Freedom is never given voluntarily, it has always been earned

By Ibrahim Amae Elemo, M.D., M.P.H | December 27, 2013

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Obboleeyyan Oromoo akkam jirtu, nageennii isan badhaadhaa:

The bigotry against the Oromo people continues unabated to date. It is an established historical fact that the Oromo people, the Somali and other peoples of the South were conquered and incorporated into the Abyssinian Empire at the end of 19^th century through an earth scorching policy and savagery of Menelik’s army supported by western powers such as the Great Britain and France. Twenty years ago we were close to defeating the remnants of the genocidal regime of Menelik and Haile Selassie had it not been for the voice of moderation by some politicians in the Oromo Liberation camp. Back then some of the Oromo elites wanted to give peace a chance, wanted to negotiate with the colonial settlers. They chose the path of peace and reconciliation. We recall the famous saying of Leenco Lata, “I am not an Ethiopian. However, I would like to negotiate to be an Ethiopian”. The answer to that offer from these remnants twenty years later is the formation of the revivalist groups who are planning to tour Oromiya to dance on the graves of the millions of Oromo martyrs and other peoples of the South who were brutally massacred while defending their homeland. The aftermath of the conquest was what we now know as one of the worst slave trade empire built by Menelik. I can hardly imagine the extent of the brutality when hundreds of thousands of Oromo children were taken way from under the arms of their loving parents and sold into slavery; tragically, several of whom died en route owing to harsh conditions. These were a people, reduced in to slavery and tenancy, were once the master of their own destiny and produced to the world a civilization superior to the Abyssinian civilization in East Africa.  This is also an established historical fact.

Today, many Oromo scholars, including myself, are profoundly enraged by a decision of a beer company to sponsor a singer that diminished the memory of the victims by glorifying the legacy of one of the worst tyrants of the modern Ethiopian empire into the Abyssinian hall of fame. This may cause the buried emotions of the Oromo nationalists to re-emerge again. There are millions out there, including myself, are willing to lead the Oromo people to a full victory through a well-controlled and disciplined struggle. We don’t like to see bloodshed between the oppressor class and oppressed masses, like what we have witnessed in Rwanda. The unwise campaign of these ignorant, never learning and unrepentant sons of our colonial masters may lead to undesired consequences. This is our worst fear. We remember what Dr. Gamachu Magarsa recently said when he was asked about his take on the Oromo people being bullied by the northern “superior race” of Ethiopia from one generation to another. He said “what will happen may not be good for them and for us as well”. That is the voice of moderation we hear from some of our elites. Even these very elites who are working to prevent the worst case scenario from happening are despised and bullied non-stop by the Abyssinian chauvinists.

Freedom is never voluntarily given. It has always been earned! Which means we Oromos must be willing to pay the necessary sacrifice to earn what all people love, cherish and celebrate every year, Freedom! Talking about earning what you deserve, I always remember what I told one of the college professors on the occasion of my graduation from Gondar College of Medical Sciences after I was suspended and penalized for a year and half for leading students’ protest against the current regime in Ethiopia. She said, “Congratulations Dr. Ibrahim, we have given you your degree and now you are ready to leave us”. I then boldly told her “Dear Dr. Thank you for congratulating me.  You may have given others their degrees. But, as far as I am concerned, I earned it.”  Just to distinguish myself from others who bowed to the puppets and all bullies in order to graduate from college with a degree. I was willing to pay the utmost price, and I knew I was not alone. I knew there were millions who suffered and continued to suffer.  They needed me more than I needed my very much desired degree, they needed us. The purpose of this short piece is to show our ignorant brothers in the opposite camp that they must cease and desist from their provocative actions. That is precisely what most of us want in this counter-campaign.  Or else, they are responsible for all the consequences of their campaign to re-conquer Oromiya.

Last but not least, it is worth mentioning the fact that judging by their past rhetoric the forces currently ruling Ethiopia may not be on the side of these sycophants who are so blind as to see the irreversible change of the mind sets of the oppressed masses of Ethiopia. Finally, I would like to conclude by using the words I used to love hearing from the mouth of my late Somali friend, Abdida’ad Ibrahim Bulala, whom I proudly call my Oromo friend, , Egereen kan Ummata Oromooti!

Ibrahim Amae Elemo, M.D., M.P.H

Oromo Parliamentarians Council: No Menelik, No Teddy Afro, No Bedele Beer in Oromia

Oromo Parliamentarians Council: No Menelik, No Teddy Afro, No Bedele Beer in Oromia

Muddee/December 24, 2013 · Gadaa.com

Habashan yaakaa kaleessa hojeetef dhiifma jeechuu manna ama ilee akka kaleessa insiin bituuf deeman jeedha jiru. Oromoon tokko ta’ii, dhaabbilee Oromoo tokko ta’aa. Habasha wagga 130 ol nu qalaa jira. Tewodros, Yohanis, Menelik Haile Silasen Oromoo fayya isaan gubaan, Harka Mirga fi Mila bitaa irra muran, Ijoolee Oromoo hunda qaban biyya alati gurguran, dubartii Oromoo ulfa qalan garatii bassan, Qabeenya Oromoo hunda samaan, Oromoo garbonfatan umurii gutuu mana issan keessa hojeechiftan, lafa Oromoo hunda fudhatan, Seenaaf addaa Oromoo hunda baleessan, Siirni Gadaa akka lamfa hin kaneeti baleessan, Umataa Oromoo walaka ol fixaan, Oromoo akka wal hin horee qama salaa Oromoo hunda isaan muran, Waani isaa Oromoo hin goodhin hin jiru.

