Oromo Protest Killings and Miltary Rule in Oromia Across the Globe

By Habtamu Dugo

March 11 was an international day of collective action for the global Oromo community, which protested the killings of over 400 Oromo civilians, injuries of more than 4000 civilians, jailing of thousands of civilians, and the rape of hundreds of women and girls in Oromia, Ethiopia.

The rallies that took place in dozens of cities across the free world had two things in common: brining the atrocities committed against Oromo civilians to the attention of their respective governments and elected leaders, and to demand them to apply maximum pressure on the Ethiopian government to end the killings and the military rule in Oromia. The rallies also aimed at publicizing the Oromo desire for self-government, freedom, justice and democracy.

The transnational Oromo diaspora staged effectively coordinated rallies in cities worldwide, including in Washington DC, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Los Angeles, Lansing, Seattle, Syracuse, Phoenix, Raleigh, Calgary, Toronto, Winnipeg, London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Rome, Oslo, Stockholm, Berne, Melbourne, Riyadh and other cities.  In their slogans, media interviews and prepared statements, the demonstrators brought the mass killings and other human rights abuses to the attention of the international community.

The rally in Washington DC was organized to “protest the Ethiopian government genocidal war in Oromia, Ethiopia,” according to a joint press release from five civil society groups, which helped organize it.

“Ethiopia’s TPLF regime is killing, injuring, jailing and disappearing Oromo students, youth and farmers who have been demonstrating peacefully for four months now. The demonstration in front of the White House and the State Department today aims at calling on the US Government to exert utmost pressure on the Ethiopian government to stop the extra-judicial killings of the Oromo people and to end the martial law in Oromia,” said Dr. Desta Yabessa, President of the Oromo Community Organization and head of the organizing committee.

Participants of the D.C. rally numbering over 1200 gave up a workday and came crossing state lines from states as far as Massachusetts and Ohio sometimes driving 7-8 hours in order to bring the plight of the Oromo people to the attention of the US government.

Many of marchers lost family members to the atrocities in Oromia and they were determined to deliver their messages to the United States government to act to avert the unfolding calamity in Oromia.

“I came from Boston to protest the massacre of our children, and the removal of our farmers from their ancestral lands,” Sinke said. She continued, “Children and adults are killed daily and we want the American government to hear us and do something.  My niece, a mother of two, fell and died while running after soldiers who were whisking away her husband. The father is now in jail and the mother died so the children are left without an adult to care for them.”

In addition to attending rallies to be in global solidarity with protesters in Oromia, many came because they felt anguished by the loss of immediate family members to the massive state-led violence unfolding across Oromia.

A source who preferred to be anonymous told me that she lost her brother and she was here to demand justice for her brother and to be a voice for many others in Oromia who are losing brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers every day.

Women demonstrators said that their fellow women (including pregnant and nursing women) and girls have been killed and raped by the army in their homes and schools.

“The Tigrean Liberation Front ruling Ethiopia killed a seven-month pregnant woman. As a woman I felt the pain inflected on women of Oromia and I came from Ohio to bring this atrocity to the attention of the US government.  The regime is massacring and injuring university students who are hope for the future of our nation. We pay tax so we came to the White House to ask America to help us,” stated a lady from Ohio.

Demonstrators believe that foreign aid helps fund the regime’s genocidal campaigns in Oromia and other regions of Ethiopia. In Washington DC and in dozens of cities around the world, demonstrators asked their governments to put utmost pressure on the Ethiopian government to yield to popular demands. One of the ways they thought the international community would pressure  the  totalitarian regime of Ethiopia is by ending foreign assistance to the regime, which is estimated at  $3.8 billion, more than half of the yearly national budget of the Ethiopian government.  They also see conditioning human rights on respect for human rights and democracy as a way of ensuring end to one-party dominance and blanket repressions.  Foreign aid to Ethiopia means that tax-payers are funding the purchase of guns and bullets that are being used to commit these atrocities.

