Editorial Articles

Remembering our Heroines and Heroes 2023-04-15 @ 0:01 by OT Editorial 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… 🡺 continue reading
Oromia’s Endemic Corruption is Set to Impoverish the Already Poor Farmers 2023-01-20 @ 16:47 by OT Editorial read this article with audio player 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… 🡺 continue reading
Colonel Abiy Ahmed Follows Suit of His Role Models in Appointing a War Committee of Amharas to Meddle in Oromia Affairs 2022-12-17 @ 18:31 by OT Editorial — 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… 🡺 continue reading
Oromia: Abiy’s War of Attrition and the Oromo National Struggle 2021-06-29 @ 14:39 by Staff Editor By: Itana Gammada, June 29, 2021 A people under colonial occupation have a maximum of two choices, either stand up and fight for their freedom and dignity or accept humiliation, subjugation, victimization and perpetual slavery. Throughout human history, colonialism has… 🡺 continue reading
Ethiopia’s vicious deadlock 2021-04-28 @ 4:55 by Staff Editor Ethiopia's vicious deadlock 27 April, 2021 by René Lefort The much-hyped democratic transition is not only dead but buried deep. It would need a miracle to exhume it in the near future. Last year, Tigray's leaders underestimated their weaknesses. The… 🡺 continue reading
Democracy imperiled in Africa by ‘reformers’ turned dictators 2020-06-12 @ 18:17 by Staff Editor OPINION by Michael Rubin | June 11, 2020 05:41 PM It is often forgotten that the worst dictators are often, early in their careers, lauded as reformers. In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was initially embraced as a “pragmatist” by diplomats and… 🡺 continue reading
To Heal, Ethiopia Needs to Confront its Violent Past 2020-05-30 @ 8:16 by Staff Editor Laetitia Bader Senior Researcher, Africa Division Click to expand Image Visitors view photos of victims of the Derg regime in Ethiopia's Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa on March 4, 2014. © 2014 Eitan Simanor/Alamy Stock Photo. “I… 🡺 continue reading
Ethiopia’s security forces accused of torture, evictions and killings – report 2020-05-29 @ 18:42 by Staff Editor https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/29/ethiopias-security-forces-accused-of-torture-evictions-and-killings-report Prime minister Abiy Ahmed has been lauded for his democratic reforms. But Amnesty International are now urging him to investigate allegations of serious human rights abuses Tom Gardner in Addis Ababa Fri 29 May 2020 15.15 AEST A man… 🡺 continue reading
Remembering our Heroes and Heroines 2016-04-15 @ 0:01 by Leenjiso 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… 🡺 continue reading