Inside Story- Death on the Nile – Al Jazeera Video

The River Nile has been a source of life for millions over the centuries. Now Ethiopia is diverting water to build a giant dam pushing those downstream who depend on the river, to wonder when and whether this issue can be resolved peacefully. To discuss this, presenter David Foster, is joined by guests: Bereket Simon, Ethiopian minister of information; Lama El Hatow, co-founder of water institute of the Nile and specialist in water governance and climate change; and Cleo Paskal from Chatham House, specialist in water and food security and writer of ‘Global warring.’

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Ethiopia holds reporter covering evictions in dam region

New York, May 30, 2012--Ethiopian authorities have detained since Friday a reporter who sought to interview people evicted from their homes in a region where the government is building a contentious hydro-electric dam on the Blue Nile, according to a news report and the reporter's editor. The Committee to Protect Journalists said today that the case highlights authorities' disregard for the rule of law and its systematic efforts to suppress news critical of government officials.

Muluken Tesfahun, a reporter for the private weekly Ethio-Mehedar, is being held in a prison in the town of Asosa, capital of the Benishangul-Gumuz region, Getachew Worku, the paper's editor-in-chief, told CPJ. Muluken has not been formally charged or presented in court, Getachew said. The detention appears to run counter to constitutionalguarantees that a person be brought to court within 48 hours of arrest.

"By arresting journalist Muluken Tesfahun for gathering information from the victims of forced relocation, Ethiopia is once again criminalizing independent journalism," said CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Mohamed Keita. "Ethiopia should make good on its obligation as a member of the U.N. Human Rights Council to uphold citizens' rights by releasing Muluken immediately."

Local security forces picked up Muluken on Friday in the village of Dobi and confiscated his reporting equipment, the U.S. government-funded Voice of America reported, citing Getachew and members of the journalist's family. Ethio-Mehedar assigned Muluken to report on the return of thousands of ethnic Amhara, Oromo, and Agew farmers who had been forcibly evicted from their land in mid-March, Getachew said.

Ethiopian state media have not reported in detail on the evictions, despite local testimony reported by VOA and accusations of ethnic cleansing made by opposition parties, according to local journalists. After weeks of silence, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn acknowledged the evictions in an April speech in the House of Peoples Representatives. The prime minister called the action "illegal," blaming it on lower-level officials and inviting the displaced to return. This month, Federal Affairs Minister Shiferaw Teklemariam announced the arrests of 35 Benishangul officials in connection with the evictions.

Neither federal or local authorities have provided an official explanation for the evictions, and it's not immediately clear they were directly related to construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam, which the government says will be Africa's biggest power plant. The dam's impact on water supply has renewed international tensions between Ethiopia,Egypt and Sudan.

The Ethiopian government has denied allegations of coercion, abuse, and violence in unrelated resettlement programs, in which authorities have displaced small-scale farmers in order to lease large tracts of land to foreign commercial farmers, according to international news reports. 

With eight journalists behind bars, Ethiopia trails only Eritrea among Africa's worst jailers of journalists, CPJ research shows.

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SIX PERCENT OF ETHIOPIAN ETHINIC TIGRE / TPLF DOMINATE ARMY OFFICERS!

Nemera Dinsa

By Nemera Dinsa W | May 31, 2013

The table below shows that the TPLF regime has a virtual monopoly over political power; and this monopoly is established among other things through the introduction of ethnic politics into the political process. In Ethiopia, ethnic politics is at the helm of the military and other civic organizations, which naturally are supposed to be politically neutral institutions. I urge donor nations and other international aid agencies to pay particular attention to this overwhelming evidence and reconsider their policies towards a regime that benefits the few. 50% of the country populations are Oromo’s but there is no any position for ethnic OROMOS in army. This shows weyane / TPLF they made our Oromia like Syria tomorrow by ethnic violence. Obviously, donor nations and tax payers in donor countries do not want to see their funds used by dictators who deny freedom and justice to the very people to whom the aid is intended. Likewise, no democratic citizen of the world wants its hard earned money to go to a Third World country and be used to prop up a dictatorial regime that muffles free press and kills democratic movements like Ethiopia.

The domination of Tigre in army power never stops the freedom way of Our Oromia and Oromos with OLF!

