Source: The Guardian Jason Burke in Addis Ababa Monday 13 March 2017 Addis Ababa had a plan – to expand, and lead newly prosperous Ethiopia into a brave new century. But after protests led to a violent and harrowing state crackdown, what happens next could reverberate across Africa. “Land is Read more…
By Professor Mekuria Bulcha Introduction Once again the Oromo are preparing for the celebrations of the Irreecha festival at Lake Arsadee in Bishoftu city 50 km south of Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) in central Oromia. This time the annual national rendezvous takes place on October 1, 2016. Although it is the Read more…
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 Read more…
The authoritarian development model is running up against limits FT View: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc27603e-6b7d-11e6-ae5b-a7cc5dd5a28c.html#axzz4InAscXPx
Source: Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/08/13/ethiopian-forces-kill-100-protesters By Felix HorneResearcher, Horn of Africa As anti-government protests spread across Ethiopia’s Amhara and Oromia regions last weekend, state security forces once again used lethal force to break them up – killing as many as 100 unarmed protesters. More than 500 demonstrators are now estimated Read more…
Source: https://www.oromoliberationfront.net (OLF) By: Falmata Biya The Ethiopian empire remains split between the north and south – the northerners are citizens and the southerners are colonial subjects. The above two recent photos clearly demonstrate the bitter reality of Ethiopia – an empire that has been built on naked racism. The Read more…
Oromo liberation movement originated from pain oppression caused to Oromo society. At a period when poverty, illiteracy, ignorance and physical and psychological abuse reached an intolerable level in Oromia social movements to ameliorate them started to show up and political grievances started to simmer. Among the social movements the greatest Read more…
We’ve just launched this website and in the fullest of time we’ll have more to say on this page about us.For now we’ll just point out some tips that would make your browsing experience great at our site. All external links at this website open in a new browser window. Read more…
TEN MINUTES’ MISSION H Huriso (Author) Foreword by OROMIA TODAY Ten Minutes‘ Mission is a true account of life as Oromo political prisoner by H Huriso during the the Dargue regime spanning the time from 1970’s to early 1990’s. The manuscript is intended to make it into a printed book Read more…
Remembering our Heroes and Heroines 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 Read more…
News in Pictures – Recent protests in Oromia and worldwide 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 Read more…