Gootonni Oromoo Salaaleetti Seenaa Agarii Tulluu Haaromsan, Gootummaanis Wareegaman.

Suurri argaa jirtan kun GOOTOTA ilmaan Oromoo roorroon hammaannan Wayyaanee fuuldura gootummaa dhaan falmaa dhaabbatanii utuu lolanii kanneen harka diinaatti gaafa kufan wayyaaneen gochaa suukaneessaa akkanaatiin uummata yaamtee raawwii akkasii jiilchaf ilmaan Oromoo kanneen irratti raawwatte. Oromoo diina isaa ajjeessaa, falmaa du’uun ykn wareegamuun kabajaa guddaa dha. Bakki gochaan fashitii Wayyaanee kun itti raawwatame godina SALAALEE, aanaa Darraatti baatii dabre gaafa 09/12/2014 ture. Read more…

UK government accused of sponsoring human rights abuses in Ethiopia

International Consortium for Investigative Journalists | Washington, DC, January 2015.

Anuak children in Gorom Refugee Camp in South Sudan. Many Anuak fled Ethiopia during a government relocation campaign called “villagization”. Photo: Andreea Campeanu/ICIJ.
Leaked Report Says World Bank Violated Own Rules in Ethiopia

A development project funded by the UK government and run by the World Bank could be facilitating a violent resettlement program in Ethiopia that has been dogged by allegations of forced displacement, physical assaults and rape, a leaked report suggests.

Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) is the primary sponsor of the World Bank’s foreign aid initiative, supposedly set up to improve basic health, education and public services in Ethiopia. It has attracted over £388 million in UK taxpayer’s money to date. Read more…

Ethiopia: Media Being Decimated

Legal, Policy Reforms Crucial Prior to May Elections

January 22, 2015, Nairobi (Human Rights Watch) – The Ethiopian government’s systematic repression of independent media has created a bleak landscape for free expression ahead of the May 2015 general elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In the past year, six privately owned publications closed after government harassment; at least 22 journalists, bloggers, and publishers were criminally charged, and more than 30 journalists fled the country in fear of being arrested under repressive laws.

The 76-page report, “‘Journalism is Not a Crime’: Violations of Media Freedom in Ethiopia,” details how the Ethiopian government has curtailed independent reporting since 2010. Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 70 current and exiled journalists between May 2013 and December 2014, and found patterns of government abuses against journalists that resulted in 19 being imprisoned for exercising their right to free expression, and that have forced at least 60 others into exile since 2010.

“Ethiopia’s government has systematically assaulted the country’s independent voices, treating the media as a threat rather than a valued source of information and analysis,” said Leslie Lefkow, deputy Africa director. “Ethiopia’s media should be playing a crucial role in the May elections, but instead many journalists fear that their next article could get them thrown in jail.”

Most of Ethiopia’s print, television, and radio outlets are state-controlled, and the few private print media often self-censor their coverage of politically sensitive issues for fear of being shut down.

The six independent print publications that closed in 2014 did so after a lengthy campaign of intimidation that included documentaries on state-run television that alleged the publications were linked to terrorist groups. The intimidation also included harassment and threats against staff, pressure on printers and distributors, regulatory delays, and eventually criminal charges against the editors. Dozens of staff members went into exile. Three of the owners were convicted under the criminal code and sentenced in absentia to more than three years in prison. The evidence the prosecution presented against them consisted of articles that criticized government policies.

While the plight of a few high-profile Ethiopian journalists has become widely known, dozens more in Addis Ababa and in rural regions have suffered systematic abuses at the hands of security officials.

The threats against journalists often take a similar course. Journalists who publish a critical article might receive threatening telephone calls, text messages, and visits from security officials and ruling party cadres. Some said they received hundreds of these threats. If this does not silence them or intimidate them into self-censorship, then the threats intensify and arrests often follow. The courts have shown little or no independence in criminal cases against journalists who have been convicted after unfair trials and sentenced to lengthy prison terms, often on terrorism-related charges.

“Muzzling independent voices through trumped-up criminal charges and harassment is making Ethiopia one of the world’s biggest jailers of journalists,” Lefkow said. “The government should immediately release those wrongly imprisoned and reform laws to protect media freedom.”

