Oromia: State Broadcaster Fires 20 Journalists for “Narrow Political Views”

Muktar Kedir, President of the Oromia regional state

June 30, 2014 (Reporters Without Borders) — Reporters Without Borders condemns last week’s politically-motivated dismissal of 20 journalists from Oromia Radio and Television Organization (ORTO), the main state-owned broadcaster in Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest regional State.

The 20 journalists were denied entry to ORTO headquarter on 25 June and were effectively dismissed without any explanations other than their alleged “narrow political views,” an assessment the management reached at the end of a workshop for journalists and regional government officials that included discussions on the controversial Master Plan of Addis that many activists believe is aimed at incorporating parts of Oromia into the federal city of Addis Ababa.

The journalists had reportedly expressed their disagreement with the violence used by the police in May to disperse student protests against the plan, resulting in many deaths.

It is not yet clear whether the journalists may also be subjected to other administrative or judicial proceedings.

“How can you fire journalists for their political views?” said Cléa Kahn-Sriber, the head of the Reporters Without Borders Africa desk. “The government must provide proper reasons for such a dismissal. Does it mean that Ethiopia has officially criminalized political opinion ?

“In our view, this development must be seen as an attempt by the authorities to marginalize and supress all potential critiques ahead of the national elections scheduled for 2015 in Ethiopia. These journalists must be allowed to return to work and must not be subjected to any threats or obstruction.”

Ethiopia is ranked 143rd out of 180 countries in the 2014 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index.

Source:  Reporters Without Borders

ሞትን የናቀና እስራትን ያልፈራ ትውልድ ተራራዉን ይንዳል!

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“የቆጡን ላውርድ ብላ የብብቷን ጣለች::” ይላሉ ዐበው ሲተርቱ። ይህች ምስኪን ስግብግብ ፍጡር ሌላውን ስታሳድድ የያዘችው ሁሉ ይበተንባታል:: ሰሞኑ በሀበሾቹ መንደር ስጋቱ አይሏል፤ ግርግሩም በርትቷል:: እንደ ማባበልም፣ እንደ ማስጠንቀቅም፣ እንደ መቆጣትም፥ ብቻ ነገሩን በያይነቱ እየሞካከሩት ነው። እንዳለመታደል ሆኖ ለዚህ ሁሉ ችግራቸውና ስጋታቸው ምንጩ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ብሔራዊ ትግል እንደሆነ ሊያስረዱን ይሞክራሉ። በመሠረቱ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ትግል ዓላማና ግቡ ጨቋኝ ቅኝ ገዥዎችን ማስወገድና በአንጻሩ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ የራስን ዕድል በራስ የመወሰን መብትን ለማረጋገጥ የሚካሄድ ዓለም አቀፋዊ ድንጋጌዎች መሠረት ያለው ፍትኃዊ ትግል ነው። የዚህ ትግል ጠቀሜታ ለኦሮሞ ህዝብ ብቻ ሳይሆን የቅኝ ገዥዎች ቀንበር በኃይል ለተጫነባቸው ለመላው የኢምፓየሪቷ ብሔሮችና ህዝቦች ጭምር ነው። በመሆኑም የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ በጭቁን ሕዝቦች የጋራ ትግል ያምናል። መሰል ዓላማና ግብ ካላቸው ኃይሎች ጋር የተቀናጀ የጋራ ትግል ያካሄዳል፤ በማካሄድ ላይም ነው። በሌላ መልኩ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ በሁለንተናዊ ባሕሪውም ሆነ በባሕላዊ አደረጃጀቱና አስተዳዳራዊ መዋቅሩ ሠላምን ይሰብካል፤ ፍትሓዊ አንድነትን ያበረታታል። ደካማውን ያፀናል፤ የተገፋውን ያቋቁማል። ለዚህ ማሳያ ደግሞ በዛሬዋ ኦሮሚያ ውስጥ ለዘመናት የኖሩ ብሔሮችና ሕዝቦች በፀረ-ኦሮሞ ኃይሎች የሚደረገውን እኩይ የማጋጨት ሤራ በማክሸፍ ከኦሮሞ ህዝብ ጋር ያላቸውን ተምሳሌታዊ አንድነት እንዴት ጠብቀው እንዳቆዩ ልብ ማለት ያሻል።

በአጠቃላይ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ በማሕበራዊ አኗኗርም ሆነ በብሔራዊ ትግሉ የሰብኣዊ መብቶችን ቀመር በወጉ የተከተለ በመሆኑ በማንኛውም መመዘኛ ለጎረቤት ሕዝቦችም ሆነ አብረውት ለሚኖሩ ወንድም ሕዝቦች ስጋት ባለመሆኑ የነፍጠኛ ሥርዓት ናፋቂ ኃይሎችና አብዮታዊ ህወሃቶች(TPLF) የኦሮሞ ሕዝብን በአጠቃላይ፥ ብሔራዊ ትግሉን ደግሞ በተለይ ለማጥላላት በጋራና በተናጠል የሚያራግቡትን መሰረተ-ቢስ ወሬና የሚያደርጉትን ከንቱ ሙከራ በቀላሉ ፉርሽ ያደርጋል።

ይህ እውነታ በተለያዩ ጊዜ በተለያዩ ሰዎች ሲገለፅ ቆይቷል። ሆኖም ግን ይህንን መረዳት የተሳናቸው ኦሮሞ-ፎቢክ የሆኑ (Oromo-phobia) ፍርሃተ-ኦሮሞ የተጠናወታቸዉ ኃይሎች ተገደውም ብሆን እጃቸውን እስኪሰጡ ድረስ የኦሮሞ ትግል እምርታ በቃልም ሆነ በተግባር ልናሳያቸውና ልናስተምራቸው ግድ ይለናል። በዚሁ መሠረት የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ትግል በማንኛውም ዓይነት ሤራ መቀልበስ የማይቻል እጅግ ወሳኝ ደራጃ ላይ ስለመድረሱ ባይወዱም ምስጢን ከነተጨባጭ መስረጃዎቹ ላሳያችሁ ወደድኩ።

ማሳያ ቁጥር አንድ፥ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ውድ ልጆቹ በከፈሉት ክቡር ዋጋ የሀገሩን ድንበርና የህዝቡን እውነተኛ ታርክ እስከ ወዲያኛው የዓለም ጫፍ ድረስ ለማስተዋዋቅ ችሏል። ከእንግዲህ ወዲያ ሀገራችን ኦሮሚያ በልጆቿ ደምና አጥንት እስከ ዘልዓለሙ ትከበራለች!!። በቃ እውነታው ይህ ነው።

ማሳያ ቁጥር ሁለት፥ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ባህልና ቋንቋ አስተማማኝ በሆነ መልኩ በማይናውጥ መሠረት ላይ ተዋቅሯል። ዛሬ Afaan Oromoo ምቹ የሆነ የራሱ ፊደል (orthography) አለው። ሚልዮኖች ይማሩታል፤ ያስተምሩበታል፤ ይመራመሩበታል። እጅግ በርካታ ዓለምዐቀፋዊ ይዘት ያላቸዉ ሚዲያዎች ይዘግቡበታል፤ ያሰራጩበታል። የስነ-ፅሁፍና ስነ-ጥበብ ውጤቶች ይቀርብበታል፤ ይከወንበታል። ይህም የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ትግል ወደ ፊጻሜው እየተቃረበ ስለመሆኑ አንዱ አመላካች መስረጃ ነውና ልብ ይሉታል።

ማሳያ ቁጥር ሦስት፦ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ትግል ሞትን በናቁ፣ ሕይዋታቸውን ጨምሮ ሙሉ ሰብኣዊ ክብራቸውን ለኦሮሚያ ሉዓላዊነትና ለኦሮሞ ነጻነት ቤዛ ሊያደርጉ የወሰኑ የአንድ ትውልድ ዘመን ላይ ደርሷል። ይኸኛው የነገሮች ሁሉ ማሳረጊያ ይሆናል። እውነታው በተግባር እየታያ ስለሆነ የማሳመኛ ትንታኔ የሚያስፈልግ አይመስለኝም።

