MUST-READ | Looking Back – Oromo Liberation Front’s (OLF’s) Statement from 1978 (From Archives)

Some of the highest-ranking OLF leaders in 1978 (when the below statement was issued)

The following excerpt from a 1978 statement of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) is published herein to seek comparative analysis between the affairs of the Oromo people and Oromia under the Dergue Abyssinian military occupation of the 1970’s and today’s affairs of the Oromo people and Oromia under the TPLF Abyssinian military occupation. Though some argue that many aspects of the Oromo political life under the century-old Abyssinian military occupation of Oromia have changed over the last four decades, after reading the below statement, one can observe the affairs of Oromia in 1978 have fundamentally remained almost the same, if not worse, in 2015 (except some token appeasements – “temporary outlets” – here and there from the occupying Abyssinian military forces), and the current dismal State of the Oromo Nation will also remain the same in the future as far as Oromia remains under the Abyssinian military occupation. Historically, this statement was released when many, if not all, of the founding leaders of the Oromo Liberation Front were still alive (see photo here). At the time, this statement was widely distributed all over the world, including being published in a U.S. academic journal for the Horn of African region. The revisit of this statement is also for those reactionary forces which are naively convinced that “national self-determination” and “nations and nationalities” (in some instances, the “OLF” itself) were invented by the TPLF takeover of state power in Ethiopia in 1991. In the letter/statement, OLF argues that the support the Cubans were giving to the anti-people Dergue were shortsighted; true to this analysis, a few years after this letter, the Dergue falsely believed its ‘win in the East’ was a testament for the popular support for its regime and mobilized its forces to ‘crash’ the Eritrean national movement in the North, and with that campaign, the Dergue itself died, though it took almost a decade for Dergue’s slow death to be realized in 1991. - The Editor

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Oromo Political Prisoner Bekele Gerba Freed; the Ideals (Anti-Land-Grabbing, Environment, National Equality) He Got Imprisoned for Still Unresolved

Oromo media outlets, OMN and Radio Afuura Biyyaa, have confirmed the release from prison of the Oromo political prisoner Ob. Bekele Gerba, who was the Deputy Chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) at the time of his arrest in August 2011. Ob. Bekele Gerba had been unjustly imprisoned for about three and half years. According to information we have received, his fellow prisoner Ob. Olbana Lelisa, the high-ranking leader in the Oromo People’s Congress party (OPC) at the time of his arrest with Ob. Bekele Gerba in August 2011, remains imprisoned unjustly.

Issues Ob. Bekele Gerba Imprisoned for Remain Unresolved …

BEKELE GERBA ON LAND-GRABBING AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION:
In 2010 – a year before his arrest, Ob. Bekele Gerba passionately debated during the General Election about land-grabbing, especially land-grabbing around Finfinne, and the appalling environmental pollution in Oromia and beyond (listen below); his firm stand on these issues had brought land-grabbing around Finfinne and environmental pollution to the forefront of the people’s consciousnesses at the time and since then.

BEKELE GERBA ON NATIONAL EQUALITY FOR OROMOS AND OTHER NATIONALITIES IN ETHIOPIA:
His firm stand on national equality has been also widely reported by the media (listen below); Ob. Bekele Gerba made the appeal for national equality for Oromos and other oppressed nationalities in Ethiopia as a political prisoner facing the Ethiopian government’s politically biased and motivated court in November 2012.

Goototi Dargaggoonni Oromoo Yuuniversitii Wallaggaa Diddaa Sirna Wayyaanee Itti Fufan.

Bitootessa 29,2015 Gabaasa Qeerroo Naqamte.

Maqaa dorgommii Ispoortii jedhuun dargaggoota Istaadiyoomii Wallaggaa keessatti walitti qabuun kan afaan faajjessaa jirtu Wayyaaneen,karaa dabballoota isaanii filmaataaf jecha barattoota Yuuniversitii Wallaggaa akka isaan mormii kamiinuu ka’u keessatti hin hirmaatne olola adda addaa gaggeessaa turan. Dargaggoonnis haala kana kan hubatan magaalaan Naqamtee keessa naannawanii mormii fi diddaa isaanii dhageessisaa oolanii jiru.

Kana irratti dabalees mooraalee Yuuniversitii fi naannoo Istadiyoomii keessa naannawuun dhadatnoo fi walleelee warraaqsaa akka dhageessisaa turan odeessi jiru beeksisa. Dadhatnoolee Qeerroon dhageessisaa turan keessas:-

• Oromiyaan ni bilisoomti!
• Mootummaan Wayyaanee gabroomfataa dha,
• Abbaay Tshayyee farrummaa uumata Oromoof qabuun seeratti dhihaachuu qaba.
• Walabbummaa fi bilisummaan Oromoof haqa.
• Maaster planiin Finfinnee daddaffiin akka dhaabbatu fi kkf irra turan

Mormii dhageessifamee fi muldhifame kunis akka media adda addaa irratti hin dabarreef jecha manneen interneetii fi network jiru akka cufaa oolan gabaasi Qeerroo Naqamtee nu gahe addeessa.

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TPLF Deggeruun “Warqee” OLF Deggeruun “Dhiphoo” Maaliif Jechisiisa?

“Dhaadannoo ABO Faana Hiriiree Kan Jiru Eenyu? Saba Oromoo ti.

Kun Maal Irraa Kan Madde? Ilaalcha Dhiphummaa Ummatichaa Irraahi.”

Abbaay Tsahaayyee (Gorsaa Muummicha Ministeeraa Itoophiyaa)

“Ummata dhiisii dachii dhuunfadhu, lamaanuu dhabda. Dachii dhiisii Ummata qabadhu, Lachuu qabaatta/argatta.” jedha yaadni tarsiimoo qabsaawota Chaayinaa tokko. Bu’uuressitootnii fi hoogganootni TPLF (Tigray People Liberation Front) miidhaa mootummoota Itoophiyaatiin (Dargii fi warra isa dura turan) Ummata Tigiraay irra gahaa ture hambisuuf oggaa qabsoo jalqaban Ummatni Tigiraay Kaayyoon TPLF waan isa amansiiseef jecha jaalalaa fi deggersa guutuu kenneefii isaan faana hiriire. Deggersa cimaa Ummata Tigiraay irraa argataniinis (haalli mijjataa fi deggersi gara biraa irraa argatanis haa jiraatu malee) bakka har’a jiran kana dhaqqaban. Ummatni Tigiraay TPLF faana hiriiree qabsoo gaggeessee fi wareegama baaseen bu’aa/faayidaa gama polotikaa, dinagdee fi hawaasummaa hedduu argatetti dabalee jajjabeessaa fi faaruu afaanii kan miira qor-qalbii isaa gammachiistu “Ummata Warqee/Meeta” (ወርቅ ሕዝብ) jecha jettu badhaafameera. Jecha faaruu kana Ummata Tigiraayiin kan badhaasan gaafa lubbuudhaan jiran (Bakka jiranitti gatiima hojii isaanii haa kennuuf) Obbo Mallas Zeenaawwii turan.

Haaluma fakkaataadhaan Ummatni Oromoos bu’uureffamuu ABO irraa eegalee Kaayyoon ABO daandii gara Bilisummaatti isa geessu tahuu waan amaneef jaalalaa fi deggersa isaa Dhaaba kanaaf arjoomuutti jira. Dhaabotni kun lamaan (TPLF fi OLF) walumaan Ummata isaanii hiriirsanii Mootummaa Dargii kuffisuu keessatti qooda gurguddaa kennan. Oggaa Mootummaa Dargii kuffisanis walumaan Mootummaa Yeroo Cehumsaa dhaabanii haala Sirni Empaayerummaa Itoophiyaa diigamee mootummaan Ummatootaa itti hundeeffamu (haala mirgi hiree murteeffannaa Ummatootaa itti fiixa bahee naannichatti sirni haqaa fi dimokiraatawaan gadi dhaabbatee nageenyi waaraan mirkanaawu) irratti hojjechuu jalqabanii turan. Yeroo yaalii gabaabduu sana keessatti Dhaabotni lamaan mata mataatti Ummatoota bakka bu’anii dhufan biratti, waloodhaan ammoo Ummatoota Empaayerattii hunda biratti dhageeytii, jaalalaa fi deggersa (sadarkaa fi ayinaan isaa haa wal cacaalu ykn. buburratu malee) horatanii turan jechuun ni danda’ama.

Seenaa duubbee ifii keessatti aadaa dimokiraatawaa, kan wal-qixxummaa fi wal danda’uutiin kan hin himamne hoogganootni TPLF garuu oggaa bakka masaraa mootummaa sana gahame “tiyyaa” malee “teenyaan” akka eebichaatti itti hadhaawuu jalqabde. Kanaaf hatattamaan Dhaabota Ummata isaanii biratti dhageeytii, jaalalaa fi deggersa qaban (keessattuu ABO) of irraa fageessuuf murteeffatanii lola itti banan. Lola kanaanis miseensota ABO (keessattuu WBO) irra, akkasumas waliigala Ummata Oromoo irra miidhaa gurguddaatu Wayyaanotaan geessifame. Har’as geessifamaa jira. Akeeka barreeffama gabaabduu tanaa waan hin tahiniif garuu amma waa’ee miidhaa lola kanaa tuttuquutti hin seenu.

