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Scores of people have been killed across Ethiopia’s Oromia and Amhara regions at the weekend, as the authorities brutally suppressed a new wave of anti-government protests in two key regions.

Opposition leader told AFP news agency that up to 50 people were killed, while Amnesty International claimed more than 90 people were killed, many of them extrajudicially, in the protests linked to an aborted government attempt to commandeer local land.

Ethiopian forces have systematically used excessive force in their mistaken attempts to silence dissenting voices Michelle Kagari, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East Africa

Police fired tear gas and blocked roads to several towns in the vast Oromia region as demonstrations erupted after a call from a spontaneous social media movement.

“We have reports of between 48 to 50 protesters killed in Oromia. This death toll might be higher because there were a lot of wounded,” said Merera Gudina, leader of the opposition Oromo People’s Congress.

A diplomat confirmed that 49 people were killed. Among the towns worst hit by the violence were Nekemte, a town in western Ethiopia where 15 people were killed, the diplomat said, while 27 died in Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara region.

“They appear to be low level, quite disorganised protests scattered all around…,” the diplomat told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity.

“The brutal response of the government risks provoking more anger and making it worse.”

Amnesty International put the death toll at 97, with 67 killed in Oromia and 30 in Amhara on Saturday and Sunday. The rights group said the bloodshed in Bahir Dar may amount to “extrajudicial killings”.

“Ethiopian forces have systematically used excessive force in their mistaken attempts to silence dissenting voices,” Michelle Kagari, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, said.

Months of protests

Ethiopian authorities had imposed a blanket internet blockade over the weekend.

Oromia saw unrest for several months until early this year, sparked by plans to allocate farmland in the region surrounding the capital for development.

Authorities scrapped the land scheme in January, but protests have flared again over the continued detention of opposition demonstrators.

At the weekend, protesters chanted anti-government slogans and waved dissident flags. Some demanded the release of jailed opposition politicians.

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The state-owned Ethiopian News Agency said “illegal protests” staged by “anti-peace forces” had been brought under control, but it did not mention casualties.

Oromia is the second region to be hit by unrest in the past few days. In Amhara region, at least two people were killed in the ancient city of Gonder in clashes over the status of a disputed territory.

The demonstrators accused the government of rights abuses and marginalisation of ethnic communities.

The Oromo are Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, constituting more than 30 percent of the population of 100 million. The Amhara are the second-largest group.

In the capital, Addis Ababa, which is located in Oromia, “many people were beaten,” said a witness who did not want to be identified.

“I saw others getting arrested. The government was out with guns in town. They’re moving with so-called special forces. There was lots of shooting,” he told DPA news agency.

Tensions have been rumbling for two decades over the status of Wolkayt district – a stretch of land that protesters from Amhara say was illegally incorporated into the neighbouring Tigray region to the north.

Source: Agencies

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ADDIS ABABA, Aug 8 (Reuters) – More than 90 people were shot dead by security forces in protests across Ethiopia’s Oromiya and Amhara regions at the weekend, residents and opposition officials said on Monday.

Unrest flared in Oromiya for several months until early this year over plans to allocate farmland surrounding the regional capital for development. Authorities scrapped the scheme in January, but protests flared again over the continued detention of opposition demonstrators.

At the weekend, protesters chanted anti-government slogans and waved dissident flags. Some demanded the release of jailed opposition politicians.

“So far, we have compiled a list of 33 protesters killed by armed security forces that included police and soldiers but I am very sure the list will grow,” Mulatu Gemechu, deputy chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress, said.

The deaths were in at least 10 towns across Oromiya, he said, including Ambo, Dembi Dolo and Nekemt – areas that saw previous rounds of protest.

“Twenty-six people have been injured, while several have been detained,” Mulatu said, adding three members of his party were also being held.

Government officials were not immediately available for comment. The state-owned Ethiopian News Agency said “illegal protests” by “anti-peace forces” had been brought under control. It did not mention casualties.

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Oromiya is the second region to be hit by unrest in the past few days.

In Amhara, residents said police fired live bullets at demonstrators during protests over disputed territory that continued until early Monday in the city of Bahir Dar.

“Soldiers fired live rounds at protesters. Hospitals have been filled by dead and wounded victims,” one resident said, putting the number killed at 60.

Tensions have been rumbling for two decades over the status of Wolkayt district, a stretch of land that protesters from Amhara say was illegally incorporated into the neighbouring Tigray region to the north.

Nigusu Tilahun, spokesperson for the regional government, told state-affiliated news outlets that seven people died over the weekend.

Amnesty International said the bloodshed in Bahir Dar may amount to “extrajudicial killings” and that at least 30 people were killed in one day.

The United States said it was “deeply concerned” by the violence in both regions.

“We reaffirm our call to respect the constitutionally enshrined rights of all citizens, including those with opposition views, to gather peacefully and to express their opinions,” its embassy in Addis Ababa said in a statement.

Any sign of unrest is closely watched in Ethiopia, a Western ally against Islamist militants in neighbouring Somalia and an economic power seen as a centre of relative stability in a fragile region.

“Ethiopian forces have systematically used excessive force in their mistaken attempts to silence dissenting voices,” Michelle Kagari, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great La

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At least 97 people were killed and hundreds more injured when Ethiopian security forces fired live bullets at peaceful protesters across Oromia region and in parts of Amhara over the weekend, according to credible sources who spoke to Amnesty International.

Thousands of protesters turned out in Oromia and Amhara calling for political reform, justice and the rule of law. The worst bloodshed – which may amount to extrajudicial killings – took place in the northern city of Bahir Dar where at least 30 people were killed in one day.

“The security forces’ response was heavy-handed, but unsurprising. Ethiopian forces have systematically used excessive force in their mistaken attempts to silence dissenting voices,” said Michelle Kagari, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes.

“These crimes must be promptly, impartially and effectively investigated and all those suspected of criminal responsibility must be brought to justice in fair trials before ordinary civilian courts without recourse to death penalty.”

Information obtained by Amnesty International shows that police fired live bullets at protesters in Bahir Dar on 7 August, killing at least 30. Live fire was also used in Gondar on 6 August, claiming at least seven lives.

The security forces’ response was heavy-handed, but unsurprising. Ethiopian forces have systematically used excessive force in their mistaken attempts to silence dissenting voices

No deaths were reported from the Addis Ababa protests, but photos and videos seen by Amnesty International show police beating protesters with batons at Meskel Square, the capital’s main public space.

In Oromia and Amhara, hundreds were arrested and are being held at unofficial detention centres, including police and military training bases.

“We are extremely concerned that the use of unofficial detention facilities may expose victims to further human rights violations including torture and other forms of ill-treatment,” said Michelle Kagari.

“All those arrested during the protests must be immediately and unconditionally released as they are unjustly being held for exercising their right to freedom of opinion.”

Background

The protests in Oromia are a continuation of peaceful demonstrations that began in November 2015 against a government masterplan to integrate parts of Oromia into the capital Addis Ababa. Deaths were reported in multiple towns in the region, including Ambo, Adama, Asassa, Aweday, Gimbi, Haromaya, Neqemte, Robe and Shashemene.

The protests in Amhara began on 12 July 2016 when security forces attempted to arrest Colonel Demeka Zewdu, one of the leaders of the Wolqait Identity and Self-Determination Committee, for alleged terrorism offences.

Wolqait is an administrative district in Tigray Region that was part of Amhara Region before the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power 1991. It has been agitating for reintegration into Amhara for the last 25 years.