Bara 2013 kana keessa amoo Habashoon ijoole Menelik fi Haile Silase biyya ala jirtu Ginbot 7, EPRP, Moresh, ETC, Arbanyoch, UDJ, kkf wal gurmessan Oromoo Irrati dula jiru. Wagga kana gutuu isaa Oromoo irrati Lola labsan. Ijoolen Oromoo wayee Oromoo akka hin bareesine goocha jiru, Tefaye G/Ab wayee Oromoo Bareesu isaan Dolara 40, 000 kasaruu goodhan bareefama isaa jijiran wayee Oromoo keessa bassan Website irrati gadii dhisan, kana Malee Tesfaye G/Ab ajeesuuf Mediati ba’aan saganta ajeecha iirati murteessan. Jawar Mohammed ani Oromoo dha jeechun wal qabsisan Jawar Mohammed, Mohammed Ademo fi Abdi Fite lubu baleesuuf saganteefatan. Qoophesitu Aljeezira dabalatee irrrati dulan. Jarsa Oromoo obboo Bulcha Demekssasa fara Uumataa Oromoo kan ta’ee Redio Gemeny Amharfaa irrati waaman xiiqeesuu egalan. Radeon Germany Afaan Amhara wagoota 40 darban hojii fara Oromoo dalaga kan ture dha.

Oromoon Mediya kamti bayee akka hin dubanee Paltak, Website; TV, Fi Redio Habasha hunda keessati Oromoo irra ugura ka’aan. Ugura isaan egalan kana Oromoon biyya jirtan utuu ilaalcha, amanta fi lagan wal hin qoodiin Habasha hunda irra akka ugura waan hunda irra keessan isiin gafana. Dhaabbilee Oromoo ABO, WFDOn, OPDOn, OBKn hundi Habasha Oromoo irrati dula bane kana of irra qabuuf tokko tanee garagaruma keenya dhiifne akka nama tokko tanee diina lafa keenya irrati nuti duluu of irra qabuu qabna. Kanafuu Oromoo isaan Baleefachuu, Mormachuu fi of irra Ari’uu qabna.

Gummin Paarlamaa Oromoo goochaa Habashoota balalefachuu qoofa utuu hin tanee deebi siirna qabsaa keenuuf, Oromoo hunda Sochosuuf qoophidha. Habashan utuu goochaa kanafi dhiifama Uumtaa Oromoo hin gafatiin lafa Oromoo keessa Mili ishee akka hin seene goochuuf murteefane jira.

Dulla Habashoon un irrati dulla kana ilaalcheese Gumiin Paarlamaa Oromoo baleefachuu qoofa utuu hin tanee waan goochuu qabnuu akkeekuuf media Oromoo hundan waliin dubachuuf qoophidha. Qoophin keenya kun amoo tokko Habasha abaruuf ykn Atakaroo ykn gorsuuf miti. Gummin Paarlamaa Oromoo Habasha waliin yoomi ile Hariroo hin qabu, hin feedhus, Habasha hin amanuu, Ogantun Walloo Warqitun Mana hidhatii kan gaddi dhisiftee Meneleik biyya erga gayee booda dura Oromoo dhigga dhangalasuu egalee. Hailu Shawul fi Andargachew Tsige ilee ama iyuu wayee Menelik Marrii kamtu akka hin dhiyeesine dhadhacha jiru. Dhimma kana Iaalchisun Oromoon waan goochuu qabu hunda qoophisen jira. Hundi dubatamuu yoo bate iyuu. Habashan yakka Oromo irrati gegesanf dhiifm nu goodha bara durii Menelik baleesee jira, kana booda dhifma isiin gafanee waliin hajiranu jeechu manati. Menelik bagga Oromoo fixee wara jeedhun waliin dubachun Dhagga Guurchaati Finca’uu dha, Kaanfuu Ejjeenoon keenya goocha jara kana Oromoof ibsu dha fi waan Oromoon goochuu qabuu akkeekuu qoofa. .

Gummi Paarlamaa Oromoo – December 21, 2013

“OF ILAALLEE” GAAFFII OF GAAFACHUUN , ULAAGAA NAMUMMAATI !

Y.G(2005) | Mudde 21, 2013

Gootummaan Maandeellaa sadarkaa Addunyaattu dorgomaa akka hin qabne, du’a isaan booda huabachuu kiyyatti ofittan gadda. Akkuma koo kana, Maadibaan nama akkasii turee ? jedhee kan of gaafachuu eegalee fi hubannoo kanaa qabaachuu dhabuu isaatti kan of gaafatu hedduu natti fakkaata. Maandeellaan Umurii isaa guutu of kennee murannoon waan inni raawwaten, eenyummaa isaa mirkaneessee jira. Namni na argaa na argaa hin beekne kun, Addunyaa keessa lo’ee seenaa amma kana hojjachuu isaa fi Addunyaa guutuun isatti amanuu isaa , du’a isaan wal-qabatee amma dubbatameef kana, lubbuun wayita jiru, kan dubbatame natti hin fakkaatu.(hanqinni jala bu’uu keenyaa akkuma jirutti ta’ee) Waan maraafuu Maandeellaa irraa kan barachuu barbaadu yoo jiraate, jalqaba adeemsa isaa waliin of madaaluu, itti aansee, adeemsi Bilisummaa maal akka fakkaattu fi barbaaddu ilaalanii  of qopheessuudha.