TPLF (Wayyaanotni) caalmaa humna waraanaa qabanii fi tumsa ofittoowwanii fi farreen dimokiraasii haqaa warra tahan irraa argataniin hoogganoota ABO of irraa fageessanii Oromiyaa (Dachii isii) humnaan toohatan illee, Ummata Oromoo qabachuu garuu gonkumaa hin dandeenye. Kun ammoo wareegama gurguddaa isaan baasisee har’as baasisaa jira. Hoogganootni TPLF hedduun ibidda dhaamsuu hin dandeenye qabsiisuu isaanii of irratti waan beekaniif, jireenyi polotikaa isaanii hirriba muka irraa itti tahee dhiphina sammuu keessa galuu mudataniiru. Garii isaaniitti haalli kun ‘brain cancer’ itti uumee yeroo malee addunyaa irraa godaansiseera. Hegereen warra lubbuudhaan jiraniis maal akka tahuuf deemu kan hin beekamnee fi yaaddessaa dha.

“Jaalalaa fi deggersa Ummata Tigiraay maaliif laaftuutti horanne? Jaalalaa fi deggersa Oromoo fi Ummatoota biroo maaliif horachuu dadhabne?” gaaffiin jettuu fi deebisaan sirriin gaaffii tanaaf argamtu silaa rakkina amma TPLF keessa jiru qofaaf osoo hin taane rakkinoota Gaanfa Afrikaa hedduudhaaf furmaata taati turte. Hoogganootni TPLF garuu gaaffii tana of gaafachuu hin barbaadan? Akka waan jaalalaa fi deggersi ummataa meeshaa saamamuu ykn. booji’amuu danda’u taheetitti qawweedhaan argachuuf tattaafatan. Sobuudhaanis tahe sossobuudhaan, ykn. doorsisuu, hidhuu fi ajjeesuudhaan jaalalaa fi deggersi barbaadamu dhabamnaan ija dhiibanii qawwee isaanii qofaan jiraachuuf murteeffatan. Adeemsa akkasiitiin ammoo, deemanii deemanii, har’aan tana rakkinni isaanii inni kaleessa Ummata qabachuu dadhabuu ture sun sadarkaan isaa guddatee Ummata of irraa qabuudadhabuutti tarkaanfachaa jira. Jal-bultii Lamaanuu (Ummataa fi Dachiis) dhabuu.

Amanuu fi dubbachuun isaanitti haa hadhaawu malee, hoogganootni TPLF sadarkaa hamtuu har’a irra gahanii jiran kana garaan isaanii ni beeka. Kana irraa kan ka’e yeroo ammaa “Namni bishaanni nyaate hoomacha qaqqabata.” akka jedhamu hoogganootni TPLF waan qabatanii fi gadi dhiisan, waan dubbatanii fi dhiisan wallaalaniiru.

Dubbiin Abbaay Tsahaayyee (Gorsaan Muummicha Ministeeraa Itoophiyaa) walgahii isaanii (Wayyaanotaa) irratti akka nama qalbii dabarsee (maraatee)tti dubbate kan dhihoo kana (Bitootessa 26, 2015) TV OMN irraan dhagahame Wayyaanotni kan isaan wal lolaa jiraniin Dhaaba ABO wajjin qofa osoo hin taane akka Sabaatti guutummaa Ummata Oromoo wajjin tahuu afaan ofiitiin kan itti mirkaneessanii dha. Abbaay Tsahaayyeen afaan ofiitiin dubbatee kan mirkaneesse:

1. “Kaayyoo (akka jecha Abbaay Tsahaayyeetti ‘Dhaadannoo’) ABO faana hiriiree kan jiru Saba Oromoo ti.”   Tuni dubbii dhugaa ti. “Dhugaan yoo afaan qaban funyaaniin dubbatti.” akka jedhamu san dubbiin tuni akka tasaatti hakaa baate malee namtichi itti yaadee ykn. akkas jechuu barbaadee kan dubbate hin fakkaattu.
2. “Deggersii fi jaalalli Sabni Oromoo ABOf qabu kun ammoo ‘Dhiphummaa Ummatichaa/Oromoo’ irraa kan madduu dha.”  Jecha isaa kanaan hoo maal haa jennu? Maraattummaa? Wallaalummaa? Tuffii Saba Oromoof qabamuu? Muddamsuu? Deebii isaa dubbistootaafin dhiisa.

Dhalli Oromoo dubbii tana dhagahu kamuu gaaffiilee murteessoo asitti aanan of gaafachuu fi deebisaa ykn. mala isaaniitis karaa isatti fakkaatee fi danda’e maraan itti barbaaduun garuu dirqama Oromummaa tahuu gadi jabeessee ibsuutu ijoo barreeffama tiyyaa ti:

1. Yoo walgahii hangana bal’aa (kan miseensota OPDO hirmaachisu) irratti hanganni dubbatame walgahii dhuunfaa isaanii (kan miseensotni TPLF qoftiin hulaa cufatanii gaggeeffatan) keessatti Oromoo ilaalchisee wanti dubbatamu, shirri xaxamuu fi murtiin irratti dabru hangam hamaa fi suukanneessaa tahinna? Malli kanaa hoo maali?
2. Wayyaaneen kan lola gaggeessaa jiru ABO ykn. Dhaabota Oromoo murtaawoo irratti osoo hin taane akkuma Sabaatti Oromummaa fi Oromoo mara irratti akka tahe dubbii Abbaay Tsahaayyee kana caalaa wanti namaaf mirkaneessu kan biraa maaltu eegama?
3. Ummata guddaa hangana gahuun “Akka nuti siin jennetti buluu diddee kaayyoo biraa jala yoo hiriirte dhiphummaatu akkana si godhaa beekkadhu?” jechuu caalaa roorroon hadhaawu maaltu jira?
4. Diina akka Sabaatti nu diinomfate kana kan durii caalaa dammaqnee fi si’oofnee (‘alerted’ taanee) akka Sabaatti gurmuu keenya jabeeffannee of irraa fonqolchuuf maal gochuu qabna? Dhaabaa fi kaayyoo qabsoo isa kam hatattamaan jabeeffachuu malle?
5. OPDO fi caasaa mootummaa Wayyaanee kan biroo keessa sababa rakkina jireenyaa fi haala adda addaatiin dirqamanii kan seenan sab-boontotni ilmaan Oromoo muraasni akka jiran beekamaa dha. Isaan akkasii sun dubbii tana dhagahaa/hordofaa jiruu? Karaa nuuf danda’ameen yaada kana malaa fi marii isii ittiin haa geenyu.
6. Ilmaan Ormoo waraanaa fi poolisa, akkasumas hidhattota gandaa Wayyaanee keessa jiran dubbii tana dhagahuu/hordofuuf carraa qabuu? Karaa nuuf danda’ameen yaada kana ittiin haa geenyu. (haa dhaqqabsiisnu)
7. Aangawaan mootummaa sadarkaa Abbaay Tsahaayyee tokko dubbii fuul-hamtuu akkanaa tan of-tuulummaadhaan guutamte haala gaafatamni itti hin dhagahamne kanaan dubbachuun ummatoota biyyattii gidduutti lola hamaa ‘Civil War’ dhalchuu kan danda’uu fi akka gochaa shoororkeessummaa sadarkaa mootummaatti kan ilaalamu yakka yakkaa olii ti. Mootummootni Wayyaanee gargaaranii fi jaarmayootni gara garaa dhimmi akkanaa isaan ilaaltu dubbii akkanaa kana akka quba qabaatanii fi itti dhiheenyaan hordofan gochuun haalaan barbaachisaa dha. Balaa adeemsa TPLF kanaan dhufuuf deemu xiqqeessuufis qooda ni qabaata.

TPLF Deggeruun “Warqee” OLF Deggeruun “Dhiphoo” Maaliif Jechisiisa?

“Dhaadannoo ABO Faana Hiriiree Kan Jiru Eenyu? Saba Oromoo ti.

Kun Maal Irraa Kan Madde? Ilaalcha Dhiphummaa Ummatichaa Irraahi.”