A press release for the rally in Washington DC read, “…A Rwandan type of genocide is being waged by the TPLF government against the Oromo people. While such kind of genocide war is being waged against the Oromo people, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian government receives $3 billion in aid each year from Western countries specifically from the US government. Donors claim that the dictatorial regime is on the road to democracy, but the reality on the ground is far from the stated claim.”

It remains to be seen if the international community takes any live-saving actions.

Hariiroo Dhaabotni Oromoo keessaa fi alatti qabaachuu malan ilaalchisee – Ejjennoo Qeerroo Bilisummaa.

Hariiroo Dhaabotni Oromoo keessaa fi alatti qabaachuu malan ilaalchisee –   Ejjennoo Qeerroo Bilisummaa.

Bitootessa 9,2016

Ummatni Oromoo qabsoo hadhooftu gootowwan ilmaa isaa biyya isaanii keessatti gegeessaa jiraniin qarqara Bilisummaa isaa ga’ee jira. Har’a mirgi abbaa-biyyuummaa ummata keenya sadarkaa haalamuu hindandeenyerra ga’ee jira yoo jenne soba hinta’u. Wareegamni gootummaa ilmaan isaa gumaachaa jiran, mootummaa Wayyanee rommisiiseera, of-irrummaa ishees addunyaa guutummaaf saaxileera.

Yeroo akkaan murteessaa sabni keenya keessa jiru kanatti, gaheen dhaaboota siyaasaa Oromoo ulfaataa ta’uun waan wal nama gaafachiisu miti. Dhaabotni Oromoo wal-qoodmaa tokko malee Qeerroo isaanii cinaa hiriiranii Mootummaa TPLF, kan gar-malee ummata keenya dararaa fi biyyaa keenya Oromiyaa ammoo diinummaan saamaa jirtu kana of irraa fonqolchuun, gabrummaa jaarraa tokko oliif Saba keenyatti fe’amee jiru kanatti xumura gochuun yeroon isaa amma.

Dirqama seenaa kana raawwachuuf, waan hundaa dura Dhaabotni Oromoo humnoota alaas ta’e keessaa Hiree Murteeffannaa Sabootaa morman waliin hariiroo bifa kamiyyuu gochuu irraa of eegachuun waajiba ta’a. Hariiroon humnoota akkasii waliin godhamu qabsoo gootowwan keenya wareegama lubbuu isaaniitiin nu dhalchisan sharafuu waan ta’eef, dhaabotni Oromoo gaafatamni itti dhagahamu marti sochii isaanii keessatti of-eegannoo cimaa akka godhatan cimisinee beeksifina. Keessattuu, yeroo ammaa kana humnoota mooraa Oromoo gargar-baasuun qabsoo sabicha dadhabisiisanii angoo siysaa fudhachuu kanneen abbalan waliin hiriiruun badii seenaan dhiifama hingoone dalaguu waliin wal-gituu isaa hubatanii, dhaabotni keenya gochaa bifa kana irraa akka of-eeggatan Qeerroon dhaamsa qabsoo dabarsaaf.

Galmee seena irraa akka hubanutti, diinonni keenya qabsoo saba keenya faffacaasuun milkawaa as gahan. Ammas toftaa adda-addaatti dhimma bahanii humna keenya facaasuu irraa of duuba deebu jenne yaaduun muuxannoo keenya kaleessaa irraa barnoota gaha argachuu dhabuu keenya agarsiisa. Kanafuu, humnoota toftaadhaan tokkummaa qabsoo saba keenya diiguuf imaammatan, keessattuu kanneen Hiree Murteeffannaa saboota dura dhaabbatan waliin hariiroo siyaasaa tolfachuun ammatti bu’aa inni fidu caalaa badiin isaa guddaa ta’uun beekamuu qaba jenna. Humnoota bifa sana waliin yeroo qabsoo keenyaa qisaasuu irra, dhaabotni keenya walii isaanii jidduutti waliigaltee jabeeffachuun, Sochii Qeerroo kan mootumicha yaaddessuu bira taree wal nyaachisaa jiru kana daddaffiin gama injifannoo maayiitti tarkaanfachiisuu irratti gahee isaan irraa eegamu akka gumaachan gaafatna.