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Hagayya 4, 2016 August 4, 2016

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Ibsa ijjannoo miseensota Kora KWO Kutaa USA fi Kanada

Kallachi walabummaa Oromiyaa kora kutaa USA fi Canadaa Hagayya 2016 magaalaa lakkuu

(Minneapolis fi St. Paul) keessatti godhate, injifannoon xuumuratee jira. Miseensonni kora kana

irratti argaman, milkii fi gufuulee adeemsa waggaa tokkoffaa keesatti KWO qunnaman erga

xiinxalaniin booda ibsa ejjannoo armaan gadii dabarfatanii jiran.

1. Sirni gita bittuu saba tigree dhaloota lafaa dhufaa Oromoo, daa’imaa fi manguddoo, qeerroo

fi dubartii ulfaa gara nyaattoo tokko malee qe’ee isaanii irratti rasaasa itti roobsuun yakka

sanyii duguugiinsaa ifatti raawwataa jira. Kallachi Walabummaa Oromiyaa, gocha murna

koloneeffattuu kana hadheeffatee balaaleffata. Miseensonni KWOtillee humnaa fi dandeetti

qabnu maraan, ummata keenna cinaa dhaabannee, warraqsa walabummaaf godhamu

finiisuuf, murannee kaanee jirra.

2. Hirmaannaa barattoonni, qotee bultoonni, daldaltoonni, shamarran, dargaggoonni,

haawwanii fi daa’imman Oromo; guutummatti ummanni Oromoo biyya keessaa qabsoo

walabumma Oromiyaatii fi bilisummaa ilman Oromo gara fuula duraatti shaffisissuuf

godhaa jiru dinqisiifachaa, nutillee gama keennaan dirqama nurraa eegamu bayuuf qophii

ta’uu keenna jabbesinne mirkannessina

3. Kaayoon masakaa Kallacha Walabummaa Oromiyaa, impaayera Tophiyaa sirna kolonii

irratti ijaarame hundeen buqqisee, Oromiya walabaa, ta ummanni Oromo bilisaan keessa

jiraatu deebisee utubuudha. Qabsoo fuula maraan ilmaan Oromoo kaayoo tana milkeessuuf

godhan bakkaan gayuuf miseensonni hundi ciminnaa fi dammaqinnaan hojjachuuf waada

keenna haarawoomsinee jirra.

4. Ummanni Oromoo Seenaa keessati marsaa heddu diinaan durfamee carraa ofiin of-
bulchuu fi hiree abbaa biyyummaa isaa itti gonfachuu danda’u dhabee jira. Barri 1991/92

yaadannoo yeroo gabaabaati. Hennaa ammaallee carraan walfakkaataan dhufee balbala

qabsoo walabummaa Oromiyaatii fi bilisummaa Oromoo dura dhaabataa jira. Carraa

kanatti fayyadamuuf yoomuu caalaa cimsinee hojjachuuf waadaa seenna.

5. Mirgi hiree ufii, ufiin murteefachuu ummata Oromoo iggiitii tokko malee akka

raawwatammuuf qabsoo hadhooftuu godhuun barbachiisa akka ta’e hubbanne

waldhaansoo keenna daran cimsinee itti sufna.

6. Qabsoon hadhooftuun ummanni keennaa woggoota dheeraaf godhee, woreegama lubbuu

goota kumaatamaan laakkayamu itti gabbaree fi adhallee gabbaraa jiru, walabummaa

Oromiyaatiin guduunfama. Waan walabummaa gadii takkallee hin-fudhannu.

7. Sirni koloneeffattaa, aadaanii fi amalli isaanii, kan nagayatti amanu uduu hintaane, sirna

qawweetti irkatee ijaaramee fi funyaan qawweettiin biyya abbaa keennaa nudhaalee

abbaa itti ta’ee, nu gabroomfate. Sirni qawween dhufe, qawween kufa. Kanaafuu, ummanni

Oromollee kana beekee, karaa danda’e hundaan hidhannoo ufii qixxeeffattee, falma KWOn

dirree woraanaa irratti godhu cinaa akka dhaabatu waamicha lamummaa dabarfanna.

Kallacha Walabummaa Oromiya/KWO Front for Independence of Oromia/FIO

Hagayya 4, 2016 August 4, 2016

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8. Tokkummaan qabsoo ilmaan Oromoo dhabaa keenna Kallacha Walabummaa Oromiyaa

biratti, wirtuu geejjiba waldhaansoo dandii qajeeltu irra hiriirsuun injifannottiin

nudhaqaati. Kanaafuu, walii galteen tokkummaa dhaabota siyaasaa Oromo walaba ta’an

jiddutti godhamaa jiru, dhawaa fi mala waarroo walabummaa ta’uu hubannee bakkaan

gayuuf onnee guutuun hojjanna.

9. Waliigaltee dhaabota gita bittuu, sirna dullachaa waliin godhamu hunda jabeessinnee afoo

dhaabanna. Tokkummaa saboota humnaan ukkaamfamanii qabeenna impaayera Tophiyaa

godhamanii dararaan sirna cunqursituu habashaa akkuma ummata Oromoo irratti

raawwatamaa ture waliin uumachuuf halkanii fi guyyaa hojjanna.

10. Walabummaan fedhii fi hawwii qofaan hindhuftu. Wareegama heeddu gafaati. Nuti

missensooni Kallacha Walabummaa Oromiyaa, waregama bifa hundaatuu kafaaluuf qophii.

Ummanni Oromoollee kana beekee dhaaba isaa Kallacha Walaabumma Oromiyaa waliin

akka dhabatu gafaana.

Oromiyaan ni walabomtti!

Kallacha Walabumma Oromiyaa/KWO/

Hagayya bara 2016

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—
Kan nagaya hin feene
Humaa irraa hin eeynuu
Amma murteeffanne
Tarkaanfii itti aanu.
Gootummaa keenya
Ni beekan duraanuu
Waliin dhumna malee
Wilii hin callifnu!
—
Kan nu miidhe miidhuu,
Kan nu ajjeese ajjeesuu,
Gootummaa keenya
Hojiin agarsiisuu,
Namuu waan qabu
Kennuun waliif raabsuu,
Kan qabeenya qabu
Harkasaa bal’isuu,
Kan dandeeytii qabu
Kan qabne leenjisuu,
Sanuma qofa amma
Karaan nu baasu!
—
Kan beekkomsa qabdan
Nutti hin qusatinaa!
Kan qabeenya qabdan
Hin leeccallaawinaa!
Namuu waan qabdaniin
Irratti hirmaadhaa!
Diina fonqolchuun
Seenaa hojjadhaa!
—
Namuu haa ka’u
Garayyuun sossoonaa
Shakkii takka malee
Diina irra aanna!
Dhugaa qabna
Haqaaf Falmanna
Ni Injifanna!
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#OromoProtests

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Oromo people’s desire for freedom, justice, and democracy.

The Oromo liberation Front (the OLF) strongly condemns the massacre of the peaceful Oromo protesters throughout

Oromiya by the Tigre Liberation Front (the TPLF) regime on August 6, 2016. The TPLF regime has cold blood

massacred over 100 people, and wounded over 1000 Oromos who peacefully demonstrated in over 200 towns in

Oromiya.

The OLF also condemns the killing of protesters in Gondar by the TPLF regime.