Most radio and television stations in Ethiopia are government-affiliated, rarely stray from the government position, and tend to promote government policies and tout development successes. Control of radio is crucial politically given that more than 80 percent of Ethiopia’s population lives in rural areas, where the radio is still the main medium for news and information. The few private radio stations that cover political events are subjected to editing and approval requirements by local government officials. Broadcasters who deviate from approved content have been harassed, detained, and in many cases forced into exile.

The government has also frequently jammed broadcasts and blocked the websites of foreign and diaspora-based radio and television stations. Staff working for broadcasters face repeated threats and harassment, as well as intimidation of their sources or people interviewed on international media outlets. Even people watching or listening to these services have been arrested.

The government has also used a variety of more subtle but effective administrative and regulatory restrictions such as hampering efforts to form journalist associations, delaying permits and renewals of private publications, putting pressure on the few printing presses and distributors, and linking employment in state media to ruling party membership.

Social media are also heavily restricted, and many blog sites and websites run by Ethiopians in the diaspora areblocked inside Ethiopia. In April, the authorities arrested six people from Zone 9, a blogging collective that provides commentary on social, political, and other events of interest to young Ethiopians, and charged them under the country’s counterterrorism law and criminal code. Their trial, along with other media figures, has been fraught with various due process concerns. On January 14, 2015, it was adjourned for the 16th time and they have now been jailed for over 260 days. The arrest and prosecution of the Zone 9 bloggers has had a wider chilling effect on freedom of expression in Ethiopia, especially among critically minded bloggers and online activists.

The increased media repression will clearly affect the media landscape for the May elections,.

“The government still has time to make significant reforms that would improve media freedoms before the May elections,” Lefkow said. “Amending oppressive laws and freeing jailed journalists do not require significant time or resources, but only the political will for reform.”

Source: Human Rights Watch

Jatani Ali Tandhu: Life & Legacy of a Borana Statesman

Title: Jatani Ali Tandhu: Life & Legacy of a Borana Statesman
Author: Tadhi Liban
Paperback: 298 pages
Publisher: Vivid Publishing (November 2014)
Language: English

Available on Amazon.com

Description: From time to time, certain individuals who display courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good emerge to make a lasting impact on the lives of entire communities. The late Jatani Ali Tandhu (“Shaalaqa”) was such a figure, born into a Borana family in southern Ethiopia.

Jatani Ali Tandhu: Life & Legacy of a Borana Statesman is a biographical account of an outstanding and much-loved former governor of Borana Administrative Region of southern Ethiopia, from his birth to the fateful day of his assassination in Nairobi in 1992.

The biography gives readers a glimpse into the life and work of a distinguished Borana, Oromo and Ethiopian leader. It is hoped that many young people from these communities will be inspired to follow in his footsteps in aiming to lift their people out of demeaning poverty, years of misrule and hopelessness. An everlasting monument to Jatani is not a statue cast from a bronze but the legacy that lives on in people’s lives and minds, to inspire current and future generations to follow his example, in having the education, dedication and courage to serve their communities honourably.

Tadhi Liban – the author – is among the pioneers of Borana boys who accessed modern education by order of Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1947. Tadhi knew Jatani Ali from the time of the latter’s admission to Medhane Alem Boarding School in Addis Ababa in 1952. They became close friends as they grew up together and were concerned about the dire living conditions of people in their home region of Borana. Because of their close friendship, Tadhi knows a great deal about Jatani’s life and accomplishments. Tadhi graduated from universities in Ethiopia and U.S.A. He worked as a high school principal for many years in Addis Ababa, and later worked as a management consultant and with NGOs in Ethiopia.

Buy on Amazon: Jatani Ali Tandhu: Life & Legacy of a Borana Statesman

ያለ ነጻ ሚዲያ – ምርጫ ወይስ ቁማር? የሰብዓዊ መብት ድርጅት ሰሞኑን ሥጋቱን ይፋ ሊያደርግ ነው!

January 20, 2015 10:51 am 

* ኢህአዴግ አሸነፈ፤ ፋና መሰከረ!

