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A DECADE AFTER THE ABORTED OROMO EVICTION FROM FINFINNEE
- A Persistent Story of Expropriation, Humiliation and Displacement By Mekuria Bulcha The first version of this article was published under the title Greater Addis Ababa in the Making: Stop Them, or...
View ArticleHaasawa Abdujaliil Abdallaatiifi Jawar Mohammed jiddutti godhamte
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Osoo biyya qabuu biyyarraa bahee Osoo qabeenya qabuu akka hin qabne tahee Biyyarraa bahuun dirqama itti tahee Lubbuu isaa baasuuf biyya ambaa gahe. Hidhaadhaan jaanjawee namummaa hanqisee Ofiin of...
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The Oromo of Harerghe:On the Tradition of “Oda Bultum”
By Afendi Muteki As it was the case in other parts of Oromiya, the Oromos of Harerghe had a traditional self administration system. The highest body of the administration was the “Caffee Gadaa”...
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Dr. Sheikh Mohammed Rashad denies supporting Al Habash
Few months back, agents of the Ethiopian government circulated a video claiming that the renown linguist and religious scholar Dr. Sheik Mohammed Rashaa Kabir Abdulle supported the government’s...
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The notorious Somali region “liyu police” invades villages in Eastern Oromia
Report compiled by Jilcha Hamid and Arif Ali Jan. 14/2013 – It has been reported that the Ethiopian-Somali regional state militia known as ‘Liyu Police’ have attacked the town of Qumbi in Eastern...
View ArticleMuu yaa Caalii Shoonee
Gammachuu Baqqalaa Lamuu This poem narrates a journey through time: an elderly Oromo tells his worries and aspirations to the drowsy Caalii Shoone. The later was a traditional leader of Illubabor....
View ArticleFu’aad Ibraahim,Gurbaa ‘OSFNA’ Keessatti Guudate Kaan Dorgommii Waancaa...
Soraa Halakee| Raadiyoo Sagalee Amerikaa WASHINGTON,DC — Dorgommii Waancaa Afrikaa ta baranaa biyyitii 16 walti qophaan keessaa tokko Itoophiyaa.Itoophiyaan ganna 31 duubatti amma dorgommii tanaa...
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U.S. soccer star Fuad Ibrahim eyes Africa Cup of Nations chance
By James Montague, CNN Life had not quite worked out the way Fuad Ibrahim had planned. A few years ago the whole world was laid out at the 21-year-old American striker’s feet. Ibee, as he is known by...
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Nama Kuma Dhibba Hedduutti Muudama Perzdaanti Obaamaatti Dhufa,Nami Maaniif...
Soraa Halakee|Raadiyoo Sagalee Ameerikaa WASHINGTON,DC — Amerikaan gannuma afur afuriin perzdaantii filatti, yoo filatte ammoo nama filame sunii gammachuu guddoo qopheessanii ,abbootii amantii itti...
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Bekele Garba & Olbana Lelisa transferred to Zway; Yassin Nuru held incommunicado
Oromo opposition leaders Bekele Gerba and Olbana Lelisa, who were recently sentenced to lengthy prison term, are now transferred from Kality to the malaria infested Ziway prison. Zway already hosts...
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As the Government steps take over of Mosques the “365″ Campaign continues
The various resistance activities commemorating the first-year anniversary of the Ethiopian Muslims movement continue in their third week. The on its two weeks ago, the campaign saw the largest...
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The Oromo of Harerghe: On their Settlement Pattern and their Dialect
By Afendi Muteki The Oromo of Harerghe belong to the Barentuma/Barento confederation, one of the two main branchs of the Oromo people. They are bounded by the Arsi Oromo in the west and south, the...
View ArticleMemoirs of the Motherland (Part IV): Movie Night
By Jilcha Hamid (Read Parts One, Two & Three ) “That house belongs to so-and-so…he’s in America…And that house belongs to so-and-so, he’s also in America.” Walking through the neighbourhoods of...
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Akkam Nagumaa?
Kan Barreesse : Tasfaayee Birhaanu Birmajii | Amajjii, 2013 Weellisaa hangaftichi maqaa kolonii Xilaahuun Gassassa ykn maqaa dhaloota Daandanaa Ayyaanoo Guddata tiin beekamu danddeetti wallisuma...
View ArticleCoup in Eritrea?
21/01/2013 · by Martin Plaut · in Eritrea, Horn of Africa. I have this from a friend this morning: Around 100 members of the Eritrean Defence force and two tanks stormed the ministry of Information...
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Dr. Virginia Luling, a long time friend of the Oromo people, passed away
The Life Story of Dr Virginia Luling Virginia Rose Luling was born in June 1939. Her father Peter was an artist and her mother was the novelist Sylvia Thompson, from whom she felt that she inherited...
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Ethiopia’s resettlement scheme leaves lives shattered and UK facing questions
The Guardian|Tuesday 22 January 2013 A ‘villagisation’ programme has left many people from Ethiopia’s Gambella region bereft of land and loved ones, casting donor support in an unflattering light A...
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አፈንዲ ሙተቂ መንደርደሪያ በማለዳ ወይም ቀትር ላይ “የቻልኩትን ያህል ልመልከት” ብላችሁ ዓይናችሁን በነጻነት ብትለቁት ከአንድ የተፈጥሮ ግድግዳ ጥግ ትደርሳላችሁ፡፡ ከዚያ ወዲያ ላማትር ብትሉ በጭራሽ አይሆንላችሁም፡፡ ይህም በአማርኛ “አድማስ” የሚባለው ጠርዝ ነው፡፡ ፈረንጆቹ “horizon” ይሉታል፡፡ በኦሮምኛስ...
View ArticleWe, too, march on Washington
This week marks the start of a new term for President Barack Hussein Obama. Although I could not get close to the Capitol Hill where the president was publicly sworn in, I had the privilege of visiting...
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