The TPLF regime since it seized state power in Ethiopia has been targeting the Oromo people, the largest ethnic group in

Ethiopia. Especially, for the last nine months, the TPLF has murdered over 600 Oromos who peacefully demanded their

rights that have even been guaranteed under the TPLF nominal constitution. The peaceful demands of the Oromo people

throughout Oromiya have been witnessed by international community.

The non-violence legitimate demands of the Oromo people have seen as a sign of weakness by the tyrannical TPLF

regime. But the Oromo people patience against egregious TPLF inhuman action for the last nine months has showed to

the world how peaceful Oromo people are. However, the massacre of August 6, 2016 throughout Oromiya against

Oromo people by the TPLF regime should be a game changer. No more Oromo should die without defending

himself/herself in the face of genocidal action of the TPLF regime.

On August 6, 2016 in all corners of Oromiya in over 200 cities, the Oromo people demonstrated peacefully by raising

their hands over their heads. But the fascist TPLF regime without any concern for the life and safety of the Oromo has

massacred over 100 peaceful Oromo protesters, and has wounded over a 1000. By massacring peaceful demonstrators

who came out to exercise their natural rights, the TPLF regime has crossed all means of humanity, and has showed its

predator nature to the world.

Now, the Oromo people have no other means except using all means at its disposal to defend themselves and save them

from elimination from the face of the earth.

The Oromo Liberation Front call upon all Oromos to use all necessary means to defend themselves from genocidal

action of the TPLF. The Oromo people should use all means to defend their life, family, property and country. The

Oromo and other peoples in Ethiopia should rise up together and defend their natural rights, and prevent them from

elimination by the diabolical TPLF regime.

Either the TPLF or the EPRDF has no legal or moral authority to claim the government of the Peoples of Ethiopia.

The OLF also calls upon Oromos in the armed force, police, and local militia to stand with your people and turn your

weapons against the TPLF regime. Defending the regime that kills your people is not only against human nature but a

crime that will not be forgotten for generation to come. Be on the side of the people, not with the side of dying minority

regime.

The OLF once again urges Oromo political organizations to come together immediate under one strong front, and wage

coordinated struggle against the TPLF regime along our people who have been daily confronting the TPLF regime in

unison. Time is an essence that we do not have to waste under fake motto of working together while maintaining our

organizational independence. The struggle of our people demands us to come under one formidable Front and one flag,

the symbol of our people’s struggle. Time is now, not tomorrow!!

Finally, the OLF also would like to call upon all forces in and outside Ethiopia to form a United Front against the TPLf

regime to enable the peoples in Ethiopia to decide their destiny by themselves.

Victory to Oromo people

August 8, 2016

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Ibsa THBO-ULFO: Hagaya, 2016

Baroota 15 dura, qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo qindoomina dabrees hanniisaa itti horuudhaf, humna qabsaawotaa mooraa takkatti walitti fiduun gaafii yeroo belbeltuu akka ture waan yaadatamu. Akkuma beekkamuu malu, hireen qabsoo saba Oromoo dhuma bara 1992 keessaa mudate, hanga bara 2000 keessa Tokkummaan Humnoota Bilisummaa Oromiyaa (THBO) bu’uraawetti, faffaca’iinsa jaarmiyoota kan haalan yaachisaa ti ture. Faca’iinsa uummameef furmaata ma’ii soquun hawwii fii iyyaannaa saba Oromoo maraa ture. Itti dabalees, jaarmiyooleen siyaasaa Oromootis dhiibbaa sabichaatin rakkoo faca’iinsa moraa QBO kessatti dhalateef  hiikkaa aggaamuf yeroo itti dirqaman ture. Haala kanattu, dirree marii jaarmiyoota siyaasaa jidduutti yeroo duraatif bane. Itti ba’iinsi marii kanaatis, tokkummaa jaarmiyoota Oromoo kaayyoo bilisummaa Oromoo fii walabummaa Oromiyaatif qabsaawan mara agoobaro takka jalatti walitti fiduudhan, dhawata keessaa, tokkummaan isaani akka mirkanaawu haala mijeessuu kan jedhu ture. QBO rakkoolee jaarmiyoota fii akkasumas qabsaawota jidduu turaniin gaadi’amee gulantaa ol’aana fii abdachiisa irraa ga’u hanqachuun isaa hubatamuudhan, dhibdeelee qabsicha korkodan irraa aanudhaan, jaarmiyaa cimaa fii waaltawaa tokko kan qabsaawonni marti keessatti hammatamani qooda ga’a itti gummaachuu danda’an, akkasumas hooggana bilchinaa fii qaroominaan qabsicha kayyoo isaatin mamii tokkoon maleetti ga’uudhaf murate sosso’u fii sossoosu tokko horachuudhaf THBO Fulbaana 2000 keessa uummame.

Akeeka eebbifamaa kana bakkaan ga’uudhaf, THBO baroota muraasa ta’aniif akka jaarmiyaa agoobaraatti carraaqii gochaa ture. Haa ta’u malee, rakkoolee danuu irraa kan ka’e, akka hawwametti milkaawuu hindandeenye. Rakkoolewan turan warra seena qabsoo Oromoo hegere barreessaniif diifnee, waan ijaaraa (positive) ta’an irratti hoo fuulleffane, dhalachuun THBO hooxiqaate bobbaa walballeesu fii maqaa walxureessuu jaarmiyoota siyaasaa Oromoo jidduu ture haalan hir’isuun isaa waan haalamuu miti. Kana irraa kana hafe, direen waliin hojjatan bal’achuurra dhiphachaa, akka akeekametti moraa Oromoo keessatti tumsa waliif gochuu takkaahu tokkoomu irratti fuulleffachuun hanqatee, dhaabbolee alagaa kan tarsimoon isaanii faallaa qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo ta’an waliin, jaarmiyaan miseensa THBO ta’e tokko, ABOn, murna Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (AFD) jedhamee beekkamaaa ture keessatti tumsaaf bara 2006 keessa waliigaltee gochuun isaa, baroota dheeradhaaf tokkummaa jaarmiyoota Oromoo jidduutti uumudhaaf tattaaffi godhamaa ture gaaffii keessa akka galu taasifame.

Haa ta’u malee, jaarmiyooleen miseensa THBO ta’an gariin kan tokkummaan humnoota Oromoo QBOtif murteessadha jedhanii akeeka tokkummaa irratti cichan, hojii isaan tokkomsu irratti fuulleffatan; dhawataanis tokkumma isaanii Bitooteessa bara 2010 mirkaneeffatan. THBO jaarmiyaa agoobara ta’uun isaa hafee kara jaarmiyaa tokko kan hooggana tokkoon masakamutti akka muuxatu taasifame. Erga gaafa THBO akka jaarmiyaa siyaasaa Oromoo tokkoo ti of labsee kaasee hanga har’aatti, humnoota Oromoo gola jaarmiyaa ada adaa keessatti faca’anii jiran akka mooraa tokkotti, humna jaarmiyaa cimaa tokkotti, hoggana tokko jalatti of gurmeessanii qindoominan QBO tinnisan waamicha walirraahincinne gochaa ture. Waamicha qofaa osoo hintaane, jaarmiyoota maqaa Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo (ABO) dhahatan maraan yeroo adda addaatti gareelamaan (bilateral) haa ta’u akka gareetuutatti (multilateral) bu’ura humnoota Oromoo tokkoomsu irratti ijibbaata onnee irraa madde, yeroo dheeradhaf osoo hinnuffin, dhimma jaarmiyaa ofii kan dhuunffa caalaa, dhimma waloo kan humnoota Oromoo tokkoomsu irratti fuulleffachuudhan tattaaffi hagana hinjedhamne hanga walakkeessa bara 2015 ti godhaa ture. Garuu, ijibbaanni THBO bu’ura tokkummaa tarkaanfachiisu irratti godhee firii tokkoollee argamsiisu waan hanqateef, xiyyeeffannaa isaa guutu karaa hojii jaarmiyaa ofiitti akka fuulleffatuuf dirqamee jira.