Abbaay Tsahaayyee (Gorsaa Muummicha Ministeeraa Itoophiyaa)

“Ummata dhiisii dachii dhuunfadhu, lamaanuu dhabda. Dachii dhiisii Ummata qabadhu, Lachuu qabaatta/argatta.” jedha yaadni tarsiimoo qabsaawota Chaayinaa tokko. Bu’uuressitootnii fi hoogganootni TPLF (Tigray People Liberation Front) miidhaa mootummoota Itoophiyaatiin (Dargii fi warra isa dura turan) Ummata Tigiraay irra gahaa ture hambisuuf oggaa qabsoo jalqaban Ummatni Tigiraay Kaayyoon TPLF waan isa amansiiseef jecha jaalalaa fi deggersa guutuu kenneefii isaan faana hiriire. Deggersa cimaa Ummata Tigiraay irraa argataniinis (haalli mijjataa fi deggersi gara biraa irraa argatanis haa jiraatu malee) bakka har’a jiran kana dhaqqaban. Ummatni Tigiraay TPLF faana hiriiree qabsoo gaggeessee fi wareegama baaseen bu’aa/faayidaa gama polotikaa, dinagdee fi hawaasummaa hedduu argatetti dabalee jajjabeessaa fi faaruu afaanii kan miira qor-qalbii isaa gammachiistu “Ummata Warqee/Meeta” (ወርቅ ሕዝብ) jecha jettu badhaafameera. Jecha faaruu kana Ummata Tigiraayiin kan badhaasan gaafa lubbuudhaan jiran (Bakka jiranitti gatiima hojii isaanii haa kennuuf) Obbo Mallas Zeenaawwii turan.

Haaluma fakkaataadhaan Ummatni Oromoos bu’uureffamuu ABO irraa eegalee Kaayyoon ABO daandii gara Bilisummaatti isa geessu tahuu waan amaneef jaalalaa fi deggersa isaa Dhaaba kanaaf arjoomuutti jira. Dhaabotni kun lamaan (TPLF fi OLF) walumaan Ummata isaanii hiriirsanii Mootummaa Dargii kuffisuu keessatti qooda gurguddaa kennan. Oggaa Mootummaa Dargii kuffisanis walumaan Mootummaa Yeroo Cehumsaa dhaabanii haala Sirni Empaayerummaa Itoophiyaa diigamee mootummaan Ummatootaa itti hundeeffamu (haala mirgi hiree murteeffannaa Ummatootaa itti fiixa bahee naannichatti sirni haqaa fi dimokiraatawaan gadi dhaabbatee nageenyi waaraan mirkanaawu) irratti hojjechuu jalqabanii turan. Yeroo yaalii gabaabduu sana keessatti Dhaabotni lamaan mata mataatti Ummatoota bakka bu’anii dhufan biratti, waloodhaan ammoo Ummatoota Empaayerattii hunda biratti dhageeytii, jaalalaa fi deggersa (sadarkaa fi ayinaan isaa haa wal cacaalu ykn. buburratu malee) horatanii turan jechuun ni danda’ama.

Seenaa duubbee ifii keessatti aadaa dimokiraatawaa, kan wal-qixxummaa fi wal danda’uutiin kan hin himamne hoogganootni TPLF garuu oggaa bakka masaraa mootummaa sana gahame “tiyyaa” malee “teenyaan” akka eebichaatti itti hadhaawuu jalqabde. Kanaaf hatattamaan Dhaabota Ummata isaanii biratti dhageeytii, jaalalaa fi deggersa qaban (keessattuu ABO) of irraa fageessuuf murteeffatanii lola itti banan. Lola kanaanis miseensota ABO (keessattuu WBO) irra, akkasumas waliigala Ummata Oromoo irra miidhaa gurguddaatu Wayyaanotaan geessifame. Har’as geessifamaa jira. Akeeka barreeffama gabaabduu tanaa waan hin tahiniif garuu amma waa’ee miidhaa lola kanaa tuttuquutti hin seenu.

TPLF (Wayyaanotni) caalmaa humna waraanaa qabanii fi tumsa ofittoowwanii fi farreen dimokiraasii haqaa warra tahan irraa argataniin hoogganoota ABO of irraa fageessanii Oromiyaa (Dachii isii) humnaan toohatan illee, Ummata Oromoo qabachuu garuu gonkumaa hin dandeenye. Kun ammoo wareegama gurguddaa isaan baasisee har’as baasisaa jira. Hoogganootni TPLF hedduun ibidda dhaamsuu hin dandeenye qabsiisuu isaanii of irratti waan beekaniif, jireenyi polotikaa isaanii hirriba muka irraa itti tahee dhiphina sammuu keessa galuu mudataniiru. Garii isaaniitti haalli kun ‘brain cancer’ itti uumee yeroo malee addunyaa irraa godaansiseera. Hegereen warra lubbuudhaan jiraniis maal akka tahuuf deemu kan hin beekamnee fi yaaddessaa dha.

“Jaalalaa fi deggersa Ummata Tigiraay maaliif laaftuutti horanne? Jaalalaa fi deggersa Oromoo fi Ummatoota biroo maaliif horachuu dadhabne?” gaaffiin jettuu fi deebisaan sirriin gaaffii tanaaf argamtu silaa rakkina amma TPLF keessa jiru qofaaf osoo hin taane rakkinoota Gaanfa Afrikaa hedduudhaaf furmaata taati turte. Hoogganootni TPLF garuu gaaffii tana of gaafachuu hin barbaadan? Akka waan jaalalaa fi deggersi ummataa meeshaa saamamuu ykn. booji’amuu danda’u taheetitti qawweedhaan argachuuf tattaafatan. Sobuudhaanis tahe sossobuudhaan, ykn. doorsisuu, hidhuu fi ajjeesuudhaan jaalalaa fi deggersi barbaadamu dhabamnaan ija dhiibanii qawwee isaanii qofaan jiraachuuf murteeffatan. Adeemsa akkasiitiin ammoo, deemanii deemanii, har’aan tana rakkinni isaanii inni kaleessa Ummata qabachuu dadhabuu ture sun sadarkaan isaa guddatee Ummata of irraa qabuudadhabuutti tarkaanfachaa jira. Jal-bultii Lamaanuu (Ummataa fi Dachiis) dhabuu.

Amanuu fi dubbachuun isaanitti haa hadhaawu malee, hoogganootni TPLF sadarkaa hamtuu har’a irra gahanii jiran kana garaan isaanii ni beeka. Kana irraa kan ka’e yeroo ammaa “Namni bishaanni nyaate hoomacha qaqqabata.” akka jedhamu hoogganootni TPLF waan qabatanii fi gadi dhiisan, waan dubbatanii fi dhiisan wallaalaniiru.

Dubbiin Abbaay Tsahaayyee (Gorsaan Muummicha Ministeeraa Itoophiyaa) walgahii isaanii (Wayyaanotaa) irratti akka nama qalbii dabarsee (maraatee)tti dubbate kan dhihoo kana (Bitootessa 26, 2015) TV OMN irraan dhagahame Wayyaanotni kan isaan wal lolaa jiraniin Dhaaba ABO wajjin qofa osoo hin taane akka Sabaatti guutummaa Ummata Oromoo wajjin tahuu afaan ofiitiin kan itti mirkaneessanii dha. Abbaay Tsahaayyeen afaan ofiitiin dubbatee kan mirkaneesse:

1. “Kaayyoo (akka jecha Abbaay Tsahaayyeetti ‘Dhaadannoo’) ABO faana hiriiree kan jiru Saba Oromoo ti.”   Tuni dubbii dhugaa ti. “Dhugaan yoo afaan qaban funyaaniin dubbatti.” akka jedhamu san dubbiin tuni akka tasaatti hakaa baate malee namtichi itti yaadee ykn. akkas jechuu barbaadee kan dubbate hin fakkaattu.
2. “Deggersii fi jaalalli Sabni Oromoo ABOf qabu kun ammoo ‘Dhiphummaa Ummatichaa/Oromoo’ irraa kan madduu dha.”  Jecha isaa kanaan hoo maal haa jennu? Maraattummaa? Wallaalummaa? Tuffii Saba Oromoof qabamuu? Muddamsuu? Deebii isaa dubbistootaafin dhiisa.