Defense Departments

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff	General Smora Yenus	Tigre
2	Armed Forces Head of Training	Lt.General Tadesse Worde	Tigre
3	Head of Logistics	Lt.General Gezae Abera	Tigre
4	Head of Intelligence	Br. General Gebre Dela	Tigre
5	Armed Forces Head of Campaign	Major General Gebreegzher	Tigre
6	Armed Forces Head of Engineering	Lt.General Berhane Negash	Tigre
7	Chief of the Air Force	Chief of the Air Force	Tigre

Heads of the Nation’s four Military Commands

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	Central Command	General Abebaw Tadesse	Agew
2	Northern Command	Lt.General Saere Mekonene	Tigre
3	South Eastern Command	Lt.General Abraha Wolde	Tigre
4	Western Command	Br. General Seyoum Hagos	Tigre

Army Divisional Commanders

Central command

Northern Command

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	14st Army Division	Colonel Wodi Antiru	Tigre
2	21st Army Division	Colonel Gueshi Gebre	Tigre
3	11th Army Division	Colonel Workidu	Tigre
4	25th Army Division	Colonel Tesfay Sahiel	Tigre
5	22nd Army Division	Colonel Teklay Klashin	Tigre
6	4th Mechanized Division	Colonel Hinsaw Giorgis	Tigre

South Eastern Command

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	19st Army Division	Colonel Wodi Guaae	Tigre
2	44st Army Division	Colonel Zewdu Tefera	Tigre
3	13th Army Division	Colonel Sherifo	Tigre
4	12th Army Division	Colonel Mulugeta Berhe	Tigre
5	32nd Army Division	Colonel Abraha Tselim	Tigre
6	6th Mechanized Division	Colonel G/Medhin Fekede	Tigre

Western Command

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	23rd Army Division	Colonel Wolde Belalom	Tigre
2	43rd Army Division	Colonel Wodi Abate	Tigre
3	26th Army Division	Colonel Mebrahtu	Tigre
4	7th Mechanized Division	Colonel Gebre Mariam	Tigre

Commanders in Different Defense Departments

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	Agazi Commando Division	B.General Mohammed Esha	Tigre
2	Addis Ababa & Surrounding Area Guard	Colonel Zenebe Amare	Tigre
3	Palace Guard	Colonel Gerensay	Tigre
4	Banking Guard	Colonel Hawaz Woldu	Tigre
5	Engineering College	Colonel Halefom Eggigu	Tigre
6	Military Health Science	B.General Tesfay Gidey	Tigre
7	Mulugeta Buli Technical College	Colonel Meleya Amare	Tigre
8	Resource Management College	Colonel Letay	Tigre
9	Siftana Command College	B.General Moges Haile	Tigre
10	Blaten Military Training Center	Colonel Salih Berihu	Tigre
11	Wourso Military Training Center	Colonel Negash Heluf	Tigre
12	Awash Arba Military Training Center	Colonel Muze	Tigre
13	Birr Valley Military Training Center	Colonel Negassie Shikortet	Tigre
14	Defense Administration Department	B.General Mehari Zewde	Tigre
15	Defense Aviation	B.General Kinfe Dagnew	Tigre
16	Defense Research and Study	B.General Halefom Chento	Tigre
17	Defense Justice Department	Colonel Askale	Tigre
18	Secretary of the Chief-of-Staff	Colonel Tsehaye Manjus	Tigre
19	Indoctrination Center	B.General Akale Asaye	Amhara
20	Communications Department	Colonel Sebbhat	Tigre
21	Foreign Relations Department	Colonel Hassene	Tigre
22	Special Forces Coordination Department	B.General Fisseha Manjus	Tigre
23	Operations Department	Colonel Wodi Tewk	Tigre
24	Planning, Readiness and Programming Department	Colonel Teklay Ashebir	Tigre
25	Defense Industries Coordination Department	Colonel Wodi Negash	Tigre
26	Defense Finance Department	Colonel Zewdu	Tigre
27	Defense Purchasing Department	Colonel Gedey	Tigre
28	Defense Budget Department	Ato/Mr. Berhane	Tigre

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MANNI GOGAA WARAABEESSAAN IJAARAME,

