- When Hundreds of Thousands Equal Zero 2025-02-09 @ 0:01 Posted in: Editorial, Human Rights, Politics, ⏭ "Believe it or not, we did not torture a single person." These were the words spoken by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister just days ago. A bold statement. A lie so audacious, so detached from reality, that it serves as the mother… 🡺 continue reading
- When Those Who Should Protect You Become the Perpetrators 2025-02-02 @ 7:00 Posted in: Article, Campaign, Human Rights, Opinion, Politics, ⏭ This article was part-featured in Ethio Forum's news documentary: የሽመልስ አብዲሳ የምስጢር ሠራዊት፤ ነጌኛዎቹ ወታደሮች (5 Feb 2025). What Do You Do When Power Becomes the Criminal? How do you describe the indescribable? How do you find words for a… 🡺 continue reading
- Not Poor, But Dispossessed 2024-12-01 @ 14:00 Posted in: Article, Human Rights, ⏭ I am staring at a photograph of a woman from northern Oromia, likely in her fifties. Her face, gaunt and weathered, seems sculpted by anguish. Her hollowed cheeks give prominence to her cheekbones, and tears streak across her broad but… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethnic Cleansing Underway in Wollo Against Oromo Civilians 2023-01-28 @ 12:19 Posted in: Oromia Genocide, News, ⏭ 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… 🡺 continue reading
- OLA Publishes a ‘Brief Political Manifesto’ 2023-01-23 @ 7:14 Posted in: News, ⏭ 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… 🡺 continue reading
- Was Ermiyas Legesse, of Ethio 360 Media, Egging on Amhara Extremists to Harm Oromo Musician, Qamar Yusuf? 2023-01-06 @ 11:00 Posted in: Campaign, News Background Ethio 360 Media is well known for their hate and disinformation propaganda regarding the politics and current affairs of Ethiopia. They are aligned with Amhara extremist groups, and they promote one-sided narratives, both with their daily "news" and "discussion".… 🡺 continue reading
- #OromooDammaqqi Hashtag Campaign 2023-01-01 @ 0:01 Posted in: Campaign, Oromia Genocide, Politics, ⏭ read this article with audio player 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… 🡺 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 Posted in: Article, Editorial, Oromia Genocide, Politics, ⏭ — 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 BARARU — A Peaceful Social Movement Launched by OLA 2022-12-12 @ 15:00 Posted in: Campaign, News, Oromia Genocide Oromia Liberation Army (OLA) has officially launched a peaceful social movement under the banner of OROMIA BARARU (OROMIYAA BARAARUU, SAVE OROMIA) to draw attention to the escalation of Oromo Genocide by the Ethiopian Federal Government of Colonel Abiy Ahmed. Colonel… 🡺 continue reading
- Andrew DeCort’s Message of ‘Cry Out for Peace’ with regard to Atrocities in Oromia 2022-12-07 @ 15:30 Posted in: Linked News, Opinion, Oromia Genocide, Politics, ⏭ 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… 🡺 continue reading
- A TikTok Video Message by Aisha Oromia Ali on Genocide in Oromia 2022-12-07 @ 14:34 Posted in: Campaign, Linked News, Oromia Genocide, ⏭ Gross Human Rights Violations and Crimes Against Humanity in Western Oromia. The perpetrators are the Ethiopian government and the Amhara paramilitary group called Fano. This sinister Grand Plan is to crush the Oromo People's freedom fighters–the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA)–whose… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopian government accused of deadly air strikes on Oromia region 2022-10-28 @ 17:28 Posted in: External, News, ⏭ Source: Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopia-government-accused-deadly-air-strikes-oromiya-region-2022-10-27 Summary: Oromo groups say hundreds killed in air strike No comment from government and army spokespersons Alleged strikes come as Tigray peace talks start NAIROBI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Two organisations from Ethiopia's Oromia region have accused… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia: Boy Publicly Executed in Oromia 2021-06-11 @ 21:50 Posted in: Human Rights Ethiopia: Boy Publicly Executed in Oromia Hold Abusive Officials, Security Forces Accountable Roundabout at site of Amanuel Wondimu's execution on May 11, 2021, in Dembi Dollo town, Oromia, Ethiopia. © Nakoor Malkaa VOA (Nairobi) – Ethiopian government forces summarily executed… 🡺 continue reading
- Eighteen killed in clashes between Ethiopia’s Oromo, Amhara groups 2021-04-23 @ 16:19 Posted in: News Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/eighteen-killed-clashes-between-ethiopias-oromo-amhara-groups-2021-04-19/ April 20, 20215:18 PM AEST Africa Reuters Clashes between people belonging to Ethiopia's two largest ethnic groups, the Oromo and Amhara, killed at least 18 people late last week, local officials said on Monday, the latest outbreak of… 🡺 continue reading