Dhalli Oromoo dubbii tana dhagahu kamuu gaaffiilee murteessoo asitti aanan of gaafachuu fi deebisaa ykn. mala isaaniitis karaa isatti fakkaatee fi danda’e maraan itti barbaaduun garuu dirqama Oromummaa tahuu gadi jabeessee ibsuutu ijoo barreeffama tiyyaa ti:

1. Yoo walgahii hangana bal’aa (kan miseensota OPDO hirmaachisu) irratti hanganni dubbatame walgahii dhuunfaa isaanii (kan miseensotni TPLF qoftiin hulaa cufatanii gaggeeffatan) keessatti Oromoo ilaalchisee wanti dubbatamu, shirri xaxamuu fi murtiin irratti dabru hangam hamaa fi suukanneessaa tahinna? Malli kanaa hoo maali?
2. Wayyaaneen kan lola gaggeessaa jiru ABO ykn. Dhaabota Oromoo murtaawoo irratti osoo hin taane akkuma Sabaatti Oromummaa fi Oromoo mara irratti akka tahe dubbii Abbaay Tsahaayyee kana caalaa wanti namaaf mirkaneessu kan biraa maaltu eegama?
3. Ummata guddaa hangana gahuun “Akka nuti siin jennetti buluu diddee kaayyoo biraa jala yoo hiriirte dhiphummaatu akkana si godhaa beekkadhu?” jechuu caalaa roorroon hadhaawu maaltu jira?
4. Diina akka Sabaatti nu diinomfate kana kan durii caalaa dammaqnee fi si’oofnee (‘alerted’ taanee) akka Sabaatti gurmuu keenya jabeeffannee of irraa fonqolchuuf maal gochuu qabna? Dhaabaa fi kaayyoo qabsoo isa kam hatattamaan jabeeffachuu malle?
5. OPDO fi caasaa mootummaa Wayyaanee kan biroo keessa sababa rakkina jireenyaa fi haala adda addaatiin dirqamanii kan seenan sab-boontotni ilmaan Oromoo muraasni akka jiran beekamaa dha. Isaan akkasii sun dubbii tana dhagahaa/hordofaa jiruu? Karaa nuuf danda’ameen yaada kana malaa fi marii isii ittiin haa geenyu.
6. Ilmaan Ormoo waraanaa fi poolisa, akkasumas hidhattota gandaa Wayyaanee keessa jiran dubbii tana dhagahuu/hordofuuf carraa qabuu? Karaa nuuf danda’ameen yaada kana ittiin haa geenyu. (haa dhaqqabsiisnu)
7. Aangawaan mootummaa sadarkaa Abbaay Tsahaayyee tokko dubbii fuul-hamtuu akkanaa tan of-tuulummaadhaan guutamte haala gaafatamni itti hin dhagahamne kanaan dubbachuun ummatoota biyyattii gidduutti lola hamaa ‘Civil War’ dhalchuu kan danda’uu fi akka gochaa shoororkeessummaa sadarkaa mootummaatti kan ilaalamu yakka yakkaa olii ti. Mootummootni Wayyaanee gargaaranii fi jaarmayootni gara garaa dhimmi akkanaa isaan ilaaltu dubbii akkanaa kana akka quba qabaatanii fi itti dhiheenyaan hordofan gochuun haalaan barbaachisaa dha. Balaa adeemsa TPLF kanaan dhufuuf deemu xiqqeessuufis qooda ni qabaata.

“GOGAA LAAFAATTI MARUU ”

SEENAA Y.G (2005) —kutaa 1ffaa | Bitootessa 28, 2015

Ummati Oromoo, Mirga Abbaa Biyyuummaa isaa kabachiisuuf, bakka maraa sagalee inni  dhageesisaa jiru, hedduu kan nama Onnachiisuudha. Kana irra yoo hojjatame ammoo, waan barbaadu bira ga’uuf humni isa dhawwu akka hin jirre shakkiin hin jiru. Ummata Oromoof har’a waa’ee Seenaa fi kkf kaasanii dubbii akka hubatu itti himuun barbaachisaa miti. kan lubbuun jiru hundumtuu, Siyaasa addunyaa kanaa fi Biyya Itoophiyaa jedhamtu akka gaaritti kan hubate fi akkaataa gabrummaa jalaa ba’uu irratti qofaa,  wal gorsaa fi wal akeekuu irra ga’ee jiraa jechuu dandeenya. Warri waa kataban ykn dubbisan Ummata kanatti waan jiru himuuf yk hubachiisuuf, seenaa fi fakkaanya tarrisun yeroon isaa dabreera. Waan jechuu barbaadan suduudaan itti himu qofaadha. Kana irra geenyaan ammoo , sadarkaa irra geenye irraa duubatti akka hin deebinee fi waan hegaree keenyaaf rakkoo dhalchuu danda’u qofaa wal akeekanii hojiitti bobba’uu qofaatu furmaata ta’a jecuudha. Kanaaf, har’a Qabxiilee sochii nuuti amma itti jirru irraa duubatti nu deebisuu malan tokko , tokko fi yaada nu fayyadu jedhee yaade irratti , yaada mataa kiyyaan kaasuu barbaada.Qabxiileen kunneen :-

1. Hayyuu jechuun maal jechuudha ?
2. Sirni Gadaa Oromoo, akka bara hammaayyaa kanaatti, Sirna Mootummaa Oromoo jechuu mitii ????
3. Carraan caalaatti humna nu taasisu ga’eera !
4. Dhuguma Qabsaa’oonni Tokkoomu dhabuu qofaatu Qabsoo kana harkisaa jiraa?
5. Nuuti odoo of hin Bilisomsiin, Biyya Bilisoomsuu ni dandeenyaa ?
6. Diigamuu qofaa odoo hin taanee, Diiguus barachuu qabna. Bilisummaa keenya mirkaneessuuf,saboonni ollaa Oromiyaas Bilisummaa gaafachuu akka eegalan taasisuu qabna.
7. Ol-aantummaa Qooqa tokko dhaabuuf, qooda ilmaan Oromoo gama sanaan jiru deeffachuu irratti hojjachuu qabna.

1.“HAYYUU” :

Afaan Amaaraa keessatti, jecha Afaan/qooqa Oromoo “GUDDIFACHAA” jedhamuf hiikkaa guutu kennu hin jiru. Guddifachaan kun, Afaan Amaaraan isa “Maadagoo yk ye- maadagoo lijii” jedhamu sana irra hiikkaa quubsaa waan qabuuf Afaan Amaaraa cabsee fudhatama argateera. Maadagoon kun, mucaa maatii malee gargaarsaan guddachuu qofa kan ibsuudha. Arrabsoofuu dhihoodha. Guddifachaan garuu, seera mataa isaa kan qabu, guddisuu irra dabree, Lammummaa argachuu fi qabeenyaa dhaaluu faa’aa kan Nama dandeessisu of keessatti kan hammatee fi, waan jedhamu barbaadu ibsuuf filatame. Kana malees, seeruma dhaabbilee mit-mootummaafu bu’ura ta’e. Warri Addunyaan nu harka jirtii jedhan, dhaabbilee mit-mootummaa ofiin gaggeessan keessattillee, ijoollee karaa seeraa fi hannaan fudhataniif seerri baafatanii jiran, hiikkaa guddifachaan qabu keessaa dhibbeentaa 40 illee hin guutu. waan kanaan wal gitu illee hin keewwatiin jiru. egaa jechi Guddifachaa jedhu kun hiikkaa fi waan ibsuun barbaadamuuf guutu ta’uu isaan bakka qabatee jira. Afaan Oromoo keessatti jechoonnii gonkumaa hiikkaa biraan bakka busuu hin danda’amne hedduutu jira. Akkasuma jechoonni, jechoota Afaanuma Oromoo biraanis bakka buusuu hin dandeenye danuudha. Addatti waan Aadaa fi seera Umamaa wal qabatanii jiran , jechootaan bakka buusuun ni ulfaata.

Afaan gabrummaa jala ture ykn ittiin hin hojjatamiin jiraate, akka isa umama isaa qulqulleessanii itti fayyadamuun hin danda’amu. Waa hedduu makata. Umamni Namaa waanuma salphaa fi isa bira jirutti dhimma ba’uu waan filatuuf, isa Umamaan jiru yk Orjinaala qoratee baasee ykn hiikkaa sirri isaaf kennuu fi quubsaa ta’een fayyadamu dhiisee, waanuma balbala isaa irratti argateen dubbatee ofirraa baasuu barbaada. Kun ammoo , qooqa saba Sanaa akkaan miidha. Afaan Oromoo har’a kan miidhaa jiru, guddina Afaan kanaaf gumaacha nu irraa eegamu ba’achuu dadhabuu caalaa, seeraa fi akkaataa dubbannaa ykn Afaan Amaaraan yaadaa Afaan Oromoon dubbachuuf yaaluu keenyadha. Kun akka salphaatti kan nama keessaa baduu miti. halakanii fi guyyaa irratti hojjachuu barbaada. Mee har’aaf jecha Afaan Oromoo Ganamaa “HAYYUU” jedhu haa ilaallu.