ማሳያ ቁጥር ዐራት፦ በኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ላይ እየተፈፀመ ያለውን ዘግናኝና ወደርየለሽ ጭፍጨፋ የዓለምዓቀፉ ማሕበረሰብ በግልፅ ከመረዳትም አልፎ ለመፍትሔው ሁነኛ ምክክሮችን ለማድረግ የተገደደበት ወሳኝ ምዕራፍ ላይ ደርሰናል። ይህም ያልተቋረጣ ህዝባዊ ትግል ፍሬ ነውና ባይጥማሁችም ትክክለኛ ትርጉሙን የምትስቱ አይምስለኝም።

ማሳያ ቁጥር አምስት፦ ዛሬ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ በፀረ-ኦሮሞ ኃይሎች ሤራ የማይከፋፈልና ለጋራ ዓላማ ያለአንዳች ልዪነት በጋራ መቆማቸውን ያረጋገጡበት ታርካዊ ወቅት ላይ ደርሷል። ይህ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ የጋራ ትብብር የአራት ኪሎዉን አሮጌ ዙፋናችሁን ከነመሠረቱ ለመጣል መነቅነቅ በመጀመሩ የአንዳንዶቻችሁ የደም-ግፊት ልክ ስለመጨመሩ የሰሞኑ ግርግር አመላካች ሆኗል።

ማሳያ ቁጥር ስድስት፦ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ብሔራዊ ትግል ሁለንተናዊ የትግል ስልቶችን የሚከተል እንደመሆኑ መጠን የኦሮሚያ ተራሮች፣ ሸለቆዉ፣ ጫካዉ ጋራዉና ሸንተረሩ ትግሉን ወደ ፊጻሜ የሚያደርስ መጠነ-ሰፊ የትጥቅ ትግልና ጠንካራ ወታደራዊ ዝግጅቶችን እያስተናገዳ ይገኛል። በዚሁ መሠረት የኦሮሞ ነፃነት ሠራዊት (Oromo Libration Army) በወርሃ ግንቦት (2014 ዓ ም) ብቻ ከድንበር እስከ መሃል ኦሮሚያ ድረስ በመንቀሳቀስ በወሰደዉ ወታደራዊ ጥቃት ከሁለት መቶ በላይ የጠላት ሠራዊትን ሙትና ቁስለኛ አድርጓል። እንዲሁም በርካታ ወታደራዊ ቁሳቁሶችን ለመማረክ ችሏል።

በአጠቃላይ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ በትግሉ እጅግ ቁልፍ ድሎችን እያስመዘገበ ሲሆን ለቀሪ መብቶቹ ሙሉ ለሙሉ መከበር ደግሞ ሰብኣዊና ቁሳዊ ኃይሉን ከመቼም በላይ አቀናጅቶ በመንቀሳቀስ ላይ ይገኛል። ታዲያ ህዝባዊ ዓላማ ይዞ በቆራጥነት የተነሳዉን ባለራዕይ ትዉልድ በእስራትና ግዲያ ልታቆሙት ነዉን? ወይስ በበግ መሳይ ተኩላዎች ግሳጼና የማወናባጃ ቃላት ልታዘናጉት ትሻላችሁ? እውነት! እውነት እላችኋለሁ! ያ ዘመን ዳግም ላይመለስ ሄዷል። አሁን እውነቱን ትቀበሉ ዘንድ ላደፋፍራችሁ። ግርግሩ፣ ሽኩቻው፣ የመሠሪዎች ሤራ …. ብቻ ማንኛውም ዓይነት የክፋት ኃይል ይህንን ትውልድ ሊያቆመው አይችልም። ለምን ቢባል ይህ ትውልድ ዓላማ ይዞ የተነሳ፣ ለዘመናት በህዝባዊ ተልዕኮ ተቀርጾ፣ በጽናት የታነጻ፣ መነሻውንና መድረሻውን ጠንቅቆ ያወቀ፣ ሞትን ንቆ ዋጋውን ተምኖ የወጣ ትውልድ ነውና በተዓምር የሚያቆመዉ ምድራዊ ኃይል የለም፥ አይኖርምም። አሁንማ ብቸኛዉና አዋጪው መንገድ በትላንትናዉ አሮጌ መነፅራችሁ እዉነትን ኣጣምማችሁ በማየት ከመስጋት ይልቅ እይታችሁን በማስተካከል ማምለጥ የማይቻለዉን ሀቅ በመቀበል ከነባራዊ እውነታ ጋር ታርቆ መኖር ነዉ የሚሻላችሁ። ልቦና ይስጣችሁ!!

እዉነት ለዘለዓለሙ ታሸንፋለች!!
ጂቱ ለሚ ነኝ ከኦሮሚያ

#OromoProtests: IOYA Appeal

June 29, 2014

Dear Sir/Madam:

We are reaching out to you as the Board of Officers of the International Oromo Youth Association (IOYA) whose nation is in turmoil back in Oromia, Ethiopia. Recently, Oromo students have been protesting against the new Addis Ababa “Integrated Master Plan” which aims at incorporating smaller towns surrounding Addis Ababa for the convenience of vacating land for investors by displacing millions of Oromo farmers. As a political move, this will essentially result in the displacement of the indigenous peoples and their families. Oromo farmers will be dispossessed of their land and their survival both economic and cultural terms will be threatened. The Oromos strongly believe that this plan will expose their natural environment to risk, threaten their economic means of livelihood (subsistence farming), and violate their constitutional rights.

The Ethiopian government is executing its political agenda of progressive marginalization of the Oromo people from matters that concern them both in the Addis Ababa city and the wider Oromia region. The master plan is an unconstitutional change of the territorial expansion over which the city administration has a jurisdiction. The government justifies the move in the name of enhancing the development of the city and facilitating economic growth. The justification is merely a tactical move masked for the governments continued abuse of human rights of the Oromo people. While the Oromos understand that Addis Ababa itself is an Oromo city that serves as the capital of the federal government, they also consider this move as an encroachment on the jurisdiction and borders of the state of Oromia.

The protesters peacefully demonstrated against this move. University students and residents have been in opposition to the plan, but their struggle has been met by a brutal repression in the hands of the military police (famously known as the Agazi). It has been reported that shootings, arrests, and imprisonments are becoming rampant. It is also reported that the death toll is increasing by the hour. Recently, sources indicate that over 80 people have been shot dead, others severally injured and thousands arrested. In addition, Oromo students have been protesting peacefully for over three weeks now, despite mass killings and arrests by Ethiopian security forces. University and high school students from more than ten universities have been engaging in the Oromo protests. The peaceful rally has now spread across the whole country and is expected to continue until the Ethiopian government refrains from incorporating over 36 surrounding smaller towns into Addis Ababa. It is stated to be displacing an estimate of 6.6 million people and violating constitutional rights of regional states.

As an organization subscribing to broader democratic engagement of the Oromo youth, we oppose the brutal violence that the Ethiopian government is meting out on innocent, unarmed young students who are peacefully protesting. As leaders of the Oromo community, we support and stand in solidarity with Oromo protests in Ethiopia. The human rights volitions being carried out by the Ethiopian government against innocent students are unacceptable. Continuous assaults, tortures, and killings of innocent civilians must be stopped. We urge you to join us in denouncing these inhumane and cruel activities carried out by the Ethiopian government. We believe it is imperative that the international community raise its voice and take action to stop the ongoing atrocities that are wreaking havoc to families and communities in the Oromia region.