- ‘Slaughtered like chickens’: Eritrea heavily involved in Tigray conflict, say eyewitnesses 2020-12-22 @ 6:10 Posted in: News THE GUARDIAN Global development is supported by Guardian staff Mon 21 Dec 2020 18.15 AEDT Conflict and arms 'Slaughtered like chickens': Eritrea heavily involved in Tigray conflict, say eyewitnesses Despite denials by Ethiopia, multiple reports confirm killings, looting and forcible… 🡺 continue reading
- Systemic discrimination against the Oromo people: Politicisation of an Oromo-English dictionary 2020-08-02 @ 12:43 Posted in: Afan Oromo, Culture, Research Curate Ethiopia Insights into Ethiopian Culture Dr. Tilahun Gamta 1st August 2020 Many Oromos wonder how I was able to write and publish The Oromo-English Dictionary (OED) in Ethiopia under Mengistu's regime, a regime that had been openly hostile to… 🡺 continue reading
- Family of slain Ethiopian singer mourns their ‘hero like a lion’ 2020-07-24 @ 19:27 Posted in: News WORLD NEWS JULY 23, 2020 Dawit Endeshaw AMBO, Ethiopia (Reuters) - The white stone house with a paved floor stands out in the Ethiopian town of Ambo, a poor region where homes are mostly constructed of wood and mud. But… 🡺 continue reading
- Hachalu Hundessa: ‘Eighty-one killed’ in protests over Ethiopian singer’s death 2020-07-02 @ 17:03 Posted in: News 1 July 2020 Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionHachalu's songs focused on the rights of the Oromo ethnic group At least 81 people have been killed in Ethiopia after the death of a popular singer sparked huge protests in the Oromia region, a… 🡺 continue reading
- At Least 52 Killed in Ethiopia Protests Over Singer’s Death 2020-07-01 @ 20:08 Posted in: News By Reuters July 1, 2020Updated 7:01 a.m. ET ADDIS ABABA — At least 50 people were killed in Ethiopia's Oromia region in protests following the fatal shooting of a popular singer, a regional spokesman said on Wednesday, laying bare splits… 🡺 continue reading
- Hachalu Hundessa: Deadly protests erupt after Ethiopian singer killed 2020-07-01 @ 2:37 Posted in: News 4 hours ago Image captionThe 34-year-old's songs focused on the rights of his Oromo people Seven people have died in Ethiopia in protests that followed the shooting dead of musician Hachalu Hundessa, well known for his political songs, medics have… 🡺 continue reading
- ETHIOPIA: “BEYOND LAW ENFORCEMENT”: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY ETHIOPIAN SECURITY FORCES IN AMHARA AND OROMIA 2020-06-01 @ 19:15 Posted in: Community, Human Rights RESEARCH ETHIOPIA: TORTURE AND OTHER ILL-TREATMENT 29 May 2020, Index number: AFR 25/2358/2020 The political reforms introduced in Ethiopia by the incumbent government in 2018 presented the country with an opportunity to break with its abysmal human rights record marred… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia: Security forces ‘must face justice for horrific human rights violations’ – New Report 2020-05-30 @ 9:57 Posted in: Human Rights, News Amnesty International UK Press releases 29 May 2020 10:8am At least 10,000 people were arbitrarily arrested and detained last year as part of the government's crackdown on armed attacks and violence in Oromia Region Forces have burned homes to the… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopian army gunned down man because his phone rang during meeting, Amnesty says 2020-05-30 @ 9:33 Posted in: News By Greg Norman | Fox News 29 May 2020 An Ethiopian soldier gunned down a 32-year-old businessman during a security crackdown last year because his phone went off during a public meeting, Amnesty International revealed Friday. The shocking killing was… 🡺 continue reading
- To Heal, Ethiopia Needs to Confront its Violent Past 2020-05-30 @ 8:16 Posted in: Editorial, Human Rights 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 Posted in: Community, Editorial 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
- ANALYSIS: THE ROLE OF THE QEERROO IN FUTURE OROMO POLITICS 2020-05-28 @ 17:56 Posted in: Community addisstandard / May 26, 2020 / https://addisstandard.com/analysis-the-role-of-the-qeerroo-in-future-oromo-politics/ “The Oromo protests had significant impact on local administrative structures, temporarily limiting the state's presence in every corner of the Oromia region.” BY TERJE ØSTEBØ @TOSTEBO Addis Abeba, May 26/2020 – The Qeerroo… 🡺 continue reading