ምርጫ ያለ ነጻ ሚዲያ ተግባራዊ ሊሆን እንደማይችል ዓለምአቀፉ የሰብዓዊ መብት ተመልካች (Human Rights Watch) በያዝነው ሳምንት ማገባደጃ አካባቢ በኢትዮጵያ የሚዲያ ነጻነትን አስመልክቶ አጠቃላይ ዘገባ እንደሚያወጣ ተሰማ፡፡

ለጎልጉል፡ የድረገጽ ጋዜጣ መረጃውን ያቀረቡና ከዘገባው ጋር ተዛማጅነት ክፍሎች እንደተናገሩት የሰብዓዊ መብት ድርጅቱ ይህንን ዘገባ ያጠናቀረው በተጨባጭ ከሚዲያ ጋር በተያያዘ ሰለባ የሆኑትን በሚዲያው መስክ የተሰማሩትን በማነጋገርና የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ መረጃ በመሰብሰብ እንደሆነ ለማወቅ ተችሏል፡፡

ዘገባው ከዚህ በፊት ከወጡት ዘገባዎች ለየት ባለ መልኩ በፕሬስ ሚዲያው ላይ የተሰማሩትን ክፍሎች በስፋት የዳሰሰ ነው፡፡ በተለምዶው በጋዜጠኞች ላይ የሚደረገው አፈና በብዙ መልኩ የሚነገር ሲሆን በዚህ ዘገባ ግን ኢህአዴግ በአሳታሚነት፣ በአከፋፋይነት፣ በአታሚነት፣ በሻጭነት (አዟሪነት)፣ ወዘተ የተሰማሩትን እንዴት ስልታዊ በሆነ መልኩ እንደሚያዳክም፣ እንደሚያፍን፣ እንደሚያሰቃይና ባጠቃላይ ከሜዳው እንደሚያስወግድ የሚያስረዳ እንደሚሆን ጎልጉል ካገኘው መረጃ ለመገመት ተችሏል፡፡

በመጪው ግንቦት ከሚካሄደው ምርጫ ጋር በማያያዝ ይወጣል ተብሎ የሚጠበቀው ይህ ዘገባ በተለይ የኢህአዴግን ቋት የሚሞሉ ለጋሽ አገራት፣ ዓለምአቀፍ የፍትሕ አካላት፣ የሲቪክ ማኅበረሰቦች፣ ወዘተ ከወዲሁ ግንዛቤ ይዘው ኢህአዴግ አደርገዋለሁ ለሚለው “ዴሞክራሲያዊና ፍትሃዊ” ምርጫ ያለ ነጻ ሚዲያ ተሳትፎ እንዴት ውጤት አልባ እንደሆነ የሚያስረዳና ጠለቅ ያለ ግንዛቤ የሚያስጨብጥ እንደሚሆን ይጠበቃል፡፡

በዘንድሮው ምርጫ ባልተጠበቀና ለመቀበል በሚያስቸግር መልኩ የአውሮጳ ኅብረት “በጀት የለም” በሚል ምርጫውን አልታዘብምምብሏል፡፡ በይፋ የተሰጠው ምክንያት ይህ ቢሆንም ጉዳዩ የበጀት ሳይሆን “ኢህአዴግ ከኢህአዴግ ጋር የሚያደርገውን የ99.6 በመቶ የምርጫ ውጤት መታዘብ በራሱ ያስታዝባል” በሚል ነው ኅብረቱ ምርጫ መታዘቡን በቅድሚያ ትዝብት የተወው በማለት የተሳለቁ መኖራቸው ተሰምቷል፡፡ ሆኖም ግን ኢህአዴግ በበኩሉ “ባትታዘቡ ምን ገደደኝ” በማለት ኅብረቱ ምርጫውን ለመታዘብ አለመፈለጉን በአብዮታዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ትዝብት አልፎታል፡፡ ከዚህ በተጨማሪም በዚህ ስለ ሚዲያ ነጻነት በሚያትተው አዲስ ዘገባና በኅብረቱ ውሳኔ ዙሪያ ኢህአዴግ “ዓለምአቀፋዊ ሽልማት ባገኙ የዘርፉ ባለሙያዎቹ” ተጠቅሞ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ እንዴት ባለ “ነጻነት” የሚዲያ ሥራ እንደሚሠሩ በነዚሁ “ሚዲያዎች” ምላሽ እንደሚሰጥ ይጠበቃል፡፡