Maandeellaan Injifannoo sadarkaa addunyaatti nama boonsu kana gonfachu kan adanda’e, keessa ofiii ilaalee fi adeemsa diinaa ilaalee, dhaadannoo “Bilisummaan daandii dheeraa akka qabdu fi Appaartaayidi dhabamsiisuuf yeroo dheeraa akka gaafatu (Bilisummaan boodallee akka irratti hojjatamu qabu)”akeekkatee fi murteeffatee,  daandii dheeraa kana hunda  irra imaluuf ammoo, cichoomiina hin daddaaqamne akka isa barbaachisu of amansiisee kaanis amansiisee tarkaanfachuu isaati jedheen amana. Adeemsa jireenya Maandeellaa kana irraa kan baratamu kan biro, yoo ati humna qabaatte, addunyaan fuula sitti guurte hundi akka si waliin dhaabbattuudha. Kana malees ejjaannoo hin daddaaqamne qabaannaan, kan har’a dantaa isaaf jedhee sirraa galagalu hundi gaaftokko sitti galagalee akka si hammatuudha. Kana hundaaf bu’urri,KAAYYOO ofii yoo nutti qorree irraa dheessinee, yoo nutti ho’e itti fiigne odoo hin taane, yeroo qorraas, ho’aas waliin dhaabbannee irratti hojjachuu qofa. ODAAn bargaagee boonee kan dhaabbatu , hidda yk hundee isaatti abdateetu. Qabsoon Ummata tokkos hundeen isaa nama tokko irraa akka eegalu Seenaa Maandeellaa fi waa’eellan isaa yeroo rakkoos, gammachuus wal irraa hin dheessine irraa barachuun dansaadha.

Namoonni dhuunfaatti adeemsa isaanii ilaalanii of sirreessan, bu’aa argatan irraa ka’anii waloon wal ilaaluu yk gamaagamuun barbaachiisaa ta’u irratti hojjatu.adeemsi kun kaleessa irraa baratanii hegaree isaanii warra tolchuu badadaniif murteessaadha. Namni mana isaattis ta’e bakka maraattu, “of-ilaalii yk daawwiti”n of ilaalee , qaama isaa, uffannaa isaa/ishee, rifeensa isaa kkf tottolfatee Ummatatti asi ba’a. kun hundi maaliif akka ta’ee wal hin gaafannu. Namni isa ilaalu har’a akkam bareedda ? ykn uffannaan kee akkam namatti tola ? yennaa jedhamu gammachuu keessa keenyaa waliif haa dhiifnu. Gammachuun sun hundi of-ilaaliin dursinee of ilaallee dansaa ta’uu keenyatti amanuu keenya irraati. Garuu yeroo hundaa irra keenya ilaallee gaaffii of gaafannee, deebii sirreessii hatattamaa  akkuma ofii laannu, keessa keenya daawwitiin nu mul’isuu hin dandeenye gaafannee, deebii ofii ni laannaa ? isa jedhu ilaaluun barbaachiisaadha,

Maandeellaan Injifannoo addunyaa booji’e kanaaf kan ga’e, waan hundaa hojiin irra aanna, gaaffii keenyas gaaffii Ummataa ta’u hojiin argisiifne diina amansiifna jedhee halkanii fi guyyaa hojjachuun ta’uu miidiyaan guyyuu mul’isaa jira.Gootummaa Maandeellaa kanaaf bu’urri ammo Taaddasaan faa’aa keessa jiru. kana jechuun waanuma of harkaa qabnu gannee barbaachaa jirra jechuudha. Kanaafan of keessa ilaaluun dansaadha kanan jedheef. Seenaa Taaddasaa Maandeellaa qarutti ni dhaadanna taanaan, Taaddasaa faarsuu qofaa odoo hin taane, Taaddasaa taanee argamuu keenyatu alaa nu galcha. Addunyaa irratti kan arginu ilmi gootaa, goota abbaa isaa caalu ta’ee Biyya boonsuu argina. Keenyawoo ? kan seenaa faarsu moo, kan seenaa hojjatu taane dabruu qabna ? Nuuti seenaa Taaddasaa jennee faarsina. Dhalooti itti aanu seenaa abbootii isaa faarsu dhabee, seenaa akaakilee isaa faarsa jechuudhaa ?miidiyaaleen qooqa Oromoon tamsa’anis ta’e kaaniin tamsa’an, waan isaan gurra ummataaf ga’an akka dhaga’amuuf qofaa odoo hin taane, kan har’a jiru akka of ilaalee seenaa yeroo isaa akka hojjatuufi.

Of ilaaluun , bakka jiran hubachuudha. Yoo qalbii Ummata ofiif quuqamu qabaanne, Tokkon tokkoo keenya. dirqama sabummaa eenyullee kan itti nu hin dhiibiin garuu raawwachuu qabnu of harkaa qabna. Ammuma daawwitiin of ilaallee irra keenya namaaf tottolchinu , keessa keenyas odoo tottolfannee, Oromoo ta’u keenya qofaan, Waan sabbummaa keenyaaf raawwachuu qabnu lakkoofsa hin qabu. Hundeen isaa keessa ofii ilaalanii socha’uudha. Namni dhimma Ummataa yaadu , dantaa dhuunfaa ykn gaaffii dhunfaa kaasee, qabsoo keessaa ba’ee hin taa’u , yk akka maandeellaa odoo taane jedhee gaaffii of irratti hin kaasu . maaliif jennaan, Maandeellaan, Bilisummaan adeemsa waan ta’eef hanga waggaa 95 guute boqatutti irratti  hojjatee akka hin xumuramne waan beekuuf dhalootallee bakka buusuun akka irra jiru itti amanee tarkaanfataa waan turee fi bu’aa ba’ii isa mudatu maraa keessa yoo dabre qofaa BILISUMMAA harkaan qabachuu akka danda’utti amana waan tureef. kana of keessaa dhabuun ammoo yaadi fi fedhiin keenya hundi habuujuu ta’uu huabchuu qabna.

Bilisummaa caalaa Wanni nama gammachiisu maali ? gabrummaan akka namatti hadhaawu nu caalaa ragaa kan ba’u jira natti hin fakkaatu. Gabrummaan namatti hadhaawu dubbachuu ykn ragaa ta’uu keenya seenaa taasifannee dubbanna taanaan kun qaaniidha. Ammuma kana , gabrummaan nu miidhee jennee addunyaa irratti wayita iyyinu , keessa isaanitti, “maal jarri kun Ummata gootaati ofiin jechaa hin jirtu ?” jechaa gaaffii keenya fudhataniima akka irra taa’aan hubachuu hafnaa laata? asis qabnu achi, addunyaa humnatti amantee, wal balleessuuf meeshaa waraanaa kilo-meetira 2000 ol furgaafamu wal irratti hidhaa jirtu keessatti , yoo beeksifachuuf ta’e malee , sirna jiru irratti dhiibbaa umanii fala tokko nuu fidu jechuun fagoo nu tarkaanfachiisu.