We urgently request that such actions be taken in an attempt to pressure the Ethiopian government to stop terrorizing and killing peaceful protesters:

• The US government and other International organizations should condemn the Ethiopian government’s brutal action taken on unarmed innocent civilians. Furthermore, we demand over 30,000 innocent protesters to be released from prisons, as they will be subjected to torture and ill treatment.
• The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is currently terrorizing its own electorates/nation. Under the law of R2P in the UN constitution, the international community is obliged to protect a nation that is being terrorized by its own government and EPRDF should be taken accountable.
• We demand Ethiopia to be expelled from any regional and international cooperation including and not limited to AU and UN for its previous and current human rights violations. The International community should stop providing support in the name of AID and development to Ethiopia as it is violating the fundamental and basic needs of its nation.
• The Ethiopian government should be stopped on immediate effect; its forceful displacement of the indigenous peoples across Ethiopia is unjust and unconstitutional. We ask the United States, European Union, and the United Nations to stand in solidarity with peaceful student protesters who are condemning such injustice.
• The onus is on the international community to act in favor of the innocent and civilian populace that is seeking its fundamental right. Punitive actions towards this government should be taken for cracking down on freedom of expression and other democratic rights being expressed by its citizens.

We believe it is in the interest of our common humanity to take responsibility, to pay attention to this problem, to witness the plight of the voiceless victims, and to raise concerns to the Ethiopian government so it can desist from its brutal acts of repression.

We count on your solidarity to help the Oromo youth be spared from arbitrary arrest, incarceration, and shootings.

Yours Respectfully,

Manni Murtii Godina Jimmaa Dhaddacha Waxabajjii 26,2014 oleen Barattoota Oromoo 5 Irratti Barruulee Warraaqsaa Maxxansitan Sababa Jedhuun Murtoo Dabarse.

June 29, 2014

Gabaasaa; Waxabajjii 26,2014 Godina Jimmaatti barattootni Oromoo Kolleejjii barsiisota Jimmaa irraa utuu barachaa jiranii FDG qindeessitaniittuu fi barruulee warraaqsaa Qeerroo Bilisummaa jedhuun facaafataniittu , barattoota Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa waliin tahuun barruu warraqsaa waajiroota mootummaa fi bakkoota buufata konkolaataa akkasumas manneen nagadaa biratti uumataaf raabsitanii jirtu ,FDG gaggeessitan himata jedhuun fi mootummaa humnaan fonqolchuuf yaalii gootan jechuun himataman Shan(5) keessa manni murtii Godina Jimmaa dhaddacha Waxabajjii 26,2014 oleen sadii bilisaan; lama immoo adabbii mallaqaa fi to’annoo akeekkachiisan gadi lakkisee jira.

1ffaa Barataa Guddisaa Cimdeessaa barataa Siviikii Waggaa 2ffaa bilisaan gadhifame

2ffaa barattuu Jirranuus Badhaasaa barattuu sportii waggaa 2ffaa bilisaan gadhiifamte.

3ffaa barataa Umar Roobaa barata chemistry waggaa 2ffaa bilisaan gadhiifame

4ffaa barataa Asaffaa Dhugumaa barataa Chemistry waggaa 2ffaa adabbii qarshii 300 adabamee;of eggannoo waggaa shaniif itti kenname jira

5ffaa, barataa Seefuu Hayilee barataa Geography waggaa 2ffaa adabbii qarshii 300 adabamee of eeggannoon waggaa lamaaf itti kennamee jira.

Haala kanaan ilmaan Oromoo ilmaan qotee bulaa sirna faahistii TPLF/ERDF./OPDO’n dararan nurratti jabaatuus kayyoo keenyaaf duubatti hin deebinu, Qeerroon bilisummaa Oromoo kaayyoo fi qakeeka bilisummaa Oromoo galmaan ga’uuf  sochii qinda’aa fi milkii qabeessa hoggansa isaa dhiha Oromiyaa keessa gochuun ilmaan Oromoo walitti qindeessee qabsoo finiinsa jiru injifannoo boonsa fi cululuqaa galmeessuu irratti argama.uummaanni Oromoo bakka jirtan hundaa nu cina dhaabbatee mirga isaa kabachiifachuu qaba jechuun dhaamsa dabarsani jiru.

17 members of an international drug ring busted for bringing Khat into America

The drug ring smuggled the drug from Yemen, Ethiopia, and Kenya into New York and beyond, according to a 215-count indictment unsealed Friday in Brooklyn by the state’s Attorney General.

17 members of an international drug ring were busted for smuggling tons of Khat into America, authorities announced Friday

June 28, 2018 (New York Daily News) — An international ring that distributed an illegal chewable substance called Khat has been stamped out, authorities announced Friday.
Seventeen members of the alleged drug ring that brought tons of the euphoria-inducing plant from Yemen, Kenya and Ethiopia to the city and beyond were charged in a 215-count indictment unsealed in Brooklyn by the state’s Attorney General office.
Khat’s leaves and stems are chewed in their fresh form and contains an amphetamine-like stimulant. It’s legal in many parts of the world, including Kenya and Ethiopia were it’s primarily cultivated, and has been used socially in Yemen for thousands of years.
But Khat is illegal in the United States and most other western countries, earning that designation in the United Kingdom this Tuesday.
“Khat is a dangerous and illegal drug with worldwide reach,” said state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. “Trafficking often funds other criminal activity.”
Because the substance isn’t processed, traffickers needed to operate quickly.
The ring was allegedly headed by Yadeta (Murad) Bekri, 23, of England, who would arrange for large shipments of Khat to various UPS locations in Manhattan.
His alleged cohorts, or managers, would then pick up the packages. Some were observed on surveillance carrying 25-pound boxes to Brooklyn’s Islamic Society of Flatbush and numerous storage facilities, according to court papers.

Khat leaves and stems are chewed to produce an amphetamine-like high

The drug was then sold upstate and in parts of Ohio and Massachusetts with the proceeds laundered in Minnesota — where Bekri’s girlfriend lives — and sent back to England, Dubai and other locations, the authorities alleged.
“Through the far-reaching capabilities of our joint law enforcement partners, these criminals can be tracked down and brought to justice wherever they are located,” said NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton.
Those arrested include mostly men from Brooklyn, Queens and Rochester, NY. While 14 were collared, two have yet to get picked up.
The ringleader Bekri was on a plane to Minnesota Friday for a visit with his girlfriend Ibsitu Hashi, 34, a source said.
Marshals are expected to greet him upon arrival and take him into custody.
Source: New York Daily News

Declaration of Unity of the OLF

June 28, 2014 (Oromo Liberation Front) — It is with great pleasure that we announce to our people and the supporters of our struggle for freedom the good news that, based on the accord they made in Kampala, Uganda, in November 2012, the two organizations of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) known as OLF Shanee Gumii (”OLF National Council”) and OLF Qaama Ce’umsaa (”OLF Transitional Authority”) have resolved our differences and agreed to combine our two leaderships, unify our members, merge our organizational structures and inaugurate a reunified OLF. Although OLF has encountered many obstacles during the last forty years, there was no time when it has stopped the struggle that it was established to lead. No one can deny the fact that the national struggle led by the OLF has scored many victories and made many significant achievements that have taken the Oromo people a long way toward the national goal of independence. Among these great achievements is the level of political awareness of our people.

At the same time, we witness that the Oromo people are being targeted for extinction more than any time before. Oppression has reached intolerable levels making our people to rise up in defiance of tyranny, protesting peacefully in all corners of Oromia. But, as witnessed in the killings of students and others in many places in Oromia, the TPLF regime is responding violently to their lawful demands. Defying enemy atrocities, imprisonment, and torture the young Oromo generation are making it known to the world that they will not tolerate humiliation and oppression anymore and that they will make the necessary sacrifices to liberate their people and homeland from alien oppressors. The OLF extends its condolences to families who lost their beloved sons daughters and expresses its admiration for the courage and bravery they have shown by the young Oromo generation to defend their people’s legitimate rights. As the vanguard of the Oromo struggle for freedom, we re-iterate our determination to continue the struggle until our people become masters of their destiny.

The re-unification of the two organizations of the OLF is a great step that will strengthen the Oromo struggle for freedom. United under one leadership, we are resolute to realize the principal objective of our struggle, namely the liberation of our people and the independence of our homeland Oromia. There is no question about the popularity of the goal of OLF-led liberation struggle among the Oromo people. Therefore, it is with determination that we pledge to make the necessary sacrifices, withstand the challenges ahead and carry through the Oromo national struggle to the ultimate goal of independence.

