A Must Listen: OLF Chairman Galasa Dilbo's speech on Oromo Martyrs Day 15th April 2017
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Adwa and Abyssinia’s Participation in the Scramble for Africa: Has that Relevance to the Ongoing Oromo protests?
Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 28 March 2017 Whenever an Oromo scholar or politician mentions Menelik or his conquest of Oromia, the scathing criticism that meets him or her is that history is irrelevant for the current crisis. They are often advised to stop looking backwards and to focus on the future. Meanwhile, the irony is…
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History - Alkaline to neutralize conflicts or an element to catalyze them? The recent ESAT interview with Dr. Larebo
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 am disappointed with both the form and content of the interview, I found it a…
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Oromo Human Rights Campaigner Seena Jimjimo Testifies at US Congress Hearing
Source: https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-democracy-threat-ethiopia/ To watch visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoE0ldEhM8I
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'It's life and death': how the growth of Addis Ababa has sparked ethnic tensions
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 everything for the Oromo. It…
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The matter of Oromo Liberation --II--Dhimma Bilisummaa Oromoo
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 and external forces are rushing to extinguish the fire of freedom. For them independent Oromia…
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Oromia’s moment of truth: The Greatest Oromo generation and the Oromia Flag
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 mission has been and still is the liberation of Oromia. It rejected any political line…
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The Tigrayan fascist regime’s genocidal war against the Oromo people
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 men, women and children. Our people have been and are facing the cruelest and barbarous…
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A PROPOSAL ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF OROMO SUPPORT
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 participants to organize a teleconference for a deliberation on what concrete measures need to be…
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Ethnic tensions could see Ethiopia descending into civil war: State of emergency restores calm but fissures remain in fragile federation
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 state of emergency, it appears to be having the desired effect: protests rocking its two…
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OLF announces the election of Galasa Dilbo as its leader
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 emergency, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) regime has authorized full-scale state terrorism, arbitrary mass…
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The campaign to establish Transitional Government of Ethiopia as a sham scheme
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 of Amhara nafxanyas, Oromo neo-gobanas, Tigrayan fascists, and other self-interested, power hungry, anti-liberation renegade forces…
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OSA: Expression of Strong Opposition to the Candidacy of Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Ethiopian Foreign Minister, to Lead the World Health Organization
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 World Health Organization Dear Dr. Chan, On behalf of the Oromo Studies Association[1] Board of…
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Legal Analysis of Ethiopia’s State of Emergency
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 suppressed, killing hundreds of people and detaining tens of thousands. [1] Protesters also committed a…
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That Fateful Day, October 18, 1986||Guyyaattii Bala’amtuu Sana, Onkololessa 18, 1986
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 relative by appointment. The north side of the building had window like openings, where family…
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Joint OLF and ULFO Statement on Ethiopian Regime's Mass Murder at the Ireechaa Festival 2016
Press Release October 2, 2016 www.oromoliberationfront.net www.ulfo.org