Akka Maandeellaa of kennu . jirenya guutu qabsaa’uu , of ilaalii keessa ofii qabaachuu,daadii dheeraa keessa gufulee hedduun jiraatanis keessa baana jedhanii amanuu , waan lubbuu nama kumaantamaa barbaadu halkan tokkotti xumurama jedhanii yaadu dhiisuu, Bilisummaan booda kan jiru fi Anga’oota addunyaa irraa ykn wayyaanee akka ta’an ta’utti of tilmaamuu dhiisuu , yoo hojjanne qofaa waan yaannu akka argannutti amanuu, Qabsoo jechuun gama maraa kan ilaallatu ta’uutti amanuu, dhaaba irraa qofaa eegne eessallee akka hin geenye kkf qalbifachuun hegaree keenya tolcha. haqa tokkon barru kutaa 1ffaa kana xumura.

Keessa ANC , (Afriikaa kibbaa) warri beekan hedduutu jira. ANCn Maandeellaan hiikamuun bayyaannate, yeroo Angootti dhihaatu, humni isaa hangam akka ture kan beeku waa hedduu barata. Caasaan isaa hangam akka turee fi ammamtu cichee waliin ture ? isa jedhu kan dhaga’e keenya kana ilaalee abdii hin kutatu. ANCn meeshaa of harkaa hin qabu. Garuu cichoomina hin daddaaqamne qaba ture. Ummati ANC irratti waan hundaa gatee osoo taa’ee , waan har’a keessa jiran hin argan. ANCnis, Namoonni isaa dhumaa jiraachuu irraa waan jiru Ummatatti ceesisuu irratti murteeffate ture. Dhuma irratti Faranjoota warra gabroonfattootaa miti, ANC iyyuu caalaatti kan dammaqsee Fincila Ummataati jedhan. Miseensoonni ANC Ummata keessatti waan raajii hojjachaa jiran , Bilisummaa booda kan kaadhimamaniidha.warra gubbaa jiran dabalatee jechuudha.ANCn dikitaatara waan ta’eef Angoo gadhiisuu didee ? ega dikitaatara ta’ee ,warri dikitatarummaan qeeqan maaf Maandeellaaf kabajaa ammanaa kennaniif ?

Haala kanaan yoo of ilaalle maal keessa jirra ? bara 2013 waliin, kutaa 2ffaa keessatti ilaalla. BARRI 2014 BARA MURANNOO ISINIIF HAA TA’U !!!!

Galatoomaa !!!!!!!!!!!

Oromo as a victim of hate crime at homeland and abroad

By Hara Olani | December 15, 2013

In its broad meaning, hate crime is a category of crime used to describe bias-motivated violence: “assault, injury and murder on the basis of certain personal or group characteristics that include different appearance, different color, different religion, different nationality, different identity, etc.

For more than a century, the Oromo in Ethiopian empire specifically targeted and injured, killed, forced to flee their homeland, and even continuously abused verbally abroad by Ethiopian politicians, media, activists, and individuals that think being a true Ethiopian is being denying oneself’s identity.

Since the Oromo nation failed under Abyssinian oppression, the hate towards Oromo are planned, politically motivated and kept in place by the successive regimes that ruled that empire and including the current TPLF lead killer regime. 

In a meaning to hate crime, Oromo are targeted and still a target of hate crime in a meaning more than their personal characteristics, appearance, color, nationality, language and religion. Oromo are a victim of hate crime in a Ethiopian related identity just because of what they are. This showed again and again openly and the fresh “I am Oromo first” sentence created anger and violence from narrow minded Ethiopians who used to disrespect Oromo.

As racist anti-black bias was the most frequently reported hate crime motivation in the USA even in 2011 for example, for more than a century long time frame being an Oromo is just away to be abused verbally by non-disciplined Ethiopians and to the worst killed, tortured, and disappeared by regimes that ruled the empire one after the other including the current once.

A serious hate crime against oromo in Ethiopia is clearly motivated by racial and it is involving violence. It is happening for long and continued today with out certain limits. It is more sad that the Oromo nation that is a back bone of that old empire but yet the identity of the Oromo people’s identity kept denied by narrow minded Ethiopians who deny the truth behind Oromo nation and the make up of the Ethiopian Empire. The hate crime against innocent Oromo caused social unrest, and a significant and wide-ranging psychological consequences on Oromo, not only upon the direct victim but also on other oppressed people in that uncivilized empire.

The hate crime that victimized millions over the century and continued today, is clearly planned. It is a politically motivated act and violence by oppressors, and organized officially and non-officially, measured its success and changes its form based on different factors. That is why today we can see the hate crime towards Oromo by narrow minded Ethiopians, made its way all long and continued even in the western democratic society member Ethiopians. There for, it can be taken as a crime that is organized by hate group that attacks Oromo and Oromummaa in every way possible in the Empire or out side. But is is really funny that even these groups that have common interest in attacking Oromo and Oromummaa are enemies to each other and made common bed when comes to such matter.

A hate group is an organized group or movement that advocates and practices hatred, hostility, or violence towards members of others that are targeted. Accordingly, the hate group which currently targeted Oromo and Oromummaa at home and abroad, took a primary purpose of promoting animosity, hostility, and malice against oromo identity, language, culture, political organizations, associations, intellectuals, etc.