- Why are Africa’s coronavirus successes being overlooked? 2020-05-26 @ 6:49 Posted in: Community Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/21/africa-coronavirus-successes-innovation-europe-us Afua Hirsch Examples of innovation aren't getting the fanfare they would do if they emerged from Europe or the US Thu 21 May 2020 16.00 AEST Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Dakar, Senegal, 15 May 2020: ‘Senegal… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia’s Delayed Polls Have More to Do With Democratic Retreat Than COVID-19 2020-05-23 @ 10:05 Posted in: Community Source: https://thewire.in/world/ethipia-elections-abiy-ahmed A delayed election could balkanise the country along ethnic lines and become the most severe political crisis in Ethiopia's modern history. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Photo: Reuters/Tiksa Negeri/Files Mulugeta G. Berhe WORLD 19/MAY/2020 The decision by Prime… 🡺 continue reading
- IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS: TOWARDS TIGRAY STATEHOOD? 2020-05-16 @ 20:14 Posted in: Community Source: https://addisstandard.com/in-depth-analysis-towards-tigray-statehood/ Debretsion G/Michael, President of Tigray Regional state, greeting a crowd of hundreds of thousands during the 45th founding anniversary of TPLF in Mekelle on February 11, 2020. KJETIL TRONVOLL @KJETILTRONVOLL Addis Abeba, May 14/2020 – The postponement of… 🡺 continue reading
- World Report 2020: Ethiopia | Human Rights Watch 2020-04-30 @ 15:46 Posted in: Community Source: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/ethiopia Itoophiyaa Events of 2019 Afaan Oromootiin Lakkaawwiin ummataa kan biyoolessaa wal-falmisiisaa garuu kan yeroon isaa darbe filannoo bara 2020 raawwachuuf karoorfameef haalan akka barbaachisu otoo beekamuu ji'a waxabajjii keessa paarlaamaan biyyattii lakkawwii ummataa kana dabarsuuf murteesseera. Riiformiin dhaabbilee… 🡺 continue reading
- Oromia: The Endless Colonial Conspiracy and Genocide Wars in Ethiopia 2020-04-15 @ 17:38 Posted in: Community By: Itana Gammada April 14, 2020 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
- Internet shutdowns ‘not justified’ in coronavirus outbreak 2020-03-22 @ 20:48 Posted in: Community MARCH 21, 2020 Rina Chandran, Emeline Wuilbercq BANGKOK / ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Internet shutdowns cannot be justified at a time when access to information is critical to containing the deadly coronavirus pandemic, human rights groups have warned.… 🡺 continue reading
- SPECIAL EDITION: FAILED POLITICS AND DECEPTION: BEHIND THE CRISIS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OROMIA 2020-03-21 @ 3:20 Posted in: Community Source: https://addisstandard.com/special-edition-failed-politics-and-deception-behind-the-crisis-in-western-and-southern-oromia/ BY ZECHARIAS ZELALEM @ZEKUZELALEM March 20/2020 – Dozens of unarmed civilians have been shot dead by Ethiopian army soldiers operating in the Qellem Wollega district of the Oromia State over the course of the past five weeks. Estimates… 🡺 continue reading
- OROMO QUESTION NEVER RETIRES WITHOUT RESPONSE 2020-03-20 @ 15:17 Posted in: Community Organized Oromo liberation movement started in the 60s because Habashaarulers that built Nafxanyaa colonial system refused to give attention to peacefully presented Oromo questions. African countries they had fallen with started to be free around the same time after 75… 🡺 continue reading
- Onslaught in Oromia: A hidden war threatens Ethiopia’s transition to democracy 2020-03-20 @ 14:32 Posted in: News Abiy Ahmed's crackdown in Oromia is bloody and lawless Source: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/03/19/a-hidden-war-threatens-ethiopias-transition-to-democracy Middle East and Africa Mar 19th 2020 edition NEKEMTE In the corner of a restaurant in Nekemte, a town in western Ethiopia, Fisaha Aberra unfolds a piece of paper… 🡺 continue reading
- Blood on the Nile is what’s coming if Egypt and Ethiopia continue their war of words over water 2020-03-10 @ 20:45 Posted in: Community THE INDEPENDENT Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/egypt-nile-war-water-ethiopia-clash-dam-trump-a9390271.html By Ahmed Aboudouh 10 March 2020 Blood on the Nile is what's coming if Egypt and Ethiopia continue their war of words over water: Donald Trump can actually help mediate the dispute before it escalates into… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia’s Abiy faces outcry over crackdown on rebels 2020-02-29 @ 11:01 Posted in: Linked News, News Source: https://www.france24.com/en/20200229-ethiopia-s-abiy-faces-outcry-over-crackdown-on-rebels Issued on: 29/02/2020 - 05:10Modified: 29/02/2020 - 05:08 Nekemte (Ethiopia) (AFP) Desta Garuma, a 27-year-old rickshaw driver, never showed much interest in politics, so his family has no idea how