Guutummaan Ibsa Kanaa:-  Dhaabota Oromoo Ilaalchisee Ejjennoo Qeerroo Bitootessa 09 2016

Godina Wallaggaa Aanota Adda Addaa Keessatti FXG Jabaatee Itti Fufe,Naqamte Keessatti Ammoo Barattooti Oromoo Rasaasa Loltoota Wayyaaneen Dhaanamaa Jiru.

Bitootessa 09,2016, Yuunivarsiitii Wallaggaa fi mana barnootaa qophaa’inaa keeysatti FXG jabaatee wayyaaneen tarkaanfii sukkaneessaa barattoota irratti fudhatte. FXG kun mana barnootaa qophaa’inaa, Koollejjii barsiisotaa fi Yuunivarsiitii keeysatti gamtaan eegale. Koollejjii barsiisotaa keeysattis wayyaaneen
tarkaanfii fudhatteen barataa Misgaanuu Masarat kan jedhamu wareegameera. Fincilli kun yuunivarsiitii keeysatti ol ka’ee walitti bu’insi olaanaan waraana agaazii fi baratoota oromoo gidduutii dhalate.  Barattootni 20 ol tahanis madaa’ani. Isaan keeysaas
1.    Barataa Tolosaa Guutuu
2.    Barataa Alamuu Maaramaa
3.    Barataa Maatiyoos Tufaa
4.    Barattuu Sablee Taarikuu
5.    Barataa Misgaanaa Addisuu
6.    Barataa Addisuu Barasaa
7.    Barataa Magarsaa Tasammaa
8.    Barataa Taammiraat Zallaqaa
9.    Barataa Yoonas Qana’aa
10.    Barataa Saamu’eel Solomoon
11.    Barataa Maarihuun Ammasaa
12.    Barataa Girmaa Naadoo
13.    Barataa Rooberaa Bal’inaa
14.    Barataa Baayyuu Fayyisaa
15.    Barataa Toleeraa Guutuu
16.    Barataa Galaanaa Ibsaa
17.    Barataa Sintaayyoo Alamaayyoo
18.    Barataa Ayyaanaa Oljirraa
Kan jedhaman hospitaala Naqqamtee seenuudhaan waldhaansa yeroo argatanis miidhamni olaanaan irra gahe. Miidhamni xixiqqaan barattoota
30 ol tahan irrattis gaheera. Kana malees wayyaaneen wallaggaa lixaa keeysatti barattootaa fi uummata irratti rasaasa roobsite. Boojjii coqorsaa bakka jedhamuttis qeerroo oromoo Isayyas Gabayyoo jedhamu wayyaaneen rasaasaan ajeesuu qeerroon ona kanaa gabaaseera.

New Book: Philosophical Discourse or Methodological Imperialism? The Rationale for (Post) Colonial African Philosophy with Reference to Oromo Philosophy

By Yoseph M. Baba, P

By Yoseph M. Baba, Ph.D.

Excerpt

In this metaphilosophical engagement, whilst some of the scholars confined themselves to cross-examining the nature of philosophy others went further to stipulate how they thought African philosophy should proceed. Yoseph Mulugeta’s Metaphilosophy or Methodological Imperialism? The Rationale for Contemporary African Philosophy with Reference to Oromo Philosophy situates very well in the category of those who besides subjecting the nature of philosophy to scrutiny also spelt out how they thought philosophy in Africa should progress. He not only engages in the fruitful metaphilosophical exercise but also proceeds to the practical concrete level with particular reference to the Oromo people of North Eastern Africa. There are not many texts in African philosophy that engage in both the metaphilosophical theoretical question as well as its application aspect. Herein lies a significance of Yoseph’s text. (Another text that belongs to the same category, mutatis mutandis, is that by D. A. Masolo, Self and Community in a Changing World—Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2010).

