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Heeraa fi seera ofii itti hin bulleen kakachuun aadaa abbaa-irrootaa ti
Heera ABO keessatti Aangoo 30.2 jalatti sirritti akka mul'atutti Koreen Seeraaf Toohannoo (KST) "Heera fi Seeronni miseensota, qondaalotaa fi hoogganoota Dhaabaa hundaan hojii irra oolfamuu fi kabajamuu tiksa." Akkasuma aangoo 30.4 jalatti heerri keenya: "Himannoo fi iyyannoo miseensonni fi qaamonni dhaabaa murtii seeraa fi sirnaa irratti qabaatan fi sirnaan dhiheeffatan fuudhee ilaala. Murtii seeraa itti kenna" jedha. DabaleesAkkasuma angoo 30.5 jalatti, "Dhimma seeraa irratti, GS giddutti murtii seeraa kan kennu qaama kana waan taheef murtiin KST dabarsu hundaan kabajamaa dha" jedha. Hundaan kabajama jedhe malee akka jaleewwan ShG jechuu yaalan HD ykn ShG "haala muddaa" keessatti murtii GS ykn KST diduu ni danda'a kan jedhu tasa hin jiru. Kuni aangoo heeraa osoo hin taane aangoo abbaa-irrummaa ti.
We March for Oromia....Republican National Convention 2008
Labor Day 2008 in Minnesota was a Historical Day for Oromos. As most of you know the Republican National Convention is being held in the ...
HUMAN RIGHT SITUATIONS IN FLOWER FARMS IN ETHIOPIA
By Tamiru L. Obole (Finfinnee) - ManaBuna contributorMore than 60 flower farms operate in Ethiopia today. More than half of them are owned and run ...
US Suspends African Refugee Program After Discovering Fraud
By David Gollust State Department20 August 2008 The State Department said Wednesday that a U.S. family-reunification program for African refugees has been suspended after DNA testing ...
Olympics: Dibaba claims 5000m gold for historic double
BEIJING - Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba produced another astonishingly fast final lap to win the women's 5000m gold at the Beijing Olympics on Friday for the ...Tirunesh Dibaba earns Ethiopia 1st gold at Beijing Olympics
Tirunesh Dibaba won Ethiopia the first gold medal on Friday evening at the Beijing Olympics, creating a new Olympic record in 29 minutes and 54.66 ...Guyyo Gollichoo and other two SBO/VOL journalists have been kicked out..
* Yonatan Dhiphissa and others have been attacked......The Problem of Oromo Struggle - By Waamicha Sikkoo Mandoo
Internal in its sense of “within Ethiopia” and “within Oromo” and external in sense of the influence of international politics on our struggle. Why is it that when almost all nations of Africa ,Asia ,and Latin America have got rid of their colonizers, we Oromos are still under Abyssinian colonialist? Surely the British Empire was much stronger than Abyssinia yesterday or today, but many nations of Asia and Africa have, along a go, thrown the yoke of colonialism off their shoulders. Without any doubt, Russia, even as it stands today, is much stronger than both the Amhara and Tigriyan dynasties lumped together. But chechniyans have heroically confronted the Russians and have beaten them. Russians are superior to the Chechniyans not only militarily ,technologically,but by their sheer number too. The Russian population of about 300 million, is many hundred folds than that of the chechniyans,still the chechniyans determined to be free, have done miracle. They have defeated the superior Russians and have obtained their freedom. ...
Press Release: Sagaleen Bilisummaa Ummata Oromoo (Voice of the Oromo People)
Sagaleen Bilisummaa Ummata Oromoo (Voice of the Oromo People) sagantaa Afaan Oromootin biyyaa fi naannoo Oromiyaatti dabarsu Dilbata, Hagayya 17, 2008 eegala. SBUO (VOP) torbaanitti ...The Asmara Group schism should not divide the Oromo people
The Asmara Group, which is dishonestly continuing to call itself the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), has been split into two albeit to advance the programmes of the enemies of the Oromo struggle. Both factions of the Asmara Group openly pledge allegiance to Ethiopia rather than Oromia. Their allegiance to Ethiopia has been further symbolized by their repeated waving of the Ethiopian flag at meetings and public rallies in London, Washington DC and elsewhere. The OLF stands for independent Oromia not Ethiopia. Thus, we would like to reiterate once again that the factions of the Asmara Group cannot call themselves the OLF...