Har’a, QBO yeroo kamuu caala irree tokkumma akka barbaadduu ifaa dha. Kana ta’e odoo jiruu, har’alee erga calqaba THBO bara 2000 keessa bu’uraawe kaasee, wogaa 16 booda, jaarmiyooni siyaasaa Oromoo tokkummaa dhugaa uummanni keenya irraa hawwu sana milkiidhan xumurachuudhaf hindhangi’amne. Keessattuu, yeroo kamuu caalatti haccuuccan mootummaa gabrooffataa Wayyaanee daran uummata Oromoo irratti si’ana cimee odoo jiruu, yeroo sabni Oromoo akka sabaatti lafa irraa akka baduuf diinni xiyyeeffatee bobbaa gochaa jiruu, yeroo badii irraa of oolchuf uummanni Oromoo dhaloota haarawaan durfamee diina irratti tokko ta’ee falmii seena qabeessa galmeessaa jiruu, jaarmiyooni siyaasaa Oromoo garuu irree isaanii tokkoomsanii balaa saba Oromoo irratti agaamameef gaachana ta’u hanqachuun isaani haalan saba keenya gaddisiisun isaa waan hinhaalamne. Ammas akkuma duriitti, goluma ofii keessatti waan danda’an gochuudhumaaf batattisuudhan alatti, of gurmeessanii irree tokkummaatin QBO qindoominan gaggeessudhaaf akkasumas guutu sabaa qabsoo irratti hirmaachisudhan dhibdee hundeedha kan saba keenya baraatamaan gidirsu, harqoota gabrummaa Habashoota, hundeedhan buqisuudhan uummata Oromoo badii irraa baraarudhaf qophaawoo mitti; of qopheesufis hamileedhan itti hinjiran.

Haalli kuni qabsaawota dhugaa dabrees uummata keenyaa yaaddessuu qaba; yaaddoo qofaa odoo hintaane, har’aboru odoo hinjjenne rakkoo QBO sakaale, xurree itti falamuu dand’u walitti birmatanii soqachuun gaaffii yeroo ti. Kana ta’uu baannan, badii saba keenya irratti dhaqabuu maluuf, ittigaafatamni duraa ceekuu humnoota siyaasa Oromoo irratti kufa jenna. Ittigaafata akkanaa irraa of baasuf, jaarmiyooni Oromoo yeroon hir’ina qaban itti furatan oddo hinbubbulin amma ta’uu qaba.

Tokkoffaa, akkuma gubbanatti tuqametti, humnooni akeekan walfakkaatan gurmuu tokko ta’anii soosso’uudhaf bu’ura tokkummaa yeroo mara ka’u xumura itti gochuu fii tokkummaa hojiidhan mirkaneessuu qabu. Fafakkeessu dhaabu qabu; kana jechaan, tokkummaa uummane jedhanii sabatti of labsanii, hojiidhan garuu labsichi qalbiidhuma ummataa yeroodhaf ittiin booj’uudhaf qofa gochi godhamu dhaabbachuu qaba. Haqaan, fedhii guutudhan, qaamaqalbiidhan rakkoo(lee) qabsaawota akkasumas jaarmiyoota siyaasaa akka hintokkoomne danqe(an) akka yayyaba guutu sabichaa (pressing national agenda) godhatanii furmaata akeekuf hatattaman walitti birmachuun duree argachuu qaba jenna.

Kan lammataa, humnooni tokkooman jaarmiyaa cimaa fii muuxataa ta’e, kan qabsaawota maraaf hiree ga’a akka QBOtif gumaachaniif kennataa ta’e, kan yeroo irra yeroo ti of haaromsu, jaarmiyaa adda hundaanu diina dura dhaabatu dabrees injiffanno injifannoorratti galmeessu, jaarmiyaa ummata Oromootif gaachana ta’e, kan roorroo itti agaamamu hunda bakka fi yeroo mara irraa qolachuu danda’u tokko jaarrachuun milkaawu akeeka QBOtif murteessa ta’uun hubatamee carraaqii irratti gochu. Jaarmiyaa haala kanaan utubame keessaa, hoogana qaroo qabsoo Oromoo xaxama amma keessa jiru keessa baasu, gutu sabichaa hiriirfatu, manyee diinaa Oromiyaa keessa baleessudhan gabrumaan dhaloota irraa dhalootatti dabraa dhufe xumura itti godhu tokko biqilchuu fi guddiffachu.

Kan sadaffaa, diinni motummaa Wayyaanetin durfamu saba Oromoo guutu irratti waraana labsee, xiqaa-gudda, dhiira-dubartii, jaarsaa-jaarti odoo hinjedhin yeroo kamuu caala Oromoo ajjeesaa, hidhaa, dhabamsiisaa, lafa irra buqisaa, biyaa irra baasaa yammuu jiru kana, saba Oromoo badii irraa baraaruf humnaittisaa abdachiisaa ta’e horachuun jaarmiyaa bilisa baaftu ofin jedhan irra kan dursaadhan eegamu. Kanaaf, humnooni bilisummaa Oromoo tokkummaa isaanii mirkaneeffatanii jaarmiyaa waalta’a tokko horachuu qofaa odoo hintaane, Waraana Bilisummaa Saba Oromoo (WBSO) abdii fi gaachana saba Oromotif ta’u danda’u tokko dabreetis galii QBOtif akka wabii ta’u ti jaaru.

Hoo jaarmiyoon siyaasa Oromoo bu’uraalewan armaa olitti tarreeffaman irraatti murannoodhan bobba’anii hojiitti hattattamaan hinsharafne, QBO maraamartoo baroota dheeradhaaf keessa jiru kessa ba’uun isaa mamiidha ta’a. Haala amma itti jiraniin itti fufnaan, gaag’amni qabsoo Oromoo dabreetis saba Oromo irra ga’uu malu tilmaamun rakkisaa hinta’u. Kanaaf, saba Oromoo kiyyoo badii irraa hambisuun, qabsoo isaa gatantara kessaa baasanii humneessun hojii boru odoo hintaane kan ammaa ta’u qaba jenna.

Yeroo dheeradhaaf, yoomuma jaarmiyooni siyaasaa Oromoo tokkoomanii, qabsoo bilisumma saba isaanii gulantaa xumuraa irraan ga’anii, sirna gabroomfataa Habashoota hundeedhan buqqisanii, sirna Gadaa Oromoo deebisanii jaaranii, akka Oromiyaan nagaa fii badhaadhinan bultu haala murteessaa mijeessu, gaaffii jedhu sabni Oromoo walgaaffachaa har’a ga’ee jira. Gaaffin kuni deebii malee gaaffiidhumaan hafee jira. Waan kana ta’eefis, uummanni Oromoo jaarmiyoolii maqaa sabichaattin warraaqan irratti abdii guutu dhabuun isaa waan walnamagaafachiisu miti.