Jechi kun iddoo isaa malee seenee Umama isaa irraa jal’ifamaa jira. Ulfina Umamaa qabu dhabsiisaa jirra. Maqaa Umamaa fi maalummaa saba kanaa ibsu, waraqaa faranjiin ykn barnoota hammaayyaan argannuun walitti maxxansaa jirra. Hayyuu jechuun maalii ? Oromoon hiikkaa maalii kennaaf ? Hayyummaa kanneen goonfatan eenyufaati ? hunda dura,  Hayyuummaan muudama malee badhaasa miti . Jechi “Hayyuu” jedhu kun gonkumaa jecha “Beektoota” jedhuun bakka bu’uu hin danda’u. jechii beektoota jedhus, jecha Hayyuu jedhun bakka bu’uu hin danda’u. akka isa Guddifachaa san. jechi Hayyuu jedhu, Umama Gadaa waliin kan umameedha. Yeroo tokko tokko sochiileen ittiin mul’achuuf yk Sabboonummaa nutti fakkaatee hojjannu, waan qaalii addunyaa irratti kan keenya qofaa ta’ee, odoo hacuuccaa jalaa ba’ee Ummaticha ittiin hin boonsiin qacaleetti kan balleessinu hedduu ta’uu hubachuun dansaadha. Gadaan Sirna. Mucaa Dhalatuf Maqaa isaa Gadaa yoo itti Moggaasan, Guddatee sirna mataa isaa waan qabuuf hammeenya hin qabaatu.”GADAA” Waan boruu addunyaan ittiin nu beektu jennee mararfannu, yaadannoomaaf jennee, “Mana shaayeef”, “Gamoolee adda addaaf”, “Manneen nyaataaf”..kkf yoo Moggaafnee, Kabajaa Gadaaf qabnu mul’isuu natti hin fakkaatu.waan mararfannuu hundaa halagaan nu irraa ilaalee akka caalaatti hin salphifneef of eeggachu barbaachisa.

Haaluma kanaan,  Jecha “Hayyuu” jedhu kana hundee isaa irraa kaasanii qorachuu gaafata. Hayyuu fi waan baranee kun gonkumaa wal hin argatu. Gadaa keessatti Hayyuu jedhamuuf, yoo xiqqaate waggaa 40 gadaa keessa dabranii, waggaa 40-48 tti Ummata Bulchanii , 49 kaasee gorsitummaan tajaajila kennan keessatti kan namaaf kennamuudha. Hayyummaan waan umuriin achi geesseef qofaa kan kennamuu miti. ga’een abbaa Sanaa, bu’aa inni Ummata isaaf buuse, jireenya hawaasummaa keessatti qooda inni qabu kkf gadi fageenyaan ilaalanii Hayyummaa goonfatu. Hayyuummaan waan Ummata ofii irratti Namaaf kennama. “Hayyuummaan” kan baraneen warra Gorsitoota mataa Biyyaa jechuudha. Dhimma Ummata isaa irratti Nama guutuu jechuudha. hubannoo ga’aa kan qabuudha.safuu, aadaa, hooda, seera Umama Oromoo, kkf akka quba harkasaatti Nama lakaa’ee beekuuf kennama. Umama Ummata isaa kaasee kan jiru hubachuu fi jiraachiisuu hundaa hammata . gabaabaatti Hayyummaan waan koleejaa fi Faranjiin Namaa keennituun, gonkumaa hin madaalamu. Aarsaa walakKaa Umurii ofii Ummata ofiif kennuun madaalama. Kana irra taree Hayyuu Ummata Ofii ta’uun Kabajaa ol aanaadha. Kabajaan kun , isa “Dokitara Kabajaa” jedhamee Namaaf raabsamu Sanaa miti waaqaa fi lafa.

Warri Ummata isaaniif Umurii guutuu dhama’anii sirna Abshaalummaaf jedhee Dokitara kabajaa jedhamee kennameef qabatanii jiran, Kabajaan “HAYYUMMAA” Oromoo keessa jiru odoo hubatanii, kan har’aa kana ofirraa darbatu turan. Warri muudanis, kabajaa Hayyummaa osoo beeku ta’ee, Maqaa Namaa maxxansan kana hin faarsan turan. Gadi fageenyaan hubachuun kan nama barbaachisu, Hayyuummaan Gadaa keessa dabruun akka ta’edha.itti aansee dhimma Ummata isaanii waliin Umurii guutuu kan ifaajjanii fi waan Oromoon qabu keessaa tokko fi lamatti hubannoo fi beekumsa gadi fageenyaa yoo qabaatan kabajaan kun kennamuufii danda’a. Hayyummaan barumsa hammayyaan gonkumaa wal hin beekan. Hayyummaan Gadaa fi Ummata ofii  keessa jiraatanii dabruu fi waan keessa dabran sanaan Ummata ofii tajaajiluu irraa kan muudaman malee, waan baranee qo’atanii kan argatan akka hin taaneedha.

Kanaaf , Hayyummaan, beektoota waan addunyaa qoratanii waa’ee Ummata isaaniif dantaa hin qabne, waa tokkollee bu’aa hin buufne, waan barataniin illee Ummata isaanii bira hin dhaabbanne, beekumsa isaaniin Ummata isaaniif qooda hin gumaachinef kan maxxanfamu akka hin taane haa hubannu. Kana caalaatti hubachuuf, warra Gadaa keessa jiraachaa jiruu fi waa’ee gadaa beekan gaafachuun gaariidha. Oromoon Hiikkaan Hayyummaaf kennu, addunyaan waan qabdu natti hin fakkaatu. Sababaan ammoo, Gadaa kan beekuu fi ittiin jiraate Oromoo qofaa waan ta’eef. Barnooti Fayyaa ykn herreegaa ykn Qonnaa ykn siyaasa addunyaa kkf irraa argamu, hiikkaa Hayyummaaf kennamu keessaa dhibbeentaa 1 illee hin guutan. Kanaaf Maqaa Ulfaataa fi Kabajaa guutuu qabu kana barnoota waggaa 15 faa’aan hin ibsiinaa. Bilisummaan booda Maqaa kabajaa Gootawwaan keenya Umurii guutuu Ummata isaaniif of kennaniif  yoo laatameellee itti hin gaabbine kana, Ulfna dhabsiisuu odoo dhiifnee dansaadha jedheen yaada.

2. SIRNI GADAA OROMOO, SIRNA MOOTUMMAA OROMOO JECHUU MITII ?

Seenaa keessatti Oromoon bara durii sirna Gadaan bulaa turu ittiin boonnee dubbanna. Saboota addunyaa keenya keessaa kan qubaan lakaa’amantu, sirna Ummata isaanii ittiin Bulchan qabu turan. Kanneen keessaa Oormoon isa hangafa. Gadaan buluun Oromoo waan bara hammayyummaa kana keessa dhufe kana dhabuu irraa miti. inumaa sirnoota har’allee addunyaa kana irra jiran hedduu keessaa guutummaatti sirna Dimokiraasii isa haqaa kan dhugeessuu Gadaadha yoon jedhe, dhugaa irraa fagaachuu miti. haqi tokko garuu jira. Bara Gadaan tumamee waan turee fi haalli har’a jiru wal hin simu ta’a.Sirni Bulchiinsaa fi seeraa yeroos ture fi har’a jiru wal fudhachu dhiisuu mala. Haa ta’uutii waan Gadaa keessa jiru seeraa fi sirna Bulchiinsa addunyaa kanaaf bu’ura. Oromoon waggaa 600 dura Abbaan Gadaa waggaa 4 ykn 8 tti yeroo Angoo isaa akka xumuratu seera isaa keessaa qaba ture. Wal harkaa fuudhiinsi isaas karaa Dimokiraasii isa haqaati. Angoo yeroo itti fudhatuu fi Angoo kennu dhaloota isaa irraa kaasee waan beekuuf mufiin tokkollee hin jiru.

Ameerikaa Addunyaa irratti madda Dimokiraasii jettee of muuddee illee, sirna kana fakkaatu ega eegaltee kunoo waggaa 245 hin caalu. Oromoo booda waggaa 340 ol jiru jechuudha. Egaa Sirni Gadaa kabajaa akkasii qabu kun, Oromoon odoo Biyya isaa dhuunfatee, akkamiin waan baranee kanaan wal simee Ummata kanaaf Mallattoo isaa ta’aa ? akkamitti hojii irra oolaa ? caasaa isaa fudhannee, seera isa hammayyaa itti idaana moo, Sirna Gadaa waggaa 600 duraa akka jirutti gadi dhaabnaa ? Moo akka OPDOn har’a gochaa jirtu, Wallaalaan Bulchiinsa qabatee, Abbootii Gadaan, caffee Abbootii Gadaa jennee Aadaa qofatti hiinee keenyaa ? gaaffiilee kana caalaa kaasuun ni danda’ama . beektoonni fi Namoonni siyaasaa keenya wal ta’anii waan kana sirreessanii fi waan ta’uu danda’u hojjatanii dhaloota itti aanuuf yoo hin kaa’iin, Gadaan seenaa ta’ee hafa jedheen sodaadha. Dhalooti itti aanu Gadaa dhaga’uu malee , amma dhaloota kaleessaa hubannoo qabaachuu dhiisuu mala jedheen yaada.

