Call for Participation and Contributions

The Union of Oromo Students in Europe, (UOSE) or Tokkumma Bartoota Oromoo Awurooppaa (TBOA) is a student organization based in Germany. Founded in 1974, it is a political organization that functions according to the political programs and political ideals of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF).

As active branch of UOSE,UOSG (Union of Oromo Students in Germany) played the biggest role in nurturing the language and culture of the Oromo people, protesting against successive Ethiopian regimes, and coordinating the overall support to the OLF from the oromo community in Europe,worldwide and from the diaspora too.

At this moment UOSG are preparing their  annual paln for the new year (2014),therefore, all Oromo communities (worldwide-International) are invited to contribute or send us your new ideas and suggestions or points that should be included in our annual plan as it will be the first in its kind since  late 2000s.

We are also preparing Bulletin named Biiftuu Bilisaa 10th volume, 3rd edition which will be published by Mid-January, 2014. Therefore,you all are invited to express your views in the coming edition of our pubilcation by sending us through our E-Mail address with not more than 250 words. Note that deadline for contribution is due 30 December, 2013.

Please kindly forward your constructive ideas,suggestions and ccontributions through our email address:

tboj.uosg@gmail.com or abdissa2011@gmail.com

or call us through the following numbers for further information:

+4915210249774  or +491745994312

 UOSG Team and Secretary of TBOJ/UOSD

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Khartoum mediating indirect talks between Ethiopia and Eritrea

By MOHAMMED AMIN in Khartoum

Ethiopia and Eritrea are in secret talks mediated by Khartoum with a view to end the historic conflict between the two nations.

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir revealed Thursday that he had initiated indirect talks between the leaders of both countries, bringing them on the negotiating table to discuss border disputes, proxy wars in Somalia and other political issues.

“We started some efforts to normalise the relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea,” President Bashir said, in a joint statement with Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn.

Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia after a bitterly fought independence war in 1991.

Unresolved territorial disputes between the two states thereafter escalated into a full-scale war. The Eritrean-Ethiopian war fought from 1998 to 2000 over the border town of Badme in northern Ethiopia left thousands of casualties, millions of dollars spent and only minor border changes.

Both Addis Ababa and Asmara continue to trade accusations of supporting rebel groups against each other.

These proxy wars took an international dimension when the Ethiopian army invaded Somalia in 2011 to shore up the interim government against Islamist rebels - who were funded by Eritrea according to a UN report.

President Bashir said Sudan, based on its “friendly relations with both countries”, could promote healthy and neutral discussions between the two adversaries.

“I will call the two presidents to hold a summit in Khartoum in the [near future]” Mr Bashir said.

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Sudan to host Nile basin countries for talks on Ethiopian dam

December 5, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The water ministers in the eastern Nile Basin countries will hold a meeting in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum next Monday to discuss the implications of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam.

The Blue Nile

The summit which brings together Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia is a continuation of a previous one held to agree on forming a joint mechanism to implement the recommendations of the International Panel of Experts.

The ministers agreed at the November meeting to convene again to resolve disagreements over the establishment of the mechanism.

The government sponsored Sudanese Media Center (SMC) website quoted an unnamed source as emphasizing the importance of the three countries committing to cooperate for the sake of peoples of the eastern Nile Basin nations and utilizing the available resources.

The source said it is crucial that the three countries emerge from next week’s meeting with a clear vision on the formation of a mechanism to ensure the implementation of the recommendations of the International Panel of Experts despite the difficulty of the work and its complexity .

He underscored that the support of the states is required to implement and clarify the future course to follow the recommendations of the International Panel of Experts so as to build trust and promote cooperation among the three countries.

Egypt has long opposed the construction of the dam being built at Nile tributary saying that it will diminish the water supply to its soil.

Egypt argues that it does not have other alternative water sources unlike other Nile basin countries and insists the colonial-era agreement which gives Egypt the lion’s share of the waters shouldn’t be violated.

Addis Ababa however says its controversial dam project will not affect the water interest of the two downstream countries - Egypt and Sudan.

The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir formally announced yesterday his country’s support of the dam project during a visit by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.