Ammaan boodatti, jaarmyooni bilisummaa saba Oromoo fii walabummaa Oromiyaatif qabsoofna jechaa jiran, kaayyoo kana tarkaanfachiisu irratti tokkoomanii, hojii qabatamaa fii abdachiisa hatattamaan agarsiisuf qophii ta’uu baannan, uummanni Oromoo jaarmiyolee kana irratti qofaa abdii gutu godhatee ta’uun isaa dhaabbachuu qaba jenna. Filmaata biraa akka qabaatuf irratti of qopheessuu qaba. Akka abbaa QBOtitti, haala fii fala diina isaa gabroomfataa ittiin injifatu dabrees milkiidhan qabsoo isaa galmaan ga’atu irratti yaadun garmalee barbaachisaadha ta’a. Yaada qofaas odoo hintaane, of ijaarudhan humna QBO ariitidhaan milkeessu horuudhaf qophaawun filmaata yeroon gaafachaa jiru jenna.

Keessattu dhalooni haaran, qeerron, humna addaa tokko kan QBOtif hawwamuu fii filmaata ta’u bu’urreesuf of qopheessutu irraa eeggama. Warraaqsi si’ana gochaa jiran heeddu seena qabeessa. Wareegama qaalii lubbuu gaafatu baasudhaan, tokkummaa saba keenyaa firaaf akkasumas ambaaf mirkaneessanii jiru. QBO, gulantaa addaa, kan sadarkaa addunyaan qabsoo saba Oromoo itti beekun ga’anii jiru. Amma kan isaanitti hafu fii caalatti irraa eeggamu, QBO humneessudha.

Qabsicha humneessudhaaf, xurren isaan qaban lamatu. Takkaahuu, danda’amnaan, jaarmiyoota siyaasaa amma jiran keessa galuudhaan jijjiirraa hundeedha jaarmiyoota keessatti fidu. Jijjiiran dhufuu qabus, kan jaarmiyooni kuni tokkummaan akka sosso’aniif hurrii amma ija isaanii irra jiru saaqu; kan mooraa tokkummaadhan warraaqamu keessatti, guutun qaamota sabichaatis QBO keessatti hirmaannaa ga’aa qabaatanii, qabsichaaf gumaata ol’aanaa itti kennan ta’uu qaba. Kun hindanda’amu taanan, QBO filmaata jaarmiyaa siyaasa addaa akka horatu gochuun dirqama dhaloota haara kanaa ti ta’a.

Waraaqisi amma qeerron itti jiru, warraaqsa takka ka’ee takka dhaamu akkasumas takka jabaatee takka laafu odoo hintaane, waraaqsa humna cimaa fii dhaabbataatti of jijjiiru ta’u qaba. Humni kunis, humna (jaarmiyaa) bilisummaa shaffisaadhan fiduu danda’uutti of jijjiiree waraaqu ta’uu qaba. Humna adda hundaanuu diinan falmuu fii badii uummta Oromoo fii qabsoo isaa irratti aggaamamu ittisu danda’utti of jijjiiru qaba. Kana ta’uu baannan, wareegamni baasanii fi bu’aan QBOtif galmeessan walgituuf hinjiraatu. Ilmaan qaroo boru Oromiyaadhaf abdii ta’antu dhiinan lafa irraa dhabamuuf jiraatu. Daran, kumaatamaan hidhaa fii akkasumas biyya ambaatti baqachuudhaf saaxilamu. Bobbaan uummata Oromoo laffarraa dhabamsiisu itti cimuuf jiraata.

Erga warraaqsi qeerrodhaan durfamu calqabee kaase, keessumattuu baatii kurnaan dabran kana keessatti, gola dawoo ta’uuf biyya keessa dhabuu irraan kan ka’e, wareegamni ilmaan Oromoo baasan garmalee ulfaatadha. Humni jaarmiyaa siyaasaa Oromoo abdatamaa ta’e tokko silaa jiraate, diina harkatti akkuma laafatti dhumuurra hookin biyyaa baqachuurra, humna akkanaatti makamanii QBOtif humnaa fii dandeetti isaanii murannoo qaban kanaan gumaachani qabsoo sabichaa gulantaa abdachiisarran ga’u danda’uu turan. Hiree akkanaa moraa QBO irraa dhabuun isaanii, qabsoo saba Oromootif gaa’gama guddaadha jenna. Qabsoon dhaloota haarawa hammatee dureedhan qabsicha irraa isaan hinhirmaachifne hir’ina danuu qabaachu isaatu mamii tokko malee garsiisa.

Kan hubatamuu qabu, handhuurri dhibee qabsoo saba keenyaa qaama sabichaa mara QBO keessatti akka barbaachisutti hirmaachisuu dadhabuudha. Bu’urri dadhabii kanaatis, rakkoolee qabsaawotaa dabreetis jaarmiyolii siyaasaa Oromoo jidduu jiraniif furmaata soqachuu dhibuun, moora ilaalcha takka calaqistu keessatti jaarmiyaa cimaa kan guddina saba keenyattin walgitu tokko jaarrattanii hooggansa ga’a keennuu hanqachuu dha. Gaaga’ama hanqini kuni QBO irratti fidaa jiru ifaa dha. Karaa fulduraatti hanqinii jiru kuni furamuu baannan, QBO qofaa odoo hintaane Oromoon akka sabaatti jiraachun isaa gaafi keessa galuu danda’u isaatu Oromoo yaaddessuu qaba. Kanaaf, haala yaaddessaa akkanaa keessa saba Oromoo baraaruf, gaaffiin qabsaawota akkasumas jaarmiyoota tokkoomsuu gaaffii hundee kan faffakeesudhan baraatama bira taramu ta’uu hinqabu. Odoo hinbubbulin, gaaffii kana gadi fageenyan baranii deebii isaa faluun QBO akka karaa fulduraatti furgaafatu gochuu irratti dhiibbaa hoo qabaatu, rakkoo akka qabsaawotaatti waltajjiitti qabnu har’a furachuun, boru gaafa abbaa biyyuumaa keenya qabsoo keenyan mirkanaawe akkaata haala tasgabaawen biyya keenya nagaadha fii badhaadhinaan bulchinuuf karaa nu bana jenna.

Tokkummaan humna!

Oromiyaan ni bilisoomti!

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Oromos have been staging protest rallies across the country since April of 2014 against systematic marginalization and persecution of ethnic Oromos. The immediate trigger of the protest was a development plan that sought to expand the territorial limits of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, into neighbouring Oromo villages and towns.

Dr. Awol Allo

Oromos saw the proposed master plan as a blueprint for annexation which would further accelerate the eviction of Oromo farmers from their ancestral lands.

When the protest resumed in November of 2015, the government dismissed the protestors as anti-peace elements and accused them of acting in unison with terrorist groups — a common tactic used by the government to crackdown on dissent and opposition.

The government used overwhelming force to crush the protest, killing hundreds of protestors and arresting thousands. In its recent report titled “Such a Brutal Crack Down”, Human Rights Watch criticized the “excessive and lethal force” used by security forces against “largely peaceful protestors” and puts the number of deaths at over 400.

The figure from the activist group is considerably higher.

Historic Injustices

The Oromo make up well over a third of Ethiopia’s 100 million people. Historically, Oromos have been pushed to the margin of the country’s political and social life and rendered unworthy of respect and consideration.

Oromo culture and language have been banned and their identity stigmatized, becoming invisible and unnoticeable within mainstream perspectives.