Kanaaf humni/Namni dhimmi kun isa ilaallatu, Dhimma Sirna Gadaa kana , warra Suufii Uffatu warra siyaasa hammayyaa taasisanii, Abbootii Gadaa Uffata Aadaan daangeessuun kun dhaabbachuu qabaa jedhanii,waan mallattoo Ummata kana hojiin argisiisuuf hojjachuu qaban. Abbaa Gadaa jechuun kan hammaayyaa kanaan maal akka ta’e, kkf hojjatee kana dhalootaaf kaa’ee ani argees, dhaga’ees hin beeku. Gadaan akkaataa sirna Hammayyaa kanaaf wal fudhachuu danda’us, ykn isa hammaayyaa adaa keessatti akkamiin akka hammatamus kan of harkaa qabu yoo jiraate, dhalootaa fi Ummata har’umaa yoo hin barsiisin, ibsaa okkotee keessaa ta’uu irra hin taru. Sirna Gadaa keessa kan jiran, seeraa fi sirna Gadaan kan jiraatanii , Barumsa hammayyaan Dokitaraa fi Injinara ta’an akka jiran wal hubachiisuun gaariidha. Waan Biyya keessatti wayyaaneen taasisaa jirtu yoo fudhanne, Gadaan Oromoof sirna. Sirna Mootummaa Oromoo. Sirna Ummati Oromoo waligala jalatti bulu. Maarree OPDOtu Sirna Gadaatti dhufee of sirreessuu qabamoo, Abbootii Gadaa Adaamaa fi Finfinnee gidduu Bishooftu keessatti maadheffatantu Sirna Gadaa fuudhee OPDOtti makamee sirna gadaa fudhachiisa ? Sirna Fedaraalizimii keessatti Oromoon sirna Gadaan buluu yoo barbaade waliif ta’uu ? kan ta’u hin fakkaatu. Kanaaf wayyaaneen Bishooftuutti achi dhiibdi. dhimmi kun suuta ilaalamuu danda’aa kan jedhu jiraachuu danda’a . garuu yoo har’a eegalee, waggaa 20 booda milkaa’uu danda’a. dhalooti har’aa garuu waan ijaan argaa jiru kana qalbifataa deema. Yoo xiqqaatee waan jiru karaa danda’an yoo itti himan karaatti deebisu ta’a jedheen amana. “Gogaa Laafaatti Maruu” kanan jedheef kanaafi . beektoonni gama kanaan beekumsa ga’aa qaban, kana irratti walitti dhufanii waan qajeelu qabu qajeelchanii , boruu Oromiyaa walaboomte keessatti Gadaan akkamiin sirna Ummatichaa akka ta’uu danda’u irratti har’uma hojjachuu qaban. Sochiin siyaasaa maalitti ba’a laata ? jedhanii alaalatti dubbii eeggachuun hin taatu.  Beektoonni keenya , karaa Afaanii /qooqaa, Aadaa, jiruu jireenyaa, kkf beekumsa ga’aa qaban, dandeetti ga’aa qaban, haala siyaasaa fi qabsoo Oromoo eeggachuu qofaa odoo hin taanee, qooda isaanii karaa danda’ameen yoo gumaachan, dogoggora boruudhalatu malu hanbisuu akka danda’an beeku qaban. Ta’uu baannaan, beekumsa Ummataa sammuutti qabatanii qofa dabruutu dhufa. Yaada itti dabaluu dandeessu.

…..kutaa 2ffaan itti fufa.

HORAA BULAA !

Dargaggoo Bunguli (Abdiisaa)Haayilee Dararama Mana Hidhaa Keessatti Wayyaannonni Irraan Gahaniin Wareegame.

Seenaa Jaal Abdiisaa Hayilee (1986-2015)

Jaal Bunguli (Abdiisaa) Hayilee abbaa isaa obboo Hayilee Dagabaasaa Camadaa fi haadha isaa Aaddee Muluu Daammanaairraa Caamsaa 14/1986 A.L .O. ti Godina Shawaa Lixaa Aanaa Jibaat ganda Gaamoo Hadaadiitti dhalate. Yeroo umuriin isaa barnootaaf gahutti, barnoota isaa sadarkaa 1ffaa achuma aanaa Jibaat mana barumsaa iichaa hadaadiitti xumure. Barnoota isaa sadarkaa 2ffaa mana barumsaa shanan sadarkaa lammaffaatti barachuun qormaata biyyoolessaa(kutaa 10ffaa) qabxii giddugaleessaa galmeessissuun gara kolleejjii teknikaa fi oggummaa Ambootti ogummaa seeraa barachuu eegale. Ogummaa seeraa baratee osoo jiruu carraa hojii waan hin arganneef ogummaa dhuunfaa isaa hojii ijaarsaa garaa garaatiin biyyoota adda addaa deemee  hojjachuu eegale. 

Jaal Abdiisaan nama qajeelaa dhaabbii fi ilaalchi isaa namatti tolu ture. Hawaasa naannoo isaa biratti taphataa kubbaa milaa cimaafi farda gulufuun beekama. Jaal Bunguli (Abdiisaa) bara 2014 yeroo ummanni Oromoo daangaa lafa Oromiyaa falmatu mirga saba isaatiif nama of kennee falmaa turee dha. Sababa kanaanis hiriira seeraan alaa gaggeesite; jeequmsaaf ummata kakaafte jedhamee yeroo dheeraaf hordofamaa ture. Innis hordoffiin itti hammaannaan bakka jireenyaa jijjirachuun  jiraataa ture. More:- http://oromedia.net/

Three men become first in New York history to be sentenced to prison for selling khat

March 26, 2015 (New York Daily News) — For the first time in New York history, peddlers of a euphoria-inducing plant called khat will be sent to prison after three leaders of an international distribution ring cut plea deals, prosecutors said Thursday.

Khat kingpin Yadeta (Murad) Bekri, 24, will serve three years behind bars and his U.S.-based managers Ahmed Adem and Bayan Yusuf, both 32, will serve two years as part of an agreement with the state’s Attorney General.

They were charged with 14 others last June for running the global operation that imported khat mostly from Kenya and Ethiopia through UPS and stored it in Rochester, Brooklyn and Queens. It was then delivered to local distributors.

The amphetamine-like chewable has been used socially in Yemen and other countries for centuries, but is banned in most of the Western world.

“Khat is a dangerous and illegal drug with worldwide reach,” said Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. “Today’s guilty pleas demonstrate that those who flood our national and state borders with drugs will be brought to justice.”

The three defendants pleaded guilty to attempted operating as a major trafficker and will be sentenced next month, officials said. Bekri, of England, whose Minnesotta-based girlfriend is accused of sending the ill-gotten proceeds back to him, will also have to pay $150,000 in restitution.

They were charged as part of a 215-count indictment. Cases are still pending against 13 codefendants and one other remains at large.

Users of khat chew the plant’s leaves and stems to get a high from the juice.

The substance is exotic enough that a Brooklyn judge who handled the indictment last summer didn’t hear of it before.

Khat is a amphetamine-like chewable that has been used in Yemen and other countries for centuries, but is illegal in most of the Western world.

QEERROO: Qeerroon Bilisummaa Yuuniversitii Jimmaa Warraaqsa Bilisummaa Jabeessanii Itti Fufuun Guyyaa Har’aa Seenaa Galmeessan

Bitootessa 24/2015 Goototni dargaggootni Qeerroon Oromoo Yuunibarsiitii Jimmaa FDG qabsiisan jabeessuun itti fufuun guyyaa har’aa uffata gaddaa uffachuun ilmaan Oromoo bara darbee mootummaan EPRDF waraana itti bobbaasuun mooraa Yuunibarsiitii fi manneen barnootaa sadarkaa adda addaa keessatti fixeef gaddaa qaban mormii guddaan ibsachuun walleelee warraaqsaa qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo leellisuun gootota ilmaan Oromoo faarsan.

Goototni barattootni Qeerroon Oromoo hanga gaaffii keenyaaf deebiin nuuf kennamuutti warraaqsii FDG haala wal irraa hin citneen itti fufa nuti bilisummaaf falmanna, nuti mirga keenyaa fi mirga uummata keenyaa kabachiisuuf falmanna, Mootummaan abbaa irree EPRDF/TPLF/OPDO’n bara darbee baatii Eblaa irraa eegaluun ajjeechaa jumlaa fi duula duguugginsa sanyii fi ukkaamsaa hidhaa utuu uummata Oromoo irratti gaggeessa jiranii har’a biyya bakka buuna biyyaa bulchaa jirra, ayyaanaa hundeeffama keenyaa waggaa 25ffaa kabajna jechuun dibbee sobaan afuufamtee dhiitofte reebaa jiraachuun mootummaa wayyaanee fi ergamtoota Wayyaanee OPDO/TPLF itti gaafatamaa seeraa fi seenaa jalaa baasuu hin danda’u.