We are well aware that there are Oromo nationals who are organized separately under other names to advance our people’s legitimate rights. We will do all we can to coordinate our efforts with them to achieve the common goal. The OLF leadership states its decision and commitment to continue to work and conclude the ongoing talks with other forces committed to the same goal. Hence we call on all Oromo organizations that uphold our people’s right to self-determination and independence to join us in carrying out this sacred mission.

We also take this opportunity to express our solidarity with the oppressed nations, nationalities and peoples who are struggling for justice against the same tyrannical regime, and call upon them to join us in the common struggle for basic human and democratic rights.

The TPLF-led regime’s violence against the Oromo people is abetted by military, political and economic assistance from external powers. The OLF appeals again to governments, both in the West and East to strike a balance between their national interests and their international obligation of protecting human rights and stop giving economic, military and political support to a brutal regime that is evicting our people and others from their land and killing innocent civilian who are peacefully demanding their legitimate rights.

Victory to the Oromo People!

Oromo Liberation Front

June 28, 2014

Were My Enslaved Ancestors Originally From Ethiopia?

Tracing Your Roots: Old family records identify Southern forebears as “Ethiopian.” How is this possible?
June 27, 2014
HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. AND MEAGHAN SIEKMAN, NEHGS RESEARCHER

Were My Enslaved Ancestors Originally From Ethiopia?

Dear Professor Gates:
We have traced our roots back to our great-great-great-great-grandfather Lar Henry Green (aka Henry G). According to family legend, he was a slave in France or Portugal, and when he arrived in the U.S., he married a 15-year-old Ethiopian girl. Lar Henry was born in July 1831 and died March 31, 1905, in Ladonia, Texas. According to recent research we have done, his wife was Jenny (Jennie/Jensy/Jensie/Jane) Trout-Green. She was born in 1856, but we don’t know her date of death.

Lar Henry gave all his children, girls included, the first name “Lar.” We guess that was a tradition from whatever country he came from. One of those children was Lar Zinnerman Green, whose daughter, Melissa (Green) Lacy, was the mother of my own grandmother Thelma Lacy.

We have tried for years to determine what country Lar Henry came from, as well as whether Jenny was truly Ethiopian. Interestingly, the World War I military-enlistment record of Grandmother Thelma’s father, John William (aka William) Lacy, lists him as Ethiopian. This is despite the fact that he was related to the Green family by marriage, not by blood.

People tell us there were no Ethiopian slaves, but I always counter with, “How do you know? Were you there?” Can you help us settle these questions? —Daniel D. Hardman

Discovering the origins of Lar Henry Green and Jenny Trout-Green starts with gathering as much information as you can about them here in the United States. Census records in particular can be helpful in determining when and where individuals were born.

Where Were Lar Henry and Jenny Born?

Your family legend tells you that Lar Henry was a slave in France or Portugal and that his wife, Jenny (Jennie/Jensy/Jensie/Jane) Trout-Green, was Ethiopian. Starting with census records for the family will also provide you with information about the birthplaces of their children, which will give you an idea of where they were living at various points in their lives, indicating where you should look for more records.

It is important to note that census records are not always accurate, since information recorded could have been told incorrectly to the census taker or could have been written incorrectly. With this in mind, census records can be powerful tools if you read them fully, since they provide clues about where to find more records on the individuals included. It is possible that the records will state that your ancestors were born in France, Portugal or Ethiopia, as your family legends claim, but you should be prepared to find out that these stories relate to earlier generations.

It is fortunate that Lar Henry lived long enough to be recorded in the 1900 federal census, since the census that year recorded the birthplace of each individual as well as the birthplaces for both parents. Since we know that Lar Henry died in 1905 in Ladonia, Texas, this census is a good place to look for information on the family. You can access the 1900 census for free through FamilySearch. If you search for Henry G. Green living in Ladonia, Texas, you’ll locate a record for Henry G. Green; his wife, Jensy; and 10 of their children living in Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas.

According to the record, Henry G. Green was born in 1831, and his wife, Jensy L., was born in 1856. This matches the information you provided about the family. It further states that Henry G. was born in Georgia, as were both of his parents. In addition, it states that Jensy was born in Arkansas, her father was born in Missouri and her mother was born in Tennessee. All of their children were born in Texas, suggesting that the family had been in the state for at least 20 years prior to 1900.

Based on this record, it appears that both Lar Henry and Jensy were born in the U.S. As stated earlier, it is important to note that census records often record false information. A lot of this is dependent on who in the household gave the census taker the information.

What this does provide is some clue as to where to look for more information about Lar Henry Green and Jensy. It could be that Georgia and Arkansas were the first states they lived in when arriving in the U.S., rather than birthplaces. It is also a strong possibility that the record is correct and that your family legend may actually relate to an earlier generation than Lar Henry (Henry G) and Jensy.

What Happens When You Dig Further Into Their Origins?

When you look at census records, it is important to read them fully to gather as much information as you can to locate more records. For example, the enumerator for the 1900 census asked married couples how long they had been married. Henry G. Green and Jensy L. Green both stated that they had been married for 28 years in 1900, placing the date of their marriage circa 1872.

The census recorder also asked mothers to record how many children they had given birth to and how many were still living. The record states that Jensy had 14 children but that only 13 were still living. This tells us a couple of things. It means that the 10 children in their household in 1900 were not their only children—there were an additional three children not living in the house. It also tells us that one of their children had died, which means there may be a death record for that child.

Death records can provide information about the parents of an individual, including their place of birth. Since it seems likely that the family lived in Texas for a number of years, you can search Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 for death records of Henry Green’s family, including Henry Green himself. The way this collection works is first you search for a person’s name in the index, and the record provides the certificate number. You can then browse the collection—where it states “Browse through 4,476,649 images” at the bottom of the search screen—and browse the death certificates for the original record.

One way to determine how accurate information in the census records may be is to compare them with other records for the family, including other census records. If the information for their birth remains consistent over time, the more likely it is to be close to the truth. Since you know from the 1900 census that all the children listed were born in Texas, you can search for the family in Texas in the 1880 census. You can view the original record for this through Ancestry.com. Once again living in Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, is Henry Green and his wife, J.L., and six children. This record also states that Henry Green was born in Georgia and that his wife, J.L., was born in Arkansas.

What Do Their Marriage Records Turn Up?

It seems likely that since all the children were born in Texas, the couple was married in Texas. A marriage record may reveal more information about the families for both Lar Henry and Jensy. Based on your research, you believe that Jenny/Jensy’s maiden name may have been Trout.

We started our search for Henry Green and Jenny Trout in the Texas, County Marriage Index 1837-1977, available on Family Search, but did not locate a record. However, if you search just for Henry Green in 1872, you’ll find a reference to the marriage of Henry Green and Jinsey Quisinbury on March 16, 1872. Based on the births of Henry and Jinsey’s children starting in 1873 in Texas, and the information in the 1900 census about their marriage in 1872, this appears to be the marriage record for your ancestors (unless this was Jinsey’s second marriage). Obtaining a copy of this marriage document might provide additional information, such as their age at the time of marriage and whether either had been married before.

This marriage document provides a different surname for Jinsey than the one you submitted, which may aid you in further searches. Based on the places of birth provided in the 1900 census for Jensy in Arkansas and her parents in both Missouri and Tennessee, you could search the 1870 census for the Quisinbury name in these three locations and see if you locate anything that looks like it may be Jensy’s family. Since the 1870 census is after the end of slavery but before her marriage date in 1872, you might be able to locate her in the household of a relative.

You could also search those three states for the Quisinbury name in the 1860 U.S. Federal Census Slave Schedules. Often, slaves took the surname of their former owner, so you may be able to locate a record for a household where Jensy may have lived prior to the end of slavery. Because the slave schedules usually listed only the gender and age of a slave under the name of the slave owner, we would suggest searching for a female born about 1856 with the surname Quisinbury. When we performed this search, we located a William Quosinbury living in Fayetteville, Washington, Ark., with a 5-year-old mulatto girl in his household. This could be a record for your Jensy Quisinbury.