Ethiopians from Oromo group marching a road after protesters were shot dead by security forces in Wolenkomi, Addis Ababa, December 15, 2015

Oromos saw themselves as parts of no part — those who belong to the country but have no say in it, those who can speak but whose voices are heard as a noise, not a discourse.

When the current government came into power a quarter of a century ago, it pursued a strategy of divide and rule in which the Oromos and Amharas, the two largest ethnic groups in the country, are presented as eternal adversaries.

Oromos are blamed as secessionists to justify the continued monitoring, control, and policing of Oromo intellectuals, politicians, artists and activists.

By depicting Oromo demands for equal representation and autonomy as extremist and exclusionary, it tried to drive a wedge between them and other ethnic groups, particularly the Amharas.

This allowed the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front and Tigrayan elites to present themselves as the only political movement in the country that could provide the stability and continuity sought by regional and global powers with vested interest in the region.

Although these protests are triggered by more recent events, they are microcosms [of] a more enduring and deeper crisis of political representation and systematic marginalization suffered by the Oromo people.

In its 2015 comprehensive country report titled “Because I am Oromo”, Amnesty International found evidence of systematic and widespread patterns of indiscriminate and disproportionate attack against the Oromo simply because they are Oromos.

US Influence

The United States see the Ethiopian government as a critical partner on the Global War on Terror.

This led administration officials to go out of their way to create fantasy stories which cast Ethiopia as democratic and its leaders as progressive. In 2012, then US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, described Meles Zenawi, the architect of the current system, as “uncommonly wise” and someone “able to see the big picture and the long game, even when others would allow immediate pressures to overwhelm sound judgment.”

In 2015, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman praised Ethiopia as “a democracy that is moving forward in an election that we expect to be free, fair, credible, open and inclusive.” She further added, “”Every time there is an election, it gets better and better.” That election ended with the ruling party winning 100% of the seats in parliament by wiping out the one opposition in the previous parliament.

In 2016, President Obama became the first sitting American president to visit Ethiopia amid widespread opposition by human rights groups. Obama doubled down on previous endorsements by administration officials by describing the government as ‘democratically-elected.”

A police state

However, consistent reports by the US government itself and other human rights organizations depict an image of a police state whose apparatus of surveillance and control permeates the entire society down to household levels.

The US led ‘war on terror’, started by President George Bush, provided the government with a political and legal instrument with which the government justified severe restrictions on freedom of expression, assembly, and association.

The 2009 Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, one of the most draconian pieces of anti-terrorism legislations in the world, enabled the government to stretch its power of prosecution and punishment beyond what is permissible under standard criminal and constitutional law rules.

In recent years, terrorism trials have become the most significant legal instrument frequently used by the authorities to secure and consolidate the prevailing relationship of power between the ruling ethnic Tigrayan elites and other ethnic groups in the country.

Under the pretext of ‘fighting terrorism’, the regime exiled, prosecuted and convicted several opposition leaders, community leaders, journalists, bloggers, and activists; paralyzing criticisms of any type.

In its 2015 report titled Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism Law: A Tool to Stifle Dissent, the Oakland Institute details the ways in which Ethiopian authorities systematically appropriate the anti-terrorism law to annihilate dissent and opposition to the policies of the ruling party.

Denial

As of July, the protests have been spreading into the Amhara region, home to the second largest ethnic group in the country.

The Amharas and Oromos, which constitute well over two-third of the country’s population, are seen as ‘historical antagonists’. The ruling party transformed this antagonism between the two ethnic groups into a productive political tool.

According to the governing narrative, Oromos are narrow-minded and exclusionary people who seek to disintegrate Ethiopia into smaller republics while Amharas are chauvinists who seek to restore the old feudal order, leaving the ruling party as the only political force that can rescue Ethiopia from both threats.

These governing narratives are being exposed as the two groups begun to see how these narratives were crafted and are expressing solidarity towards each other as victims of the same system.

The Ethiopian government is in denial and making the same promises of restoring ‘law and order’ through further repression and crackdown.

However, this can only exacerbate the situation and throws the country into chaos in an already volatile region.

The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author

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By Dr. B.K.DERESSA

Adjusted Copy to:

• Secretary-general united nations Mr. Ban ki moon

• Secretary of state John F.Kerry

• President of the European Commission Mr. Jean Claude Juncker

In medical terminology Cancer, also called malignancy, is an abnormal growth of cells. There are multiple types of cancer, including breast cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma. Symptoms vary depending on the type. Cancer treatment may include chemotherapy, radiation, and/or surgery and also the most common causes of death worldwide.

Today, I am not going to discuss about the cancer that originate from the abnormal growth of cells but I would like to discuss about the leading cause of death worldwide the man made cancer . That is absence of freedom, democracy and peace.

According to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START project), based at the University of Maryland: “For evidence that authoritarian states create an enabling environment for terrorism, one has only to look at the location and origins of the major terrorist groups active today. The Islamic State, for example, metastasized amid the Syrian dictatorship’s war with opposition rebels and the sectarian divisions sown by increasingly authoritarian Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki. An affiliate of the group has emerged in Egypt, where coup leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is cracking down on all forms of dissent. And Boko Haram has radicalized and expanded its reach amid extrajudicial killings and other ineffective tactics by the corruption-plagued Nigerian security forces. Given this reality, the most effective way for democracies to combat terrorism at home over the long term is to foster democratic governance abroad.”

If the reality is promoting peace democracy and freedom in order to fight the burning global issues like terrorism why the USA, Europe and UN support the barbaric Ethiopia TPLF government and minority rule with full act of state terrorism ????

Concomitantly with my question I would like to congratulate the powerful western nations, world leaders and international institutions by announcing the remedies to cure world cancer. The remedies called Oromumma. The name of the therapy originate from the root of the truth called Oromo nations.

Most minor problems can be handled easily under democratic rule However, when the problems get worse rule of law overcome all the complex issues under democratic law. But under dictatorial rule (rule of gun) minor problems leads to torture, unlawful imprisonment and death. When the problems getting worse under rule of gun (like TPLF government) leads to genocide (currently ongoing open and silent genocide against Oromo nations by TPLF government) Despite all unhuman atrocities against Oromo nations for more than 120years the Oromo peoples still persistent in keeping intact and exercising daily the truth (nation of peace, nation of love, nation of freedom, nation of democratic belief, nation of generosity, nation of respect for all creatures and nation of equality). In order to clarify the facts let us look the issues deeply:

Oromo people are egalitarian society. Historically their democratic system of government known as “Gadaa” governed the social, economic political affairs of the Oromo people. Under Gadaa, Oromo women developed their own unique institution known as “Siiqee”. Oromo women used Siiqee institution to defend their rights, promote their interests and challenge male domination.

What happen to this Oromo nations with holistic approach of humanity:

After the Oromo people are colonized in 1880s all Oromo institutions are either totally banned or incapacitated. Since then the Oromo people are denied the right to determine on their social, economic, political and cultural affairs. For example, banning or incapacitating  Siiqee hindered the Oromo women defending their rights. The colonial power is not only banned and incapacitated Oromo institutions but also introduced and widened discriminatory social practices (changing Oromo name to colonized names and gave order to the city administration to change the  Oromo cites to be called in the colonized language and declare psychological war among Oromo’s in order to hate their identity and find jobs with their Oromo names).