Goototni barattootni Oromoo Yuunibarsiitii Jimmaa waraaqsa FDG egaalan jabeessuun mootummaa wayyaanee boqonnaa dhorkuun torbee dhuma kana dheengaddaa dabbaallootni mootummaa wayyaanee fi mataan mootummaa Wayyaanee jiilli abbootii irree EPRDF/OPDO/TPLF Muktaar Kadirii, Hayleemaariyaam Dassalee fi Barakt Simoonin durfaman mootummaa keenyaa warraaqsaa dargaggoota barattoota Oromoon raafamee kufuuf jiru kufaatii irraa haa baraarruu jechuun guyyaa hundeeffama ergamtuu wayyaanee OPDO kabajuu maqaa jedhuun uummata gooluu fi olola siyaasaa oofuuf gara Jimmaatti duula gochuun dhiphina keessa galanii jiraachuun hubatamera.

Goototni barattoota Oromoo dhugaaf falmataan dullii olola siyaasaa fi humni poolisaa fi waraanaa gaaffii mirga abbaa biyyummaa keenyaa duubatti hin deebisuu, deebii gaaffii mirgaa fi dimookiraasii gaafachaa jirruus hin ta’u jechuun tarkaanfii gara jabinaan mootummaan abbaa irree barattoota Oromoo nagaa irratti fudhateen gootota ilmaan Oromoo wareegamaniif gaddaa guddaa nuti dhagaa’amu ibsachaa qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo galiin ga’uuf warraaqsa FDG gama kamiinuu ni finiinsina hanga gaaffiin karaa nagaa gaafachaa jirruu deebii sirrii argannuutti duubatti hin deebinu jechuun eebbifamtootni barattootni Oromoo Yuunibarsiitii Jimmaa barattoota Yuunibarsiitii jimmaa ilmaan cunqurfamoo kaan illee dabalachuun mooraawwaan yuunibarsiitii Jimmaa Saayinsii fi Teekinooloojii irraa ka’uun uuffata gaddaa uffachuun magaalaa Jimmaa keessa wallee warraaqsaa qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo faarsu fi gootota Oromoo qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo irratti wareegaman faarsaa gara mooraa Main Campusiitti walitti dhufuun nuti eebbifamtootni ilmaan Oromoo yoom iyyuu yoo eebbifamnes uummata keenyaaf jiraanna, uummata keenya waliin jiraanna, mootummaan abbaa irree uummata keenya irraan kaafna jechuun marii gabaaba godhachuun obbolaawwaan keenya bara darbee sabaaba gaaffii mirgaa gaafatneef dhaabbilee barnoota garaagaraa keessatti wareegamaniif gadda guddaatu nutti dhagaa’ama barattoota Oromoo mootummaan EPRDF/OPDO/TPLF garaa laafina tokko malee dhukaasee ajjeeseef yoom iyyuu itti gaafatamuu qaba jechuun dhaamsa dabarfachuun walleelee warraaqsaa mooraa Yuunibarsiitii Jimmaa keessa naanna’uun sirbuun qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo faarsan.

- Qeerroo.org

Report: Oromo Seminar on National Interests, Conflicts of Identity Politics and Conflict Resolution Successfully Concluded in Oslo, Norway

Report by Buttaa Duuloo

Prof. Hamdesa Tuso at the Seminar in Oslo, Norway

Teaching and celebrating Oromummaa is an ongoing and continuous process in order to develop the Oromian national interests in the predominantly Oromo country, Oromia, and elsewhere in the world, where the Oromo people live. Discourses on identity politics as well as the socioeconomic and political conditions of the Oromo society emanate partly from reinforcing Oromummaa at home and in Diaspora with a special weight and focus on uplifting of Oromians’ national consciousness of their identity both at the community and the national levels. By virtue of exercising these very natural rights, the contemporary Oromo society is facing many conflicts. According to Dr. Tuso, commencing with the regime of King Sahle-Silassie of Showa/Abyssinia, the Abyssinian elites have deployed strategies to conquer and control the Oromo country. Strategies and schemes, backed by their foreign technical advisers, have been intensively executed and implemented to destroy the Oromo identity from the world. Hence, Oromos have been exposed to both external and internal conflicts since the Abyssinian domination of the Oromo country.

Why Conflicts and How to Handle Them?
On March 14, 2015, the energetic leaders of the Oromo Community in Oslo and its adjacent area organized a very timely seminar, where three outstanding Oromo scholars, namely Drs. Hamdesa Tuso, Mekuria Bulcha and Girma G/senbet, made their ways to Oslo and presented their long-awaited scholarly works. The seminar aimed at pinpointing the concept of conflicts, and conflict resolution and management in order to restore harmony between individuals, family members, neighboring communities, and/or political entities at the local, regional or inter-regional levels.

Dr. Tuso, the main presenter at the seminar, started the discussion by sharing his own life experiences – reflecting upon his own journey of resistance against the Abyssinian domination of the Oromo identity and culture to stigmatize and demolish anything reflecting the indigenous Oromo culture or Oromummaa. He emphasized on the assertions and views about conflicts by stressing that, theoretically, conflicts are the relational processes where there is a power imbalance between the complicating parties. The unmet needs of human beings pave ways for conflicts to erupt at all social levels and at any time. However, Dr. Tuso maintained that, under the right leadership and right circumstances, conflicts can be prevented and resolved.

Dr. Tuso’s research-based knowledge about the politics of power relations between different parties, and his career specialty in peace and conflict studies focusing on the Oromo indigenous-based knowledge of conflict management (i.e. Jaarsummaa) made his presentation very attractive to participants. He gave a two-part detailed and elaborative presentation using both Afan Oromo and English. Departing from the contemporary definitions of conflict and theories of conflicts, he went on to link these concepts to the characteristics of conflicts manifesting themselves in colonized peoples and societies. The case in point is the case of conflicts that have been erupting within the Oromo national liberation movement and other scenarios pertaining to the cause and effect of conflicts, and their implication for any conflict escalating parties.

According to Dr. Tuso, the mainstream Oromo worldview – which is built on the notion of peace for every living body (nagaa Waaqaa waan hundumaaf) – is the underlying and core element that a modern Oromo society need to nurture and develop by scrutinizing those environmental changes that make and shape the new world order. Oromos have an ancient and indigenous civilization of governance – the Gadaa social and political system, that should be studied and adopted in a way it could contribute to the ongoing human and social developments of the international community.

Following Dr. Tuso’s informative and educative presentation, the panel discussants, Drs. Girma G/senbet and Mekuria Bulcha, gave their comments.

Dr. Girma further elaborated the ABC’s of conflicts covered by Dr. Tuso, and recommended that such a scholarly forum be held regularly in all Oromo communities across the global as it is very important to build confidence among the Oromo public and political parties both at home and in Diaspora.

Dr. Mekuria also complimented the presentation as informative and educative – which can uplift the moral dignity of all Oromos who are languishing under the total subjugation of a minority regime.

The seminar discussants also commented that the development of Oromo identity can pave the way for the emancipation of, not only the Oromo nation, but also the other oppressed nations and nationalities that are being overlooked by the international community.

Conflicting parties have to adopt constructive and the accommodative approaches of conflict-resolving mechanisms, which they deem apply to them and work on to minimize the scale of conflicting views at the community, regional an/or national levels. The harmony in the Oromo community is crucial for the Oromian national interest, and it is very important to halt erupting and escalating conflicts that can disrupt the camp of the Oromo national liberation.

CONCLUSION
After the Amhara-Abyssinian rulers’ demise in 1991, the current Tigrean-Abyssinian ruling elites accepted and accommodated the diversity and identities of nations and nationalities in the Ethiopian Empire. The Oromo has taken this advantage and emerged as a regional political force in the post-Communist Ethiopia. However, the ruling party, TPLF, has imposed conflicts and hostilities, not only on Oromos, but also on other nations and nationalities that they consider are threats to their political position, which they have assumed after the collapse of the Communist regime. History attest that all successive Abyssinian rulers, including the current ones, have obtained lethal weapons from foreigners to conquer and control Oromos on their homeland. The Oromo worldview – which is based on the notion of nagaa Waaqa andAraara Waaqa fi Lafaa are built upon optimism and principles that conflicts can be handled, managed and resolved between the conflicting parties.

The participants attended the seminar with interest, thereby suggesting that such a forum must be adopted and explored on issues that are of paramount importance to minimize conflicting views and interests among the Oromo public, whose wish and dream are the restorations of peace, freedom and justice, rather than escalation of conflicts that erupt at the cost of peace and stability between community members and different parties within the Oromo society at the local, regional and national levels.

Sirni Ibidda Qabsiisuu Malee Dhaamsuu Hin Beekne Ibiddaan Dhabama.

