Wednesday, April 23, 2014

The Guji and Lagatafo Oromo Killer Alamudi to Bring His Blood-Soaked Soccer to Minneapolis, Minnesota

By Observer
Alamudi is the tycoon at the center of the 21st-century re-annexation of Oromiyaa by Abyssinian elites.
He was probably the first to snatch lands from Oromo farmers near Lagatafo, in the so-called CMC area, in the mid-1990′s. Since then and with the impending annexation of Lagatafo by the “Addis Ababa” Habeshagovernment, Lagatafo is quickly becoming a de-Oromonized region within Oromia.
In addition, Alamudi – together with TPLF rulers and ex-Neftegna tycoons of the Ethiopian empire – steals a “staggering 4.5-ton of gold every year” from Shakiso ores in the Guji zone of Oromiyaa. The money from this very gold has been then used to buy bullets to kill the very Guji and Borana Oromo youths who are protesting against the gold theft (heist) by Alamudi, TPLF rulers and ex-Neftegna tycoons. While Alamudi and his Habesha“investors” are swimming in millions of stolen dollars, the rest of the Guji Oromo in Shakiso do not have enough food to support their families that they rely on food-aid from humanitarian organizations to fed and survive their children and themselves. In order to facilitate their gold heist, Alamudi and Co. have been at the center of fueling the recent conflict between the Guji and Borana Oromos.
What’s more, Alamudi is the serial thief of the resources of Oromiyaa – such as cement deposits, skins and hides, and so on. As a result, he’s the one of the wealthiest men in Africa. Though Alamudi is the cover, he does not act alone. He has the full backing of TPLF rulers as well as connections with ex-Neftegna tycoons. In other words, Alamudi is not a one-individual show, but a coordinated cover for the complete re-annexation of Oromiyaa by Abyssinian elites.
Alamudi – together with EFFORT – control the entire economy of the Ethiopian empire. There are some allegations that Alamudi is for ex-Neftegna tycoons while EFFORT is for the current Tigrayan tycoons. It is to be remembered that Alamudi had been the top financier of the right-wingNeftegna groups until recently.
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And, this Alamudi is bringing his Soccer Game to Little Oromia in the United States – the Twin Cities: Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, this summer in early July 2014. The man – whose hands are drenched with the blood of Guji and Lagatafo Oromo – is coming to “entertain” the Diaspora in Minnesota.
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Hidhamuu Barattoota oromoo Yuuniversitii Jimmaa Irraa

Yakka tokko malee barattoota oromoo gaaffii mirgaa miidhaa uummata oromoof jecha gaafataniin barattoota hidhaman maqaan isaanii armaan gaditti tarreeffamanii fi kannee hordofamaa jiran ammo hedduudha ammallee itti fufiinsaan kan nu gahu siif dhaama kan hidhamani jiran kunooti.
1.Darragaa Abdiisaa-Civil Engineering waggaa 3ffaa
2.Kaneeddin-Civil Engineering waggaa 3ffaa
3.Abdii Turaa-Low waggaa 5ffaa
4.Dhaabasaa Jaatamaa-Veternary Medicine waggaa 6ffaa
5.Mo’iboon Baqqalee-Health Officer waggaa 2ffaa
6.Leejjisaa Alamaayyoo-Water Engineering waggaa 3ffaa
7.Derejjee Teffaayee-Chemistiry waggaa 3ffaa
Isaan kuni kan hidhaman yoo tahan barattootni oromoo jilmaatti hordofamuudhaan poolisa wayyaaneen qabamaa jiru,gaaffiin barattootaa fi diddaan jabatee kan itti fufee jiruudha,sochiileen yuuniversitii Mattuu,Wallaggaa,Amboo,Adaamaa fi Haromayyaatti jabaataa jira,haalli jiru baayee sodaatamaadha,kan barattoota Adaamaa gaaffiin keenya yeroo darbee nuuf deebi’aa hin jiru jedhuun ammoo hirira itti fufuudhaaf qophii irra jiru,barattootni oromoooo magaalaa Adaamaa mana barumsaa sadarkaa 1ffaa fi 2ffaa akkasuma qophaayinaa baratan gaaffiin barattoota oromoo yuuniversitii irraa gaaffii keenya jedhanii barattoota mooraa yuuniversitii duukkaa hiriiruuf waraqaa garagaraa barreessuun mana barumsaa adda addaatti maxxansaa jiru itti fufeen siif dhaama haala jiru.
Ni Moona!

