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Injustice in Oromia-Ethiopia Follows Oromo Exiles in Oslo, Norway

Oromo Press A historically pro-Oromo refugees Norway has been evolving into an unfavorable place for Oromo refugees and refugees from the Horn of Africa in recent years. Abandoning its own humanitarian streak, the Norwegian government has drifted too far in … read more »

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Ethiopia: Liberating a “Prison Nation”

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

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

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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The Oromo and the Ethiopian state: identity, marginalization and diaspora blues

(Image credit: OPride) “I am Bekele Gerba” reads an image created by OPride, an Oromo news and analysis website based in the United States and run by diasporic activist and journalist Mohammed Ademo. [The Oromo are an ethnic group found … read more »

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How Ethiopian youth are being treated in Saudi Arabia – Video

This is one example of what has become of us Ethiopians under the ethnic apartheid regime of the TPLF. Ethiopians seek freedom and opportunity or they would not run to the free world; yet, why not create the “free world” … read more »

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Oromo Studies Association’s (OSA’s) Appeal Letter to the President of Addis Ababa University

OromoStudies.org March 13, 2013 Open Letter to: Dr. Admasu Tsegaye President, Addis Ababa University P.O.Box 1176 Email: commoffice@aau.edu.et Tel: 251 111 239705 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dear President Admasu: On behalf of the Oromo Studies Association (OSA), a scholarly organization that … read more »

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Ethiopia: Academic Institutions Are Meant to Teach; Not to Serve As Political Tools

The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) strongly condemns the academic dismissals and suspensions of ten students of Addis Ababa University from their studies on February 21, 2013 upon their return to the University to resume their … read more »

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

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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Ethiopia: Oromo activists rally for justice in homeland

(OPride) — On Friday Jan. 25, several hundred Oromo immigrants staged concurrent demonstrations in Washington, D.C. and London calling for the release of political prisoners, respect of the constitution, and the establishment of rule of law in Ethiopia. “We earnestly … read more »

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Ethiopia: Militia Attacks Villages In Eastern Oromia

It has been reported that the Ethiopian-Somali regional state militia known as ‘Liyu Police’ has attacked the town of Qumbi in Eastern Oromia killing many and displacing the population. For the past month the Liyu Police have been attacking, harassing … read more »

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Ethiopia: A time to heal, a time to reconcile

By Alemayehu G Mariam   Last week The Reporter reported :   An ethnic-based conflict between Addis Ababa University (AAU) students following derogatory graffiti posted on toilet-walls and library walls has left half a dozen students with severe injuries while … read more »

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Ethiopia: A Decade after the Aborted Oromo Eviction from Finfinnee

By Mekuria Bulcha A DECADE AFTER THE ABORTED OROMO EVICTION FROM FINFINNEE A Persistent Story of Expropriation, Humiliation and Displacement   The first version of this article was published under the title Greater Addis Ababa in the Making: Stop Them, … read more »

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Ethiopia: Over 20 injured during ethnic clashes between Addis Ababa University students

Protest sparked at the College of Natural Sciences, Arat Kilo Campus of the Addis Ababa University. According to our sources in Addis Ababa, The main cause of the protest is due to an ethnic derogatory poster against Oromo-ethnic students placed … read more »

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Ethiopia: The out of reach growth

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

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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In autocratic Ethiopia, we are all Bekele Garba

By Hassen Hussein Bekele Garba On November 1, 2012, Ethiopia’s kangaroo court convicted nine Oromo nationals, including opposition leader Bekele Gerba, who was nabbed right after meeting a delegation of Amnesty International, under that country’s sweeping anti-terrorism law. Their sentencing … read more »

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Ethiopia Post-Meles and the Oromo Agenda

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

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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Boycott Woyanne cash cow: Ethiopian Airlines

The Woyanne junta continues to commit horrible atrocities against Ethiopians with impunity. The recent ethnic cleansing campaign against the Amhara, Gambella and Afar people is not surprising because nothing has been done when khat-addicted dictator Meles Zenawi waged a war … read more »

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The Recent ‘Report’ on the Washington Post about the OLF Has Nothing to Do with the OLF

The article by Emily Wax, The Washington Post reporter, under the title “As separatists in Ethiopia disarm, a new chapter for D.C.’s Oromo community,” alleging laying down of arms and succumbing to the imposed unity of Ethiopia is inaccurate. Many … read more »

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The Circumstance of Citizen Psychology Under Ethnic Federalism

By Geletaw Zeleke Politics in its purest sense is the art of governance. This art should not be built upon differences of human language or culture but instead should rely on the dynamism of human creativity. Whenever politics are attached … read more »

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Oromia-Ethiopia: G7’s Non-Credible and Dangerous Political Move – Take 2

By Malkaa Guutuu* It is a sad reality that the Ethiopian Empire is saddled with all manners of socio-economic and political problems that seem to only get bigger and more complex with time. Generations in that ill-fated country have now … read more »

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The Integrity of Public Writing – by Ephrem Madebo

by Ephrem Madebo The recent land mark program change decision by one of the OLF factions has created a political wave The recent land mark program change decision by OLF “Ginbot 7 is a ‘right wing Amhara extremist party”. Jawar … read more »

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Ethiopia: OLF and Ethiopian Sovereignty

By Zerihun Abebe Recently there is a growing debate within OLF’s regarding its stand on the question of a democratic Ethiopian unity and there seem to be a revitalization of the question of ethno-nationalism and Ethiopian sovereignty among the Diaspora. … read more »

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Ethiopia: Washington Update

By Mesfin Mekonen At a recent meeting senior State Department officials discussed U.S. food aid to Ethiopia and other countries in the Horn of Africa. President Obama announced on Dec. 22 that the U.S. was giving an additional $113 million … read more »

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Ethiopian Politicians on Trial for Terrorism

Two politicians who had been rising stars in Ethiopia’s ethnic Oromo opposition movement have pleaded “not guilty” to terrorism charges in Addis Ababa on Monday. Bekele Gerba and Olbana Lelisa appeared in federal court to hear charges accusing them of … read more »

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Ethiopia: Africans Unite! Ethiopians Unite!

By Alemayehu G. Mariam The great Bob Marley always sang songs of African unity and liberation: How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man, To see the unification of all Africans. Africans unite for the benefit … read more »

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Oromo Student Letter to President Obama on the Growing Repression and Human Rights Violations by the Ethiopian Government

January 3, 2012 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 www.whitehouse.gov Tel: (202) 395-2020 Subject: Oromo Studies Association’s Appeal Letter to President Obama on the Growing Repression and Human Rights Violations by the Ethiopian … read more »

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The ‘new’ OLF program: much ado about nothing

By Jawar Mohammed* Earlier this week, one of the several OLF factions announced that it had adapted a new political program that apparently drops the ‘secessionist’ agenda. This announcement was preceded and followed by hyped fanfare by Ginbot 7 and … read more »

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