(ST)

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SODAATAAN GARBOOMAA DHA

Itana Guteta | 06.12.2013

Itana Guteta

Ilmii namaa kamiyyuu Adduunyaa kanarraa jiraachuuf carraan kan isa qaqqabee hundii jireenyasaa guyya gayyaa geggeeffachuuf, oolee buluuf,akkasumaas kanneen biroo ilma namaaf barbaachiisan hundaa yeroo geeggeffatu kessaatti dursa kan isa barbaachiisuu bilisummaa dha. Garbomaanii jiraachuun fedhi ofiin utuu hin ta’iin tooftaa fi mala garboonfatan fayyadamuun yoo dirqaame qofa. Sabni garbomee kamiyyuu  bilisummaa barbaachaf  yoo socho’ee yookan fiincilee, garboonfataa  fi  isa garboomee  gidduu garagarummaan jiruu guddaa waan ta’eef salphaatti bilisoomuun heedduu daadhabsiisaa akka ta’ee eenuyu jalaayyuu kan dhokaatu miti. hatayyuu malee garbuummaa filannoo isa dhumaa godhatee jiraachuuf  namni kamiyyuu sammuun isaa amansiisee itti boqoochuun  kessummeesse jiraachuu  kan fedhuu tokkollee  akka hin jirree beekamaa dha.

Garbuummaa ani keessuummattu caqasee ilaaluu barbaaduu kan ilmaan OROMOO irra ga’a jiruu yommuu ta’uu waggoota heedduu kana hundaa akka kessummeesinee jiraannu kan nu godhe maal laata? gara boodaati ergaa ani barreeffama kana kessaatti ibsuu yaaleen  hanga tokko deebii ni argaattu jedheen amana.

Sabni Oromoo Waaqnii  Uumaamaan kan baadhaasee qabeenya hedduu,dachee bal’oo,aadaa boonsaa fi,sirna ittin buluu kkf mara lakkofsaan uummata milii’oona (kitila) 40 ol dabalatee ni qaba. Garbummaan jiraachuuniis akka furmaata hin taanee hubaatee erga qabsoo eegalee waggoonni heedduun darbaaniiruu.

Sochiiwwaan godhamaa turaniif yeroo amma taasiifamaa jiran keessaatti dagatamuu kan hin qabnee injifannoowwan heedduun galma’aaniiruu. Karaa abbootiin keenya baasanii irra deemaan asiin ga’aan kun sochii keenyaa amma itti jirruufiis ta’ee kan itti fuufnuu kessaatti hamilee keenya kan jabeessu malee danqaaraa fi sabaabaa addaa addaa nutti ta’ee qabsoo keenya kan laaffisuu akka hin taanee xiinxaallee ilaaluun barbaachiisaa dha.

Sochiwwaan biyya keessaatti Qerroo Oromoon godhamaa jiranis galmee injifannoo qabnuu keessaa isaa guddaa dha. keessummattuu barattootaa Oromoo  University addaa addaa keessaatti fiinciila diiddaa garbummaa wagga waggaatti geeggeffamuniis ta’ee yeroo garaagaraa mormii mootummaa wayyane irratti barattonni kaasani ilmaan Oromoo maraa kan boonsuu dha. Gochaan diinaa hamilee isaanii cabsee, booddessaaii akka deebi’aan isaan hin goonee, Lubbuun barattoota Oromoo heedduu wareegameera, sabaaba tokko malee mooraa Unversity irraa hari’amaaniiru, qabxii gadii aanaa  kennufiin hamilee barattota keenya cabsaa jiru,haatayyuu malee, Garbummaan hamtuu akka taatee haalan waan hubaataniif waggaa waggaan utuu gargar hin kutiin ni fincilu,ni mormu.

Ilmaan Oromoo kanneen yeroo ammaa kana mana hidhaa kessaatti dararaamaa ,reebamaa,dhiitamaa,kolaafamaa,samuunsaan adoochifamaa jiraan badii addaa qabatanii utuu hin ta’iin garbummaa keessummeessanii jiraachuun waan ulfaataa itti ta’eef akka ta’ee ni beekna. Motummaan Wayyaanee seerrii fi Herrii inni baafaatee jiruu adduunyaa irraa iyyuu darbee Oromoo gowoomsaa jira. Seerrii fi heerii farra shororkeessummaa motummaan Wayyaanee baafatee jiruu kun irraa guddaa kan irraatti xiyyeeffatee jiruu; dararuuf, ajjeesuuf,kolaasuuf, Ilmaan Oromoo hudairraatti akka ta’ee odeesii gargaraa ba’uu irraa akka argataan abdiin qaba.

