Tag Archives: Oromo Liberation Front

Ethiopia: Liberating a “Prison Nation”

April 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Alemayehu G Mariam Ethiopia today is a “prison of nations and nationalities with the Oromo being one of the prisoners”, proclaimed the recently issued Declaration of the Congress of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF). This open-air prison is administered through … read more »

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Ethiopians in Yemen describe kidnapping and torture

April 12, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Photo: J.Björgvinsson/UNHCR Exhausted survivors of the Gulf of Aden crossing wait for help on a beach in Yemen SANA’A, 11 April 2013 (IRIN) – Record numbers of migrants from the Horn of Africa are crossing into Yemen, most of them … read more »

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Ethiopia: Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) Declares to Work with Multi-national Ethiopia

April 7, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Is this the Same “New Ethiopia” We in the SMNE Envision?  On March 30, 2013, I had the privilege of watching history in progress while attending the first meeting of the newly formed Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) as an observer. … read more »

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Oromo struggle pioneers embrace Ethiopian struggle for justice & democracy

March 31, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Ethiomedia SEATTLE – Pioneers of the Oromo nationalist struggle have mapped out a new path that embraces the struggle of all oppressed Ethiopians for social justice and democracy. In a statement released to the media on Friday, the Oromo Democratic … read more »

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Ethiopian Security Forces Kill U.S. ‘Terrorist’

March 11, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Addis Ababa — Ethiopia’s security forces said Sunday that they have killed the leader of a “terror” cell in the southwestern Gambella region, which borders South Sudan. Ethiopian-born American, Omot Odol Ojulu, who was on the country’s most wanted list, … read more »

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Ethiopia: Politics Grows Up, While Power Grows Down

February 25, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Zemelak Ayele, Addis Fortune opinion Preparations are being made for the 2013 nationwide local elections and the Addis Abeba City Council elections. The elections are expected to be held on April 7, 2013; the fifth local elections in the … read more »

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Ethiopia: The Same System, the Same Techniques, and Different Targets by TPLF

February 14, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Hashim Adam* The propaganda video that was released by the Ethiopian Television (ETV) about the Muslim movement in Ethiopia reminded me of the unfounded accusation that the TPLF made against the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in order to terrorize … read more »

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Competing Nationalisms @ AFCON 2013: the Two Imperial Nationalisms of Ethiopia and the Liberation Nationalism of Oromiyaa

January 31, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

The last time the Ethiopian empire participated at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) was back in 1982, some eight years after the 1974 Revolution, which had promised the South’s emancipation from national oppression – the South is the region … read more »

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Press Release: Ethiopians Condemn the foiled Assassination Plot on Journalist

January 23, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Ethiopian Political Civic Democratic Forces Joint Actions Coordinating Committee Ethiopians Condemn the foiled Assassination Plot on Journalist Abebe Gelaw PRESS RELEASE The Ethiopian community in America is outraged to learn about the foiled plan of assassination attempt on Abebe Gellaw, … read more »

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Resolve Ogaden Coalition urges UK to refrain from funding Ethiopia’s “special police”

January 13, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

(LONDON) – An exiled independent advocacy group, Resolve Ogaden Coalition (ROC), on Saturday urged the British government to refrain from sending money to train Ethiopian paramilitaries that are widely accused of human rights abuses in the ethnic Somali region. Britain … read more »

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Ethiopian Migrants Abused And Unwelcome In Yemen

December 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Desperately seeking a future Year on year the numbers of men women and children leaving Ethiopia in search of work and freedom from repression in one of the Gulf States and beyond is increasing. Lured by the often hollow prospect … read more »

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Ethiopia: The out of reach growth

December 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Getachew Qannoo My father lives in a small town located in Illubabor, Ethiopia where he works as an elementary school teacher. I check in routinely and this last time he responded in his usual manner, “Waaqayoo ha ulfaatu”(May God … read more »

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Ethiopia: Court jails two Oromo politicians leaders

December 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By William Davison Ethiopia’s Federal High Court sentenced two senior Oromo politicians to as much as 13 years in prison after their convictions on charges of inciting a secessionist rebellion. Bekele Gerba, deputy chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Democratic … read more »

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Human and Democratic Rights violation in Ethiopia boost up

December 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Abenezer Aregawi “Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality. If you’re a man, you take it” Malcolm x Ethiopia is one of the oldest and ancient countries in the world with more than 3000 years history. … read more »

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Zenawi will be remembered for holding Ethiopia together as one country