Posted by: bilisummaa May 30, 2013 Leave a comment

GAAFA WARAABEESSI YUUSU DIIGAMA !!
Y.G(2005)
Sochiin Maqaa Oromoon gaggeeffamuuf yaadamu, garuu, Oromummaa kan of keessaa hin qabne, yoomillee ta’uu milkaa’uu akka hin dandeenye, seenaan waa hedduu akka ragaatti nu kaa’ee dabreera. Namni waan dabre irraa hin baratiinii fi of hin sirreessiin, seenaa Ummata mufachiise sana dabalee, tuffatamuun ala waan Ummata kanaaf argamsiisu tokko illee jiraachuu hin danda’u. namni ykn hawaasi ykn sabni ykn gareen kufaatii fi dogoggora irraa hin baratiin , bara baraan rakkoo ofitti dhalchaa fi of gaadi’ee bitintiraa jiraata malee, galii barbaadamu sana bira ga’uu hin danda’u. kanaaf kan kaleessaa irraa baratanii waan fooyyaa’aa hojjachuu qofaatu Ummata salphina keessaa baasu danda’a .

Har’a rakkoo keenya dabre kaafnee yennaa katabnu, ykn dubbannu, namoonni hedduun, waan dabree amma yoomitti lallabaa jiraannaa ? jedhanii , yaada arrabsoo irraa hin fagaanne yennaa laatan , guyyuu taajjabaa jirra. Garuu hundeen har’aa , kaleessa ta’uu hubachuu dhabuu keenyatu, bakka tokko dhiitaa akka jiraannu nu taasisaa jira. kaleessa waan ittiin laamshoofnee namni nutti kolfee , daballee wayita irra deebinee rakkoo kan biraa ofitti fidinu , dhibeen jiru kan kaleessaa wallaalu ykn hubachuu dhabuu keenya qofaa Odoo hin taane, yoo hubannoo qabaanne iyyu, waan dantaa keenyaa irra gaafa geenyu, isa kaleessa abaaraa turre ofii akka dabalaa jirru seenaatu ragaa ba’a. kana jechuun ammoo, sochiin Maqaa Oromoon gaggeeffamu kamuu, Oromummaan hundee sochii sanaa yoo hin taasifatiin, amma ka’anii deebi’anii gadi taa’u ta’uu, ammas seenaatu waa hedduu nu argisee jira.

Humna kamiifuu , badii ykn miidhaa ykn kufaatii yk dogoggoora kaleessaatu isaaf ka’umsa ta’a. kan kaleessaa odoo dubbannuu jiraannaa odoo hin taane kan nama komachiisu, waan waggaa 150 ol nu miidhe irraa barachuu maa dadhabne ? isa jedhutu namummaa keenyayyuu akka shakkinu nu taasisa. ammallee jabeessinee kan jennu yoo jiraate, kan kaleessaa irraa bu’aa malii argannee ? jedhanii yoo irratti walii galteen hin jiraatiin , boruu bu’aa argamsiifna jennee yaaduun , gawwummaa qofaa ta’u hubachuu feesisa. amma yaada kana hubatanii kan karaa jalqabanii fi hegaree qabsoo Oromoo gar-tokkotti luucceessuuf yaadaa fi wareegama baasaa jiran jiraachuun haqa . inni kaan ammo, sadarkaa yaada kanaa dhaqabu ykn yaadu dadhabee waan salphinaa irra deebi’aa jiraachuu inuma argina. Kaan ammoo haqa jiru odoo beeku, Qabsoof haa jedhu malee , obboleessa isaa irratti duuluuf ykn dhabamsiisuuf miidiyaa halagaa irratti yennaa lallaban argaa fi dhaga’aa jirra. Yaada wal irraa fagoo kana dhiphisuuf hanga irriibaa ka’anitti yaadachiisuun , haqa jiru itti himuun barbaachisaadha.

Kanaaf waan kaleessaa irraa yk kaleessa waan nutti fakkaate hojjannee har’a salphannee waan jennu wallaallee, isa sochaa’aa jiru abaaruu irra kan hin tarree gorsuuf , kan kaleessaa kaasuun, waan qabatamaan ta’e irraa barachuu dadhabuu isaanii qofa osoo hin taane, Mammaaksuma Oromoo Umurii guutuu isaan waliin ture irraa barachuu yoo dadhaban “MANNI GOGAA WARAABEESSAAN IJAARAME, GAAFA WARAABEESSI YUUSU DIIGAMA ! ” jechuun keenya hin dhaabbatu. Mammaaksi kun , nuuf waan dabre ykn waan bu’aa ykn miira keessa keenyaa qofaan kaane hojjannu, boruu jiraachuu akka hin dandeenye wayita nu dhaamu, DIINNI garuu, bara baraan hiikkaa mammaaksa kanaa akka hin hubanneefi of-irratti akka hin dammaqneef nu irratti akka hojjatu wal yaadachiisuun dansaadha.