Ethiopia's 'villagisation' scheme fails to bear fruit

Residents say government has not delivered on resettlement promise of land, clean water and livestock

William Davison  in Gambella



MDG:  Ethiopia's forced villagisation scheme in Gambella province
In the village of Elay, people are defying the government and returning home. Photograph: William Davison
The orderly village of Agulodiek in Ethiopia's western Gambella region stands in stark contrast to Elay, a settlement 5km west of Gambella town, where collapsed straw huts strewn with cracked clay pots lie among a tangle of bushes.
Agulodiek is a patch of land where families gradually gathered of their own accord, while Elay is part of the Ethiopian government's contentious "villagisation" scheme that ended last year. The plan in Gambella was to relocate almost the entire rural population of the state over three years. Evidence from districts surrounding Gambella town suggest the policy is failing.
Two years ago people from Agulodiek moved to Elay after officials enticed them with promises of land, livestock, clean water, a corn grinder, education and a health clinic. Instead they found dense vegetation they were unable to cultivate. After one year of selling firewood to survive, they walked back home.
"All the promises were empty," says Apwodho Omot, an ethnic Anuak, sitting in shade at Agulodiek. There is a donor-funded school at the village whose dirt paths are swept clear of debris, and the government built a hand pump in 2004 that still draws water from a borehole. Apwodho's community says they harvest corn twice a year from fertile land they have cleared. "We don't know why the government picked Elay," she says.
Gambella region's former president Omod Obang Olum reported last year that 35,000 households had voluntarily moved from a target of 45,000. The official objective had been to cluster scattered households to make public service delivery more efficient. Critics such as Human Rights Watch said the underlying reason was to clear the way for agricultural investors, and that forced evictions overseen by soldiers involved rape and murder. The Ethiopian government refute the allegations.
Last month the London-based law firm Leigh Day & Co began proceedings against the UK Department for International Development (DfID) at the high court after a man from Gambella alleged he suffered abuse when the agency supported the resettlement scheme. Since 2006, DfID and other donors have funded a multibillion-dollar programme in Ethiopia that pays the salaries of key regional government workers such as teachers and nurses through the Protection of Basic Services scheme.
A DfID spokesman said: "We will not comment on ongoing legal action, however, the UK has never funded Ethiopia's resettlement programmes. Our support to the Protection of Basic Services Programme is only used to provide essential services like healthcare, schooling and clean water."
Karmi, 10km from Gambella town, is a newly expanded community for those resettled along one of the few tarmac roads. Two teachers scrub clothes in plastic tubs on a sticky afternoon. A herd of goats nibble shrubs as purple and orange lizards edge up tree trunks. There is little activity in the village, which has bare pylons towering over it waiting for high-voltage cables to improve Gambella's patchy electricity supply.
The teachers work in an impressive school built in 2011 with funds from the UN refugee agency. It has a capacity of 245 students for grades one to five – yet the teachers have only a handful of pupils per class. "This is a new village but the people have left," says Tigist Megersa.
Kolo Cham grows sorghum and corn near the Baro river, a 30-minute walk from his family home at Karmi. The area saw an influx of about 600 people at the height of villagisation, says Kolo, crouching on a tree stump, surrounded only by a group of children with a puppy. Families left when they got hungry and public services weren't delivered. "They moved one by one so the government didn't know the number was decreasing," he says.
The Anuak at Karmi have reason to fear the authorities, particularly Ethiopia's military. Several give accounts of beatings and arrests by soldiers as they searched for the perpetrators of a nearby March 2012attack on a bus that killed 19. The insecurity was a key factor in the exodus, according to residents.
As well as the Anuak, who have tended crops near riverbanks in Gambella for more than 200 years, the region is home to cattle-herding Nuer residents, who began migrating from Sudan in the late 19th century. Thousands of settlers from northern Ethiopia also arrived in the 1980s when the highlands suffered a famine. The government blamed the bus attack on Anuak rebels who consider their homeland colonised.
David Pred is the managing director of Inclusive Development International. The charity is representing Gambella residents, who haveaccused the World Bank of violating its own policies by funding the resettlement programme. An involuntary, abusive, poorly planned and inadequately funded scheme was bound to fail, he says. "It requires immense resources, detailed planning and a process that is truly participatory in order for resettlement to lead to positive development outcomes," he adds.
Most of flood-prone Gambella, one of Ethiopia's least developed states, is covered with scrub and grasslands. Inhospitable terrain makes it difficult for villagisation to take root in far-flung places such as Akobo, which borders South Sudan. Akobo is one of the three districts selected for resettlement, according to Kok Choul, who represents the district in the regional council.
In 2009, planners earmarked Akobo for four new schools, clinics, vets, flourmills and water schemes, as well as 76km of road. But the community of about 30,000 has seen no change, says 67-year-old Kok, who has 19 children from four wives. "There is no road to Gambella so there is no development," he says. One well-placed civil servant explains that funds for services across the region were swallowed by items such as daily allowances for government workers.
A senior regional official says the state ran low on funds for resettlement, leading to delivery failures and cost-cutting. For example, substandard corn grinders soon broke and have not been repaired, he says. The government will continue to try to provide planned services in three districts including Akobo this year and next, according to the official.
However, the programme has transformed lives, with some farmers harvesting three times a year, says Ethiopia's ambassador to the UK, Berhanu Kebede. The government is addressing the "few cases that are not fully successful", he says. Service provision is ongoing and being monitored and improved upon if required, according to Kebede.
At Elay, Oman Nygwo, a wiry 40-year-old in cut-off jeans, gives a tour of deserted huts and points to a line of mango trees that mark his old home on the banks of the Baro. He is scathing about the implementation of the scheme but remains in Elay as there is less risk of flooding. There was no violence accompanying these resettlements, Oman says, but "there would be problems if the government tried to move us again".

