Challenges Facing the OLF: A Call for Action - Siddise Abbamagal*
Since its establishment in 1973, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has been leading a multifaceted struggle against tyranny, oppression and prejudice unleashed against the Oromo people by Ethiopian imperial state. Through its pragmatic political program and dedication of its members, the organization has not just won the hearts and minds of the Oromo people; it has also fundamentally changed the socio-political landscape of the Eastern African region. Through out these long years of struggle, OLF has gone through several crisis triggered by internal and external factors. Most of the internal factors that precipitated the crisis have been caused by continuous "factionalization" of the leadership that hampered a smooth and decisive march towards achieving its stated objectives.
In these writers' views, currently, as it happened in the past, the OLF is facing some serious challenges that are shaking the confidence of the Oromo people as well as the international community that awaits to see a better change in the region. This challenge, this writer believes, primarily resulted from "inactive" or "dormant" conditions of the organization and its inability to score palpable political and military gains. This dormancy and lack of practical action has sent a chilling effect among the Oromo populace while it has led the international community to undermine OLF's commitment to its stated goals.
The increasing awareness of the international community regarding the oppression of the Oromo people has offered OLF a great opportunity to score diplomatic and political victory. OLF has to a limited extent exploited this opportunity, but its advance in the battle front is significantly reduced. . Being a politico-military organization, a meaningful military activity is crucial not only to weaken the enemy that chose war but also to boost the moral of its supporters. Thus far, the OLF has miserably failed to live up to the expectation of its supporters and foreign observers . For the past several years the military activities of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has been diminishing to the level where some critics question even its existence. Although this writer has tangible evidence as to the presence of a viable OLA that can be mobilized at any time, its inactivity has negative effect on the Oromo movement. The puzzling dormancy at the battle front in the face of a viable army is the major point of criticism that the OLF leadership has not responded to. As a result, OLF is currently facing mounting internal and external challenges.
Internal Challenges
Internally the OLF has been challenged by factions that have broken away from it at different times. Almost all the new factions wind up adapting a nearly identical political agenda. While the cause of the split is mainly internal power struggle, the broken away factions recount all the leadership failures of the organization including the times they were a part of it. Some points they present as a cause for their break away include the alleged disbanding of the OLA, completely forgetting that these faction where at different levels of the political and military leadership at that time. Nevertheless, although these factions are not getting much acceptance from the public, they are spreading pessimistic and discouraging spirit within the Oromo society. The rise of pessimism among the Oromo population, specifically those who live the diasporas is evident from reduced participation in Oromo affairs including community meetings, political participation, etc. This tendency will gradually affect OLF's ability to rely on its Diaspora base for much needed financial support. Therefore, military victory in the field and change of the current status quo will bring back optimism to the people and discourage the factions from waging senseless propaganda.
External Challenges
The external challenges that the OLF is facing comes from two directions. First, lack of military action has led some international organizations to consider OLF as an ineffective organization that is waging "protracted" war against the Ethiopian regime. They do not see the OLF as posing any imminent threat to the regime, nor do they value it as an alternative force to reckon. Therefore, several countries have chosen to support the regime in power as long as it advances their national interest, even it is at the cost of exacerbating human rights violations and corruptions. As stated above, because of the immense effort the OLF and civic organizations, most international organizations and agencies do understand the justified cause of the Oromo people. However they turn blind eye and support the regime, because they see the Oromo movement, when it comes to real challenge, as weak and uncoordinated.
The second external challenge comes from the enemy camp, namely the TPLF regime and its surrogates. The lack of military activity in Oromia has led some people to lose hope. Hence, such people have been joining the surrogate OPDO organization. Similarly, lack of such military activity has led these servants of the enemy to increase their attack on the defenseless Oromo people. In addition, the above mentioned growth of pessimism among the Oromos in the Diasporas has led the enemy to attempt to infiltrate the Diaspora in the name of investment opportunity in Oromia. Although the regime and its surrogates have failed to achieve their goals, this development has revealed some troubling situations within out community. Few years back, it was a shame to be affiliated with Woyane, but today we are seeing some individuals boasting about their OPDO membership while attempting to demoralize Oromo nationalists. More troubling is the new development that some well recognized Oromo "nationalists" have been lured by this "investment" shenanigan. Therefore, the OLF must act in a timely manner to change the current pessimistic environment or face even worse situations.