Dogoggora dabre akka irra hin deebineef, dogoggorri duraanii namaa gadi nu gochuu isaa hubachuu qabna. Keenyas siinsallee kan addunyaas dubbisnee hegaree keenyaaf wal dandeenyee hin tarkaanfannu taanaan, beekumsaa fi dandeettiin keenya maalii ? beekumsi nuuti qabnu kan addunyaan itti fayyadamtee gabrummaa keessaa itti baasaa jirtuudha. Nu bira ga’ee maaf laamsha’ee nu miidhaa jiraata ? gaaffii hedduu tarrisuu dandeenya. Dhaloota itti aanu dhaqabuuf , rakkoo fi dogoggora dabre irra akka hin deebi’amneef dhalli Oromoo hundi hojjachuutu irraa eegama.
WAAN FOOYYEEFFACHUUN NU IRRAA EEGAMU:-
1. FEDHII UMMATAA GADI FAGEESSANII BEEKU :

Fedhii Ummata ofii wallaaluun Dogoggora hamaaf nama saaxila. Nama miiraan socha’u nama taasisa. Madda Ummata ofii tuffachuu ta’uu ni danda’a. keessa Ummata ofii wallaaluu irraa , halagaaa waliin teenye, ummata kana harka qabnee akka finnutti waadaa madda salphinaa nu seensisa. Kana jaallatee fudhataa ? yk sossobeen of jala hiriirsa jennee , habjuu ganama ka’aanii waan of biraa hin argannee nu habjochiisa. Sirnoota Itoophiyaa warri masaraa keessatti waliin sirban isa jiraachisuu akka hin dandeenye hundaa, namoonni nu marsanii harka nu rukutaniif jecha, qabsoo Ummata kanaa akka fedha keenyaatti micciirree , feenu diina jala galchinee, feenu kiisa keenya keessatti qabannee deemnaa jedhee kan nama yaachisiisu, fedhii Ummata ofii wallaaluudha. Gama kanaan bara 2000 kaasee waa hedduu dabarsine jirra. Har’a dhala Oromoo Addunyaa irra jiru addatti kan Biyya keessaa hiraarrii dhandhamaa jirutti, waa’ee siyaasa keenyaa,adeemsa siyaasaa Biyya Itoophiyaa jedhamtu fi addunyaa iyyuu , 1+1 = 2 JEDHANII tan itti himanii miti.
Haala qabatamaa jiruun yoo ilaallee , Ummati OROMOO , dhaabbilee Siyaasa Oromoo hundaa yaadaa fi qor-qalbiin dabree deemu eenyullee haaluu hin danda’u. kan caalaatti nama raaju, Ummati Oromoo hangamuu jabiina qalbii fi yaadaa qabaatuu illee, rakkoo keessaa fi alaan dhaaba irra rakkoon gara garaa wayita dhaqqabu, dhaaba karaa qabsoo Bilisummaa itti argisiise KUDHAAMA isaa taasifatee abdachaa jiraachuu isaatii. Kan dagachuun nu irra hin jirree, hatattamaan adeemsa Ummataa kanaan wal qixxeessanii Ummata kana galii barbaadamutti yoo hin qajeelchiin yk hin dursiin, tarii Ummati kun obsa isaa fixatee, waa xiqqoon mirga isaa kabachiisuuf sochiin taasisu babal’ataa deemee yoo abbaa dhabe, deebi’ee isa miidhu akka danda’u hubachuun dansaadha.( Asi irratti ragaa tokko kaa’uun barbaada.)

Bara 2000 keessa sochii Barattoota Oromoo haala qindaa’een eegalame, wayyaanee irriiba dhabsiisee turun hin dagatamu. Yeroo sochii sanaa Dargaggoonni Booranaa fi Gujii Maanguddootaaf yaada tokko kaasanii turan. “amma yoomitti akkasittin jiraanna ? hireen keenya nu harka jirti malee , halgaa harka hin jirtu, maaliif asumaa achi haxoofnee dachee isaanii irratti wal hin gaafannu ? Ilmaan Oromoo kana hojiin argisiisuu dadhabnaa ? Oromootti nu labsaa miidhaa kana of irraa dhaabnaa !” jedhaniin. Maanguddoonni mari’atanii kan jedhaniin, “Qaamni socha’uuf Mataan jiraachuu qabaa obsaa ” jedhaniin. Dargaggoonni yeroo sanatti mormanii turan. Garuu yaada nama bulee dhaga’uun aadaa dha jedhanii , diina qe’ee keessa isaan yaa’u odoo arganii callisan.
2. ABOn, KUDHAAMA UMMATA OROMOOTI !

