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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 »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Horn of Africa, Ogaden, Oromia, oromo, Oromo people, Oslo
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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 »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, George Ayittey, George Bernard Shaw, Henry David Thoreau, IndepthAfrica, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people
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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 »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, IndepthAfrica, Oromia Region, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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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 »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, IndepthAfrica, ODF, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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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 »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa University, Barack Obama, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, oromo, Oromo people, United States, Washington DC
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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 »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Horn of Africa, HRLHA, Human Rights League (France), IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, oromo, Oromo people
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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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(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 »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, London, news ethiopia, oromo, Oromo people, US government, Washington DC
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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 »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Moyale, news ethiopia, Ogaden, Oromia, oromo, Oromo people, Politics of Ethiopia, Somali Region
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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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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Finfinnee, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Oromia, oromo, Oromo people
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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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Tagged Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian birr, ethiopian news, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization
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by Yilma Bekele. I dreamt about my uncle. He has been dead for over ten years so I was wondering what brought him to my conscious now. It was a vivid dream and I woke both sad and happy. So … read more »
The word Ethiopia names a country. It also names a people, the great people of the country called Ethiopia. To say the same thing in other words, it names a nation, the great nation composed of the great men and … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amhara, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa news, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, oromo, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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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 »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Hailemariam, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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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 »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News, Press Releases
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nigeria soccer news, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, Washington DC, Washington Post
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By Robele Ababya Purpose of this piece The Italian Fascist military garrison and observation post at Deneba in north Shoa is an indelible symbol engraved in my mind of famous patriots and their followers comprising the Oromo and Amhara ethnic … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, African, African news, Amhara, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Meles Zenawi, oromo, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, World War II
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By Teodros Kiros Few are genuinely brave. Brave are those who are made out of moral discipline and still disposition. Such rare individuals blend in one whole -compassion and firmness. Such was Fisseha Abraha, the gallant man from the north. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Abraha, Africa news, African, African news, Derg, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, family, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, oromo, Prison, United States
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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 »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian Empire, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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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 »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, Washington DC
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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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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, Human rights, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people
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Somali Al Shabaab gunmen attacked a northeastern Kenyan town along the Somali border and killed six people and kidnapped several others. These types of incursions by militants are one reason Kenya launched an invasion of Somalia, with Ethiopia’s support. Ethiopia … read more »
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 »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Medrek, Meles Zenawi, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people
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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 »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Barack Obama, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, United States
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By Amanuel Biedemariam On a recent interview with ESAT, former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Herman Cohen made some startling revelations regarding matters that influenced the history of the peoples of Eritrea and Ethiopia. While I … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopian people, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, oromo, Tigray, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, United States
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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 »
Nations like any life form have individuality. It also seems that a definite parallel can be drawn between nations and our species- mankind. As some of us evolve progressively , others stagnate. Worse still, some even degenerate and wither to … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian Air Force, Harar, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, South Africa, Sudan, Woyane
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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 »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization, Self-determination, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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It was like I was hit by a thunderbolt when I heard the long yearned news that the OLF has reversed and discarded its secessionist policy at last affirming its commitment to the unity of Ethiopia and vowing to fully … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian people, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people
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By Catherine Cheney The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), the oldest armed rebel group in Ethiopia, announced earlier this week that it plans to drop its long-held demands for secession and instead work within the political system. The OLF’s move from … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged City University of New York, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Harbeson, Meles Zenawi, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people
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By Abebe Gellaw Washington DC (ESAT)–The Oromo Liberation Front has announced its historic decision to drop its long-held secessionist agenda and to embrace the unity of Ethiopia under a genuine federal arrangement that must guarantee the rights, equality and liberty … read more »
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Tagged Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, Minnesota, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, Washington DC
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