Looking for probate or land records for William Quosinbury may reveal more about his slaves so that you can determine the possibility that this is a record for your ancestor. You may also want to contact the Arkansas chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society to see if it can provide any help in locating records for Jensy. You can perform a similar search for the surname Green in Georgia to see if you can locate a likely record for Lar Henry Green.

So Where Did the Ethiopian Legend Come From?

Based on family legend, Jensy was Ethiopian, as was your ancestor John William Lacy.

Slavery existed in Ethiopia for centuries as a part of Afro-Asiatic society, but the slaves were not directly a part of the slave trade to America. In fact, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, no slaves came to the U.S. from Ethiopian directly across the Atlantic. Given the distance between Ethiopian and Africa’s west coast, from where the majority of people were taken for the transatlantic trade, that stands to reason.

Could your ancestor have hailed from Ethiopia anyway? As the historian David Eltis told us, “Most transatlantic slave vessels from southeast Africa sold their captives to Brazil and Cuba—mainly in the 19th century—but we do have about 2,000 [slaves] from this region coming into Charleston and New Orleans between 1804 and 1808. However, their slave vessels sailed from Mozambique Island or, in one case, Zanzibar. In the latter instance, an Ethiopian [or several] may have been on board, but the direction of the Indian Ocean trade was usually from south to north [to supply Arab markets] or to the Mascarene Islands.”

Additionally, Neil A. Frankel noted in his resource on the Atlantic slave trade that slaves from the east side of Africa were often brought to Portuguese-controlled Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, citing Hugh Thomas in The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade: 1440-1870. It is possible that this is where both stories—that Jensy was Ethiopian and that Lar Henry Green was a slave in Portugal—originated.

However, it’s important to remember that “Ethiopia” was one of Europe’s blanket names for any place in sub-Saharan Africa (“Guinea” and “Sudan” were two other blanket names), and as Eltis pointed out to us, for centuries the term “Ethiopian” was used simply to denote dark skin. Also, as the historians John Thornton and Linda Heywood told us, the state of California listed African Americans as “Ethiopian” on birth certificates as recently as the 1950s. (The historians also checked the name “Lar” to see if it is in Amharic, a language spoken in Ethiopia, but it does not appear to be.)

The best way to know if you have Ethiopian ancestry is by having your autosomal DNA tested. Several DNA companies—including Ancestry.com, 23andMe and Family Tree DNA—excel at tracing complex genetic ancestry back 200 or 300 years. Ancestry.com’s ancestry feature offers the most detailed analysis of a person’s various African genetic roots. We strongly suggest that you take one, if not all, of these tests.

Most family legends have elements based in truth, so do not be discouraged that the records we located do not seem to match the story. It could be that the basis for the legend lies further in the past.

Good luck!

Breaking News‎:Wallagga Magaalaa Beegii Keessatti Dargaggoonni Oromoo Lama Mana Hidhaa Wayyaanee Cabsaanii Miliquu Irraan Kan Ka’e Ummanni Loltoota Wayyaaneen Goolamaa Jira,Haati Dargaggoo Abush Takkaalaa fi Maatiin Isaas Hidhaan Dararamaa Jiru.

Gabaasa Qeerroo magaalaa Begii irraa Waxabajii 26,2014
Torbee kana keessa mootummaan Wayyaanee yakkaa fi badii tokko malee namoota 5n irratti murtii hidhaa waggaa tokkoo olii dabarsuun isaa gabaasuun keenya ni yaadatama. Namoota mmurtiin itti kenname keessaa Suleemanii fi Abbush Taakkalaa kan tahan murtiin hidhaa waggaa tokko itti murtaahuu isaa gabaasnee jirra. namootni kun guyyaama san erga mana hidhaa seenanii booda harka tika Wayyaanee irratti dararamaa jiraachuu irra jechuudhaan mana hidhaa Wayyaanee cabsanii baduun tasa dhabamanii jiru. Haala kanaan kan rifate mootummaan Wayyaanee guyyaa har’aa uummata magaalaa irratti dhukaasa banuun jiraatota magaalaa qonnaan bultoota hedduu mana hidhaatti naqee jira. Qonnaan bultooti guyyaa har’aa hidhaman gariin firoota dargaggoota hidhaa Wayyaanee cabsanii bahan kanaa yeroo ta’an haadha Abbush Taakkaa fi obbolaan isaa osoo hin hafiin hidhamuun dararamaa kan jiran yeroo  ta’u gariin jiraatota ammo magaalaa  haala kanaan wal qabatee har’a dhidhaman keessaa:- 1.Barsiisaa Addunyaa Nigaatuu
2.Dargaggoo Keebiroon Solomoon
3.Dargaggoo Maammush Ahimad
4.Shamarree Shaamsiyaa Ahimad
5.Aaddee Daabee Qalbeessaa- Haadha Abbush Taakkalaa
6.Naasiree Qalbeessaa-Obboleettii haadha Abbush Taakkalaa(obboleettii Daabee Qalbeessa)
7.Aadde Abebaayee Boggaalee-daldaltuudha.
Isaan kun guyyaa har’aa kana mana hidhaa keessatti reebamaa kan
jiranii fi uummata oromoo magaalichaa akka jirutti mana hidhaatti kan guuramanii fi humni waraana wayyanee dabalataan naannicha buufate kan jiru tahuu gabaasni Qeerroo Beegii irraa nu gahe addeessa.

Ethiopian Security Forces Arrest Dozens of Civilians in Degahbur

                 

By Ahmed Abdi | June 26, 2014

Ethiopian Security Forces arrested dozens of civilians in Dehehbur, about 135 kilometers southeast of the regional Capital city of Jigjiga on Wednesday, following after ONLF insurgency killed 10 Ethiopian Security forces and regional administrators on Monday. Local sources said that the Ethiopian-appointed regional President Abdi Mohamoud Omar better known as Abdi Iley ordered the arrest and killing of anyone suspected of aiding ONLF in part of security swoop.

Abdi Iley reappointed infamous Omar Gamble as the Police commissioner immediately after the administration had been sustained heavy assaults by the ONLF in a bid to strike the town residents with an iron fist.

“I have seen at least 50 people that the security forces arrested and loaded on pickup trucks,” said an eyewitness who asked not to be identified.

The source added that 20 civilians that have been transferred to Guna’gado another town near Degehbur, went missing since yesterday and their fate remains unknown.’

ONLF has been fighting against Ethiopian regimes since 1984 and wants its oil and gas-rich Ogaden region to gain full Independence from Ethiopian highlanders. Peace-talk between ONLF and Ethiopia stalled in Oct 17, 2012, after the ONLF refused to accept Ethiopian constitution which it says it says the Ethiopian constitution does not concern the Somalis in Ogaden.

Mootummaan Wayyaanee Gaazexeessitoota STVO 16 Oduu fi Dokumentarii Dharaa Dubbisuu,Dhiyeessuu Dhabuu Irraa Kan Ka’e Qorannaa Hamaan Booda Hojii Irraa Dhorke

Waxabajjii 26, 2014, Finfinnee (Qeerroo) — Mootummaan Wayyaanee bara dhufaa darbu mara Olola dharaa keessumaa ammo Raadiyoo fi Television mataa isaaf dhaabbateen dhimma bahuun ilmaan Oromoo afaanfaajjessaa, Ololaa fi Dokumentarii dharaa qopheessuudhaan bittaa Umrii isaa dheeressuuf hojjechaa ture. Gaazexeessitootni Raadiyoo fi Televiizyinii Itoophiyaas tahe Oromiyaa dhugaa argan Uummataaf himuu irra dhugaa irraa dabsuun oduu dharaa Uummataaf gabaasuu dirqamu. Sagantaan Raadiyoo fi Televiizyinii Oromiyaa dhimma Uummata Oromoo, aadaa fi duudhaa Oromoo guddisuuf dhaabbate jedhamee lallabamaa ture dhugaa Uummataa dhaloota isaa irraa kaasee osoo hin baasiin as gahe. Hojjettootni Dhaabbata kanaa yeroo mara oduu dharaa dubbisuun seenaa xuraawaa dibachuu hin barbaadne, Kan seenaan uummata Oromoo akka ukkaamamu hin barbaadne gaazexeessitootni STVO hedduumminaan Mormii dhageessisuu fi oduu dharaa hin dubbisnu jechuun wayita gaafatanitti mootummaan Wayyaanee dirqama isinitti kenname hojjettu malee kaan dubbachuu mirga hin qabdan jechuun gaazexeessitoota ilmaan Oromoo qorannaan rakkisaa turuu irraan darbee hojii irraa arii’ee jira. Gaazexeessitootni kunneen Fincila keessatti hirmaannaa qabdu, Uffata gaddaa uffattanii jirtan, dirqama keessan seeraan bahaa hin jirtan jedhamuun kan hojii irraa dhorkaman yoommuu tahu isaanis