soldiers concluded he was involved in a rebel… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia: Vendor killed, musician injured after police attack opposition supporters in Oromia 2020-02-17 @ 19:25 Posted in: News 17 February 2020, 18:42 UTC Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/02/ethiopia-vendor-killed-musician-injured-after-police-attack-opposition-supporters-in-oromia/ Police in Ethiopia launched an attack on opposition party supporters in the Oromia Region on Saturday, killing one person and arresting and injuring scores more. Just hours after the date for Ethiopia's parliamentary… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia’s naive peacemaking could lead to war 2020-02-17 @ 16:59 Posted in: Linked News, News OPINION Ethiopia's naive peacemaking could lead to war by Michael Rubin | February 17, 2020 09:43 AM Source: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/ethiopias-naive-peacemaking-could-lead-to-war Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy is on a high. In October 2019, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded him the Nobel Peace… 🡺 continue reading
- Drivers of ethnic conflict in contemporary Ethiopia 2020-01-31 @ 18:13 Posted in: News ISS Drivers of ethnic conflict in contemporary Ethiopia Semir Yusuf Source: https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/mono-202-2.pdf Contents Executive summary .................................................................................v Introduction............................................................................................ 1 Conflict in Ethiopia today ...........................................................................3 Chapter 1Institutions shape ethnic relations and cause nationalist antagonisms...............5 Pre-1991 Ethiopia......................................................................................5 Post-1991 Ethiopia.....................................................................................6 Chapter 2 Era of… 🡺 continue reading
- Amnesty International: Ethiopian authorities crack down on opposition supporters with mass arrests 2020-01-28 @ 6:57 Posted in: News News: Ethiopia: Authorities crack down on opposition supporters with mass arrests 27 January 2020, 18:52 UTC Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/01/ethiopia-authorities-crack-down-on-opposition-supporters-with-mass-arrests/ Amnesty International has confirmed that at least 75 supporters of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) were arrested over the weekend from various… 🡺 continue reading
- Urgent call to UN and international community: Appeal to stop the killings of innocent civilians in Oromia/Ethiopia 2020-01-22 @ 6:43 Posted in: Community Urgent call to UN and international communityJanuary 20, 2020 To: The United Nations Security Council Office of the Ombudsperson Room DC2 2206 United Nations New York, NY 10017 United States of America Tel: +1 212 963 2671 E-mail: ombudsperson@un.org Subject:… 🡺 continue reading
- Nobel Peace Prize winner accused: Civilians are murdered and tortured 2020-01-11 @ 14:28 Posted in: Community Source: https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/nobel-peace-prize-winner-accused-civilians-are-murdered-and-tortured/ Publicerad 9 dec 2019 18.33 https://www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/hear-the-mursi-people-tell-of-torture-and-persecution-by-ethopian-military/ SOUTHERN OMO, ETHIOPIA Ethiopias Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed recieves the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow in Oslo. But at the same time the security forces of this year's Nobel Peace laureate are being… 🡺 continue reading
- Double Standards: Ethiopia Must Solve its Internal Displacement Crisis 2020-01-11 @ 10:56 Posted in: Community Source: The Global Post https://theglobepost.com/2020/01/09/ethiopia-idps-refugees/ by Nikita Taniparti January 9, 2020 in Opinion People gather for a food distribution at the Farbudo internally displaced person camp, in Gode, near Kebri Dahar, southeastern Ethiopia. Photo: Yonas Tadesse, AFP June 2019. The… 🡺 continue reading
