TEFERI BEJIGA ON 14TH FEBRUARY 2023 (Courtesy of Curate Oromia) On February 13th, 2023 spokesperson Ned Price snubbed questions from an Amhara journalist, Mesfin Bezu, who asked what the US government’s position is on the schism in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Last January, a group of bishops from Oromia Read more…
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OLF-OLA Press Release While the international community is preoccupied with the peace deal and its implementation in northern Ethiopia, the Ethiopian government is prosecuting another major war across the Oromia region. Multiple fronts have been opened over the past month by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and their allies across Read more…
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 Read more…
The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has just published a document titled, Brief Political Manifesto: From Armed Struggle to the Prospect for Peace. The document sets out the visions and goals of OLA, and proceeds to clarifying possible misunderstanding and confusion that may arise with regard to OLF as a registered 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…
Through all the tumult and the strife,I hear that music ringing;Walabummaa echoes in my soul:Nothing can stop me from singing. When tyrants tremble sick with fearAnd hear their death knells ringing,When WBO rejoices both far and near,How can I refrain from singing? In a prison cell full of dungeon vileOur Read more…
The Oromo struggle for freedom is at the most critical crossroads and the stakes have never been so high. The 50+ years struggle has been getting a global attention it deserves only over the recent one year or so (at the UN Security Council, the AU, the EU, and the 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…