1. Gaazexeessaa Abdiisaa Fufaa
2. Gaazexeessaa Yusuuf Warqeessaa
3. Gaazexeessaa Abdii Gadaa
4. Gaazexeessaa Darajjee Gonfaa
5. Gaazexeessaa Olaansaa Waaqumaa
6. Gaazexeessaa Baqqalaa Atoomaa
7. Gaazexeessaa Isqaa’el Aragaaw
8. Gaazexeessaa Bosonaa Dheeressaa
9. Gaazexeessaa Margaa Angaasoo
10. Gaazexeessaa Anuwaar Sirriisaa
11. Gaazexeessaa Xilahuun Magarsaa
12. Gaazexeessaa Birraa Laggasaa
13. Gaazexeessaa Zallaqaa oljirraa
14. Gaazexeessaa Abdiisaa Taganyii
15. Gaazexeessaa Ayyaanaa Cimdeessaa
16. Gaazexeessaa Kibabaw Obsaa

Yoommuu tahan Gaazexeessitootni kunneen Oduu dharaa fi olola sobaa Uummata Oromoo irratti gaggeeffamu akkasumas Dokumentarii dharaa Uummata Oromoo fi Qabsoo Oromoo irratti gaggeeffamu keessatti akkaataa dirqamni kennameen bahachuu diddan jedhamuun kan qorannoo hamaan booda hojii irraa kan arii’aman yoommuu tahu Uummata Oromoof dhugaa dubbachuuf kutannaan diina dura dhaabbachuun dirqama Oromummaa bahachuun gahee hundaa tahuu Qeerroon Bilisummaa waamicha dabarsa!

Ethiopians In South Africa Protest Rights Abuses Back Home

June 24, 2014 (Haberler) — About two thousand Ethiopian nationals protested in Pretoria on Tuesday to demand the South African government intervene to stop alleged human rights violations in Ethiopia.
“We the Oromo community in the Republic of South Africa humbly request the South African government, the African Union and European Union to use their good office to persuade the Ethiopian government to stop violations of human rights and killing of peaceful demonstrators,” organizer Abdurrahman Musa Jibro told the protesters.
According to Jibro, the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), a party that comes from the Tigrean ethnic group, has ruled Ethiopia for two decades.
He claimed that the TPLF had denied basic human rights and fundamental freedoms to the Oromo and other communities in Ethiopia.
“Their unwillingness to address basic demands of the people has recently caused popular uprising all over the country,” he said.
Jibro claimed that under the TPLF rule, human rights violations have intensified against the Oromo who make up about 45 percent of Ethiopia’s total population.
“Don’t kill Oromo People, Don’t kill Ogaden People,” protesters chanted as the convener spoke.
Jibro also questioned the agenda of the controversial “Addis Ababa master plan expansion”, which recently sparked protests by university students in Oromia regional state.
“The Ethiopian government’s response to these peaceful demonstrations and strikes has been brutal, marked with unwarranted cruelty,” he alleged.
He went on to say that many peaceful demonstrators were killed and thousands arrested across Oromia.
“We are gathered here today to condemn the killings of innocent civilians, and the detention of thousands of our compatriots by the Ethiopian regime simply for peaceful protesting against the violation of their human rights and suppressing of democratic rights” Jibro told the crowd.
Most of the Protesters carried placards which read, “Oromia not for sale”, “Stop killing Oromo students” and “Ogaden Darfur of Ethiopia”.
Protesters also handed over a memorandum to Melisizwe Bleki, an official from the office of President Jacob Zuma in which they called on the South African government and the international community to press the Ethiopian government to stop relocation of residents from their own lands and villages.
The memo also wants the international community to bring those responsible for the death of civilians to justice.
“Release all detained demonstrators and political prisoners immediately and unconditionally” the memo reads.
-Ogaden solidarity-
The Oromo protesters were joined in solidarity by their counterparts from the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, whose people are ethnic Somalis who claim they are similarly oppressed by the Ethiopian government.
For over 100 years, the Ogaden region has remained a center of conflict, as Somalis there have fought to secede from Ethiopia and establish their own country.
“Our people joined the protest to support our Oromo brothers and sisters, because we face a similar problem in Ethiopia,” Mohamed Dahir, chairman of South Africa’s Ogaden community, told Anadolu Agency.
Hajji Swaib, an elderly protester, also called for international intervention to stop what his described as Ethiopian violations against his people.
“We hope the international community will help us to stop what the Ethiopia government is doing to its own citizens,” he said.
He said he had fled from his home in Ogaden because of alleged abuses meted on his people and family by Ethiopian government troops.
“We want Justice that’s all we are asking for,” he said.

Aid donors announce investigation into tribal evictions in Ethiopia

Bulldozers clearing Mursi land in Mago National Park, where communities are being evicted from their land to make way for sugar plantations

June 24, 2014 (Survival International) — Representatives of some of Ethiopia’s biggest aid donors have announced that they will send a team to the southwest of the country to investigate persistent reports of human rights abuses amongst the tribes living there.
Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, has exposed how the tribal people of the Lower Omo Valley are being persecuted and harassed to force them off their land to make way for cotton, oil palm and sugar cane plantations.
Many other organizations have published similar reports.
The plantations are made possible by the Gibe III hydroelectric dam, which is itself the subject of huge controversy.
The dam, which is nearing completion, will have a serious impact on the livelihoods of 500,000 tribal people, including those living around Kenya’s Lake Turkana.
It is also projected to have catastrophic environmental consequences for the region, which is home to renowned UNESCO World Heritage sites on both sides of the border.
Survival and other NGOs have repeatedly denounced the eviction of hundreds of Bodi and Kwegu and continue to receive reports that people are being intimidated into leaving their lands for resettlement camps.

Daasanach are being forced off their land to make way for infrastructure development such as this giant pump at Omorate, which will facilitate irrigation of the plantations.

The Ethiopian government has not sought or obtained the indigenous peoples’ free, prior and informed consent to move from their lands, in breach of the guidelines for resettlement drawn up by the Development Assistance Group (DAG), a consortium of the largest donors to Ethiopia, including the US, the UK, Germany and the World Bank.
DAG provides significant financial assistance to the local administration responsible for the forced evictions.
DAG has decided to return to the Lower Omo later this year to investigate the situation, even though the evictions continue regardless of past donor visits, the findings of which have often not been published.