Like before currently, any thing that promote Oromo nation became a victim of these hate groups that includes the current killer regime in Ethiopia, those oppositions calling themselves they struggle for freedom and democracy in Ethiopia, opposition groups calling them selves freedom fighters of Ethiopian people, the so called activists, politicians, journalists, media, PC desk top heroes and heroine. Even though they have some thing to struggle for against each other but they showed unity in hating Oromo and Oromummaa. They cooperate successfully in advertising the hate towards Oromo nation in all costs of their activity.

If we try to see at least few examples that shows how Oromo are targeted inside that Empire, Oromo students are targeted and imprisoned, tortured, disappeared, killed and dismissed from their study at different levels, just because of they born Oromo and showed respect to their own identity than the identity others dreaming fro them. Many Oromo business men and women ended up in Prison from their own business as one of the hate crime objective towards Oromo, is to weaken the economy to the root level. Due to such police, it became clear that today others controlled all the business going inside Oromia. The Oromo farmers missed and continuously missing their piece of land under the so called investment with out any sufficient compensation. Oromo intellectuals lead a life in prison as the government planned it purposely to discourage the Oromo young generation. Even those Oromo politicians who are trying the way they think they can solve the problem of that empire, ended up in prison for the crime they never planned and did, even never thought.

Oromia as one of the state in the federal government that seems another way to strength the exploitation of oromia, Oromia contributed the largest GDP to the economy of that empire. But one can clearly see that most of the cities and villages in Oromia purposefully denied basic infrastructures and lagging behind of time. According to the new report from Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), out of a list of 528 political prisoners, the Oromo constituted almost 90% of the new statistics.

One can say only the lucky once has made away to escape the hate crime showering on Oromo in Ethiopia and just the luckiest once to westerns since many are still suffering in East African countries and Arab countries. But In reality, even those who made to westerns, faced another front line of hate crime from narrow minded Ethiopians who continued to deny Oromo’s self identity and never wants to hear about Oromo and Oromia. But wants to impose their own identity on others.

The hate group that is a fruit of century long hate towards Oromo in Ethiopian empire, continued to victimize Oromo even in western society. They wanted the Oromo to deny themselves and they condemn Oromo when the Oromo say what they are in public or private. But this is just a selfish dream that will never be fulfilled because Oromo can’t deny themselves.

From activist and journalist Jawar Mohammed’s “I am Oromo first” to “we are oromo we are not ethiopians” of the protesters against violence against Oromo refugees in different countries, the anger, insult and verbal abuse that came out of habesha related media, politician, activists, journalists and individuals was clearly showed what does it mean being an Ethiopian according to them and also showed the future of that empire . The reality is that, the Ethiopia they dream of such character is good for nobody including for themselves. All this confirm that the hate crime involved killing, imprisoning, torturing of Oromo in Ethiopia took another form in dyaspora. It involves verbal violence.

Verbal violence is often a substitute for real violence and that the verbalization of hate has the potential to incite people who are incapable of distinguishing between real and verbal violence to engage in actual violence. These hate crimes against Oromo and Oromummaa have been conducted by internate hate groups and few Ethiopian media which are infected by Oromophobia.

Internate hate groups are hate groups that spread their messages by word of mouth or through the distribution of flyers and pamphlets in addition to electronic transmissions of sounds and images. The internet has been a boom for hate groups in general but specifically the narrow minded Ethiopian dyasporas have effectively used and using the internet targeting Oromo and Oromummaa and interms of organizing the hate crime against Oromo refugees. The plan was to silence the Oromo refugees about their identity but the failed plan doubled their anger and hate towards Oromo nation in general.

Today hate websites, social network groups, blogs, news groups, you tube, video sites, and TV under the arm band of “Emiye Ethiopia” became common and actively participating in advocating the hate groups organized to attack the Oromo people and nation verbally.

As the use of internet continues to grow among the Ethiopian dyaspora society, the narrow minded ethiopians have found “effective” and new ways to seek validation for their hateful agendas towards Oromo and oromo nation.

As the great African leader, the most inspiring leader for equality and justice, Nelson Mandela said “….people learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes from naturally to the human heart than its opposite”, thus let us work together to stop the hate crimes against the Oromo people in their own country and outside. The Oromo people respect their own identity and they respect identity of others too.

Oromia shall be free

Sabboontotii fi Dargaggooti Oromoo Yuuniversitii Jimmaa Boqochuu Hayyuu Nelson Madellaa fi Jaal Taddasaa Birruuf Yaadannoo Taasisan.

December 15, 2013By Qeerrooin Oduu/NewsLeave a comment

Gabaasa Qeerroo Yuni Jimmaa Muddee 14,2013

Muddee 14/2013 Sabboontotni Qeerroon Barattootni Oromoo Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa boqochuu Gooticha Afrikaa Nelson Mandellaa sababeeffachuun goototaa Oromoo qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo irraatti wareegamanii fi Nelson Mandellaaf  yaadannoo guddaa taasisan.
Sabboontotni  Qeerroo dargaggootni Oromoo qophii gumiin guddinaa fi dagaginaa seenaa, aadaa fi afaan Oromoo mooraa Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa dirree xiqqicha (mini stedum) keessatti qophaawe irratti argamuun galgala sa’aa 6:00 wb  irraa eegaluun dhungoo diimaa magariisa diimaa qabsiifachuun yaadannoo gootichaa Afirikaa Nelson Mandellaaf wayita taasisanitti, dugda duuba bilisummaa Afrikaa kibbaa hayyoonni Oromoo harka guddaa keessaa qabaachuu waliif ibsuun hayyoota Oromoo Goototaa akka Taaddasaa Birruu nama Nelson Mandella leenjisee barsiisee sadarkaa kana irraan ga’ee fi nama qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo bu’uressuu keessaatti isa jalqabaa ta’uu isaa waliif kaasuun Qeerroon sabboontotni Oromoo Taddasaa Birruu fi gootota  Oromoo warraa akka Baaroo Tumsaa, Magarsaa Barii, Maammoo Mazammir, Eleemoo Qilxuu, Waaqoo Guutuu, Abishee Garbaa, Agarii Tulluu, Kol. Aleemuu Qixxeessaa, Aboomaa mitikkuu, Guddina Tumsaa, Laggasaa Wagii fi Suuraa Gootota Oromoo qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo irratti wareegaman hedduu slide show irraa gochuun Agarsiifni ajaa’ibsiisa ta’ee mooraa Yuunivarsitii Jimmaa dirree xiqqicha mooraa main Campus keessaatti argamuutti agarsiisuun seenaa goototni Oromoo qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo fi dimookiraasii dhugaaf utuu falmanii irratti wareegaman Qeerroo baratoota Oromoo Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaan barsiifame.