A cry for prudence, courage and wisdom to Oromos and Oromo leaders to solve the Current impasse - Marga Abba Dame
Many of us, when we evaluate the performance of the OLF leaders, especially after the 1991 involvement in the transitional government and subsequent withdrawal, tend to forget the contribution of these leaders to the growth of Oromo nationalism. Despite the current air of dissatisfaction, we have to remind ourselves the sacrifices these leaders have made. Truly, many of them have given up their own personal life to the struggle. These guys would have liked to have children of their own. Yet many of them have went into their 50s and even 60s without having one. These guys would have liked to have a villa of their own and cherished their times with their beloved ones, as majority of us are doing these in the countryside or in Diaspora. Instead, they chose to be homeless and fly from one place to another when forced by circumstances. These guys would have liked to roam from one university to another to have more degrees and enjoy the life intelligentsia. Instead they preferred to carry books in the jungle to have a glance at it if a rare of chance come to them. These guys would have liked to drive the best cars that our time can offer. Yet many of them preferred to walk in the jungle and deserts barefoot. These guys would have liked to be businessmen, and enjoyed the comfort of luxury hotels and restaurants. Yet they left all these comfort that most of us are enjoying. These guys would have liked to comfort their own parents, uncles, aunts, nieces, and their relatives by sending money from outside. Instead they chose the life of suffering and personal destitution to liberate us from the tyranny of our rulers. Many of them chose to be martyrs in the hands of their enemy while others committed suicide rather than falling in the hands of an enemy. To our surprise, these guys are more capable than most of us to be able to achieve all the comfort of life....
HANDLING ETHNICITY IN THE ETHIOPIAN MEDIA - By Tamiru L. Obole
Tamiru L. Obole This article wishes to present the possible ways that Ethiopian journalists handle ethnicity in coverage and newsrooms. The article has been ...
Statement of OLF Executive Committee on Unconstitutional Activities and Conspiracies Against the OLF
The Executive Committee (EC) of the OLF conducted an emergency meeting to deliberate on the current internal anarchic and anti organizational activities and passed the ...
An Ethiopian politician on the stump in Minnesota
By Douglas McGill , TC Daily Planet August 05, 2008When Bulcha Demeksa, an opposition member of the Ethiopian Parliament, feels compelled to denounce the Ethiopian ...Listen to Bayan Asooba and Leenco Baatii on VOA
Listen to Bayan Asooba and Leenco Baatii on VOA...Isaias Afeworki refused request from Mr. Dawud Ibsa to arrest General Kamal Galchu
Isaias Afeworki’s regime refused a request from Mr. Dawud Ibsaa to arrest Brig. General Kemal Gelchi, reliable sources told EMF. The change with in OLF is a great opportunity to the newly formed OLF leadership to score diplomatic and political victory. ...
Back breaking News for our enemies
This just in A shakeup from within General Kamaal Galchuu did it again Pulled another upset to our enemies disdain The breaking news brought so much pain Upon our foes who hoped to get some gain........
Successful Takeover of the OLF
Minneaplis, Aug 2, 2008 - The former Ethiopian military generals, Kamal Galchu and Hailu Gonfa, together with Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) inside and outside Oromia, have made successful takeover of the leadership of OLF led by Dawud Ibsa. The generals were joined with all of their reporting OLA commanders and some members of the executive committee of the OLF. This includes Lencho Lata and Dima Nagawo, former OLF deputy general secretaries and other high ranking OLF executive committee, including, Licho Bukra, Hassen Hussein, Lenco Baati and Yonatan Dhiphisa....
BREAKING NEWS: J/Lichoo Bukraa The OLF executive committe has resigned from ShG ABO
Nagaan haa dursuu! Rakkinni dhaaba teenna ABO keessatti mudataa jiru sadarkaa ulfaataa dhaqqabuun ni beekama. Rakkinnootni kun kanneen yeroo dheeraaf keessattu nu hooggana olii jidduutti deemaa turee fi laakkuma buluun bifaa fi akkaataa gara garaa qabataa dhufuun hundaaf ni yaadatama. Rakkina dhaaba keessatti hoogganaa fi miseensota addaan baasuutti dabalee gurmuu tokkummaa ummata bal'aa Oromoo haphisu mudate kanneeniif, walgahiin GS ABO gara walakkeessaa baatii 3ffaa 2008 Dubarbwa-Asmaraa, Ertiriyaatti geeggeffame murtii, tarkaanfii fi (ykn) araara eegamu osoo hin godhin addaan ka'uu mudate ture. Tessumni GS sun furmaata humaatu akka hin fidin fi rakkinnii dhaabichaa kanaafu qaama olaanaa dhaabaa sanaan akka guduunfaa humaatu hin argatin walgahii sanarratti fi walgahii ShG itti aanee taa'e irratti yaada kiyyaa akka nama tokkootti ibsachaa ture. Inumaa Walgahiin GS sun ka'umsa diigamiinsa dhaabichaaf bu'ura akka ta'eetti hubadha. ...
