Kenyan authorities on Tuesday arrested 33 Ethiopian aliens in the border town of Moyale in the northern part of the East African nation.
Marsabit County Commissioner Isaiah Nakoru said the aliens were arrested by police officers on patrols during an operation to flush out militias following recent inter-ethnic clashes in the region.
"The suspects were on their way to Nairobi via Marsabit when the police officers on patrol intercepted them in the border areas, " Nakoru said on Tuesday.
He said the aliens in their early 20s and 30s were intercepted in Arosa area with no valid documents to cross over to the Kenyan side.
Nakoru said the security agents have increased surveillance along the Ethiopia-Kenya border following recent clashes that saw several people killed and dozens of others injured.
Nakoru warned the brokers aiding the aliens to cross over to the country that their days a numbered. He said senior businessmen were behind the cartels where they aid aliens and criminals to sneak into the country.
"We have deployed police and Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) in Moyale who still continue to patrol the areas until we eliminate militias and other crimes in the area," said Nakoru.
The commissioner said more than 100 aliens cross through the vast region in a week through Nairobi to South Africa in search of employment and other opportunities.
The government is worried over the mass exodus of the aliens from Ethiopia into the country to connect to South Africa where they are promised greener pasture for employment.
"I am warning the brokers that there days are number because we shall not sit back and watch selfish people engage in unlawful business to enrich themselves," said Nakoru
He directed security committees to strengthen their intelligence in order to curb human smuggling and any other unlawful business in the area.
On Dec. 10, the police in Nairobi arrested over 70 Ethiopians during the security operation conducted in Nairobi's residential estates.
The 71 men and women told police they were headed for South Africa in search of employment. Divisional police commander, Barasa Wabomba said they also arrested a man who was hosting the aliens.
Police said they arrested 58 of them earlier on Dec. 9 and 13 on the day before. The suspects were in a house when police stormed and it has been difficult for police to handle them because they neither speak English nor Swahili. It is not the first time that such suspects on transit are arrested.
Tens of Ethiopians are annually arrested in Kenya while on transit. It is not clear how they manage to navigate through various police roadblocks.
=>globaltimes
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
A Response to Teddy Afro’s Holy War
By Jalata Lami | December 16, 2013
Currently, we are hearing that different individuals, groups and political parties as well as St. Marry Church(Located near National Palace around Arat Killo, Addis Ababa) are preparing to celebrate or are celebrating the 100th year of Menilik II death. It is shocking that Orthodox Christian Church is organizing a ceremony to officially celebrate the 100th year of Menilik II death. Different comments are being given on the celebration from different perspectives. From advocators side, Tewodros Kassahun gave his response about the celebration on Inku Magazine Number 107 published on December 2013. I found it necessary to provide responses to his interview on the magazine. Before directly commenting on his responses, it is better to have background information.
As said above, some individuals and groups are celebrating the 100th year of Menilik II death. On the other hand, there are Ethiopian peoples and ethnic groups who never like to hear about Menilik II. For instance, Oromo, Kaffa, Wolayita and other peoples suffered greatly under the rule of Menilik II. Hence, such peoples do not have good flash back about the past administration of the king. Oromo people, for instance, do not have good memory about the king. There are people whose fathers and forefathers and mothers, grand mothers were killed by the king. It is said that Menilik II waged genocide war on Oromo people.
According to different source, more than 5 million people were killed by the king. Thousands lost their different parts of their body. The hands of male and breasts of female were horribly cut. These made the Oromo people to remember the king with bad memory. Thus, celebrating the 100th year of the king’s death means indirectly not caring for the wound of the Oromo and other peoples who suffered under the rule of that king or simply it means inserting stick in their wound. This is also activating the wound of Oromo people and make sick of what happened a century ago. For this reason, it argued that the king and his horrible administration should not be remembered, rather must be condemned.
Having the above as background informanation, know I will proceed to commenting on the response. Tewodros Kassahun provided different responses to Inku Magazine (Number 107 published on December 2013) regarding Menilik II and other related issues. However, I will comment on some of his responses.