የአውሮጳ ኅብረትን “ምርጫ አልታዘብም” የማለት ውሳኔን በተመለከተ ከጉዳዩ ጋር ቅርበት ያላቸው ለጎልጉል እንደተናገሩት ኅብረቱ እዚህ ውሳኔ ላይ የደረሰው ከበጀት እጥረት ሳይሆን እየከረረና እየመረረ የመጣውን የኢህአዴግን አምባገነንነት፣ በቀደሙት “ምርጫዎች” የተከሰተውን ዓይንአውጣ ቅጥፈት እንዲሁም የኢህአዴግን የሞራል ዝቅጠት በማገናዘብና ከተሞክሮ በመነሳት የግንቦቱን ምርጫ አስቀድሞ በማጣጣል ዋጋ እንደማይሰጠው ከመናገር አኳያ ነው በማለት አስተያየታቸውን ሰጥተዋል፡፡

ይህንን አስደንጋጭ የአውሮጳ ኅብረት ማዕቀብ ተከትሎ የሰብዓዊ መብት ተመልካቹ ድርጅት በማስረጃ የተደገፈ ዘገባ ከምርጫው በፊት አስቀድሞ ማውጣቱ ታስቦና ታቅዶ የተደረገ ብቻ ሳይሆን የአውሮጳ ኅብረትን እነማን ይከተሉታል የሚል ጥያቄ አስነስቷል፡፡

በግንቦት 2007 አካሂደዋለሁ ለሚለው ምርጫ ኢህአዴግ አጋጣሚውን ተጠቅሞ የውጭ ምንዛሬ ኮሮጆውን እንዲሞሉለት ከአውሮጳ ኅብረት በተጨማሪ ሌሎች አገራትን በተናጠል መለመኑ ይታወቃል፡፡

Source : http://www.goolgule.com/hrw-report-on-media-freedoms-in-ethiopia/

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Tokkummaa Jabefachudhaan Wayyaanee Dhabamsiifnaa

Hawi Olani Kesesa irraa | January 15, 2015

Yeroon ammaa kun  yaroo kam caalmaattii yaro oromon hundii gad dhaabbatee itti yaadu qabu dha jadheen yaada .Maaliif yoo jannee,gochaan sukanisisaa Wayyaaneen ilmaan oromo irrattii raawwachaa jirtu daran ittuma cimaa dhufuun isaa hundaa kenyaaf ifaa waan ta’eef.

Yero baayye gaaffii tokkotu mataa kessa na dadaddebi’a  .gaaffii haanga yomitti nutii ummattii  ballaan kun ummatta yartudhaan  nuttii qosaamaa fi nutii rorrifamaa jiraatnaa ?haanga yomitiis Wayyaaneen Ummatta kenyaa cunqursaa fi gidirsaa itti fuftii?hanga yomitii lammiin oromodhaa mirga umamaan qabu sarbamee biyya isaa irratti akka lammi lammaffaatii ilaalamaa ,acuuccaa fi ajjechaa soda dhaan biyya ambaa gara garaatti baqatee jiraataa ? Gaafiin kun gaafii oromoota heddu ta’aa jadheen amana. Read more…

Oromo-TV: On the Upcoming AFAAN Publications’ Book Launch in Minnesota, U.S.A.

http://finfinnetribune.com/Gadaa/2015/01/oromo-tv-on-the-upcoming-afaan-publications-book-launch-in-minnesota-u-s-a/

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ከልለው ኡርጋ:- የወያኔ ታላቅ ሴራ በሕዝብ ኃይል ይከሽፋል!