Haqa kana kan hin hubatiin , kan Ummata kanaaf kabajaa hin qabaatiin qofaadha. ABO Ummata irraa adda baasuuf, sochiin gama hundaan hin taasifamiin hin jiru. Akkuman duratti kaase, “ABOn KUDHAAMA UMMATA OROMOO” ta’uu isaatiin, firaa fi diinoonni keenya, dogoggora seenanii jiru. Dogoggorri kun walii-lama ta’uu danda’a. Diinni , KUDHAAMII kun , kan fakkeessaatti fudhachuu irraa, ummata harkaa fudhachuu ykn isa irraa adda baasu yennaa yaalu, firri ammo, KUDHAAMI sun dhugaa ta’utti beekaaf, harkaa butee kan isaa taasisu keessa dogoggoran . hojii fafaas dalagan. Diinni kudhaama fakkeessi akka hin taane kan raga ba’ee, waggaa 22 ifaajjii taasise milkaa’uu dhabuu qofaan odoo hin taane, ABO maqaa gooleessaan galmee ASHABBAARII keessa galchuuf wayita tattaafatee fi Ummatichi daranu itti cimu irraatti .
Nuutis hanguma qalbiin nu yaaddun, ABOn , KUDHAAMA UMMATA OROMOO ta’u isaatti amanuu irraa , waan fedhii keenyaa raawwachuuf jecha, warra qabsoo Oromoo bu’ureessee dhaabichi hojjatus dhiisuus gaggeessaa jiran odoma beekanu, Kudhaama kana butuuf jecha, dandii salphinaa meeqa kan seenan, ammallee halgaaf jecha dandii salphinaa kana keessa kan gangalatan ni jiru. Kun qalbii ummata kanaa tuffachuu irraa madda. Ummata kana qalbii cabsinee, ammuma iji nu ilaaltu yaaduu irraa , maqaa seenaan meeqa itti galmaa’e har’a lafaa kaanee, akka huccuu keenyaa butannee fiigu yaanna. Kun keessa Ummata ofii walaalu irraa madda. Ummata haala kanaan gawwamsinee diina jala hiriirsina jechuun mataa isaa badii guddaadha.

Kanaaf , adeemsa bu’aan tokkollee hin argamsiifne kana irraa barachuun barbaachisaadha. Ummata ofii burjaajeessuu yaaluun , ummata ofiif yaadu miti. Addatti hawaasi Biyya alaa jiru , dogoggora kana sirreessuuf adda durummaan irratti hojjachuu qaba. Beektoonnis kana irratti hojjatanii waan ummata qalbii hirsiisuuf hojjatamu dura dhaabbachuu qaban. Seenaa Oromoo kan dubbannu ykn katabnu yoo taane, seenaa qabsoo Oromoo karaa irraa yennaa maqsifamu beektoonnis ta’u ummati callisee ilaalu hin qabu. Waan ifatti maqaa isaan daldalamu argaa callisuun ummata kanaaf yaadus miti. Abbaan fedhe maqaa baafatee haa gurmaa’u. garuu maqaa wal saamanii hojii manaa diinni nu kennu hojii irra oolachuu keessaa ba’uu qabna. Kana irratti yaadaa fi ejjannaa tokkoo qabaachuu qabna. Maqaa ABO saammachuuf qabsoo eegalle , kan jedhu yoo jiraate fayyummaa hin qabaatu. Kan fayyummaa hin qabne waliin kan fiigus , fayyaa hin qabu . fayyaa dhabuun kan abbaa ta’ee , warra fayyaa dhabeen ummati kun hiraaruun yakka . yakka seenaan nama hin dhifne. Kana gochuu keenyaan ammo , mammaaksa “MANNI GOGAA WARAABEESSAAN IJAARAMEE,,,,” dhugaa ta’uu amanu qabna.