OLF Shakeup: Interview w/ B.G. Kemal Gelchu
The entire executive committee of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has been relieved of its duties and replaced with a provisional executive council today. >> Majority of the OLF national council members has passed a vote of "No Confidence" on the executive committee in order take the organization out of the current paralysis and stagnation due to an irreconcilable disagreement inside the executive committee. >>...
Feeding Africa: Key Is Better Farms, Not Food Aid
(AP) Hussein Ibrahim walked solemnly past tidy rows of bright green cabbages, vines bursting with tomatoes and trees weighed down with plump avocados. This modern, thriving farm _ a rarity in drought-ravaged Ethiopia _ filled Hussein with envy. Like so many other farmers across the Horn of Africa, he has no hope for his own crops this year....
Ethiopia slams Swiss charity over Ogaden pull-out
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopian officials have accused a medical charity of spreading hearsay after it halted activities in a remote region bordering Somalia citing repeated obstructions, intimidation and arrests. The Swiss section of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) pulled out of the Fiiq area this week, saying it was unable to help locals caught in a conflict between the Ethiopian army and separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels ...Health Crisis Deepening in Ethiopia
The World Health Organization says worsening malnutrition and the threat of disease outbreaks are compounding Ethiopia's humanitarian crisis. The WHO is launching a $25 million appeal to provide urgently needed health assistance to tens of thousands of people at risk. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from WHO headquarters in Geneva....
Tokkummaan Barattoota Oromoo Awuroppaa ,dameen Beeljiyeem(TBOAB) hiriira nagaa qopheesse milkiin xumure
Waxxabajjii 30,2008 Hiriirri nagaa Tokkummaa Barattoota Oromoo Awuroppaa damee Beljiyeemin Teessoo Gamtaa Awuroppaa kan taate Bruselsitti qopheesse milkiin xumurameera.Oromonni fi jaalattootni Oromoo dhiha Awuroppaa ...
OROMOS IN EUROPE CALL FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF
Brussels, 27 June 2008 – On Monday 30 June 2008, over one hundred members of the Oromo diasporafrom across Europe will gather in the Place ...
Ethiopia in Food Crisis Once More
Recent crop failures, drought conditions and the current high price of food have plunged Ethiopia into another food crisis, reminiscent of the famines of 1984-85 ...
The Oromo Youth Leadership Conference (OYLC) 2008
The Oromo Youth Leadership Conference (OYLC) 2008For two consecutive summers starting from 2006, Oromo youth from around the world have been gathering with fellow Oromo ...
'Everyone's starving' in Ethiopia, aid worker says
SHASHAMANE, Ethiopia (AP) -- Like so many other victims of Ethiopia's hunger crisis, Usheto Beriso weighs just half what he should. He is always cold ...
Ethiopian commander killed in Somalia
Top commander of Ethiopian forces in Somalia has been gunned down by unidentified insurgents in the war-torn country's capital Mogadishu. The Ethiopian leader was shot ...
IOYA condemns Massacre of the Oromos in Western Oromia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 30, 2008IOYA condemns Massacre of the Oromos in Western OromiaAudio from VOA: May 26 | May 27 | May 28 Continuing its Nazi style ...
Conference Held in London on the 24th of May 2008
A conference organised by the Union of Oromo Students (USO) in the UK on 24th of May, 2008 has been successfully completed. Mr. Abagero, current ...
Armed Gumuz croosed over Oromia and massacared civilians
May 23, 2008 (ADDIS ABABA) — Ethnic clashes erupted in Ethiopia between the neighboring Gumuz and Oromo leaving hundreds killed and thousands displaced in Eastern ...
Minibus blast rocks Ethiopian capital
ADDIS ABABA, May 20 - An explosion on a minibus shook central Addis Ababa on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding nine, Ethiopian police said.All ...
Aid Agencies Say Thousands of Ethiopians Facing Starvation
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says it is taking swift action to help an estimated 40,000 Ethiopians facing starvation. The ...
Clean sweep for Ethiopian party - OFDM claims low turnout
Ethiopia's ruling party has won all but a handful of local council and parliamentary seats following an opposition boycott of the April poll. The EPRDF ...U.S. attacks Somalia, killed at least 30 people
(CNN) -- A U.S. attack on a house in central Somalia killed at least 30 people, including the military leader of an Islamic militant group ...