In writing this text, Yoseph had set before him some cardinal objectives. The four basic ones, in my estimation, being: (i) to interrogate the underlying principles of the discipline of philosophy, to engage in philosophizing about philosophy—metaphilosophy; (ii) and in parenthesis, to demonstrate how African philosophy can be authenticated via the mechanism of what Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o refers to as a decolonizing the African mind; (iii) to identify fundamental issues that have beleaguered (post) colonial Africa; (iv) to recommend an approach to African philosophy that would be most appropriate in resolving the problem of what he calls the “unfulfilled and paradoxical ‘independence’ of (post) colonial Africa.” There is no doubt in my mind that Yoseph has attained these objectives.

There is a Swahili adage that asserts, usipoziba ufa utajenga ukuta, which means, “If you don’t fix a crack in your wall, you will end up building the whole wall.” The discourse on African philosophy has been going on for a long while now yet the crack on African society has continued to widen causing hopelessness, despondency, lack of self-respect and self-dignity amongst African peoples. What will save Africans from building the whole wall?Metaphilosophy or Methodological Imperialism? The Rationale for Contemporary African Philosophy with Reference to Oromo Philosophy—offers a viable answer to the question.

(Excerpt from prologue by Prof. F.Ochieng’-Odhiambo)

Oromiyaan bulchiinsa waraanaa saddeet jalatti hiramtee haa jiraattu malee FXGn akka itti fufetti jira!

Gaabaasi Qeerroo  giddu gala Oromiyaa Adaamaafi magaalaa guddittii lixa Oromiyaa Naqamtee irraa nuun ga’an akka ibsutti,fincilli sirna garboomfattootaa irratti taasisamu akka itti fufee jiru hubachiisa. Torban darbee kaasee hojjeettoonni mana murtii Oromiyaa waltajjii leenjii Wayyaaneetiif adaamaatti kan walitti qabanii jiran yeroo ta’u,waltajjii kana irratti Abbootii seeraa,abbootii alangaafi abukaatotatu hirmaachaa jira Waltajjii jimaata darbe geggeessame irratti madaalliin manneen murtii godinoota sadii kan geggeeffame yeroo ta’u,godinoonni kunis,Shaggar lixaa,Harargee bahaa fi Wallaggaa lixaa ta’uun ta’uun beekameera Ergamtoonni Wayyaanee godinoota kana sadan keessatti tarkaanfiin manneen murtii fudhatan laafadha yeroo jedhatti abbootiin seeraa fi hojjeettoonni mana murtii Oromiyaa irraa hojjetan marti akka dheekkaman beekameera, Akka fakkeenyaattis poolisiin Malkaamuu Mitikkuu kan Wallaggaa lixaa Najjootti nama ajjeesee gara bakka dhalootasaa utuu deemuu ajjeefameef mootummaan itti gaafatamuu qaba jedhan “nami lubbuu namaa seeraan ala baase kun to’annaa jala ooluu dhabuun wal ajjeechaa biraa kan fidu fi godinoota akka fakkenyaatti manneen murtii tarkaanfii uummatarratti fudhachuu dhabaniif komataman kun dhiibbaa siyaasaaf hojiisaa hojjechuu akka hin danda’in itti amanna silaa warri uummata nagaa irratti dhukaase yoona to’annaa seeraa jala jira”jechuun ammaa jalqabee poolisas ta’e nami dhuunfaa nami namni lubbuu namaa baasee seeratti dhiyaachuu dhabee uummata keessa jiruun hanqina bulchiinsa gaarii keessaa isa tokko jechuun komii isaanii haala wayyaanee afaan qabachiiseen dhiyeessuun isaanii beekameera.