- Oromo Communities’ Association of North America (OCA-NA) supports Qeerroo 2019-12-23 @ 17:12 Posted in: Community Oromo Communities' Association of North America 6212 3rd St NW, Washington, DC 20011 December 10, 2019 We, members of the Oromo Communities' Association of North America (OCA-NA), an umbrella organization of Oromo communities in the United States, strongly condemn the… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia’s Oromo celebrate festival in Addis amid tight security 2019-10-06 @ 9:35 Posted in: Culture, Linked News, News OCTOBER 5, 2019 / 9:46 PM ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopia's largest ethnic group celebrated in Addis Ababa on Saturday at the start of an annual thanksgiving festival which was marred by violence in 2016. Security… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia’s leader warns plotters following coup attempt 2019-07-02 @ 13:53 Posted in: Linked News, News Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/ethiopias-leader-warns-plotters-following-coup-attempt/2019/07/01/c2e1241a-9c18-11e9-83e3-45fded8e8d2e_story.html?utm_term=.fdcf50e44a61 By Elias Meseret | AP July 1 at 12:01 PM ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia's prime minister has issued a strong warning to anyone who would plot to topple his government, following a coup attempt in the country's northwestern Amhara… 🡺 continue reading
- Raise hue and cry: Oromo of Walloo are asking their relatives to raise hue and cry and hurry up for their rescue 2019-06-15 @ 16:25 Posted in: Community By Ibsaa Guutama 14 June 2019 The Amaaraa are pushing them to the corner and have started attacking them taking cover under federation. They are being heard saying, this is not your country, what are you doing among us get… 🡺 continue reading
- You Can’t Defeat Nationalism, So Stop Trying 2019-06-06 @ 4:54 Posted in: Community There are deep reasons that imagined communities will always be a powerful reality in international politics. BY STEPHEN M. WALT | JUNE 4, 2019, 10:12 AM Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/04/you-cant-defeat-nationalism-so-stop-trying/ Way back in 2011, I wrote a column for Foreign Policy on… 🡺 continue reading
- Misooma Oromiaf Lafaa fi Qabeenya Oromia Bilisoomsu 2019-04-18 @ 15:39 Posted in: Community Itana Gammada Ebla 18, 2019 Walbarsiisa Sabi tokko misoomuu fi duroomuun hafee yoo lafa, qabeenya fi dandeettii qabeenya sana gara misoomaa diinagdeetti masaku dandeessisu irratt too'annoo hin qabaanne itt fufee jiraachuu hin dandahu. Wanti karoorri misoomaa dhimma baasu gaafatu 1)… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia’s transition to democracy has hit a rough patch. It needs support from abroad 2019-04-09 @ 17:58 Posted in: Community Source: Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-horne-ethiopia-abiy-ahmed-democracy-20190408-story.html By FELIX HORNE APRIL 8, 2019 The ascent of Dr. Abiy Ahmed to the post of prime minster in Ethiopia a year ago was a rare positive story in a year filled with grim news… 🡺 continue reading
- A Response to Dr Zelalem Atlee’s attack on the Oromo 2018-11-16 @ 20:31 Posted in: Culture A Response to Dr Zelalem Atlee's attack on the Oromo: (http://abbaymedia.info/oromo-fundamentalism-the-septic-abortion-of-ethnic-politics-zelalem-attlee-md-mhcm-drph/) By Imiru Itana 16/11/2018 I wrote this article in response to Dr. Zelalem Atlee's statement posted on AbayMedia on 28 September 2018 as linked above. It is appalling to… 🡺 continue reading
- Article 39: Oromo Nationalism, Abyssinian Exceptionalism & Expectations Raised by Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s Premiership (Part II continued) 2018-07-26 @ 16:00 Posted in: Community Article 39: Oromo Nationalism, Abyssinian Exceptionalism & Expectations Raised by Dr. Abiy Ahmed's Premiership (Part II continued) Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 25 July 2018 Inclusion that excludes - a myth used to distort history As I have noted in the… 🡺 continue reading
- The Fall of the TPLF and the Realignment of Political Forces in Ethiopia 2018-06-07 @ 14:34 Posted in: Community Professor Guluma Gemeda 7 June 2018 Since the fall of the Dergin 1991, the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF), as organizer and leader of the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has dominated Ethiopian politics. The junior members of the… 🡺 continue reading
- U.S. House of Representatives passes a far-reaching resolution: Will the TPLF regime care to listen? 2018-04-13 @ 1:18 Posted in: News Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/128/text H. Res. 128 In the House of Representatives, U. S., April 10, 2018. Whereas the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has been an important partner of the United States and a regional leader in promoting economic growth, global… 🡺 continue reading
- The Oromo struggle versus OPDO’s blindness toward Oromo history 2018-01-28 @ 13:12 Posted in: Community By Leenjiso Horo January 28, 2018 This article is in reference to Lamma Magarsa's speech in Bahir Dar conference held between OPDO and ANDM on November 4, 2017. Lamma Magarsa, the former intelligence operative and the spy ring leader in… 🡺 continue reading