3.ILAALCHAAN ADDA TA’UUN, OROMUMMAAN ADDA TA’UU MITI !
Mooraa qabsoo Oromoo keessatti ykn Ilaalchi siyaasa Oromoo keessa jiru , ani ilaalcha lama caalaa ni jiraata jedhee hin yaadu. Walabummaa Oromiyaa fi Bilisummaa Ummata Oromoo kan jedhuu fi Itoophiyaa Dimokiraatofte keessa jiraachuu dandenya kan jedhu. Lameen kana irratti kan murtee dhumaa laatu, UMMATA OROMOO qofaadha. Yaadi kun lameen kan milkaa’uu danda’an keessa yk fedhii Ummatichaa akka gaaritti hubachuu irraati. Waan hubachuu qabnu garuu , Inni walabummaa Oromiyaa jedhu, carraa Ummatoota Oromiyaa keessa jiraatanii dukkaneessuu akka hin taane wayita hubachiisan, warri Itoophiyaa Dimokiraatoofte keessa jiraachuu dandeenya jedhanis, mirga Ummata Oromoo dhiibanii milkeessuu akka hin dandeenye waliif amanun barbaachisaa ta’a.
Ilaalchi kun lameen hangamu garaagarummaa qabaatan, OROMUMMAA wal irraa mulquu hin qaban. Jibbi diinaaf qabnu fi waliif qabnu hedduu wal irraa fagaata natti fakkaata. Kaleessa adda baanee wal gaarreeffannee , wal salphifnee, ……. Waan irraa arganne qabanaa ? yeroos miira kamiinu haa kaanu, ni ta’a jennee kan eegallee ta’eeraa ? kana yaadachuu qabna. Kana har’a wal irraa fagaates, boruu yerootu walitti fida. Diinni hojii manaa nu kaa’ee kana irra tarkaanfannee dachaa isaa yaannee , isa injifachuu qabna. Abshalummaan keenya hedduu dabaluu qabna.

Jibba Ilaalcha irraa maddu hundumaa wal irraa kaafnee diinatti achi deebisuun, shirri diinni gama hundaan adda nu baasee umurii isaa dheereffachuuf tattaafatutti bishaan naqnee, kaleessa irra akka waliif jirru diinatti mul’isuun waan yeroon nu gaafattuudha. Keessattu , Biyyoota alaatti walirraa fagaachuu mul’ataa jiru kana dhaabamsiisuuf , ani akkasii jedhee kan utaalu waliin utaaluu irraa of qusatanii , waan deemamuuf dura hubatanii , lakkii dhaabbadhu jechuu qabu malee , yeroo hundaa akka dikee bishaan irraa ta’anii, ummata ofii taajjabsiisuun dhaabbachuu qaba. Kana malees beektoonnis ta’an kanneen hafan hundumtuu qabsoon kun na ilaallata jedhanii , yoo xiqqaate yaada laachuu irraa dhaabbachuu hin qaban.

Gaaffii Ummata kanaa gama hundaan dhageesisuuf , miseensa qofaaf dirqama kennuun hin taatu. Miidhaa saba ofii dhageesisuuf Oromummaan ga’aadha. dhimma keenya irratti wal tumsuun waan hundaan olitti kabajaa sabummaa nu goonfachiisa. Dallansuun, maal na dhibeen, dhimma isaanitiin kkf hundi deebi’anii nu miidhaa jiran malee, waan nu fayyadan hin qaban. Mooraa qabsoo Oromoo jabeessuuf, rakkoo jiru xiqqeessun gaaffii jalqabaa ta’a. kun ammo nama dhuufaa irraa eegala. Amma hundumtuu kan yaade irratti hojjachuu qabu, diinni qaawwaa nu gidduutti uume akkamiin cufachuu dandeenya ? isa jedgu irrattidha. Diinni shiroota ittin adda nu baasan beekanii dursanii argamuudha. Wal jibbiinsa diinni nu hawwuu sana lafa kaa’anii , yeroo rakkoo waliin jiraachuu argisiisu qaban. Sochiin OSAn gochaa jiru kana , gama hundaan babal’isanii , dhimma keenya dhaaba qofa irraa eegu odoo hin taane bakka jirrutti irratti hojjannee , diina keenya qaanfachiisuu qabna.
Kana irratti kan hubachuun nu barbaachiisu, rakkoo keenya cufachuuf yaadi ka’ee kun, mooraa diinaa keessa gangalachaa maqaa Oromoon, dantaa diinaa kanneen raawwachiisan hammachuu akka hin dandeenyedha. Kan kaleessaa irraa barachuun keenya keessa keenyaaf malee diina waliin waan nu baraaru hin qabu waan ta’eef.MANNI GOGAA WARAABEESSAAN IJAARAMEE……kutaa 2ffaan itti fufa.
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A Response to Dr. Fikre Tolossa (Tolassa)