Comment on a book written about Oromo
From our e-mail bag:"I recently received an e-mail from friends in Ethiopia. There is a book written by Prof. Getachew Haile about oromos. Two oromo ...Ethiopia severs ties with Qatar
"Qatar's attempts to destabilise the sub-region and its hostility towards Ethiopia itself". ...Ethiopians vote amid tight security
Three people were killed and 18 wounded when simultaneous bomb blasts went off at two petrol stations on April 14, a day after the first day of voting in the country's first elections since the disputed 2005 general polls...At least 12 dead in Kenya cattle raid
NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed in Kenya's arid north when police fought cattle rustlers believed to have crossed the border from ...Ethiopia blames rebels for blasts that killed 3
Bereket Simon, special adviser to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, blamed the attacks on separatist rebels. "The early stages of our investigation indicate that organisations like the Ogaden National Liberation Front and the Oromo Liberation Front, who are organised and financed by the Eritrean government, are responsible," he told Reuters....Joint Statement by Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Sidama Liberation Front (SLF)
Joint Statement by Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Sidama Liberation Front (SLF)OnThe Wayane/TPLF Instigated Clashes between the Oromo and the Sidama PeoplesOnce again the EPRDF/TPLF ...IOYA: “Second March on Washington” was a success
On March 31, 2008, members of International Oromo Youth Association once again marched to the capital to remind the US government, the international community and the American ...Famine in Oromia: the dry season is not the only culprit
Apr 05, 2008 Statement of the Oromo Liberation FrontThe Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) is prompted to issue this statement in response to the statement by ...Ethiopia in Serious Economic Depression
While teetering on the verge of collapse, the TPLF regime has dragged down Ethiopia into a grave economic crisis. As can be recalled, the TPLF ...U.S. embassy says it has prepared visa for Ethiopian students
Enbilta – Amharic weekly (April 4) reported that U.S embassy announced that it has prepared visa for Ethiopians interested to study in the U.S. In ...10 Ethiopians killed in Somali blast
PressTV | Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:03:58 Enraged Ethiopians open fire at Somali civilians following a massive explosion in the south of Mogadishu which killed ...Islamic insurgents seize 8th Somali town
2008-04-03 14:36:53 - MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Islamic insurgents seized an eighth town in Somalia in recent months, killing more than a dozen people Thursday, ...US now wants a military base in Somaliland
The East African | 31 March 2008 The State Department recently sent a team of contractors to Somaliland to explore the possibility of establishing a ...Log in
- Director Haile Gerima's 'Teza' premiers at Toronto Film Festival - Nazret.com
- In Israel, era of mass immigration ends - The Associated Press
- Heeraa fi seera ofii itti hin bulleen kakachuun aadaa abbaa-irrootaa ti
- Conditions may be ripe for Al Qaeda in Somalia - Los Angeles Times
- Team Ethiopia's performance at the Beijing Olympics was impressive - Nazret.com
- Challenges Facing the OLF: A Call for Action - Siddise Abbamagal*
- The CUD Crisis: Authoritarian Tendencies and the Emerging Dominance of Moderate Wing - By Siddise Abbamagal *
- Eritrea-OLF Relationship and its Impact on Oromo Struggle
- Oromo: Beware of Mediator Bias and Mediation as a Tactic: A word to the Wise
- Scramble for land and the greed of the Diaspora
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- Challenges Facing the OLF: A Call for Action - Siddise Abbamagal*
- A critical juncture for the OLF to make it or lose it again
Damee Shaalloo
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06 September, 2008 04:12:18
I couldn’t understand what this article talks about. I am not sure who he is condemning and who he is praising. He is one of ...
Jarra
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06 September, 2008 06:01:33
Ulagaan oganssa qabssoo bilisumma oromoo oromummaa,bekumssaf kkf malee kutaaf amantti ergifanadhan dhufe tahu akka hindandenye dinnis firis beku qaba.
Qabssoo kana kesatti kumatamnn kan itt ...
James Patison
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05 September, 2008 03:39:46
Great Job by Great People.I think it is very important to present our case to the world so that the world and particulaly USA may ...
seenaa
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05 September, 2008 03:16:42
good job. keep it
Safoo
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04 September, 2008 03:21:20
There is no change of heart by tyrannt Meles regarding the Oromos since OLF was kicked out in the ninetees disgracefully.Rather since then the Oromos ...
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