Some Possible Solutions
As discussed above, lack of military activity and battle victory has immensely contributed to the development of pessimism which is bringing several challenges to the organization. To change these situations, the organization needs to implement necessary structural, tactical and code-of-conduct reforms within the organization. Structurally, the front needs to develop new model of command set up within its civil and military departments. In this regard, it is important the organization brings new faces to the leadership. There is a laud call from OLF supporters, if there are ears willing to listen, for new leadership that will reshape the organization and revive the hope in our society. The current leadership deserves appreciation for their dedication in leading the organization through one of the most unstable times in the history of OLF. However it's about time they give ways for new persons with fresh perspectives in order to take the organization another step forward. Leaders with a long tenure within the Executive Committee and National Assembly must prepare themselves to relinquish their position . The Oromo nation is deeply indebted to them for their life time commitment to liberate our nation from the yoke of oppression- now they should take the pass on the torch to younger leaders to take the struggle to fruition.
Members and leaders of the organization also need to go through fundamental change in their code of conduct. The long established norms and customs of the organization need to be reevaluated to see if they fit to the current socio-political realities. The common complaints are that OLF members have continued to conduct business using a rather outdated model. For instance, their aggressive attitude towards each other as well as their tendency to silence their critiques must be stopped. The organization and its agents must be willing to tolerate and listen to even unpopular voices, because while some criticisms could be unsubstantiated and not constructive, not all of them are harmful.
In addition, the OLF needs to reflect the diversity of the Oromo people; regional, religious, gender and age representations in all positions from local to national level must not be neglected. For instance, when over half of our population is women and two-third is youth, it's unacceptable and inefficient for the organization to have an all-old-men leadership. Diversifying the leadership structure to represent all segments of the Oromo population would help to defuse some of the current regional tension, and to deny regionalists their recruiting ground.
Conclusion
Thus, OLF must intensify its armed struggle, which is the only solution to defeat the enemy and regain back the pride of our nation. The OLF leadership must stop acting as if they are already leading a freed nation; they must be reminded that they are leading an armed struggle against the worst tyrant in the world. So far its political program permits, any method of struggle must be pursued regardless of what America or any other Western nation would say. Our need for more allies and friends should not be at the cost of prolonging the agony of our people. OLF is the hope of the Oromo nation, and we take pride by its presence, but our national pride has been injured by its lack of action.
*The writer is a public policy student living the USA. She can be reached at sabagalo@gmail.com
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Here we go again, at this stage we are again facing the political maneuver we just put behind us for good. The concept behind current move is a divisive scheme that used on Oromos in the past during early nineties. The plot was able to create significant division and political rift valley among Oromo Diasporas living in abroad. In the course of that action also, people behind that concept were managed to establish themselves prominent position and became very vocal in oromos’ political movements.
Subsequently, these groups customized divide and rule techniques, political deceptions, and as the result of these techniques they used, they have done extensive damage to our struggle. In addition, there was their ultimate goal which was not fully took place was to create political turmoil similar to Somalia (i.e. tribalism, sectarianism, regionalism, unstable family, and friends against friends). All those attempts were to foster and create the breeding ground of stumbling blocks and the fabric of conflicts and divisions in Oromo society.
The transformation that occurred to our political fabric was dramatic and very very painful. What happen was from united movement to disunited sort of political movement came into being during that particular moment. Today, the very same groups are always trying hard creatively to come up with new ideas at this political junction. Abba maggal, to be honest with you, people like you put us through tribalism, sectarianism, regionalism, and family and friends conflicts. You see, you guys left no stone unturned in order to divide Oromo people when opportunity presented itself to you for the last a decade. Now your ongoing action is a rotation plan. You were working behind the seen in previous time concocting deceptions with your masters. You are a messenger in disguise.
You may be looking for a cheap way to ingratiate yourself with the section traveling in a run away train. You are an escapede who is trying to exert an influence by creating confusion. One thing is clear; you are a defacto coalition of the fascist junta Gov’t.
Remember, you and your friends have been snoozing when Oromos crowded into the jail for years and years...