U.S,UK plus EU and United Nations finally recognize the rights of Somali people in Ogaden Region

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By Ahmed Abdi
The U.S House of Representatives and the government of United Kingdom plus EU Parliament and United Nations have recently stepped up a campaign to help Somalis from Ogaden region to realize that their voice has been heard by the International Community after decades of virtually silent.
As UK’s government recently released a report indicating allegations of abuses by the Liyu Police or “Special Police” ,which London expressed its concerns ,United States House of Representatives and EU Parliament have both sent strong messages to Addis Ababa,which was meant to open the Somali religion of Ogaden to the humanitarian agencies and International media to have free access to avoid further humanitarian crisis.
The U.S Congress issued a message which eventually published on Somalilandsun that reads :
The US House of Representatives has asked Ethiopia to Permit Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations Access to its Somali region of Ogaden. The House informed (d) ETHIOPIA. "That Funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance for Ethiopian military and police forces shall not be made available unless the Secretary of State--
(A) certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Ethiopia is implementing policies to--
(i) protect judicial independence; freedom of expression, association, assembly, and religion; the right of political opposition parties, civil society organizations, and journalists to operate without harassment or interference; and due process of law; and (ii) permit access to human rights and humanitarian organizations to the Somali region of Ethiopia; and (B) submits a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the types and amounts of United States training and equipment proposed to be provided to the Ethiopian military and police including steps to ensure that such assistance is not provided to military or police personnel or units that have violated human rights, and steps taken by the Government of Ethiopia to investigate and prosecute members of the Ethiopian military and police who have been credibly alleged to have violated such rights."http://somalilandsun.com/index.php/world/4945-make-ogaden-accessible-us-house-urges-ethiopia-
The EU's head of International Unit Party Socialist democrat ,Anna Gomes,MEP said "Ethiopia is one of the largest humanitarian and development aid receiver yet these donations are used incorrectly and corruptly. Western governmental Organizations and Western Embassies to Addis Ababa ignored the stolen donations and humanitarian aid that are being used as a political tool by the Ethiopian regime, which is contrary to EU rules on the funding".http://www.tesfanews.net/eu-holds-discussion-on-ethiopian-human-rights-crisis-in-ogaden-and-kality-prison/
Ulvskog, MEP,in her part when she was speaking about the steps needed to be taken in order to stop the human rights abuses that is being committed against Ethiopian and Ogaden civilians, she said that the EU could use sanctions or words against Ethiopia or follow up documents and information like the one provided by Ogadeni whistle-blower, Abdullahi Hussein,who smuggled out one-hundred-hours filmed footage, to show the reality in the ground.
The UK government's website said last week that there have been many reports of mistreatment associated with the Special police,including torture and executions of villagers accused of supporting the Ogade n National Liberation Front.
"The UK government and the UN have pressed the Ethiopian government to articulate a reform plan for the Special police.The Ethiopian government has agreed this is needed,so we will encourage them to take action",added the report. https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/country-case-study-ethiopia-justice-and-treatment-in-detention
The Rights Groups such as Human Rights Watch ,Amnesty International and Genocide Watch have accused of Ethiopia that it has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ogaden region.The ONLF accuses Addis Ababa similar charges of egregious human rights abuses against Somali civilians in the region.
John Holmes, The highest UN Official to visit Somali Region of Ogaden in part of its fact finding mission,since the Ethiopian crackdown (2007) called on a further investigation,a plan to wait its implementation until now.
Somali people of Ogaden Region,who has been deplored the international Community's inaction and silence ,when it comes to human rights violations committed at Ogaden region could now feel that they have been heard as the International Community including U.S,UK,EU and United Nations are ready to take action against those committed war crimes and crimes against humanity yet believe that they can get away with