Hirmaattonni wal tajjichaa yeroo dhiyootti komishiniin dhimma kana adda baasee namoota ajjeechaa seeraan alaa kana raawwatan seeratti akka dhiyaachuu qaban taasisu hundeeffamuu akka qabu gaafachuun,loogii siyaasaatiin namni lubbuu namaa baasee seeratti hin dhiyaanneef uummatichi tarkaanfii “gumaa baasuu”aadaadhaan qabu yoo irratti fudhateef seerri wabii lubbuu namaa deebisuu hinjiru kanaaf namoota kana seeratti dhiyeessuun furmaata filmaata biraa hin qabne jechuun akeekkachiisa jabaadhaan kaabinoota wayyaanee akka rifaasisan beekameera Waltajjiin qaamota manneen murtii Adaamaatti ta’amaa jiranii kun jimaata dhufu xumurama Gara dhiha Oromiyaa Naqamteetti yeroo ceenu,magaalaan Naqamatee ji’oota afrna darbanii kaastee jeeqxota kaabaatiin erga jeeqamutti kaatee ooltee bubbulaa akka jirtuufi kunis jiruufi jireenya oromiyaa guutuu akka ta’ee jiru beekamaadha Magaalattiitti halkan guutuu qaama hin beekamneen dhukaasi wal irraa hin cinne adeemsifamaa kan bulu yeroo ta’u guyyoota muraasa darbanii kaasee tajaajilli geejjibaa magaalattiitti akka addaan cite jirus beekamaadha Galgala kana geejjiba kan hin qabne Naqamteen sagaleen dhukaasaa akka irraa dhaga’amaa jirus madden baasaniiru.

dhaamsa hidhamtooti siyaasaa Oromoo Manneen hidhaa Qaalittii, Qillinxoo fi Zuwaay keessa jiran

‪#‎BilisummaaOromoo‬– (05.03.2016,‪#‎DhaamsaHidhamtootaa‬, Oromiyaa) Kun dhaamsa hidhamtooti siyaasaa Oromoo Manneen hidhaa Qaalittii, Qillinxoo fi Zuwaay keessa jiran haala yeroo amma Oromiyaa ilaalchisee ergatanii dha.
Nuti, otuu dirqama addaddaa irra jirruu harka diinaatti kufnee gatii olaanaa bilisummaa Oromoof baasaa jiraachuu keenya namuu kan hubatuudha. Yeroo biyyi keenyaa fi lammiin keenya alagaa gara laafina hin qabnee biyya abbaa isa akeessatti ajjeefamu biratti argamuu dhabuun keenya hedduu garaa nu nyaata. Goototi Oromoo kutatoo amma illee Bilisummaa Oromoof wareega ulfaataa baasaa jiran kumaatamaan bahaa akka jiran yeroo dhageenyutti immoo jajjabina guddaatu nutti dhagayama.
Ammas qabsoo keenya galmaan gahuuf namuu bakka jirutti kutannoon akka hirmaannaa isaa jabeessu yeroo dhaammannu:

1. Haala yeroo amma kan qabsoon Oromoo irra jiru, biyya alaa fi keessaa qabsoo kana xumura itti gochuuf, qabeenya, qaaman fi wanta dandeessan hundaan akka dirmattan dhaammanna.
2. Barattoota sad1ffaa hanga sad2ffaa, Barattoota koolejjii hanga University, Qotee bultoota fi Daldaltota, Hojjetoota mootummaa, poolisoota fi humni waraanaa kan meeshaa barachaa jirtanis ta’ee, milishaan gandaa osoo hin hafne FXG kana xumura itti gochuuf waan Oromoo tokko irraa barbaachisu akka gumaachitan isin gaafanna.
3. Namni Oromoo tokko wareegama uummanni keenya kaffalaa jiru kana cinaa dhaabachuudhaan wayyaanee duula Oromoo irratti deddeebiin labsite kana buqqisuu qaban.
4. Duula Wayyaanee Oromiyaa keessaa baasuudhaaf Qeerroon Oromoo daandii cufuudhaan, riqicha kutuudhaan akkasumas mala qabsooa ddaddaa baasuudhaan gaggeessaa jiru deeggaruun akka dirqama lamummaa keessan baatan issinii dhaamna.
5. Wayyaaneen akkuma garboofattoota habaashaa darbanii Oromoo irratti hiidhaa, ajjeechaa, dhabamsisaa, saamicha dinagdee, saamicha qabeenyaa, saamicha lafaa gaggeessaa jirti. Kun immoo kan dhaabbatu, kutannee hojjachuu fi waadaa keenya kaleessaa haaromsuun FXG kana injifannoon akka goolabamu gochuun ta’a.