Kaneen ani armaan oliitti caqasuu yaalee hundii jiijjiramni addaa tokko yoo uumaamuu dha baatee Oromoon itti du’aa fi midhamaa kan nugarbonfaatee jiruu moo haala suukkanneessaa ta’ee nu acuucaa itti fufuun isaa waan walnugaafaachiisu miti . Roorroo nurra ga’ee kana,wareeraa, birraachaa,sodaadhaan olaa bulaa jiraachuun kan hafuu aarsaa barbaachiisaa ta’ee yoo baasane qofa malee bilisummaan waan siree ofi irraa ciisaan eegaatan akka hin taanee gaarii gootanii beektu.

Biliisummaa kan hin baarbaannee erga hin jirree; Bilisummaan immoo salphaatti kan argamuu miti erga jennee furmaatni nuut qabnuu hundumtuu dhuunfaa keenyatti ani akka  Oromoo tokkootti  maal godheera? maal gochan jiraas? jennee ofii keenya haa gaafannu.

Sochii qabsoo keenya ittin geeggesinuu karaa tokko yookiis lamaan qofa miti. Namni kamiyyuu waan danda’uun yoo hiriiree qabsoo keenya isa boodaatti nu jaalaa harkifatee jiruu salphaatti fiiniisuu akka dandeenyu shakki hin qabu. kessummatuu lammiwwaan Oromoo biyya hambaa keessa jiraachaa jirtan hundi daraarama fi gochaa wayyaneen isiinirran ga’uuf turee baraaramtanii yeroo amma kana jireenya ofii keessaanii geeggeeffachaa kan jiratan, qabsowwaan gurguddoo isiin gochuu dandeessaan kan akka: Odeessii addaa addaa dabarsuu,qabeenya keessaanirraa gumaachuu,aadaa Oromoo bakka jirtaaniit guddisuu, Seenaa oromoo warraa hin beekneetti beeksiisuu kkf yoo gootaan adeemsaa qabsoo keessaatti shoorri isiin xabaachaa jirtaan salphaa akka hin ta’iin beekuun baarbaachiisaa dha. Yoo kana gochaa hin jirru ta’e  garuu waan hin kenniin tokko akkamitti fudhaachuu dandeenya jeennee yoo of gaafaannee gaarii dha.

Bakka hojii fi maatii isaaniirra fudhamanii mana hidhaatti kan darbatamanii,sabaaba bal’aa kanaaniis ijolleen isaanii iyyummaa, beelaa akkasumaas carraa barnoota dhabuun kan saxilamaan hunduu aarsaa isaan kafaala jiran kun badii addaa qabatanii miti. Itti midhaman malee waanuma tokkoyyuu argachuun akka hin danda’amnee waan beekaniif jechaa dararamaa,kolaafamaa,sammuun isaanii adoochiifamaa,reebaamaa jiruu.

“Hoolaa waa lama jallattuu gabaa hin baasiina” akkuma jedhamuu Bilisummaa hawwaa garuu callisinee akkasumaatti utuu itti hin midhaamiin kan eegnuu yoo taanee, kana jechuun” lafa loon hin ooliin diikee barbachaa” nutti ta’a. Uummanni egeeree gaarii qabuu yoomiyyuu hamilee hin dhabu waan ta’eef roorroo diina irraa nutti dhuftee kana ofiirra loluu fi falmacuun qoodiisaa keenya malee kan eenyuyyu miti.

Kan nuti sodaannuus kan nuuf hin oollees du’a waan ta’eef ,Kottaa!! yaa ilmaan Oromoo Jaabaannee waan dandeenyuun waaliin taanee haa qabsoofnuu!

Oromiyaan ni Bilisomtii!!!

Galatoomaa!!!

itanaguteta@gmail.com

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Captain Guta Dinka: the man who saved Mandela

(OPride) — Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon and champion of human dignity, died Thursday after long illness.

In the days and weeks ahead, you will likely read moving obituaries and reflections -- from ordinary people and world leaders alike -- about a man that inspired the entire world.