November 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Any recent visitor to Ethiopia would be struck by the ubiquitous billboards commemorating the late Prime Minister’s life, two months after his demise. Meles Zenawi’s photo form the backdrop to the TV screens and adorns the streets of all the … read more »

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Eritrean calls for public uprising against president Isaias Afeworki’s regime

November 14, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle An exiled Eritrean opposition force on Tuesday made fresh calls for public uprising against president Isaias Afeworki’s regime in Asmara. Chairman of The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), Ibrahim Haron, told Repoters that Eritrea is currently … read more »

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Courting foreign waves Ethiopian way

November 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Hindessa Abdul Ethiopia and Qatar restored diplomatic ties, was the news that dominated the airwaves this past week. The Qatari delegation led by the Prime Minister were accorded a warm welcome in Addis Ababa that included a banquet. There … read more »

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Can Ethiopia’s Political Conflicts Be Resolved Peacefully?

November 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Buri Waddesso (oPride) The collapse of peace talks between the Ethiopian regime and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) last month begs the question; can Ethiopia’s mounting political problems be resolved, peacefully, through negotiation? Zenawi’s successor, Hailemariam Desalegn, declared that he … read more »

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Ethiopia Without Zenawi

November 2, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Joel Ambasa,The Star Just a couple of months after Ethiopia bid farewell to Meles Zenawi, a new wave of expectations is sweeping across the country and the region over what the future holds as new Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn … read more »

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Oromo Liberation Front, Press Release on Ethiopian Muslims

October 25, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

TPLF’s Terror Will Not Deter Genuine Demand For Freedom OROMO LIBERATION FRONT, Press Release The TPLF – EPRDF government has stayed and continues to stay on the shoulders of Ethiopia peoples at gun point. Extra-judicial killings, mass arrest and torture … read more »

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What Ethiopians are saying about “The Late PM Meles Zenawi” – Video

September 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

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Ethiopia Post-Meles and the Oromo Agenda

September 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Magarsa Mukhtar No dictator rules for a lifetime. Not in the new millennium. With the wave of domestic anti-government sentiments and the rapid trends of change across the region, Meles Zenawi’s days as prime minister of Ethiopia were always … read more »

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Ethiopia: Time for Radical Improvements

September 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam It is time to bury the hatchet and move forward in Ethiopia! Nelson Mandela taught that “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes … read more »

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ia:OLF (PC): Death of a Dictator Is Not End of Colonial Oppression

August 30, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Statement of OLF Provisional Council on the Dishonorable Death of Ethiopia’s Dictator “The death of a dictator is not the end of colonial oppression!” OLF Provisional Council In the long history of the Ethiopian empire, there has never been a … read more »

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OLF chairman called up on Ethiopians to transmit Zenawis’ death to the death of the TPLF

August 22, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Getahune Bekele In a hard-hitting press release sent to the Horn Times, Oromo Liberation Front leader General Kemal Galchu (pictured) called up on all Ethiopians, irrespective of regions and religions to refrain from premature celebrations and intensify the struggle … read more »

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Is Meles dead? Ethiopia’s on the edge

August 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Editor’s Note – There are some glaring errors in the following report. For instance, the writer says Meles Zenawi is from southern Ethiopia. Actually, Meles alleges he is from the north (Tigrai), though many Ethiopians believe he is from the … read more »

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Ghana: President Mahama, The Presidency Is Not A Papacy

August 2, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Sarpong, Justice “Vengeance, he said, is of God and people must resist the temptation to retaliate the vilification president Mills suffered. Setting the tone for his campaign in a subtle manner, the president said even though he was fairly young, … read more »

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Ethiopia burns as TPLF warlords jostle for positions

July 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

-More than 20 slaughtered in and around the segregated town of Moyale. By Getahune Bekele When the Horn Times reporter Safia Hajji Liben Hajji Roba arrived in northern Kenyan town of Moyale on July 30, 2012, the stench of death … read more »

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RE – Ethiopia: The Death of Meles Zenawi would be a great tragedy

July 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Afewerk Messay Mr Tibebe – sorry to read your article grabbed from here and there and full of hate propaganda than facts. Everything Meles and his team did is dark to you because you don’t fit to federalism. For you … read more »

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Humanity, its beauty and absurdity: the Ethiopian case

July 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Elyas Mulu Kiros One of the defining characters of human beings is our awareness of our own existence either as an independent individual or as members of groups that we create based on bloodlines or cultural, economical, political, religious, and … read more »

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