By Dr. Beyan H. Asoba | May 30, 2013

Dear Dr. Fikre Tolossa/Tolassa,   Xalayaa Dr. Asobaaf katabame

This is from the end of Fikre’s letter. Is Fikre in this century? Click Xalayaa Dr. Asobaaf katabame 

I was travelling when the open letter your addressed to me appeared on a number of websites and was thus not in the position to respond sooner. In this response, I will address only those aspects of your open letter that personally concern me. The Oromo Democratic Front will have to respond on the general content of your writing.

Dear Dr. Fikre,

Let me start my comment by making a brief observation on how you spell your last name. I checked as many of your published works as possible and they are all signed by Fikre Tolossa. That is how your name appears on your University of Bremen dissertation of 1983 and numerous subsequent publications.  And it is also how you spell your name on your Facebook. To my knowledge, it is only in the open letter addressed to me that you not only spelled your name as Fikre Tolassa but also added apparently your grandfather’s name, Jigsa.

Let us leave Jigsa alone and allow him to continue lurking in the shadows, where you usually place him, and focus on Tolossa/Tolassa that more commonly appears after your first name. Tolossa could ostensibly be construed as a derivative of the Amharic word “tolo.”  And I know for sure that Tolassa is a derivative of the Oromo word “tola.” Consequently, by spelling your name in two different ways, you appear to evince two contrasting identities. If by doing so you wish to sit on the Amhara/Oromo identity fence, all I can say is “suit yourself!” I fully respect your right to call yourself whatever you want and to proclaim any identity you choose.

My question is: Why could you not accord me the same right? My name is not Bayyanaa Suba. I have never spelled my name in any other way than Beyan Asoba. I would not have recognized that this new name actually refers to me if it were not used in context of commenting on the Oromo Democratic Front, of which I am a member. Obviously, you took the liberty to attribute another name to me in order to serve your political objective.

Only creators have the right to name the object of their creation. For example, auto-makers give specific names to their various brands just as parents name their children. Unfortunately, for us, the sons and daughters of the Oromo nation, suffering the indignity of being re-named by Chauvinists has been a very common and bitter experience. Our very national name (Oromo) was erased from public records and replaced by another one along with a bundle of pejorative connotations associated with it. Even pupils used to be coerced by their teachers to dump the names originally given to them by their parents and to assume a new in order to start the process of qualifying as an Ethiopian.

It is this practice of demanding that individuals need to first die as Oromos, Sidamas, Walayitas, Kambatas, Hadiyas, etc. in order to be reborn as Ethiopians that sits at the heart of the political contestation in that country. And so long as being an Oromo and an Ethiopian are made incompatible, we have no choice but to either reject your Itophiyawinnet or suffer the imposed self-abnegation.

I want to make one thing perfectly clear to you and your likes. The days when Oromos had to endure self-abnegation are over and shall never return. We have rejected the Itophiyawinnet that is the antithesis of being an Oromo and shall continue to do so as long as this antithetical relationship is maintained. The choice is yours and your likes’. You either accept us with our identity and other rights fully respected or you kiss goodbye to your much vaunted Itophiyawinnet and Ethiopian unity. Can you not see that there is something immoral in trying to build Ethiopian unity on graves of Oromos, Sidamas, Walayitas, Kambatas, Hadiyas, etc .? Why do you refuse to recognize that this aspiration is ultimately counterproductive?  I only hope that this irrational, immoral and ultimately destructive aspiration would give way to a more sober and fair articulation of an Ethiopian identity that is as an amalgam of the identities of the various nations inhabiting its territorial space.

Finally, I would like you to know that this is the last time I will comment on this very painful issue.

Beyan H. Asoba

5/29/13

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Egypt Rejects Any Project That Risks Its Water Safety - Minister

Egypt's stance towards Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam is clear and did not change, the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Bahaa Eddin said on Tuesday in an official statement.

He explained that Ethiopia's decision to start diverting the course of the Blue Nile, one of the Nile River's two major tributaries, for building its dam does not mean that Egypt approves its construction.