(Ijoo Dubbii ABO)

Itophiyaa keessatti hannii fi saamichi haayyamamaa fi deggeramaa dha. Empaayera  qabeenyi ummatootaa fi biyyaa miliyoonotaan itti saamamu waan taateef. Empaayera Wayyaanee keessatti lubbuun lammiilee kabajaa hin qabu. Sirna garee shiftaan durfamu mormuun, mirga ofiif qabsaa’uun seeraan ala jedhamee  bakkayyutti ajjeefamuun, hidhamuun, dhaanamuu fi balaa ulfaataaf saaxilamuun gochaa guyyuu lammiilee irratti raawwatamaa jiru waan taheef. Bittaa bulchiinsa alagaa jalatti dararamni Saboota mirga uumaa fi seeraan qaban  dhaban irra gahu ammoo hunda irra ulfaata.

Gaaffiin sabummaa ummatni Oromoo kaasee waggoota dheeraaf irratti qabsaawaa jiruu fi gaaffii hangafaa tahe silaa kan deggeramuu qabu, gaaffii cubbuu taasifamee, kabajaa  ummata Oromoo xiqqeessee, salphisee fi qaanessee gaddaa fi hiyyummaa salphaatti keessaa bahuu hin dandeenye keessa isa seensisee argama. Ajjeechaa, hidhaa fi dararamni diinaan irra gahu hammaatus ummatni Oromoo gaaffii kaaseef hanga deebii quubsaa fi isaaf malu hin argannetti kan qabsoo itti fufu tahuu tarkaanfii diinaa fi lukkeelee diinaa irratti fudhatuun agarsiisaa jira. Ijoo Dubbii ABO

High Ranking Woyane Agent killed in Ambo today

The candlelight, the Ambo youth lit up with their blood, will never quench

March 23, 2015

As of 8:00 PM local evening time (or 1:00 PM EC) today, March 23, 2015, the town of Ambo, Central Oromia, is under curfew, after a High Ranking Tigrean military agent was assassinated. The light in the city, has been turned off and the telephone lines were under strict surveillance, says Eyob Bayisa of Seife Nebelbal Radio who spoke with some residents. Unknown assailant killed, the Woyane agent in Qabale 2 and walked away a little bit before 8 PM. The residents of the city, who did not know what is going on, were stopped and searched, and their personal properties were seized, as usual, by security agents.

Only eleven months ago, at a mass demonstration in which over 27,000 people participated from Ambo and its surrounding  areas against the Addis Ababa Master Plan, TPLF’s Agazi elite military division killed 30  unarmed students and members of the general public. The mass massacre included distraught families arriving at the scene to collect the dead bodies of their sons and daughters including a child of nine.

More news to come.

If Ethiopia is so vibrant, why are young people leaving?

If Ethiopia is so vibrant, why are young people leaving?

April 28, 2015 Oromia

By Hassen Hussein

The latest tragedies may have temporarily united Ethiopians but has raised doubts about the country’s economic miracle

(Al Jazeera) — Within a week, Ethiopians were hit with a quadruple whammy. On April 19, the Libyan branch of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a shocking video purporting to show the killings and beheadings of Ethiopian Christians attempting to cross to Europe through Libya. This came only days after an anti-immigrant mob in South Africa killed at least three Ethiopian immigrants and wounded many others. Al Jazeera America reported that thousands of Ethiopian nationals were stranded in war-torn Yemen. And in the town of Robe in Oromia and its surroundings alone, scores of people were reportedly grieving over the loss of family members at sea aboard a fateful Europe-bound boat that sank April 19 off the coast of Libya with close to 900 aboard.

These tragedies may have temporarily united Ethiopians of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds. But they have also raised questions about what kind of desperation drove these migrants to leave their country and risk journeys through sun-scorched deserts and via chancy boats.

The crisis comes at a time when Ethiopia’s economic transformation in the last decade is being hailed as nothing short of a miracle, with some comparing it to the feat achieved by the Asian “tigers” in the 1970s. Why would thousands of young men and women flee their country, whose economy is the fastest growing in Africa and whose democracy is supposedly blossoming? And when will the exodus end?

After the spate of sad news, government spokesman Redwan Hussein said the tragedy “will be a warning to people who wish to risk and travel to Europe through the dangerous route.” Warned or not, many youths simply do not see their dreams for a better life realized in Ethiopia. Observers cite massive poverty, rising costs of living, fast-climbing youth unemployment, lack of economic opportunities for the less politically connected, the economy’s overreliance on the service sector and the requirement of party membership as a condition for employment as the drivers behind the exodus.

A 2012 study by the London-based International Growth Center noted (PDF) widespread urban unemployment amid growing youth landlessness and insignificant job creation in rural areas. “There have been significant increases in educational attainment. However, there has not been as much job creation to provide employment opportunities to the newly educated job seekers,” the report said.

One of the few ISIL victims identified thus far was expelled from Saudi Arabia in 2013. (Saudi deported more than 100,000 Ethiopian domestic workers during a visa crackdown.) A friend, who worked as a technician for the state-run Ethiopian Electricity Agency, joined him on this fateful trek to Libya. At least a handful of the victims who have been identified thus far were said to be college graduates.

Given the depth of poverty, Ethiopia’s much-celebrated economic growth is nowhere close to accommodating the country’s young and expanding population, one of the largest youth cohorts in Africa. Government remains the main employer in Ethiopia after agriculture and commerce. However, as Human Rights Watch noted in 2011, “access to seeds, fertilizers, tools and loans … public sector jobs, educational opportunities and even food assistance” is often contingent on support for the ruling party.

Still, unemployment and lack of economic opportunities are not the only reasons for the excessive outward migration. These conditions are compounded by the fact that youths, ever more censored and denied access to the Internet and alternative sources of information, simply do not trust the government enough to heed Hussein’s warnings. Furthermore, the vast majority of Ethiopian migrants are political refugees fleeing persecution. There are nearly 7,000 registered Ethiopian refugees in Yemen, Kenya has more than 20,000, and Egypt and Somalia have nearly 3,000 each, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
As long as Ethiopia focuses on security, the door is left wide open for further exodus and potential social unrest from an increasingly despondent populace.

Ethiopians will head to the polls in a few weeks. Typically, elections are occasions to make important choices and vent anger at the incumbent. But on May 23, Ethiopians will be able to do neither. In the last decade, authorities have systematically closed the political space through a series of anti-terrorism, press and civil society laws. Ethiopia’s ruling party, now in power for close to 24 years, won the last four elections. The government has systematically weakened the opposition and does not tolerate any form of dissent.

The heightened crackdown on freedom of expression has earned Ethiopia the distinction of being the world’s fourth-most-censored country and the second leading jailer of journalists in Africa, behind only its archrival, Eritrea, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

There is little hope that the 2015 elections would be fundamentally different from the 2010 polls, in which the ruling party won all but two of the 547 seats in the rubber-stamp national parliament. The ruling party maintains a monopoly over the media. Authorities have shown little interest in opening up the political space for a more robust electoral contest. This was exemplified by the exclusion of key opposition parties from the race, continuing repression of those running and Leenco Lata’s recent failed attempt to return home to pursue peaceful political struggle after two decades of exile. (Lata is the founder of the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front, fighting since 1973 for the rights of the Oromo, Ethiopia’s marginalized majority population, and the president of the Oromo Democratic Front.)

A few faces from the fragmented and embittered opposition maybe elected to parliament in next month’s lackluster elections. But far from healing Ethiopia’s gashing wounds, the vote is likely to ratchet up tensions. In fact, a sea of youth, many too young to vote, breaking police barriers to join opposition rallies bespeaks not of a country ready for elections but one ripe for a revolution with unpredictable consequences.

Despite these mounting challenges, Ethiopia’s relative stability — compared with its deeply troubled neighbors Somalia, South Sudan, Eritrea and Djibouti — is beyond contention. Even looking further afield, across the Red Sea, where Yemen is unraveling, one finds few examples of relative stability. This dynamic and Ethiopia’s role in the “war on terrorism” explains Washington’s and other donors’ failure to push Ethiopia toward political liberalization.

However, Ethiopia’s modicum of stability is illusory and bought at a hefty price: erosion of political freedoms, gross human rights violations and ever-growing discontent. This bodes ill for a country split by religious, ethnic and political cleavages. While at loggerheads with each other, Ethiopia’s two largest ethnic groups — the Oromo (40 percent) and the Amhara (30 percent) — are increasingly incensed by continuing domination by Tigreans (6 percent).

Ethiopian Muslims (a third of the country’s population of 94 million) have been staging protests throughout the country since 2011. Christian-Muslim relations, historically cordial, are being tested by religious-inspired violence and religious revivalism around the world. Ethiopia faces rising pressures to choose among three paths fraught with risks: the distasteful status quo; increased devolution of power, which risks balkanization; and more centralization, which promises even further resistance and turmoil.

It is unlikely that the soul searching from recent tragedies will prompt the authorities to make a course adjustment. If the country’s history of missed opportunities for all-inclusive political and economic transformation is any guide, Ethiopians might be in for a spate of more sad news. As long as the answer to these questions focuses on security, the door is left wide open for further exodus and potential social unrest from an increasingly despondent populace.