- Deciphering Lemma Megersa’s Speech in Bahr Dar 2017-11-16 @ 17:54 Posted in: Community By Caala Ibsa Oromo 15 November 2017 In the middle of mass protests and deepening crisis in Oromia, Lemma Megersa, president of the Oromia regional state, traveled to Bahr Dar, on November 4, 2017, with elders and Oromo People Democratic… 🡺 continue reading
- Let the Oromo Protests Continue 2017-10-26 @ 14:08 Posted in: Community October 15, 2017 Let the Oromo Protests Continue http://www.gettyimages.co.nz/detail/news-photo/people-protest-against-the-ethiopian-government-during-news-photo/856254358#people-protest-against-the-ethiopian-government-during-irreecha-the-picture-id856254358 by Caala Ibsa Oromo After the state of emergency, imposed on October 9, 2016, had tried to stifle it unsuccessfully, the Oromo mass protest of the TPLF-dominated Ethiopian regime has erupted… 🡺 continue reading
- A Must Listen: OLF Chairman Galasa Dilbo’s speech on Oromo Martyrs Day 15th April 2017 2017-04-20 @ 4:19 Posted in: Community To Listen Visit HARSADII MEDIA: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid+207464579746601&id=17935474255785 🡺 continue reading
- History – Alkaline to neutralize conflicts or an element to catalyze them? The recent ESAT interview with Dr. Larebo 2017-03-15 @ 16:15 Posted in: Community By: Bayisa Wak-Woya wakwoya2016@gmail.com Geneva, 20th February, 2017 PART – I From the outset: The recent ESAT interview with Dr. Larebo encouraged me to write this note, something which I was thinking of doing for some years now. Although I… 🡺 continue reading
- Oromo Human Rights Campaigner Seena Jimjimo Testifies at US Congress Hearing 2017-03-14 @ 19:20 Posted in: External, Human Rights, Report, ⏭ Source: https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-democracy-threat-ethiopia/ To watch visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoE0ldEhM8I 🡺 continue reading
- The matter of Oromo Liberation –II–Dhimma Bilisummaa Oromoo 2017-02-26 @ 13:48 Posted in: Human Rights By Ibsaa Guutama February 2017 The matter of Oromo Liberation Seriousness of the Oromo in demanding for their independence has started to be felt by all that have interest in and hatred for independent Oromia. As a result, scared internal… 🡺 continue reading
- Oromia’s moment of truth: The Greatest Oromo generation and the Oromia Flag 2017-02-04 @ 11:37 Posted in: Community, Human Rights By Leenjiso Horo, February 2017 Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it. —Frantz Fanon The Greatest Oromo Generation of 1960s The great Oromo generation of 1960s chose to fulfil its mission. Its… 🡺 continue reading
- The Tigrayan fascist regime’s genocidal war against the Oromo people 2017-01-03 @ 19:46 Posted in: Human Rights By Leenjiso Horo, January 2017 The Tigrayan fascist regime has undertaken open and hidden total genocidal war against the Oromo men, women, and children. It has been carrying out systematic, methodical, pre-planned, and centrally-organized genocidal mass massacre against the Oromo… 🡺 continue reading
- A PROPOSAL ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF OROMO SUPPORT 2016-12-29 @ 6:57 Posted in: Community A PROPOSAL ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF OROMO SUPPORT By: Koree Tokkummaa 29 December 2016 Over three months ago, a lady came up with an initiative on "#Oromo Protests Support Group" to go beyond mere exchange of information and urged the… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethnic tensions could see Ethiopia descending into civil war: State of emergency restores calm but fissures remain in fragile federation 2016-12-09 @ 17:54 Posted in: Community Source: The Irish Times http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/ethnic-tensions-could-see-ethiopia-descending-into-civil-war-1.2898411 James Jeffrey in Addis Ababa No longer are bands of young men marauding on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, trying to set fire to foreign-owned factories. Nearly two months into Ethiopia's six-month… 🡺 continue reading
- OLF announces the election of Galasa Dilbo as its leader 2016-12-08 @ 14:28 Posted in: News OLF announces the election of Galasa Dilbo as Chairman and Mulugeta Mosisa as Deputy Chairman Source: www.oromoliberationfront.net Read the whole statement below. 06.12.2016 At this critical juncture the Oromo people are facing ethnic cleansing and genocide. By declaring state of… 🡺 continue reading
- The campaign to establish Transitional Government of Ethiopia as a sham scheme 2016-11-07 @ 20:49 Posted in: Community By Leenjiso Horo October 2016 Today, there is a campaign by the ODF, OFC, Blue Party, Medred, Vision-Ethiopia and other organizations for the formation of “transitional government” of Ethiopia that includes the fascist TPLF. This “transitional government” is a coalition… 🡺 continue reading
