By Leenjiso Horo January 4, 2018 Since 2014, the Oromo popular peaceful method of resistance has been building momentum against the fascist Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) regime in the guise of Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). The Oromo are taking collective actions of mass revolutionary struggle against the illegal occupation. Unable to stop…
By Caala Ibsa Oromo 1 January 2018 The current political situation in Ethiopia and statements issued by government officials and ruling party leaders are bewildering. Witnessing the widespread anti-government protests and the emboldened posture of the Oromo youth (Qeerroo) movement, many observers believe that the downfall of the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) government,…
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 Organization (OPDO) leadership team to deliver a reconciliatory speech on the relationship between the Amhara…
By Ibsaa Guutama 4 November 2017 Oromia has been ruled by colonial agents sent from Finfinnee since its occupation. The Oromo people had been struggling to end this situation for over a century. An agent of the colonizer called OPDO was created in 1991 with Oromo label to counter the only political organization Oromo had,…
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 again on October 11, 2017. It is obvious that earlier protests were triggered by the…
A Pledge to Struggle for Oromo National Sovereignty By Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 30 September 2017 Introduction In Part II of this article I have described the trauma and anger caused by the October 2, 2016 massacre and discussed the manner with which the Oromo society has responded to the situation. In this third part…
28 September 2017 The Oromo Resolve to Fight the Trauma of State Terrorism By Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor Although the Oromo have been exposed to series of violent acts perpetrated against them by the Ethiopian security during the past twenty-six years, the Irreecha massacre of October 2, 2016 stands out as one of the most…
25 September 2017 October 2 Will Signify State Terrorism Against the Oromo in Ethiopia By Mekuria Bulcha, Professor Introduction In Oromo history 2016 was one of the darkest years. Sequences of traumatic events followed each other from day to day, week to week and month to month as the Oromo uprising which had started in…
Defying a Tradition that Demonizes Our Identity, Our Language and Alphabet 18 September 2017 By Mekuria Bulcha, Professor Introduction In the first part of this article which was published on websites on July 15, 2017, I have described briefly the humble beginning of Oromo literacy and the repression with which it had been treated by…
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Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of OSA Board of Directors and its Executive Committee, I want to welcome you all to this evening’s events. It is with a great sense of satisfaction that I stand before you to open the 31st Annual OSA conference. The first time I came to Washington was 33 years ago…
Part I By Mekuria Bulcha, Professor The qubee [the Oromo alphabet], in providing an instrumental means to modern communication, has itself become highly symbolic of the legitimacy and authority of Oromo in the modern learning environment. Juxtaposed with the odaa tree [it], is a resonant symbol of the Oromo polity asserting the unity of all…
By Ibsaa Guutama 25 June 2017 Qubee is Oromo national treasure and pride. It belongs to no group in particular except the Oromo nation. It costed so many lives and involve so many to reach here. Therefore let us make a call to Oromo of all walks of life, from independent or dependent camps, to…
By: Bayisa Wak-Woya 15 May, 2017 Fellow Oromos, With this personal letter of plea, I am addressing you all, wherever you are, requesting your undivided attention. I already sent similar plea note to ALL Oromo political organizations and political activists sharing with them my views on the need to intervene and stop the ongoing war…
Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 25/04/2017 In the first part of this article which was published on March 28, 2017 by Oromia Today and other Oromo websites, I critically assessed the conditions under which the Oromo and the various conquered peoples in southern Ethiopia had participated in the famous Battle of Adwa. I discussed the Abyssinian…