The first issue he raised is regarding the celebration of Menilik II. Tewodros K. responded that“Personally, not celebrating Menilik II identity and his contribution to Ethiopia at National Level worries me.” It is not unexpected to here such words from the singer. For example, Hallelujah Lulie(2013) said that “His [Tewodros K.] unreserved love and appreciation for Menelik, his unexamined and narrow knowledge of history, and the existence of a fan base that swallows whatever comes out of him without chewing are the three most points that facilitate such a statement.” Tewodros K. love, praise and appreciate Menilik II in different ways. For instance, he expressed his love and appreciation for Meniliek II by singing a song ‘Menilik Tikur Sew.’ Now his is saying ignoring to celebrate the Menilik II identity and his contribution to Ethiopia is worrying him.
Tewodros K. claims to preach love, peace and respect for each other on different concerts. Contrary to this, he wants to celebrate and praise Menilik II who killed millions of Oromo in the end of 19thce and beginning of 20th century. By doing so, he wants to cover the genocide that the king made on Oromo people. He wants to refresh the wound of Oromo people or enjoy on the death of million Oromos and ignoring the pain of the people. He seems not bothered for the unjust and great harm done on Oromo People. Tewodros K. need to celebrate the king appears to reveals the attitude and hatred of the singer to Oromo people. He do not feel the wound and sorrow of the people. Celebrating the horrible past, will broaden the gap between who suffered under the past administration and those who are celebrating the past actions.
The 2nd main point he raised is that the need of celebrating the king. Tewodros K. stated that the need to remember individuals like Menilik II is to transfer things that should be improved and repeated to the new generation. He added that when to we praise individuals who become National Pride, it would initiate other people who can perform good works. I am saying there is no as such good that we pass to the next generation. The king committed genocide against our people and this should not be celebrated and remembered. Rather it should be condemned.
On the other hand, I believe that there are things that should be improved. On this point, I share the comment of the singer. If we need peaceful coexistence of the Ethiopian People, first we should clearly know the truth that happened in the past. In addition, we should condemn the wrong did of the past, than celebrating it. Rather than celebrating the horrible war, it is better to remember those who suffered because of the war. I believe that there should be National Memorial Day in which the million people who killed at Anolle, Calanqo and other areas are remembered and those who committed the crime are condemned. This one of the things that should be improved.
The new generation should clearly know what had happed in the past. Individuals and groups, should condemn the crime of the past and those who committed it. The current generation should not praise the king and his war of genocide, rather should denounce it. Knowing the badness of the history, this generation should keep themselves from committing similar crime. By denouncing the bad actions of the past, this generation should look for how to live together peacefully.
Besides, Tewodros K was asked to provide his own opinion on how he considers the war made by Menilik II to form the present Ethiopia. With out hesitation he replied that “The war that Menilik II made to unify Ethiopia is a ‘holy war’ for me.” It is really annoying to hear such words from the singer. In 21st century, when love and respect to each other is advocated, calling a war ‘holy’appears to surprised many of us. The key question to ask here is ‘how a war can be ‘holy’? He seems lacks or ignores the historical experiences of Ethiopian peoples. As I stated earlier, million of Oromo people were killed by the war made by Melinik II. In addition, the war that is given a ‘holy’ title was the war in which hundred thousands of Kaffa and Walaita people were killed. He is considering that terrible war as ‘holy’. As to me, no war is holy. Hence, considering the war in which millions Oromo lost their life as ‘holy war’ confirms his disrespect and hatred to Oromo and other Peoples. He ignores the pain of Oromo people. By doing so, he is refreshing the wound of Oromo people.