በከልለው ኡርጋ*

ወያኔ ላለፉት 23 ዓምታት ከከተማ አስከ ገጠር፣ ኦሮምያን ተቆጣጥሮ እና ተጭኖ በኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ላይ ያደረሰው እና እያደረሰ ያለው መጠነ ስፊ ግፍ ከማናችንም አምሮ የሚጠፋ አይደለም። በዘመናዊ መሳርያ እና ዘመናዊ መሳሪያ በታጠቁ ሰራዊት እና ለሆዳቸዉ ባደሩ ህሊና-ቢስ የደህንነት ኃይሎች ታግዞ ብዙዎችን ገድሎል፣ አስሮል፣ ከቀያቸው አፈናቅሎል፣ ብዙዎችን ደግሞ ለስደት ዳርጓል።

በማን አለብኝነት የኦሮሞ ተቋማትን፣ ድርጅቶችን እና ማህበራትን ዘግቶል። አባላቱን እና ደጋፊዎችን ከኦሮሞ ነፃ አውጪ ግንባር ጋር ግንኙነት አላቹህ በማለት፣ በሐሰት ከሶል፣ አስሮል፣ በዛቻ አና ማስፈራራት ትውልድ ስፈራችዎን ለቀው እንዲሰደዱ አና የአውሪ እና የባህር እራት እንዲሆኑ አድርጎል፤ ሀብት ንብረታቸውን ወርሶል፣ ዘርፎል የተቀሩትን በደህነት አሮንቆ እንዲዘፈቁ አድርጓል። ይህን ሁሉ በደል እና የከፋ ጭቆና በሕዝባችን ላይ አድርሶል አሁን ግን ይህ ሁሉ ታሪክ ሆኖ የሚቀር የሆናል – በጭቁን የኦሮሞ ልጆች።

ወያኔ ከሌላው ሕዝብ በተለየ የኦሮሞን ሕዝብ ኢላማ ያደረገው ወይም ያነጣጠረው አያሌ ምክንያቶች ውስጥ በተፈጥሮ ሀብቷ፣ በአልበገር ባይነቱ፣ ባህል እና ታሪኩን ጠባቂነቱ የቆዳ እና የሕዝብ ብዛቱ ለአብነት ያህል የሚጠቀሱ ናቸወ። ለነገሩ ያለፉትም የኢትዬጵያ ገዥዎች በኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ላይ ተመሳሳይ ጭካኔ የተሞላበት ግፍ እና መከራ አድርሰዋል። አንዳቸዎም ግን ስልጣን በቃን በሕዝብ ላይ ግፍ መስራት አንገሽገሽን ብለው ዙፋናቸውን የለቀቁበት ግዜ እና ዘመን በዚያች ሀገር ታሪክ ዉስጥ የለም። መከራ ቀማሹ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ከሌሎች የተጨቆኑ ሕዝቦች ጋር በመሆን ሰባዊ አና ዲሞክራሲያዊ መብቱን ለማስጠበቅ ታግሎል እየታገለም ነው ለዚህም ይህ የማይባል መጠነ ሰፊ መሰዋትነት ከፍሎል እየከፈለም ይገኛል።

ብዙዎች ለዛሪዋ ቀን ለመድረስ ውድ ሕይወታቸውን መስዋትነት ከፍለዋል እየከፈሉም ነው። እስከ አሁን የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ የተቀዳጀው ድል የብዙ የኦሮሞ ወንድሞቻችንና እህቶቻችን የሕይወት መስዋትነት ውጤት ነው። ባሳለፍነው በሚያዝያ እና የግንቦት ወር የኦሮሞ ተማሪዎች የከፈሉት መስዋትነት ከሕፃን እስከ አዋቂ የተካፈሉበት እና አልበገር ባይነታቸዎን ያሳዩበት ከታንክ እና መትረየስ ጋር ከታጠቀ አረመኔ የወያኔ መንግስት ጋር የተጋፈጡበት እና ለመብታቸው ሲታገሉ የተሰውትን የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ምን ግዜም አይረሳቸውም። ኦሮምይም ለመብታቸው ሲሉ ሲታገሉ የተሰውትን ስትዘክር ትኖራለች። ወያኔም ከሶ በፊት እንደነበሩ አምባገነን ገዥዎች በሕዝብ ኃይል ትገለበጣለች። ሕዝብ ያልመረጣቸዉ ለሕዝባችው አደገኛ ናቸው እና። በዚያች ሀገር ታሪክ ውስጥ በሕዝብ የተመረጠ እና ስልጣን የይዘ ገዢ የለም። በ1997 ዓም ምርጫ ብናስታዎስ ወያኔ በሕዝብ አልተመረጠም 1928 ቀዳማዊ ኃይለስላሴ ሆኑ ደርግ ሕዝብ ፈልጓቸው ሳይሆን በጉልበት ነው ሥልጣን የያዙት ይህ የሚያሳየው ሁሉም አምባገነን መሆናቸው እና በሕዝብ ኃይል እየተዋረዱ ከስልጣ መዉረዳቸዉ እና ማለፋቸውን ነው።