Today you came out of your closet to do the dirty job in your turn. Right away you took a shot on your first appearance on Oromo struggle. The idea that you came up however you said it today, it is an obvious to us you said it out of desperations. Do not you see you run out of steam, and out of new ideas? You jump up and down as if you came up with new ideas. I can tell you now its not. You are recycling old ideas that your masters keep using on our people. It is true you mocking on our people just like the TPLF keep denigrating our people in any given situation. In the past TPLF said quote, “the Oromo people are very primitive and backward people”. Remember also, we Oromos forced to participate in three major wars took place between Ethiopia and Somalia and between Ethiopia and Eritrea. We are the people that herded on the front line and forced to walk in order to clear heavily fortified with explosives front line. We lost highly educated people (like Hailee Fidda) and millions of lives under the same banner you telling us to accept today which was known as self destructive road map today to our people. We are the most subjected people to harsh life, economic deprivation, and put through prolonged absence of development in all aspects of our lives. Your idea is timeless issue to many of us. Our road map is just like Jewish people fought tirelessly against hard core nationalists with hard core sentiment. You are the spoiler, what you are trying to do is to spoil the course of ongoing struggle. We came to this point to where we are today in hard way and that became a permanent reminder to our people. It’s hard to abandon this sentiment until the main stream Amharas and Tigraians abandon their apartheid and brutal outlook they carry on until today. Our struggle goes on until complete democracy prevails in our region. Make no mistake people like you embedded among genuine crowd for now will be scrapped soon or later. Do not forget we Oromos are the true Ethiopians and that land is our legitimate land. We are the bread and basket of that land. We never were sitting on the back of the system like a leach. But yet again, we have to be defamed just because of our profession happen to farming in our many parts of our regions. Your intention is nothing more than what your masters tend about us. It’s a surprise to us to witness a fake Oromo like you cheering those killers at the moment when many lives disappear without a trace in all over Oromia. It’s also a surprise when people like you jump on ban wagon and declares an outdated idea as a new once. What a shame. Don’t you think a resistance movement to unjust treatments is a right deed? So, where is your moral judgment when it comes to this issue? What ever you and your master funnel through media these days is not true it’s a posture move just like old days. You are not Oromo you are an Amhara get off our back, let us do our job.
Long live our struggle
Its a fact OLF is facing some serious challenges that have been shaking millions confidence of the Oromo people as well as accountless international community that awaits to see a better change in the region. This challenge, i believes, primarily resulted from inactive conditions of the OLF organization and its inability to score palpable political and military gains.
OLF willing to join hand and hand with Amhara organization.
as you notice, The lack of OLF military activity in Oromia has led Million of oromo people to lose hope. such people have been joining the surrogate OPDO organization. Similarly, lack of such military activity has led these servants of the enemy to increase their attack on the defenseless Oromo people.
OLF are not capbale of bring the change oromo people are looking for.
kanaaf soogida ofii jedhii mi'ayii yookin dhagadha jedhanii si gatuu.
turti malee oromoon bilisoomu hin dhistu
on that OLF has been pragmatic,if it did
it followd TPLF to Addis and shipedout later in disgrace.
The fundamental mistake OLF did was strategic one.In short the secession the
ory does not apply to Oromostruggle and
pass it to other time regarding this if
there is someone who can challenge this
fact.Sometimes I wonder if OLF is trying
to bering Oromos better life or trying
to get itself to power.As the reasult of
OLF"s secession or death our people are
daily have been under attack by tyrannt
Meles Zenawi.
The call for OLF is be realistic join
the other oposition foreces in the coun
try and play vangurd role to lead demo
cratic struggle in which Oromos has noth
ing to lose but much to gain.Things coul
d be better if every body is objective.
Thanks.
I am happy if you put this article in an envelope and send it to our OLF 'leaders' if they really exist. Where are they by the way? Do they really exist? If they exist, what are they doing?
I haven't gave up yet to visit OLF website daily, only to find what ONLF did in Ogaden and about 'Fincilaa Didda Garbuma' by Oromo students. Where is the leadership and military front of OLF? What about the international relation department?
We are really in a very disparate situation. Akkam sabni haman gudatu kan isa gagesuu dhaba? I reapet your final phrase 'OLF is the hope of the Oromo nation, and we take pride by its presence, but our national pride has been injured by its lack of action'
Please if you know an active Oromo political party please share with us so that we may take as an alternative. I don't think that OLF is the only hope of Oromo. Let us start to think differently. Look CUD, a party that just established 3 years ago shacked the whole nation. Look what is going on on the Diaspora. Don't look at their problem they have know. Think if the influence they made and the attention they got both in the country and internationally. Some thing is wrong with OLF I want to know that>
Majority of Oromos considered OLF as their only political party which is struggling for free Oromia and Oromo. OLF is in the hearth of Oromos in such a way that it is hardly possible to believe Oromo can have other political parties apart from OLF.
But it is totally unacceptable for a political part with such enormous support and respect from over 30 million people to be dormant and ineffective as OLF is. I am sorry to say this but I am almost to give up on my famed OLF not because I undermined its achievement so far but because I believe that it should have achieved far better than this.