Kana waan ta’eef, haala kana hubattanii bakka nu bu’uun gahee keessan akka baatan dhaamsa kana haala ulfaataa keessatti isiniif dabarsine; imaanaa keenya kanas raawwachuun akka nu boonsitan immoo shakkii tokko illee hin qabaannu!!

Qabsaa’aan ni kufa! Qabsoon itti fufaa!
Injifannoo uummataa Oromoof!

Godina Lixa Shaggar Aanaa Midaa Qanyiitti diddaan Uummataa dhaabsiisuuf mootummaan abbaa irree Wayyaanee uummata irratti waraana bane jabeessuun Uummatarratti dhukaasaa jira, uummatnis mormii isaa itti jabaate jira.‏

Bitootessa 5,2016 ,Godina Lixa Shaggar Aanaa Midaa Qanyiitti Diddaan Uummataa Dhaabsiisuuf mootummaan abbaa irree Wayyaanee uummata irratti waraana bane jabeessuun Uummatarratti dhukaasaa jira.loltootni Wayyaanee afaan hin beeknee Magaalaa Baallaammii irra qubsiifamuun Qonnaan bultootaa fi sabboontoota Qeerroo dargaggoota Oromoo irratti tarkaanfii reebichaa fi humnaan ukkamsuun hidhaatti darba jiru, kanneen rukutamanii madeeffaman illee gara mana yaalaa utuun hin geeffamiin waraanaan dirqisifamani hidhaatti darbama jiran keessa
kanneen maqaan nu qaqqabee jiru:
1. Barataa Taarikuu Gusoo reebamee midhaa guddaan kan irra ga’e,
2. Barataa Eebbisaa Nagaasaa barataa 10ffaa waraanaan rebamee midhaa guddaan kan irra ga’ee jiruu fi mana yaalaa dhorkatame jiru.
3. Barataa Abdii Taarikuu reebichaa humna olii warananni abbaa isaa waliin irratti raawwate.
4. Obboo Taarikuu Baayisaa waraanaa wayyaaneen reebamee du’aa fi jireenya gidduu jira.
5. Barataa Gurmeessaa Cimdii waraanaan reebamee milla isaa irra akka malee madeeffamee kan jiru.
6. Barataa Sisay Lammeessa
7. Barataa Muldhisaa Taakkalaa
8. Barataa Geetuu Taakkalaa obbolaa laman
9. Barataa Iddoosaa Xuurii
10. Barataa Baay’ataa Mirreessaa kanneen jedhaman dabalatee yeroo amma kana ilmaan Oromoo 40 Aanaa Midaa Qanyii Magaalaa Baallaammii Wajjiraa Poolisii fi Buufata Waraanni Wayyaanee keessa qubatee jiru keessatti hidhamuun dararaan ulfaataan irra ga’aa jiraachuun madden keenya gabaasan.
YAADACHISA: Sirni gaggeessaa Sabboonaa daldalaa Oromoo dheengadda Waraana Wayyaanee uummatarratti banameen wareegamee Obboo Birhaanuu Xaafaa Baqqalaa abbaa ijoollee lama har’a Bakka dhaloota isaa Ganda Guddataa Gabaa Lagatti rawwata uummatni hedduminaan gara gaggeessa isatti socho’aa jira, Waraanni wayyaanee immoo ganamuma kanaan dhukaasa dhageesisuu egalanii jiru. Olmaa isaan walitti deebina.
Aanaa Midaa Qanyii gandoota akka Goosuu Wangee ,Baaroo Bidaaruu fi Guddataa Gabaa Lagaa dirree waraanaa fakkatee jira. Qonnaan bultootni
hedduun waraana wayyaaneen shoroorkeeffamaa jiru. Sagaalee dhukaasaa utuu wal irraa hin citiin waraanaa wayyaanee irraa guyyaa sadii dhukaafamaa jira.