ችግሩ አንዱ አምባገነን ከሌላው ትምህርት አለመውሰዱ ነው። አምባገነን በአምባገነን መተካካቱ ነው። በዚህም ምክንያት የዲሞክራሲ እና ሰባዊ መብቶች በኃይል እየተነጠቁ በየቀኑ ብዙ ሰው አልቆል አያለቀም ነው ምሁሩን ፣ ወጣቱን፣ ሕፃናትን፣ ሴት እና ወንድ ሳይሉ የንፁሀን ሕይወት አጥፍትተዋል። የካቲት 1966ዓ.ም. አብዬት ከ40 ዓመት በላይ የቆይው የዘውድ ስርዕት የገረሰሰው የሕዝብ ብሶት ውጤት ነው፤ ይሁን እንጂ ሕዝብ ሲመኘው የነበረው ዲሞክራሲ አውን ሳይሆን ቀረ አና በሌላ አምባገነን ተተካ። 1983 ብንመለከት በሕዝቦች ትግል የመጣ ውጤት አንጂ አምባገነኖቹ እንደሚሉት የአንድ ብሔር የትግል ውጤት አይደለም በሽዎች የሚቆጠሩ ወንድሞቻችንና እህቶቻችን መሰዋትነትን ከፍለውበታል። አሁንም አምባገነኑ የወያኔ መንግስትን ሕዝብ ሰቆቃው በቃን አንገሽገሸን ሳንፈልጋቸው 23 ዓመታቸው እያለ ነው እና ከወዲሁ የአምባገነን አገዛዝ ማክተሚያ እንደሚሆን አመላካች ነገሮች አየታዩ ነው። በሚያዝያ እና ግንቦት ወር 2014 ብቻ በመላዉ ኦሮምያ የተደረገው የኦሮሞ ተማሪዎች የተቀናዠ እንቅስቃሴ የመጭዉ ብሩህ ተስፋ የኦሮምያ አዲሱ ትውልድ አልበገር ባዩ ነው እንደሆነ የሚያረጋግጥልን እውነት ነው።

ድል ለኦሮሞ ሕዝብ!

* ከልለው ኡርጋ: kiyu297@gmail.com

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Proposal to Name a Road in Minneapolis as “Oromo Street” Approved

Minneapolis Residents Attend the Hearing to Review Warsame’s Street Naming Proposal (Photo: Minneapolis City Council Member the Honorable Abdi Warsame)

The hearing held by the Minneapolis City Planning Commission on Jan. 12, 2015, to decide on Council Member Abdi Warsame’s application for commemorative street names along the city’s Cedar riverside area has approved Warsame’s proposal.

According to the now approved Warsame’s proposal, the section of the 4th Street South in Minneapolis, Minnesota, between Cedar Avenue and 15th Avenue South will be named “Oromo Street.”

The Oromia Media Network (OMN) covered the news during its January 12, 2015, nightly news as follows:

http://finfinnetribune.com/Gadaa/2015/01/proposal-to-name-a-road-in-minneapolis-as-oromo-street-approved/

Hating woyane only by thought will not lead us to freedom

By Firehiwot Guluma Tezera | January 13, 2015

There is no doubt that the biggest aspiration of Oromo nationals (both those living abroad and those at home under the colonial regime of Woyane in their native land) is acquiring freedom. To be free of over hundred years of an outsider rule and seeing the light of freedom is the wish of the young, and adult men and women Oromos. The one question everybody talks about and asks oneself is ‘when is it that I get out of my enemy’s rule and get my freedom?’ ‘When is it that I get away from the killings, imprisonments, tortures and looting of the ruthless Woyane and live in my native land peacefully and wealthy?’ This is the wish of Oromos who have fled the imprisonments and tortures of Woyane and those still living under the daily persecutions of Woyane. Read more…

Amin Hussen’s New Oromo Music Album “Yoomi Guyyaan?” Available in Digital Music Stores

Amin Hussen’s new Oromo music album, entitled “Yoomi Guyyaan?” – is available in digital music stores, such as iTunes, Amazon.com, Google-Play, Spotify and others. To find the album, search by the artist’s name: “Amin Hussen” or the album’s name: “Yoomi Guyyaan?” The album was released on the “Roba Entertainment Group” label.