We are in a very very very critical time to strengthen our fabulous OLF or to disintegrate it and tell the people who are suffering in the name of OLF in Oromia that there is no more OLF. Under second option we can strengthen other existing Oromo parties or form a new one. But it will be hard to strengthen other Oromo parts as far as OLF exists in the hearth of millions. Kanaafuu yokan du'uu ABO yokan Ka'u isaa bekun bayee barbachisaadh.
Our OLF leaders please please please I urge you in the name of millions of Oromos in Oromia who are being jailed and distressed because of the seeming affiliation they have to OLF to strategically lead Oromos or to give the way for those who can do that.
The so called advisors like Lenco. where is the result of his 34 years struggle, if he really has been struggling for Oromia?. Go to all forums where Lenco gives his speech, he talks about his books. is what he wrote something cannot be done by others?. Biyya faranjii umurii offi guutuu ta'anii kitaaba tokko wanta barreefame irria waliti fiduun akka teknooolojii umame hasa'uun beekaaf ommaa miti, walaalaa garuu ittin goyomfatu.
Jalatanis jibitanis ABOn, namootni kan akka Lenco yoo nu keesaa badan malee bilisumaan hin jiru. isaanumatu biyya oromiyaa bilisoomsina jedhe, isaanumatu dura garagale-alaabaa habashaa jalatti bulla jedhe. namootni cimaa jenne ture, kan akka Dawud Ibsaa, dandeetti amma Lencoo waan hin qabneef Lencoo akka waaqq itti ilaalu. kan umatni xiqeesse xiqeessu, kan umatni jibbe jibbu barbaachisa. guyyaa guyyaa umatni ABO irraa abdii qabu dabla osso hin ta'iin cimina ABO madaalaafi rakkoo isaa gafachaa jira.
As many said, it is upto OLF leaders to find way out from Asmara and to oromia soil or to perish from Oromo poitics. oromo in diaspora is critically following develpment in Asmara. Now, it is time for them. In months time, TPLF forces completetly invade Asmara.
During transtion period, we lost 20,000 soldiers due to Lenco and his group. Now, with Lenco ill advice, OLF in Asmara is in jeaopary.
warii yaada namaa fudhachuu hin barbaadan, ykn tuffi walif qabdaan, ykn anatu caala jetan, Angoo barbaadanitu jettan, yaada namaa fudhachuu jibitan, ega kunoo kan sodatamus dhufa jira. waqayyo rakko kana keessaa uumata oromoof jecha sin haabaasu.
sooner or later, OLF is in jeopardy. Forget about OLF, Even Eriteran government in jeopardy. TPLF invade Asmara for many reasons, all somila rebels, OLF and ONLF rebels area in Asmara. if they control Asmara, innocent oromo soldiers and all rebels will collapse. I wondr what OLF leaders like Dawud and his group tell us.
waaqayyo umurii nuuf yaa kennu-inuma hubana.
the future belongs to us
OLF AND OROMIYA FOREVER
Hunde from belgium
jabadha!!!
You are one of the TPLF cadres trying to intiate a conflict and hatered among oromos. walaga Oromos are known for the struggle of Oromos. There could be some who are a member of OPDO, but this does mean these people represent the entire oromo walaga. One thing you should know we may have regional differences, but our base is always the same. "OROMO" Our differences will make us strong. I am sure you are pretending to be like Oromo, but if you are, all I can say is you are "WEAK"
I beg to disagree with your assertion "Oromo Diaspora is weak". To be frank Oromo are generally weak, that is why we produced incompetent organizations. Our tradition has literally paralyzed as we don’t covet for power. Habesha kings kill even close relatives to come to power. We have no such tradition as our republican system discourage that. Leaders and organizations actually reflect their source or the environment in which they are formed. Oromo is thus doomed to shed more blood for many years to come unless it fundamentally transform it self.
By the way from which side are you good?
1. By deplomacy?
2. By supporting with many?
3. by being with oromo libration army?
4. By supporting public disobidience and internal struggle of oromo people?
5. By preaching libration being on your bed?
6. By cooperating woyane to get peaces of land?
7. none?
By the way from which side are you good?
1. By deplomacy?
2. By supporting with many?
3. by being with oromo libration army?
4. By supporting public disobidience and internal struggle of oromo people?
5. By preaching libration being on your bed?
6. By cooperating woyane to get peaces of land?
7. none?