What kinds of action has been taken by Oromo nations to defend the truth

• Raya and Azebo during 1928-30
• Bale revolt led by hero of the Oromo people general Waqo Guutu in 1960th
• Mecha-Tulema movement led by hero of the Oromo people general Tadesse Biru in 1965
• OLF leadership with popular mass movement and imprinting Oromummaa. Oromo liberation front (OLF) is the heart and mind of all Oromo people which confronts the colonization by all kinds of means namely (diplomatic and military approach) and works in multiple ways with international community and leaders to end the colonization.
• Qube generations supported by Qeerroo leadership with historic mobilization of the Oromo people to eradicate the colonization (December 2015-2016) resulted with European parliament resolution.
• Grand Oromia protestors (more than 200 Oromo cites) to end ones and for all the colonization (august 2016)

Why the USA, Europe and UN support the barbaric Ethiopia TPLF government

During recent protests from December 2015 until now the TPLF government committed serious atrocities against Oromo peoples, namely  more than 700 Oromo’s are dead, countless were unlawfully imprisoned and tortured. The atrocities were documented by international organization and agencies, namely (HRW, AI, UN, former USA president and European union). Despite diverse tangible evidences of the holistic side of Oromo people and documented evidences of TPLF government atrocities the powerful western nations remain supporting the barbaric Ethiopia TPLF government. Let us look some facts:

In 2014 the Ethiopian Government receive around 30 million euro for the financing of multiple projects while the innocent Oromo civilians are slaughtered by TPLF soldiers in Ambo town 125km (80 miles) west of Addis Ababa (according to BBC reports in 2014, 47 were killed by the security forces) The protestors demanding respect of their constitutional rights and halting brutal act of TPLF soldiers (Agazi commando):their detail demands were:

• Stop land grapping
• Stop killings of Oromo children
• Stop killings of Oromo students
• Stop raping of Oromo Women’s
• Respect rule of law and reject rule of gun
• Abide by real definition of democracy and stop TPLF defined democracy (rule of gun, death, torture imprisonment, rape and harassment).

In 2015  The USA president  Barack Obama visit Ethiopia and shows his appreciation for the contributions of troops to an AU peacekeeping force battling al-Shabaab in Somalia  Again he mentioned also “The Ethiopian government has made extraordinary progress in bringing greater development and opportunity to its citizens,” he said, “but there are very significant restrictions that are not consistent with the universal values that we stand up for, for instance the need for a free press and we’ve seen too much intimidation, and even imprisonment of journalists, and the need for a viable space for civil society and political opposition in the country. So the president will be certainly raising issues related to human rights in Ethiopia”

In the same year of President Barack Obama visit the Oromo people’s in general (child, man, women, young, old, students, intellectuals, farmers,  sick or health) were hunted down like fox in their own country, backyard and home. All those atrocities led to the mass protest of Oromo nations in December 2015 and still in august 2016 going on.

In 2016 I myself wrote a letter to the European parliament regarding the open and silent genocide against Oromo people: Here is the essential part of their reaction:

“The European union are closely following reports on the situation in Oromia, but also in the other parts of Ethiopia. The EU delegation and EU member states present in Addis have carried out field monitoring visits to the Oromia region and continue to monitor the situation. Since its December 2015 statement on the events in Oromia, the EU has raised its concerns on several occasions with the Ethiopian authorities, for example: with prime minster Hailemariam Desalgn and Minster Tedro’s A We have called for independent investigations on the events, and for accountability for all acts of violence and abuses perpetrated against protestors”.

From this 3 tangible evidences my analysis as follows: The western powers fail to understand the brutal and barbaric nature of the Ethiopia TPLF government and the total absence of knowledge about Oromumma vision (yes in january 2016 the European parliament passed resolution by condemning the Ethiopia government military action against Oromo people). But what still missing is the translation of that resolution to action.

The OLF is working very hard in order to enhance the translation of that resolution into action but the Oromo intellectuals and Oromo people’s especially Oromo living in diaspora has to do their part through individual actions or by supporting OLF initiative through multiple ways:

• The Western powers defending their interest. So we have to show them that we are able to protect their interests better than TPLF Mafia government by further promoting Oromo nations through Oromummaa agenda and vision.

• Misunderstanding of the nature of the Ethiopia TPLF government and absence of knowledge about Oromummaa vision. That shows us our colonizers like TPLF government is able to sell false issues to the world body  and we are unable to tell the truth to the world body. The solution is be able to expand the value and importance of Oromummaa on the international arena.

• The evidence of the century long humiliation, subjugation, and inequalities against Oromo peoples by colonizers and deafening of international bodies, it encourage  us in order to redouble our abilities to install Oromummaa. Oromummaa Advocates for democracy, freedom, peace, equality, respect of human right and rule of law.

Action taken by Oromo intellectuals, Oromo political leaders, and Oromo voices reflects the truth:

Oromo peoples are now colonized for more than a century. During those long period of time they scarify enormous lives and properties to eradicate colonization and to regain their freedom in order to exercise their god given right.

For this freedom and human right realization the Oromo leaders and intellectuals always follow the path of truth, democratic road and humanity (the exact definition of their root called Oromo nations).

The actions taken by our leaders  and intellectuals  shows the powerfulness of the truth (Oromo nations) and commitment of Oromummaa for peace, freedom democracy, equality, respect of human right and rule of law. But Our colonizers are always choose to follow the path of destruction, non-democratic road map and path of anti-peace. Let us look some evidences from countless examples:

• The Ethiopian Emperor Hailesilasse fail to defeat Bale Oromo revolt and demand peace deal with Our hero General Waaqoo Guutu. General Waaqoo Guutuu accept the peace plan in order to solve all issues peacefully. Our colonizers as their habit after they made peace agreement and disarm the Oromo people they start to kill, torture, imprisonment and humiliation of the Oromo people to the level of dog.

2- In 1991 the Oromo people under leadership of their vanguard Organization OLF form a transitional government with the current barbaric TPLF government. OLF accept to disarm and put his soldiers in temporary military camp for the sake of peace and democracy in order to foster new Era in the Ethiopian empire to bring eternal peace for all oppressed nations. Again our colonizers with anti-peace and anti-democracy gene code  in their DNA force OLF to leave the transitional government, and declare total war on Oromo people (start to kill Oromo civilians and start to kill and torture the disarmed soldiers in the peace camp).

• Mr. Bekele Gerba the vice chairman of OFC and the university teacher is unlawfully imprisoned, humiliated and denied any medical care for promoting peace, equality and democracy to everybody (inclusive our enemy). Mr. Bekele Gerba and his fellow innocent Oromo peoples are still languishing in prison camp without any criminal charge. This reflects also the exact character of our colonizers for more than a century (they are allergic for peace, freedom and democracy).

• Mr. Leenco  Lataa the former founder of the OLF and the current president of ODF accept all humiliation for the sake of peace and travel to Ethiopia to explore peaceful solution. But the TPLF government force him to leave his own country and his own people (while they are the colonizers and occupiers). This episode also clarify that our colonizers are suffering from metastases of the world cancer (anti-peace, anti-democracy and violators of human rights).

• Oromo TV, TVOMT, OMN, qaanqee show, gadisa dhuga , Simbirtu radio, OVR, seife nebelbal radio, sagale afura biyya radio,Gadaa website, Ayyantuu news, Qeerroo website, Bilisummaa website, Oromia times, Advocating for Oromia website….etc  are working hard to promote the truth (Oromo nations) through Oromummaa road map. But still we are fail to liquidate the traitors and opportunistic individuals, fail to promote the organization or movement which fight the ultimately battle for our nations, fail to bring our truth under world attention. So I would like to thank you for the job that all of you have done for our nation and we have to move step further together to glorify our nations.