Qeerroon dargaggoonni  Oromoo goototni Oromoo seenaa midhagaa akkasii kan addunyaan kunoo ragaa ba’aa jiru qabu, nutoo seenaan keenya maal fakkataa ? maal hojjechaa jirraa? essaa olmaan keenya? Ittigaafatama seenaa jalaa jabannee kaayyoo gootawwaan keenyaa galmaan ga’uuf haa qabsofnu, tokkummaa uummataa keenyaa haa jajjabeessinu, gantuu fi hamatuu of keessaa haa balleessinu, jechuun dhaamsa jajjabeessa ilmaan Oromoo labata har’aa hundaaf dabarsan.

Guyyuma kana Gumiin Gudinaa fi Dagagina Aadaa, Seenaa fi Afaan Oromoo (GDASAO)’n Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa seeraa fuudhaa fi heeruma aadaa kan Godina Arsii bifa diraamaatiin qopheesse agarsiise baay’ee kan nama hawwatuu fi akkam miidhaga ta’ee agarsiisuun ilmaan Oromoo aadaa keenya, Afaan keenyaa, seenaa keenya fi biyyaa keenyaa kabachiifachuuf jabanne ni hojjenna jechuun dhaamsaa waliif dabarsani jiru. Agarsiifni sirboota aadaa Oromoo godinalee Oromiyaa cufa irraa dabaree dabaree agarsiifame eenyummaa Oromummaa fi wallee warraqsaan kan gutamedha.
Addatti sirbonnii warraaqsaa kan ergaa bilisummaa labsan kanneen akka kaasseta Haacaluu Hundeessaa, Adinal Mohaamed, Ebbiisaa Addunyaa, Hayiluu kitaabaa, Hirphaa Ganfuree, fi kkf dabaree tooraa galuun sabboontotaa baratootaa Oromoo fi barsiisota Oromoo qophii kana irraatti argaman ittin jajjabeessuun, barsiisuun, Oromummaa leellisuu fi faarsuun jabeessanii itti fufuun wal barsiisan.
Motummaan Faashistii Wayyaanee haala kana irraa Yaaddoo guddaa keessaa galuun basaastotaa isa humna ol bobbaasuun saganticha jeeqee hambisuuf yaaliin godhame tokkummaa Qeerroo baratoota Oromoo
yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa fi gootummaa sabbontotaa Oromootiin fashala’uu danda’e jira.

Deutsche Welle (DW) Radio Outperforms Rwanda’s Radio Mille Collines; Disturbing Biased Media (Propaganda) Against the Oromo

Deutsche Welle (DW) Radio Outperforms Rwanda’s Radio Mille Collines; Disturbing Biased Media (Propaganda) Against the Oromo

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In a Letter to the Deutsche Welle (DW) Broadcasting Board, Oromo Activist Announced Boycott of DW Amharic Service Over Ethnically-Motivated Biased Program Against the Oromo Nation

The following letter was written by an Oromo human rights activist to the Deutsche Welle (DW) Broadcasting Board, regarding the DW Amharic Service involvement in racial/ethnic attack against the Oromo nation on air.

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Dear Broadcasting Board,

We, the Oromos allover the world, are deeply offended by DW’s Amharic Service racial/ethnic attack aired against the Oromo people of Ethiopia on December 8, 2013. The DW host invited two guests from Amhara ethnic group and one guests from the Oromo of Ethiopia. To make it easy for distorting history, the two Amhara guests were professors of history while the Oromo guest was an economist by profession. The two professors were making inflammatory remarks about the Oromo people. The host journalist, who is also from Amhara ethnic group, clearly took the position against the Oromos and involved in harassing the Oromo guest. What’s more disheartening was the fact that these inflammatory remarks fitted the editor’s one-sided editorial position on praising the controversial king Minilik of Ethiopia who masterminded the chopping off 3000 Oromo women’s breasts and Oromo men’s hands in a single day (Abbas 1995, Hassen, 2002, Jalata 1998 and Bulcha 2006). To put it in relative terms, it is praising Adolf Hitler to Jews community on air.

Dear Broadcasting Board, the Oromo make up a significant portion of the population occupying the Horn of Africa. In the Ethiopian Empire alone, Oromo constitute about ~50% of the population (close to 40 million) of the Ethiopian Empire (CSA 2012 and Zahoric 2011). During their long history, the Oromo developed their own uniquely democratic political and social institution known as the Gadaa system. During the late 19th century, King Menelik of Abyssinia conquered the vast Oromo land that now constitutes most of the landmass of the present day Ethiopia. The conquest was very bloody with an estimated 5 million Oromos either killed as a result of the wars or the aftermath plagues. The survivors were evicted from their ancestral land and turned into serfs with no national right to the Oromo language, culture, history and the Gadaa system – all of which were banned in the Oromo country (Oromia) under the imperial regimes of Menelik and then Haile-Selassie II (Gow 2001 and Jaenen 1956). To make the case more psych, they had been calling the Oromos with derogatory name called“Galla,” which is banned in Ethiopia today. The views reflected on the December 8, 2013 program were from such extremist forces which explicitly stated on air that the name Oromo itself was controversial, implying Oromos should be called ‘Galla’ even today. One of the invited guests, Dr. Haile Larebo, stated that the entire history of the Oromo people, was “myth and fiction” – rejecting numerous scholarly works and firm historical evidences. What’s deeply saddening is, all through this, the DW’s Amharic Service moderator did not stop the inflammatory statements of the guest. This position of tolerating inflammatory statements against the Oromo people was taken by the moderator since the remarks fitted his editorial position.