The Rise and an Imminent Fall of a Minority Regime-TPLF

(The Tigrean People’s Liberation Front)

By David Makuria | June 24, 2014
Western democracy is built on the principles of a majority rule while respecting minorities’ rights. This norm is nowhere more evident than the United States of America. Although the Greeks have a legitimate claim to be the oldest democracy in some form, currently, the United States can claim the guardianship of modern democracy. This is not to say other Western democracies have no equal claim of their own. The theme of this article is not to compare Western democracies, but rather, to draw some parallels to show the genesis and demise, the political representation and lack thereof in the current political discourse in Ethiopia. The emergence of the current Ethiopian regime in the national political arena in 1991 is no accident in that citizens of Ethiopia had enough with the previous military junta, the Derg. It is after this change in people’s attitude that the current regime marched to the capital, Addis Abeba without much resistance. It does not; however, appear that the TPLF regime recognizes this reality on the ground. Once they occupied the Arat Kilo Palace, they have done everything to maintain their control on power without paying due regard to citizens interest. Yet, there are numerous signs that power is slipping away from this regime.
There are some telltale signs that the TPLF regime is losing its grips on power. After all, a minority regime which serves only itself and neglects the will and interests of the overwhelming majority has no future, but eventually succumbs to the will and demand of the people. Arbitrary arresting of journalists/bloggers, jamming opposition radio and TV channels, indiscriminate labelling members of a certain ethnic group who do not comply with their political agenda as terrorists, firing at and killing peaceful student protestors as young as teenagers, the list can go on and on. But, what more signals do we need as a proof for the decaying of this repressive state. All the aforementioned measures indicate actions taken by a desperate and repressive regime such as TPLF. There is no doubt that this regime will disintegrate sooner than later. The question is not if but when? However, what worries many political observers in the Horn of Africa is that out of desperation they will vent their anger on the general public who is unarmed and unprepared especially in Oromia region. Nevertheless, one can argue they are already doing just that, the recent measure they took on peaceful student protestors against the Addis Abeba Master Plan (AAMP) being a case in point.

Wayyaaneen Shira Marsaa 3ffaa Magaalaa Amboo Irratti Gaggeessuuf Yaaleen Uummata Oromoo magaalaa Amboo fi dargaggoota Oromoon Fashale

Waxabajjii 22,2014 (qeerroo) - Mootummaan Wayyaanee olola afaan faajjii uumuun gaaffii mirga abbaa biyyummaa uummaanni Oromoo gaafachaa ture dhabamsiisuuf ykn sagaleen uumata cunqurfamaa akka hin dhagahameef jecha meeshaa waraanaa fi human waraanaan uumata nagaa goolaa fi jeeqaa jira.

Haala kanaan guyyaa har’aa FDG Lixa Shawaa Amboo gara dabarsuuf jecha uumata humnaan dirqisiisee karaa dabballoota isaa hiriira deggersa mootummaa wayyaanee akka bahamu yaalii gochaa ture. Hiriira humnaan dirqisiisee uummataa fi dabballoota isaa baasuun shira dalaguuf baajata guddaa fi humna waraanaa guddaa bobbaasuun shirri diinummaa magaalaa Amboo irratti gaggeeffamuuf sochii guddaa godhee ture sun  diddaa uummataa fi dura dhaabbannaa dargaggoota Oromootiin waan Wayyaanee fi aangawoonni isaanii barbaadan jalaa fashalee jira.

Wayyaaneen dabballoota garaaf bitamanii fi kanneen afaan Oromoo dubbachuu malee dhalootan Oromoo hin ta’iin walitti qabuun namoota baay’inaan 100 hin callee of dura qabuun shira abdii kutannaa uummata keenya irratti gaggeessuun hubatamera. Keessaattuu uummaanni Oromoo jiraattootni magaalaa Amboo fi dargaggoonni Oromoo guutummaatti shira diinaa kana irraa qooda fudhachuun hojii dhabuun waammicha Wayyaanee irraa qooda kan fudhatu diina uummata Oromooti jechuun jibbinsa wayyaaneef qaban ibsataniru.

Gochaa Fashistummaa Wayyaanee kana balaaleffachuu fi dura dhaabbachuuf dargaaggootni oromoo fi uummaatni Oromoo Magaalaa Amboo ganda 03 naannoo M/B Sadarkaa tokkoffaa Cariitti walitti qabamuun uummaata warraaqsa gaggeessuuf jiru homaan waraanaa magaalaa Amboo irra qubsiifameen bitineeffaman, dargaggootni Oromoo 6 humna waraanaan qabamanii mana hidhaa wajjiraa poolisii Godina lixa shawaatti darbataman.

Sochii Mootummaan Wayyaanee gaggeesite kana keessatti hoomaan waraanaa uffata of irraa baasee uummata fakkachuun akka hiriira Wayyaanee irraa qooda fudhatu dirqisifaamee, humnootni milishaa fi poolisaa illee haaluma kanaan akka ba’an qajeelfama wayyaanee hojirra olchuuf dirqaman illee gochaa kana rawwachuu irra fedhii akka hin qabnee odeessii keessa isanii ba’aa jiru ifa godhee jira. Kana malees Wayyaaneen abdii kutatee waan qabee gadhiisuu wallaale kun sabaa fi sablammoota biyyaatti jiraattoota baadiyaa fi dabbaloota Wayyaanee garaa qofaaf jiraattan baadiyaa irraa walitti qabuun xaa’oo fudhattanii galtu jechuun uummata gowwomsaa ture, Uummaanni Oromoo baadiyaa Magaalaa shira wayyaanee irratti dammaqee gaafa dura dhaabbatuu, saboota kanneen gowwomsuun olola isaa oofuuf yaalii akka godhee hubachuun danda’amera.
Qondalootni Wayyaaneef ergamanii jiraatan walga’ii maqaa hiriira baha nu deeggara Wayyaanee kana gaggeessuuf wareegaman biro bishanii fi albuudaaf energy Oromiyaatti nama Mootummaa Maqaasaa jedhamuu fi bulchiinsa Godina Lixa Shawaa wayyaaneedhaan doorsifamaa jiru nama maqaan isaa jedhamuu fi dabbaloota ilmaan TPLF maqaa isaanii dhoksuun waltajjichaa gaggeessuuf bobbaafaman yoo ta’uun, haaluma kanaan dabballootni kunneen namoota miseensota,:Waraanaa, milishaa, poolisa, sabaaf sablamoota Oromiyaa Lixa shawaa naannawaa Amboo jiraattan fi dabbaloota humnaan dirqisiifaman dabalatee namootni lakkofsaan 100 hin caallee Isteediyeemii Ambootti humna waraanaa guddaan marfamanii ololaa afaan faajjii wayyaaneen uummata Oromoo irratti gaggeessuun saaxilamee jira. Haala kana irraa Wayyaaneen Ololaa TV olola kijibaaf tolu waan waraabdu dhabdee dabballoota godinaa dorsisaa turuun ni yaadatama. Sochii kanaan walqabatee Magaalaan Amboo humna waraanaa guddaan marfamtee eegamaa jirti. Haala kanaarraa uummaanni oromoo magaalaa amboo fi nannawaa ishee gochaa diinummaa dhiiga namaadanfisuu kanatti aaruun wareegama qaalii kan faluuf qopha’aa jiraachuun sochii uummataa irraa hubatamee jira. Wayyaaneen diddaa uummata Magaalaa Amboo fi dargaggoota kanatti waan haalan yaaddoofteef dabbaloota fi garaaf bultoota, akkasumaas ilmaan saboota biroo walitti qabdee kanaan callisanii gargar bittinna’uun gara mana isaanitti akka galaan goochuun soda jiruu dabballootuma meeshaa diinaa kanaaf saaxiluun illee hubatamera.

Uummaanni Oromoo godina lixa shawaa fi Magaalaa Amboo fi naannawaa ishee sagantaa wayyaaneen fuldratti gootu kamuu dura dhaabbachuu fi lagannoo (boycotts) gochuuf dhaamsa waliif dabarsaa jiraachuun hubatamera.

Source: qeerroo

Godina Lixa Shawaatti Sabboonaa Dargaggoo Oromoo Galaanaa Nadhaa Cawwaaqaa Miidhaa Loltooti Mootummaa Itiyoophiyaa Irraan Gahaniin Boqote.

Waxabajjii 21/2014 Godina Lixa Shawaatti Sabboonaa Dargaggoo Oromoo Galaanaa Nadhaa Cawwaaqaa daraaraa mootummaan fashistii Wayyaanee irraan ga’een dhukuba sammuuf saaxilamee dhukkubsachaa kan ture, haalli dhukuba isaa yeroo irraa gara yerootti waan itti jabaateef guyyaa har’a lubbuun wareegamuu dhageenye gadda guddaatu nutti dhaga’ame.