That is one among catalogues of failures of OLF. If OLF stops its decade long napping and starts to work, it would be joined by able and competent people with out summoning just as thousands did in 1991. Unfortunately, OLF is in deep stupor or rather in coma and Oromo are fed up to entertain such docile nature of a so called liberation movement that is characterized by failure only.
One of the problems is as Oromos we are not willing to accept our differences instead we declare all Oromos are the same and one. In the real life this is not true. Even if Oromos speak the same language, we have regional, religion, social and some cultural differences. Most Oromos say they are Oromos, They don’t want to categorize to one specific area, but in the real life, they communicate and socialize with people from their own community. Example Shewa, Arsii, Wollega, Harar, etc…
We have many Oromos who do not speak Afaan Oromo. This also has been a big obstacle for these Oromos to participate in the struggle, but if OLF creates sup groups under the Oromo umbrella for all Oromos with the same common ground to participate in the struggle, it will make the organization and the struggle stronger. People always participate where they feel comfortable and accepted.
There is a fear that this could divide Oromos, but if we all proud of who we are as OROMOS, our differences should make us stronger but not weaken us.
One of the problems is as Oromos we are not willing to accept our differences instead we declare all Oromos are the same and one. In the real life this is not true. Even if Oromos speak the same language, we have regional, religion, social and some cultural differences. Most Oromos say they are Oromos, They don’t want to categorize to one specific area, but in the real life, they communicate and socialize with people from their own community. Example Shewa, Arsii, Wollega, Harar, etc…
We have many Oromos who do not speak Afaan Oromo. This also has been a big obstacle for these Oromos to participate in the struggle, but if OLF creates sup groups under the Oromo umbrella for all Oromos with the same common ground to participate in the struggle, it will make the organization and the struggle stronger. People always participate where they feel comfortable and accepted.
There is a fear that this could divide Oromos, but if we all proud of who we are as OROMOS, our differences should make us stronger but not weaken us.
Obboo Daraaraa the Salaalee:
Attam jirtu?
I only heard from you that IBSO represents only Shawa Oromos, IFLO Harar, AWO-Arsi, QC-Wallagga. If this true is infact bad news for all Oromos.
My question to you is what is the problem if one of your brothers (sisters) sees and kills your deadly enemy because he/she knows that you are too weak to fight perhaps due to age or disease or you have been recently converted to pheenxee which forbids you to kill your killer?
Should he rush you first to the hospital so that you may recover after some weaks/months/years and be able to defend yourself? Or till you are old enough to do the same? Or till the ‚dullacha’ becomes ‚corma’? Or until you leave pheenxee and fight for self?
I applaud the recent gains of our brothers in AWO no matter how small. It is the weakness of the OLF that made AWO strong and we have to thank them since they gave us another hope They are a group of diverse, extremely committed, well organized figheters who need your unconditional assistance if you truly believe in complete oromo independence.
I understand the benefit of a single organisation. However, in the absence of any activity by our so-called 'vanguard' but hopeless and inactive organization that conssitently failed to mobilize the masses and never had a clear vision it is extremely important to demonstrate to the world that oromos are not tired of fighting and have alternatives forces capabale of inflicting heavy enemy causality.
I even propose our different organisations should compete in punishing the enemies of the Oromo people for greater support from oromo masses! In the wider interest of the oromo people galtus should be dealt with decisively. Sounds strange, but it works. AWO is gaining momentum. Listen to their latest radio broadcast.
Now tell me if you are oromo would you prefer current wayyannee rule of Oromia to AWO-’’Arsi’’ lead Oromia although AWO would definitely leave the verdict to the oromo masses by referendum? Even if they are 100% Arsi oromo, who cares? May be they communicate with each other better than some one from another part of oromia. You should see not who they are but what they are doing and what they are standing for. The leaders may all be children of one oromo father and mother but capable ones. As far as I know it is not even remotey true that AWO are from Arsi and stand only for our Arsi Brothers.
I support any organization that is committed to drive Abysinian occupiers from my country. It is upto them how they do this but must abide by all international laws. The ones who hit fastest and hardest get better support from me.
The days of waiting for OLF to come to free us are over. OLF can only regain the hearts of the oromos masses by scoring a permanent military victory over wayyannee fascists.
Otherwise it may soon be history.
Nagaati.
Nagaadhaan naaf turaa.
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Now a days there is no meaningful difference between Dawud led OLF and Minasse led OPDO to be frank!
Ajja'iba, ji'a lama keessatti waraqaa namii haganaa yaada irratti kenne argee hin beeku!!!