Samples from the album on Amazon.com (note to non-U.S.A. user: to get your original copy, please log into your respective country’s Amazon domain to get the music album; for example, in Canada, use Amazon.ca; in the UK, use Amazon.co.uk; and so on):

The CD version of the album is available from the following distributors:

http://finfinnetribune.com/Gadaa/2015/01/amin-hussens-new-oromo-music-album-yoomi-guyyaan-available-in-digital-music-stores/

The people pushed out of Ethiopia’s fertile farmland

By Matthew Newsome

January 6, 2015 (BBC) — The construction of a huge dam in Ethiopia and the introduction of large-scale agricultural businesses has been controversial – finding out what local people think can be hard, but with the help of a bottle of rum nothing is impossible.

After waiting several weeks for letters of permission from various Ethiopian ministries, I begin my road trip into the country’s southern lowlands.

I want to investigate the government’s controversial plan to take over vast swathes of ancestral land, home to around 100,000 indigenous pastoralists, and turn it into a major centre for commercial agriculture, where foreign agribusinesses and government plantations would raise cash crops such as sugar and palm oil. Read more…

EDUCATION FOR FREEDOM: Soweto (South Africa) Students Uprising For Freedom and Justice

 Implications to the April 2014 Oromo Students Uprising For Freedom and Justice
Gizaw Tasissa (PhD) | January 5, 2015
It is always desirable to get rid of suppression, but it is not without pain and sacrifices to achieve it and attain freedom, because the battle is between those with provisional power to mobilise resources of the oppressed against the oppressed themselves and power less but authentic majority without power. There cannot be resistance without prevalence of suppression.
It goes without saying that human right is not decided by alien body, but it is a natural right one deserves and upholds. Despite this, sometimes it is compromised by laws enacted by governments in the interest of the public and against the interest of the public too. The former is legitimate as far as it is justified by the partaking of the stakeholder while the latter is a characteristic of suppression enacted by suppressors of different modes, the major ones being political,   racial and colour discrimination. Read more…

OMN Amharic: Year 2014 in Review (Jan. 3, 2015)

http://finfinnetribune.com/Gadaa/2015/01/omn-amharic-year-2014-in-review-jan-3-2015/

Statement of Oromo Muslim Foundation in DC on Human Right Violations in Ethiopia

January 3, 2015

We Oromo/Americans living in the Washington DC metro area are outraged by the continued Human Right violations the Ethiopian Government committing  against Muslims and non-Muslims of its citizens. As far as we are concerned and as far as we know international Human Right organization such as Amnesty International, Human Right Watch and others including the US Commission on Religious Freedom as well as the 2013 State department reports on human rights on Ethiopia have acknowledged that the Ethiopian government is interfering in the religious affairs of the Muslims and the Muslims peacefully demanded the government to stop imposing a religious ideology of its choice on them. 

In light of the current upsurge of serious human rights violations in Ethiopia, we strongly urge the following:

• The Ethiopian government must stop the repression against all those who demand their constitutional right for freedom of religion, assembly, and political activism.
• The planned banning of the Hijab to force women from fully exercising their right of attending higher education systems and participating in the work force of the state must be stopped.
• Relatives of the illegally incarcerated Muslim leaders must not be denied to visit their loved ones wearing their hijabs.
• We urge all peace loving people of the world to put pressure on the government of Ethiopia to immediately release all prisoners of conscious from its prisons.

Last but not least, we strongly denounce the statement Prime Minister Haile Mariam gave and characterized Ethiopians in the Diaspora using words un-befit for a prime minister.  Especially we condemn the words he used to degrade the hard working women who had to escape poverty risking their lives to work and provide for their families at home.

DATE:12/30/2014

http://ayyaantuu.com/horn-of-africa-news/statement-of-oromo-muslim-foundation-in-dc-on-human-right-violations-in-ethiopia/