The in-construction Renaissance Dam would supply Ethiopia with more than 5,000 megawatts of electricity. A move described by Ethiopian officials as a historic achievement.

On the other hand, this move raises concern in Egypt about how it could seriously reduce the downstream water flow of the Nile River.

The power-generating dam is predicted to reduce Egypt's and Sudan's share of Nile River water by 18 billion cubic meters annually.

"We are still waiting for the report of tripartite technical committee (made up of experts from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia) on the effects of the dam on Egypt's water safety," the Water Resources Minister said.

"Our initial position is not to accept any project that would negatively affect Egypt's water resources," Bahaa Eddin said, stressing that the government would tackle the situation based on confirmed information.

The minister added that Egypt's current crisis of water management and distribution confirms that the government cannot compromise "a single drop of water from the Nile."

He explained that Egypt does not oppose any development project in any of the Nile Basin countries, provided that these projects do not harm the downstream countries.

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The 50th shame years of Africa Union celebration in Ireland

Oromo Community Ireland | May 29, 2013

This week African Union (AU) celebrated its Golden Jubilee of what it calls the 50th years of achievement celebration under the headline of strengthening Pan-Africanism and African renaissance. But for the Oromo community in Ireland the story was different. On the day of the African Day Celebration the Oromo’s stall tells a different story, a story that questions the very importance of the existence of the AU; the story that tells the inability of the AU to deal with the issues of its people; the story of Oromo’s years to years true life, the story of slavery in the country the AU celebrate what it says the past good days.

We were opposing the existence of AU, though we know that many intellectuals, analysts and media outlets question the need for AU’s existence itself. We hope AU, one day may become a better organization that stands for African people. But so far AU has failed do any meaningful thing for Africans. To raise just some of them, first what did AU do about the question of Oromo for self determination, what did it say the killing, disappearances and torture of Oromo students, intellectuals, farmers and businessmen? What did AU with decades’ long conflict in Darfur? Why it can not solve it. What did AU say about the mass killing in Kenya? Did it say anything the conflict in Congo? What did the AU say about the human rights crisis in Zimbabwe? Most the pressing African problems were dealt with by AU but by the governments and communities outside Africa whether there is a calculated benefit or not, the problems of Libya, the genocide of Rwanda, the crisis in Somalia, are only few where AU show little or no role to sole African problems.

AU even seems do not care about the people when they sit in the AU meeting with those notorious dictators such as the late Meles, Bashir of Sudan, Mugabe of Zimbabwe, etc. These people are isolated from international community, and some of them are indicted by international criminal court because of the multiple genocide the have committed to their people. That may be the reason why many people say AU is a bunch of corrupt leaders who try to defend each other against mass movement and public upraising. We Oromos still do not give up on AU. We believe AU can do better to solve the problems of Oromo and other peace loving African people. That is why we were telling them that we are still in colony by the time AU celebrates its Golden jubilee. The shame is that AU had to know and oppose to the colonizers. AU may have done well when choosing Finfinne (Addis Ababa) as its centre because Finfinne is the centre of the country of Oromo people who used the Gadaa system for generations. Gadaa system can be said the first democratic public institution used by us until we fall under colony. But, AU did not know, or fail to acknowledge that it has been holding meeting in the empire that is anti peace, anti freedom and anti human rights. AU must have known that Ethiopia is a prison of human race, a prison of freedom, a prison of democracy. This has a devastative effect on the image of AU and needs to be considered.

We Oromos in Ireland spoke very clearly and loudly while celebrating the African Day in Dublin. Whatever achievement AU celebrates, we Oromos are African who are still in slavery. We told this to the African and international community implicitly that AU fall short of its responsibility of standing for its people. We told to the media to the big and to the small, to the young and to the adult, to the friends and to the enemies that we are still fighting slavery, injustice and state of colonization. We will continue doing same until we get free. On the day we created a scene that posse and a point that people discuss. Everyone came to the celebration understood that our question is beyond political question. We are asking for our freedom, our dignity and the right to our own country and resources. We have the right to be free, the right to our own resources, and the right to nature given human rights. AU and the international community have the obligation, under the international law and under their own stands, to support Oromos, the fight against the colony. Whether AU comes to its mind or not, we will continue our journey to freedom. We will fight ‘terror with terror’, as someone said, until we set ourselves free.

Oromia Shall Be Free!

Oromo Community Ireland

www.oromocommunityireland.com

oromocommunityireland@yahoo.ie

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