Galaanaa Nadhaa Cawwaaqaa Godina Lixa shawaa Aanaa Tokkee Kuttaayetti abbaa isaa obboo Nadhaa cawwaqaa fi haadha isaa addee
Geexee Hachaaluu irraa bara 1972tti dhalatee. kutaa 1-8 manaa barumsaa tokkee Irressaa sadarkaa 1ffaatti xummure.Kutaa 9-12 manaa barumsaa Amboo sadarkaa 2ffaa tii baratee. Galaanaan namaa barumsaa issaan baay’ee cimaa ta’ee turee Akkasumaas qabsoo ummataa Orommoo irrattii namaa gumaachaa guddaa buusee turee Baratoota walittii qabee waay’ee qabsoo kan barsisaa turedhaa. baraa 1992 waay’ee bosonaa baale yeroo gubatuus adda duree tahuun gaaffii gafachaa fi fincilaa diddaa gabrumaa fininsaa kan turedha. barumaa kanaa keessa harkaa dinaan qabamee manaa hidhaa masaraa mootummaa kan magalaa amboo keessattii reebichii fi dararaan guddaan iraa gahaa kan ture keessaa issaa adda duree dha.

Kanaa qofaa mitigaa Galanaan namaa GUMII AADAA FII AFAAN Oromaa yeroo jalqabaaf manaa barumsaa Amboo sadarkaa lammaffaa keessaattii akka dhaabatuu taasissee keessaa isaa addaa duredhaa.
Baraa 1994 A.L.H qabsoo diddaa gabrummaa turee irrattiis gumaacha gudda kan raawwachaa turedha. Baraa kanaas yeroo lammafaaf harkaa dinaa galuun dararaan guddaa kan irraa gahee turee. Baraa kanaa qormaata kutaa 12ffaa waan fudhatuuf manumaa hidhaa sanatti akka kenamuuf tasifamee . Achumaa manaa hidhaa keessa tahee qabxii boonsaa 3.6 galmeesisuun barnoota sadarkaa…….. ol anaaf garaa Universitii Maqaleetti ramadamee. Akkumaa hidhaa baheen barnotaaf garaa Unversitii Maqalee qajelee barumsaa isaa itti fufee. Guyyoota murasaan booda ….. mootummaan wayyanee hordofaa turtee osoo innii garaa dormittii deema jiruu dubaan rukkuttee kuftee bakka inni kufettii summii sammuu namaa adoochuu warananii biraa sokan . Galaanaa bakka kufee sana bulee ganamaa hiriyyonni isaa achittii isaa arganii iyyanii garaa manaa yaala finfinnee Amanuel jedhamuu geesaan garuu maal godharee lubbuun keessa jirattuus sammuun isaa sirrii hin turre. Dhukkubaa isaa baatee waggaa 11 rakkachaa turee guyyaa harraa lubbuun isaa dabartee.21/6/2014 biyyoon itti haa salphatuu.
Qabsa’aan ni kufaa Qabsoon itti fufa!,
Injifannoon Uummata Oromoof!.

Obamas want daughters to get taste of life on minimum wage

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and wife Michelle both worked minimum-wage jobs before they got law degrees: a character-building experience they said they also want their teenage daughters to share.

The president scooped ice cream at Baskin-Robbins, waited tables at an assisted-living facility for seniors and also worked as a painter. The first lady worked at a book binding shop.

"I think every kid needs to get a taste of what it's like to do that real hard work," Michelle Obama said in an interview with Parade magazine, slated to run on Sunday.

"We are looking for opportunities for them to feel as if going to work and getting a paycheck is not always fun, not always stimulating, not always fair," the president said. "But that's what most folks go through every single day."

The first couple has taken pains to keep their daughters Malia, 16, and Sasha, 13, out of the public eye while in the White House. But Malia was recently spotted on the set of a CBS television program, working as a production assistant for a day.

The Obamas gave the interview to promote a summit the White House is holding on Monday to discuss policies to help working families.

"There are structures that can help families around child care, healthcare, and schooling that make an enormous difference in people's lives," Obama said in the interview. (Parade: http://bit.ly/1lCnKai)

This year, Obama has tried to focus on issues such as ensuring equal pay for women, expanding early childhood education and hiking the minimum wage. These issues so far have failed to gain traction in Congress, but do resonate with Democratic voters.

To advance his agenda, he needs Democrats to keep control of the Senate after November midterm elections, where Republicans stand a good chance of getting a majority, and likely also will retain control of the House of Representatives.

"If we can highlight these issues and sustain it over the next year, it's still possible to see bold action out of Congress," Obama said.

In the interview, the Obamas talked about how they lived for a year on the second floor of the house of Michelle's mom Marian Robinson after law school, drove a used car that they bought for $1,000, and worked through the stress of being saddled with student loans and small children.

They acknowledged that their careers gave them the chance to earn good incomes and negotiate family leave when they needed it - a luxury that most minimum-wage workers do not have.

"But what it made me think about was people who were on the clock," the president said. "If you're an hourly worker in most companies, and you say, 'I've got to take three days off,' you may lose your job. At minimum, you're losing income you can't afford to lose," he said.

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

The #OromoProtests Solidarity Rally in Brussels at European Parliament,

Posted: www. Gadaa.com   Waxabajjii/June 21, 2014 · Finfinne Tribune

Members of the Oromo community in Europe staged a solidarity rally in Brussels, Belgium, at the European Parliament on June 20, 2014, to bring awareness about the human rights violations of the TPLF Ethiopian regime on the Oromo people – including the killing of more than 100 Oromo students and civilians, mass imprisonments of thousands of Oromo students as well as expulsions from universities of Oromo students for nonviolently protesting TPLF’s ‘Addis Ababa Master Plan,’ a plan that is designed to annex land from the State of Oromia and evict millions of Oromo farmers around Addis Ababa – both under the pretext of “urban development.’

UN Special Procedures Urged to Visit Ethiopia to Investigate Crackdown on Oromo Protests

June 20, 2014 (The Advocates Post) — Today, The Advocates for Human Rights, along with Human Rights First, the International Oromo Youth Association, Oromia Support Group Australia, the Oromo Community of Minnesota, the Oromo Studies Association, and World Without Genocide at William Mitchell College of Law, sent a letter to six of the United Nations’ special procedure mandate-holders, urging them to request and conduct country visits to Ethiopia to investigate actions taken by the Ethiopian Government in response to student-led protests in the state of Oromia.

The request comes on the heels of last month’s Universal Periodic Review of Ethiopia at the United Nations Human Rights Council, where the Government of Ethiopia agreed to “grant full access to Special Rapporteurs and Special Procedures Mandate holders to visit the country, notably the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education,” and to “accept the outstanding requests for visits from the special procedures” of the United Nations.

The letter, addressed to the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and theSpecial Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, notes that country visits from these independent UN experts “are urgently needed because no entities in Ethiopia are able to conduct independent fact-finding.”

“Moreover,” the letter notes, “the situation is grave. The June 1 death of a student in custody suggests that demonstrators are being subject to torture and other forms of ill-treatment while in custody.”

Click here to read the full letter.

More posts about the crisis in Ethiopia:

Oromo Diaspora Mobilizes to Shine Spotlight on Student Protests in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Government Faces Grilling at UN

“Little Oromia” Unites to Advocate for Justice and Human Rights in Ethiopia

Diaspora Speaks for Deliberately Silenced Oromos; Ethiopian Government Responds to UN Review

Ambo Protests: A Personal Account (reposted from Jen & Josh in Ethiopia: A Chronicle of Our Peace Corps Experience)

Ambo Protests: Spying the Spy? (reposted from Jen & Josh in Ethiopia: A Chronicle of Our Peace Corps Experience)

Ambo Protests: Going Back (reposted from Jen & Josh in Ethiopia: A Chronicle of Our Peace Corps Experience)

The Torture and Brutal Murder of Alsan Hassen by Ethiopian Police Will Shock Your Conscience (by Amane Badhasso at Opride)

#OromoProtests in Perspective (by Ayantu Tibeso at Twin Cities Daily Planet)