- OSA: Expression of Strong Opposition to the Candidacy of Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Ethiopian Foreign Minister, to Lead the World Health Organization 2016-11-07 @ 20:23 Posted in: Human Rights October 30, 2016 Dr. Margaret Chan Executive Director, Office of the Director General, World Health Organization (WHO) From: Oromo Studies Association (OSA) Re: Expression of Strong Opposition to the Candidacy of Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Ethiopian Foreign Minister, to Lead the… 🡺 continue reading
- Legal Analysis of Ethiopia’s State of Emergency 2016-11-01 @ 20:45 Posted in: Human Rights HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/10/30/legal-analysis-ethiopias-state-emergency OCTOBER 30, 2016 11:00PM EDT Summary On October 9, 2016, the Ethiopian government announced a country-wide six-month state of emergency. This followed a year of widespread protests against government policies that state security forces violently… 🡺 continue reading
- That Fateful Day, October 18, 1986||Guyyaattii Bala’amtuu Sana, Onkololessa 18, 1986 2016-10-15 @ 5:27 Posted in: Human Rights By Ibsaa GuutamaOctober 2016 Source:http://www.gubirmans.com/Guyyaattii%20Bala%E2%80%99amtuu%20Sana.html It was Birraa season in Oromia. It all happened in Maa'ikalaawii (Central) Investigation center in Northern Finfinnee. One morning hour, some prisoners were busting in the morning sunshine behind a building where prisoners meet their… 🡺 continue reading
- Joint OLF and ULFO Statement on Ethiopian Regime’s Mass Murder at the Ireechaa Festival 2016 2016-10-04 @ 18:08 Posted in: Human Rights Press Release October 2, 2016 www.oromoliberationfront.net www.ulfo.org 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia fire kills 23 at prison ‘holding Oromo protesters’ 2016-09-07 @ 16:53 Posted in: News BBC NEWS At least 23 inmates have died after a fire at an Ethiopian prison where anti-government protesters are reportedly being held, the government has said. Source:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37274883 A government statement says 21 died of suffocation after a stampede while two… 🡺 continue reading
- No Emergency Trust Fund money goes to Ethiopian government, Commission stresses 2016-09-07 @ 16:26 Posted in: News No monies from the EU's flagship Emergency Trust Fund (ETF) for Africa goes to the Ethiopian government or its agencies, the Commission stressed yesterday (6 September), as human rights groups say more than 400 people have been killed in clashes… 🡺 continue reading
- TRT WORLD Ethiopia’s Oromo Protesters 2016-09-03 @ 17:00 Posted in: Human Rights WATCH: http://www.ahadutube.com/trt-world-ethiopias-oromo-protesters_5d589507e.html 🡺 continue reading
- Afaan Oromoo Spell Checker 2016-09-03 @ 0:48 Posted in: Culture, News Oromia Today welcomes the recently announced development and release of Afaan Oromo Spell Checker by East African Media Corp. Oromia Today understands that the spell checker is developed by joint working between Oromo language experts and software programmers. The Afaan… 🡺 continue reading
- IBSA EJJENNOO GUMII TOKKUMMAA ABBOOTII GADAA OROMOO 2016-09-02 @ 11:20 Posted in: News IBSA EJJENNOO GUMII TOKKUMMAA ABBOOTII GADAA OROMOO WALTAJJII MARII ABBOOTII GADAA GODINOOTA OROMIYAA MARA IRRAA WALITTI DHUFAN MARII GUYYAA SADIIF (HAGAYYA 24- 26/2008 A.L.H) GAGGEEFFAME BAKKA: HOTEELA RIZORTII SOODAREE Nuti Abbootiin Gadaa Oromoo rakkoolee hawaasummaa, dinagdee fi siyaasaa hiikuuf mootummaa… 🡺 continue reading
- Dhudhaa Malbulcha Oromoo fi Sodaa Halagaa Hambisuu 2016-09-02 @ 11:12 Posted in: Community Ibsaa Guutama Oromoon ummata guddaa beekamaa akka hin beekamne godhamee. Shira fi hacuuccaa gad isaan qabuuf godhame jalaa, tattaaffannaa ofiin ol ka'uu eegalani. Kanneen gargaarsa galtuu Oromoon barabaraan gad qabanii hambisuu barbaadan, jara humnaa fi qabeenya saanii tola bolqanii fi… 🡺 continue reading
- Oromo Political Tradition and Ending Aliens Fears 2016-09-02 @ 10:08 Posted in: Community By Ibsaa Guutama Oromo are a known big people made unknown. They started rising by their own effort despite several machinations and suppressions to keep them down. They were those that had been freely exploiting their labor and resources and… 🡺 continue reading
- The Question: Can the Olympics ever be apolitical? 2016-08-28 @ 5:38 Posted in: Human Rights Feyisa Lilesa's solidarity sign to Ethopians is the latest political act at a games By Davin O'Dwyer Source: THE IRISH TIMES On the final day of the Rio Olympics, as the Ethiopian runner Feyisa Lilesa crossed the finishing line in… 🡺 continue reading