My people as I have mentioned above our enemies understand very well that Oromo peoples are nation of peace. To implement their destructive policies and to dismantle the Oromo uprisings for freedom and democracy they use the word Peace and they use rule of gun instead of rule of law for implementation.

Secondly they sell false information and incorrect messages to the international community about their promises and vision while they are blackmailing the real facts and truth “Oromo nation”.

Call to Oromo people and international community:

Oromo people are nation of peace, nation of democratic rule, nation of justice and equality, nation of heroes, nation of generosity, nation of rich in culture, tradition and nature. I am proud to be born from this holistic and collective quality of nations. My people the task in front of us is enormous in order to build our nations. Our tasks are not only defeating the current barbaric TPLF government. It is also about our future that faces our nations like I have mentioned in my previous article “Nation-building is the product of conscious statecraft, not happenstance.  Nation-building is always a work-in-progress; a dynamic process in constant need of nurturing and re-invention. Nation-building never stops and true nation-builder never rest because all nations are constantly facing up to new challenges. Nation-building is therefore about building the tangible and intangible threads that hold a political entity together and gives it a sense of purpose.”  

Dear brothers and sisters

• wake up and ask yourself about your contribution in this historical national issues,
• take your responsibility to deliver your parts in order to defeat our enemies and glorify our nations,
• dedicate yourself to continue our struggle against humiliation and colonization,
• prepare yourself for ultimate scarifies to liberate your people from century long voice-less-ness and colonization,
• be ready to give all necessary support (information, material and financial).

International community: Especially the powerful states and world body (USA, European union and UN). Supporting and assisting the Oromo people in their struggle for peace, freedom  and democracy  would have enormous contribution for international community policies. Namely:

1. Eradicating fundamentalist ideology and terrorism through encouraging Oromummaa vision the promotor of peace, freedom and democracy. Oromummaa Vision will bring eternal peace in Ethiopian empire, horn of Africa and Africa in general.
2. Protecting and promoting western nation interest: There is no any other concrete, stable and trustful solution than Working with Oromo people in order to safeguard the western interest. The concrete evidence for this realities are as follows:

• For centuries long the pillar of economic power of the Ethiopian empire is Oromia.

• Rich in agricultural products like Teff (medically also essential)
• Rich in natural resources like Gold, mercury, marmar…etc
• The exporter of the best coffee in the world
• The heart of business arena
• The host of international organization like African Union and international embassies.

1. It is also an international obligation and essential time before too late to look carefully the lies and character of Ethiopia TPLF government and assessing and analyzing the truth of Oromo people in order to safe all nations in Ethiopian empire, the horn of Africa and keeping in place the strategical aspect of Oromia.

Conclusion:

Dear brother and sister, For Oromo peoples there is only one way. That is promoting the truth (Oromo nations) through Oromummaa vision and strengthen our vanguard organization OLF. If we need to destroy our enemies and eradicate the chain of colonization we have to redouble our duties as a patriotic citizens. Supporting and strengthen OLF in all aspects (through corrective idea’s, diplomatically, militarily and financially)will lead to enhance our victories, strengthen our position on the world stage and promote our truth.

I hope the international community will look all the facts carefully and seriously in order to stand with Oromo people. It is also the essential time to translate in to action the January 2016  resolution by European parliament against barbaric act of TPLF government in order to punish the Ethiopia TPLF junta and support Oromummaa vision to bring the lasting peace, freedom and democracy in order to cure the world cancer.

Victory to the Oromo people!

Dr. B.K.DERESSA, Medical degree in internal medicine, specialized in Gastro-Hepatology diseases. University Hospital of Brussels-Belgium

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Over the weekend, anti-government protests continued in Ethiopia, as dozens have been shot to death by security forces in the Oromo and Amhara regions of the country.

As the BBC reported, nearly 100 people were killed as a result of clashes with security forces, reflecting complaints over political and economic marginalization.  The deadliest incident took place in Bahir Dar, located in Amhara, where at least 30 people died on Sunday. Protesters chanted anti-government slogans and waved dissident flags, and demanded the release of opposition activists, according to The Guardian.  Soldiers fired live bullets at protesters, according to residents, and hospitals are filled with the dead and wounded.

At issue is the Wolkayt district, land that Amhara protesters claim was illegally incorporated by the adjacent Tigray region in the north. Tensions have built up over two decades regarding the status of the land.

“So far, we have compiled a list of 33 protesters killed by armed security forces that included police and soldiers, but I am very sure the list will grow,” said Mulatu Gemechu, deputy chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress, according to The Guardian.

Meanwhile, Amnesty International noted that the deaths in Bahir Dar may constitute “extrajudicial killings” and found that 67 people were killed when “security forces fired live bullets at peaceful protesters” in different towns and cities in the Oromo region over the weekend.

Gemechu added that the deaths were in at least 10 towns across Oromiya, including areas that had experienced protest in the past.  “Twenty-six people have been injured, while several have been detained,” he said, referring to three of his party members.

“We reaffirm our call to respect the constitutionally enshrined rights of all citizens, including those with opposition views, to gather peacefully and to express their opinions,” the U.S. embassy in Addis Ababa said in a statement, noting it was “deeply concerned” with the bloodshed in the two regions of Ethiopia.

Earlier this year, Atlanta Black Star had reported that protests in the Oromia state reportedly left 140 dead, 2,000 injured, 30,000 arrested and 800 disappeared.  Further, in April and May of 2014, police opened fire and killed dozens of protesters.

Conflicts have reflected ethnic strife, economics and land. In a country in which the government owns all the land, the demand for arable land has conflicted with increased urbanization. To exacerbate tensions, the Ethiopian government has leased land to foreign investors.

Local Oromian farmers had opposed the proposed expansion of the nation’s capital of Addis Ababa, arguing that an encroachment on their farmland would result. People in Oromo had claimed they were being displaced from their ancestral homeland.  The largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, the Oromo are 40 percent of the nation’s population and speak Oromo, a separate language from Amharic, the official language.

In the latest incidents of bloodshed, opposition leaders warn the situation will only worsen amid heightened tensions, calls for an end to human rights abuses and the release of political prisoners.

“People are desperate and the government is not respecting the demands of the protesters,” Gemechu toldNBC News.  “Military troops everywhere and for any little thing, opposition and student protesters are imprisoned, beaten or killed.”

The latest protests have gained steam due to pervasive dissatisfaction over the eroding quality of life in Ethiopia.

“Inflation is going up, electricity, water, infrastructure systems are all collapsing,” said Gemechu. “Daily life here has become so difficult and the people refuse to be silent any longer.”

“I have not seen anything of the sort happening now in my entire life,” Mohammed Ademo, founder of Opride.com, told NBC News.

According to Aderno, what is taking place could topple the Ethiopian government, which explains its violent response to the protests.

“The closest historical parallel is the revolution that saw the demise of Ethiopia’s last emperor, Haile Selassie. Even in that case the protests were largely confined to urban centers. The current protests have swept an entire region — nearly half of the country — galvanizing two of the country’s largest ethnic groups — the Oromo and Amhara.”

Meanwhile, the Ethiopian government has made no comment, other than to say, through the state-ownedEthiopian News Agency, that the “illegal protests” by “anti-peace forces” had been brought under control.

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