Dear Broadcasting Board, due to this unfair, unbalanced and unethical racially/ethnically biased report of DW’s Amharic Service against the Oromos, we are deeply saddened and, therefore, we are boycotting the DW’s Amharic Service until it starts to present the facts as they are. We are also campaigning so that all Oromos and friends of the Oromo in Ethiopia and around the world boycott the DW’s Amharic Service. The Oromo people are systematically ridiculed by media owned by the Amharas in Ethiopia. It is utterly unacceptable that one of the free media outlets in the world, DW, is being used by those extremist Amharas praising the ‘Hitler of Oromo people.’ Lastly, we are kindly asking DW to air a balanced program on this issue again and requesting an official apology for the Oromo people for the moral damages the program caused.

With Kind Regards!

OLF Condemns the Ethiopian State-Terrorism Along the Oromia-Kenyan Border

Muddee/December 13, 2013 · Gadaa.com

The following statement is from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF).

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Date: 10 December 2013
Ref: 003/OLF/13

PRESS RELEASE

OLF condemns Ethiopian state-terrorism along the Oromia-Kenyan border

The Ethiopian regime has, once again, orchestrated a widespread unrest and carnage on both sides of the border between Kenya and Oromia. Having totally dominated and dehumanized the Oromo people under its direct control for the past two decades, the regime has exported its terror across the border to the Oromo citizens of Kenya.

We are gravely concerned that the on-going fighting in the Moyale district between Borana, Sakuye and Gerri communities on one side, and Gabra and Burji on the other is threatening the very existence of these communities.

So far, the clashes have caused losses of human lives and destruction of properties. More than 35 people, including women and children, are killed, and hundreds of houses (mostly belonging to Borana) are burnt down. Over 22,000 people are displaced and exposed to an immeasurable suffering.

The Ethiopian regime is the main cause and instigator of this inter-clan conflict. Ethiopian security agents and military forces have been involved in this sort of inter-clan clashes for years and they are intensifying it this time by committing the following sinister acts of divide and rule:

1. Providing military training and arming rival communities both in Kenya and Ethiopia, and inciting one against the other and triggering clashes on both sides of the border.

2. Escorting the rival communities along the border areas when smuggling guns and ammunition to Kenya.

3. Allowing some of the rivals groups to organize as militias and granting them safe passes across the border.

4. Disguising themselves as one of the fighting clan militias, they raid the villages of the clans they consider enemies, kill and maim their men, women and children, and loot and burn their homes. They also openly cross over to Kenya in their full military uniform and attack defenseless innocent Kenyan civilians.

5. Crossing the border and hunting down to abduct or assassinate prominent Oromo-Kenyans and Oromo refugees in Kenya.

6. The Ethiopian security forces also pay large sums of money bribing the local Kenyan officials who turn a blind eye to the heinous crimes committed on their soil.

The Ethiopian state spreads false propaganda that the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) operates from Kenya as a pretext to cross over and create turmoil in the peaceful adjacent communities in the state of Kenya.

We use this opportunity to refute once again this false and cheap misinformation by the Ethiopian regime that is intended to confuse those who are afar. We appreciate the way the Kenyans live together in peace and equality. We have no motive whatsoever to interfere and disturb the prevailing tranquility of our friendly neighbors.

We urge all concerned to be aware of Ethiopian repressive regime’s malicious scheme of expanding chaos across Ethiopia’s borders to the whole region. The ultimate solution lies with the removal of the terrorist Ethiopian state by the popular struggle which the OLF is leading with determination.

We strongly believe that the communities fighting each other are one people and have no fundamental enmity among them. No matter what happens for the time being, they lived and will continue to live together forever.

We regret that the enemy has succeeded in setting brothers against brothers. However, we are confident the communities will soon overcome the tragedy and resolve the disputes according our African tradition.

In the mean while, at this juncture, we plead to the parties involved in the conflict to resolve differences among themselves harmoniously as they have done for many years in the past.

We call upon the Borana, Sakuye, Gerri, Gabra and Burji communities to halt hostilities as a matter of urgency and allow the displaced people to return to their homes.

Let justice prevail all over!

Oromia shall be free!

Oromo Liberation Front

ወቅቱ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ በይበልጥ ታጥቆ ራሱን የሚከላከልበት እንጂ ባህላዊ ትጥቁ ሳይቀር በጠላት የሚፈታበት ወቅት ሊሆን ኣይገባም