“He achieved more than could be expected of any man,” President Barack Obama saidof his late hero shortly after Mandela's death was announced. “Like so many around the globe, I cannot fully imagine my own life without the example that Nelson Mandela set. And so long as I live, I will do what I can to learn from him.”

Telling an anxious nation -- but really the entire world -- about Mandela’s passing, South African president Jacob Zuma said, “what made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.” These words and soundbites will no doubt be replayed endlessly for years to come.

Mandela’s long walk to redress racial injustice in his native South Africa began in 1943 when he joined the African National Congress, long before his imprisonment. His struggle against the apartheid system, 27 years of imprisonment, and the ideals of reconciliation which Mandela embraced upon release are well known to his many admirers.

Over the years, Mandela’s initial military training and brief stay in Ethiopia received only a scant media coverage. It has been said that Mandela had come face-to-face with death at many junctures in his long life. But had the alleged 1962 assassination attempt in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, succeeded, the world would have been worse off.  

A man who single-handedly saved Mandela has recently come forward with his story. Captain Guta Dinka, 78, was one of the two guards assigned to protect the future icon of peace during his training. In a recent interview on EBS’s Seifu Fentahun show, captain Dinka recounted -- perhaps for the very first time -- a sobering tale about a plot to kill Mandela. “It was saturday afternoon,” Dinka told Fentahun. “A colleague in the army invited me for a friendly lunch at Taitu Hotel in Piazza [central Addis Ababa].”

In his own account, captain Dinka -- then only an average soldier -- was unfamiliar with the upscale and urbane dining that the hotel offered. As Dinka struggled to eat his lunch, the soldier whose name Dinka gave only as Abraham confided in him the real purpose of the meeting. “Guta, I invited you here today for a very important reason. It is something that can only be done by you. If successful, we could for once and all be relieved from this taxing military service,” Abraham told Dinka.

Abraham then invited over two other gentlemen seated next to their dining table: an African and a white man. The trio showed Dinka 2000 British pounds inside an envelope and a photo camera. “They told me take the money, enter the room through the window, murder Mandela with a rope, and take some photos as evidence,” Dinka recalled.

Once the mission is completed, Abraham promised to meet Dinka at a specified location and arrange his escape from Ethiopia to England. But he wanted to be sure that Dinka was fully onboard. “He told me to keep the matter secret and meet him at the local church so that I could swear,” said Dinka.

However, Dinka had a different plan. “I prayed for forgiveness [for lying to Abraham] and went straight to General Tadesse Birru’s house,” Dinka told the TV host Fantahun. “I asked to meet Tadesse in private and told him everything about the plan..he did not believe me at first.”

General Tadesse Birru, a celebrated Oromo freedom fighter in his own right, was Mandela’s trainer and host. Disturbed by the news about the plot to assassinate his guest of honor, Birru ordered officers to follow Abraham’s movements. That evening Dinka -- a devout Christian -- met Abraham at a local church where he swore to kill Mandela, took the money and camera from him. “I returned home that evening and went to the camp in the morning where I turned the money and camera over to my superior,” said Dinka.

Birru then got Abraham arrested and the murder plot was foiled. As we noted here, “like Mandela, Birru was first tried, condemned to life in prison, and subsequently reprieved by Haile Selassie’s autocratic regime. The Dergue later rearrested and executed him in March of 1975 for no apparent crime than struggling for the dignity and freedom of Oromo people in Ethiopia.”

According to Dinka, the aborted attempt to kill Mandela in Ethiopia will be featured in a forthcoming documentary about Madiba’s life. Dinka has recently been interviewed by Sahm Venter and a filmmaker from the Mandela foundation about the story.

“I showed him [Mandela] the photographs I took while I was in Addis, including the picture of yourself,” Venter wrote to Dinka in an undated letter after their meeting. “He was very happy to hear that there are still people there who met him in 1962 and who talk about his military training.”

Dinka doesn’t consider his actions heroic. “The bounty money was appealing at the time -- perhaps even now. But I did what I thought was the right thing to do,” Dinka said with a grin. “I want the new generation to learn from it and do what is right and just.”

During a recent meeting in Addis, Dinka asked the filmmakers for one favor: “I would love to visit Mandela and take a photo with him.”

They promised to arrange it for him.

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