- The Bravest Olympian in Rio — Ethiopia’s Feyisa Lilesa Risks Death But Speaks Out About Killings of Oromo Protesters in Ethiopia After Earning Olympic Silver in Marathon 2016-08-22 @ 18:57 Posted in: Community, Culture, Human Rights, News Media coverage of Olympian Feyisa Lilesa's taking stand: MUST WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhjdE9AJtxo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdRNuEaYWJA The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/world/africa/feyisa-lilesa-ethiopia-olympic-marathon-protest.html?_r=0 The Times:Ethiopia Says Olympic Runner Feyisa Lilesa Will Get Hero's Welcome Despite Defiance http://time.com/4461354/ethiopia-olympic-runner-feyisa-lilesa/ BBC - read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37150673 Letsrun.com: The Bravest… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopian runner makes protest sign as he crosses line in Rio 2016-08-22 @ 16:27 Posted in: News 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… 🡺 continue reading
- The Atse v. Gadaa Tradition: Contradictory Governing Principles in Ethiopian Politics 2016-08-18 @ 2:48 Posted in: Community 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… 🡺 continue reading
- ‘A Generation Is Protesting’ in Ethiopia, Long a U.S. Ally 2016-08-13 @ 12:59 Posted in: Community 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… 🡺 continue reading
- UN demands Ethiopia admit observers amid reports dozens killed in protests 2016-08-12 @ 18:31 Posted in: Community 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… 🡺 continue reading
- Oromo protests: Why US must stop enabling Ethiopia 2016-08-10 @ 16:18 Posted in: Community 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… 🡺 continue reading
- Dozens killed as police use excessive force against peaceful protesters in Ethiopia 2016-08-09 @ 17:28 Posted in: Human Rights 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… 🡺 continue reading
- THE OLF MOURNS THE PASSING OF TARFA DIBABA 2016-08-05 @ 15:56 Posted in: Community, Tribute, ⏭ 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… 🡺 continue reading
- The passing of great Oromo nationalist Tarfa Dibaba 2016-08-02 @ 13:13 Posted in: Community 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… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia and Eritrea in Tigray Tigrinys’ context 2016-07-20 @ 9:58 Posted in: Community 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… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia: Protest Crackdown Killed Hundreds: Free Wrongly Held Detainees, Independent Inquiry Needed. By Human Rights Watch 15 June 2016 2016-07-14 @ 8:43 Posted in: Human Rights “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 🡺 continue reading
- A Historic Mass Uprising in Oromia 2016-07-14 @ 2:05 Posted in: Community 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… 🡺 continue reading
- “Let No External Pressure Force You to Back from Fulfilling Your Responsibilities to Your People” 2016-04-24 @ 1:00 Posted in: Community 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… 🡺 continue reading
- News in Pictures – Recent protests in Oromia and worldwide 2016-02-28 @ 14:41 Posted in: Human Rights, News, Report 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… 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia’s Invisible Crisis 2016-01-24 @ 12:56 Posted in: Human Rights, News, Report 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… 🡺 continue reading
- EU parliament adopts resolution on Ethiopia 2016-01-22 @ 8:49 Posted in: External, Human Rights, News, ⏭ The debate on the situation in Oormia & Ethiopia in the EU parliament and the resolution adopted on 21 January 2016 . Watch: 🡺 continue reading
- Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism Law: A Tool to Stifle Dissent – A Legal Analysis by International Lawyers 2016-01-21 @ 22:04 Posted in: Human Rights, News, Report, Research January 21, 2016 ---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE---Media Contact: Anuradha Mittal, Oakland InstituteLewis Gordon, Environmental Defender Law CenterOakland, 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… 🡺 continue reading
- Will EU ever sanction Ethiopia? 2016-01-21 @ 13:47 Posted in: Report Alarmed by the TPLF's vicious brutality against the people of Oromia, European Parliament conducted unprecedented 28 member states emergency debate on situation in Ethiopia, summoned the Ethiopian foreign minister to Brussels, and issued, yet again its latest resolution (Full Document… 🡺 continue reading