December 12, 2013By Qeerrooin Oduu/NewsLeave a comment

የወያኔ መንግስት የኦሮሞን ህዝብ ዋነኛ የጥቃት ኢላማው በማድረግ ካለፉት ስርኣቶች ሁሉ የከፋ ስለመሆኑ ኣያጠያይቅም። በተቻለለት መንገድ ሁሉ ይህን ህዝብ በማዋረድና በማዳከም ላይ ሲተጋ ይታያል። ወያኔ ለሁለት ኣበይት ጥቅሞች ሲል ከኦሮሞ ህዝብ ጫንቃ ላይ ኣለመውረድን ኣሻፈረኝ ብሏል። የመጀመሪያው የኢኮኖሚ ጥቅም ነው። የኦሮምያን ሃብት ዘርፎ ጡንቻውን እያፈረጠመበት የኣገዛዝ እድሜውን ያራዝምበታል። የወደፊት ኣገሩንም ይገነባበታል። ሁለተኛው የፖለቲካ ጥቅም ነው። ኣለምን በሚያታልልበት የውሸት ዴሞክራሲያዊው ስርኣት ውስጥ የዚህን ብዙሃን ህዝብ ድምጽ በሃይል እየነጠቀ በኣገሪቷ መሰረተ-ሰፊ ድጋፍ ያለው መንግስት ራሱን ኣስመስሎ ኣውጇል። በይስሙላ ፓርላማው ውስጥ በኢህኣዴግ ኣባልነት ብዙሃኑን ወንበር ይዞ ሁሌም ስርኣቱን ከሽንፈት ኣደጋ ሲታደግ የምናየው የኦሮሞን ህዝብ ድምጽ ያላንዳች ጠንካራ የኦሮሞ ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ ተሳትፎ ራሱ ጠቅልሎት የያዘው ኦፒዲኦ ነው።

የወያኔ መንግስት እነዚህን ሁለት ኣበይት ጥቅሞቹን ለማስጠበቅ ሲል ኦሮሞን ኣስፈራርቶ በኣገዛዙ ስር ለማስቀጠል ደፋ ቀና ይላል። ከህዝቡ መሃል የታጠቁ ወገኖችን ትጥቅ ማስፈታት፣ ከጎሮቤቶቹ ህዝቦች ጋር ማጋጨት፣ ኦነግን ትደግፋለህ እያለው መዝረፍና ማሰር፣ ከዚህም ኣልፎ መግደል ላለፉት 22 ኣመታት ዋነኞቹ የስርኣቱ ተግባሮች ነበሩ። በማንኛውም መልኩ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ክንድ ጠንክሮ ስጋት ላይ እንዳይጥለው ከመግታት ቦዝኖ ኣያውቅም። በቅርቡ ከምስራቅ ኦሮምያ የሚወጡ መረጃዎች የሚጠቁሙትም ይህንኑ ኣውነታ የሚመሰክር ነው። በነዚህ መረጃዎች መሰረት የወያኔ መንግስት ምእራብ ሃረርጌ ውስጥ የኦሮሞ ተወላጆችን ትጥቅ በማስፈታት ዘመቻ ተጠምዷል። የሚገርመው ደግሞ ከህዝቡ ላይ የሚፈቱት ዘመናዊ የጦር መሳሪያዎች ሳይሆኑ ባህላዊ የልማትና የጦር መሳሪያዎች መሆኑ ነው። ኦሮሞ ዘመናዊ የጦር መሳሪያ መታጠቅ ይቅርና ባህላዊ መሳሪያውን ሳይቀር እንዲፈታ እየተገደደ ነው። በተለይም ጉባ ቆሪቻ እና ገመቺስ ወረዳዎች ውስጥ የስርኣቱ ተላላኪዎች መንጫ በመባል የሚታወቀውን ባህላዊ መሳሪያ ከህዝቡ ላይ የመቀማት ዘመቻ ላይ ተሰማርተዋል። በምስራቅ ኦሮምያው ህዝባችን ዘንድ መንጫ ከበርካታ ክፍለ ዘመናት በፊት ጀምሮ የልማትና የመከላከያ መሳሪያ በመሆን የሚታወቅ ነው። ይህ ብቻም ሳይሆን መንጫ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ የባህል ቅርስም ነው። በዚህ የኦሮምያ ክፍል መንጫ የማንነት መገለጫ ባህል ኣካል በመሆን በዘፈንና በጭፈራ ወቅት ጥቅም ላይ ይውላል። በባህል ኣልባሳት ተውቦ መንጫ በመያዝ ሸጎዬ መጨፈር ከጥንት ጀምሮ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ባህል ኣካል ነው። በተጨማሪም ቀደም ሲል እንደ ተጠቀሰው መንጫ የልማት መሳሪያም እንደመሆኑ መጠን ገጀራ፣ መጥረቢያና ማጭድ ከመሳሰሉት ቁሳቁሶች ጋር ተመሳሳይ ኣገልግሎት ይሰጣል።  OLF Info Desk on Mencha Disarmament (1)

Call for Participation: Emerging Oromo Academics and Professionals Summit – February 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia | Gadaa.com Oduu – News

Call for Participation: Emerging Oromo Academics and Professionals Summit – February 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia

Muddee/December 10, 2013 · Finfinne Tribune | Gadaa.com | Comments

The following is a press release from the Oromo Professionals Network.

As a nation, the Oromo people are at historical transition between the gallant and revolutionary generation of the 70s and the rising leaders of the “Qubee Generation,” who are energized to shoulder the responsibility of advancing the Oromo succession.

To carry out this generational inauguration collectively and competently, the time currently calls for a national and international gathering of rising Oromo leaders. Hence, an interactive 3-day conference will bring together emerging leaders from diverse and contemporary fields to critically respond to themes of Oromo history, current community status and the future goals anticipated for emerging Oromo leaders of the future. The objectives of the conference are threefold:

Actively facilitate personal and professional interactions among emerging Oromo leaders;

Develop common understanding on the main issues concerning the Oromo;

Devise practical strategies that effectively coordinate and execute new and ongoing initiatives.

Rising community leaders, advocates and professionals are welcome to apply to the summit as participants or presenters. International attendees are particularly encouraged to apply.

This conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, from Friday, February 21st, to Sunday, February 23rd, 2014. The venue will be Hilton Hotel, located in the heart of downtown Atlanta and within walking distance of some of the best attractions in the city, including the Georgia Aquarium, CNN Center and the Georgia World Congress Center.

* Registrations for attendance must be submitted before January 5, 2014. For more information, contact us via apply@oromoprofessionals.com or visit our website: OromoProfessionals.com