You have written a very interesting article on a timely topic. I do agree with most of your arguments and believe that you are one of the Oromo young capable leaders who should be given the chance to lead the Oromo nation to victory. But leadership is not usually to be given like a gift. Someone somewhere should convince himself/herself that he/she can be and should be among those leaders very much needed to deliver the leadership that is presently lacking in the OLF leadership. Then, he should come out in public and be prepared to be challenged, questioned and eventually he /she will be nurtured to become a leader. You do not tell politicians what they should be doing if you consider yourself to be a potential leader, you challenge them on what they should be doing and criticize if they failed to do it.
Qabsoon Oromoo kan namoota muraasaa callaa miti, kan nama hunddaati. Kanaafuu, kan qabsoo kana dura bu'ee geggeessu qabu namoota akka keessanii kana. Toofta baafadhaa, miseensa dhabaa ta'a warra dhaaba keessa jiru dhaaba keessatti gurmaa'aa hoggansa irratti dhufuuf danddeetii fi bu'aa buuftaniin dorggomaa injjifadhaa. This requires wisdom and courage from eligible leaders to join the OLF as members first and then demonstrate the leadership quality needed and more importantly be prepared to take risks on their personal lives, be ready for sacrifices! only then can they lead their people to victory over tyranny.
Laluta Continua!!
Siddise was telling OLF to get rid of xuunchaa raas like you. Bastard who doesn't even respect the right of women.
OLF's policy I think is inlusive: It can accomodate people who struggle for complete independence of Oromia, It can also accomodate people who support union of states based on free will of people.
What is needed is that instead of running away from it, people have to struggle to strengthen their position within OLF framework based on democratic principle.
I do not want AWO or OLF to impose on me the idea of independence or union of states. What I need from them is to make me free to exercise the right to choose what i feel best for me and for Oromos at large.
So if some splinter groups read between the line and say that OLF is not for Independent Republic of Oromia and create another rival ORG. It is totally false. OLF or any other ORG can not impose its will on people. It can only capacitate people to have the right to choose legally what is best for them. It looks like some ORGs have missed this fundamental internationally acknowledged procedure!
It has greatly contributed to our national struggle, but unfit to exist in the new millennium (I mean the true millennium of Oromo). Some OLF leaders have also contributed immensely to the regionalism that plagues our society. OLF created and nurtured it. The organization seems to isolate Oromo from central Oromia from leadership position.
The leaders should apply for political asylum and give power to young, dynamic leaders who reflect the current reality of our people.
Having said that, I give credit the huge contribution OLF has made in raising national awareness and implementing the seminal qubee. But that is not enough OLF!
where are those oromo generals and colonels who have been defected last year?I know they are in asmara sipping their lattes.Do you know why we can't see them inaction? OLF doesn't allow them to fight.Why? the want to librate oromia by diplomacy.If they were let to fight at least some areas of oromia would have been librated.what a shame.Do you know what is the enemy of OLF? it is STUBBORNESSNESS!!!!!They all stubborn.My way or the highway thing.If you are not Daud Ibssa follower you are not in the wrong group thing.stubbornness is killing us all in all.Look we are the majority of the empire but our struggle is in lowest level in which we never seen before.
thank you OLF but OLF is expired.
check this video
http://oromonc.org/
long live Oromia!!!
long live ONC and OFDM!!!
We shouln't support a paralized organization by virtue of it's close association with our village. The greate oromo nation is greater than small village and every single oromo is indispensable resource for this struggle.Therefore, unless this organization sought to represent our diversity we shouldn't expect any dramatic change in future, eventhough change of leaders became a reality.To avert further destruction it's current leaders must be sacked immediately to carry on necessary re-arrangements.
The 40million population are capable to build a potent and formidable mass movement.
Dear Duumessa, what garantee we have about AWO? what makes them especial than OLF? how oromo can die in different angle for diffrent party while our goal is the same?
My friend, It is ture that OLF is weak. but still OLF is a threat for woyane, and proud for OPDO. OPDO is there b/se OLF is a threat for woyane. If OLF ceased its activity, i am not sure any political movement will be allowed in Ethiopia. So, if we orgnize IBSO as a shawa, QC as wolega, AWO as Arsi, IFLO as Harage, we will fail each others. we better shape all OLF and hit our goal. we better work hard to make weak OLF so active as we need it.
Oromia will enjoy democracy and freedom by OLF soon!!!!!!!!!!
G. Roobaa
We need change of everything!!!!!!!111
thank you!
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