Tewodros appears to ignore or unaware of historical facts of Ethiopian Peoples. He attempted to hide the truth that exits on the ground. Regarding this, Hallelujah Lulie(2013) said that “Teddy’s preaching on peace, love and unity is a uninformed, shallow and naive. There cannot be love without truth. And at this moment he doesn’t look like he is able or willing to face the truth and preach it” His response is also contrary to what he claims to preach on different stage. The consideration of such horrible war as a‘holy war’ is equals with preaching hatred between groups of people. It is also asserting war between groups of people and will not help the unity of the country. Rather it distracts the unity. That why his response disconfirms what he preached: on peace, love and unity.
What will be our response and reaction:
Hayyu Kanate said,“For us[Oromo People]celebrating Menilik II is considered as the celebrating Hitler as a German National Holyday or it means building the Statue of Grazziani in Finfinne, not in Rome”. Besides, Memihir Gebrekidan Desta stated, “If you continued to praise Hitler, it means that still you will not be reserved to repeat the action made by Hitler.” In similar analogy, those who are praising the Menilik II and considering his horrible genocide war as “Holy”, it means that they will do what Menilik II had done on Ethiopian peoples if they get the chance to do so. Celebrating a king that sided with certain group and hurt others have no significance for the coexistence of Ethiopian peoples. Rather it inflames fire between those who suffered under the rule and who are praising the rule of the King and his administration system. It can also lead to conflict between the two.
The person who celebrates the king who murdered my grand father, grand mother, father and mother is my enemy. Those who are celebrating Minilik II are our GREAT ENEMY. Menilik II is gone forever. Hence, we are not going to wrangle with the killer and administration system. However, we will fight with those who are praising him as a hero. In other words, we, who endured under the rule of Menelik II, will not fight with Menilik II. He is no more. We oppose and we will fight with those who are celebrating him. The opposition and struggle will continue with the advocators of Menilik II and his administration system.
Caalaa Yommiyyuu
Monday, December 16, 2013
Mancaasuun Sanyii Minilik Oromoorratti Raawwate "WARAANA QULQULLUUDHA"
Fuulduree barruulee Afaan Amaaraa "Inquu" jedhamu irratti Teweedroos Kaasaahuun ykn Teedii Aafiroo (maqaa sirbaa) "Waraannonni Minilik Itoophiyaa Tokkoomisuuf Deemisise Anaaf Waraana Qulqulluudha" jedhe.Yaanni kun kan Teedii Afiroo qofti itti amanu moo yaada bal'inaan murnoonni habashaa itti amanani? Himichi golgamaan kun akkasitti hiikkama ifatti: Duguuggaan sanyii Minilik 2ffaan ummata Oromoofi ummata gara kibbaa biroorratti oofe waraana qulqulluudha jechuudha. Akkamitti namini mataan isaa fayyaa qabu tokko duguuggaa sanyii ummata Oromoo walakkaadhaan lakkoofisa isaanii gadi hiri'iseen "waraana qulqulluu" ykn kiruuseedii jedhaani? Yaanni akkasii eechaa madda? Yaadonni akkasii kan mancaasuu ummata tokko faarsan hundee siyaasaa, amantii,qor-yaada (ideology) aadaafi jibbiinsa sanyummaa qabuu? Hayyoonni Adda Bilisummaa Tigiraay (ABT/ADWUI) duula duguuggaa sanyii hayyoota Amaaraarraa Oromoo baraareera moo ABT/ADWUI (wayyaanee) tarsimoodhuma walfakkaatu mootota Amaararraa dhaale? Duguggaan sanyii ABT/ADWUI jalatti Oromoorra gahaa jiru maal fakkaata? Dowwiin Haasaa kuni gaaffiiwwaniifi dhimmoota walmormisiisoo kanneeniif haga danda'ametti deebii kennuu yaala. Deebiiwwan kennamu gonkumaa guutuu miti.Maddi jibba akkasii qorannoo gadifagoo biroo barbaada. Oromoo biratti akka Adoolf Hiitilaritti, hogganaa Naaziitti, kan laalamu Minilik Teweedroos akka abbaa isaatti laaleet waaqeffata, faarsa.
English
"The Wars Menelik Waged to Unite Ethiopia for Me Is a Holy War," said Twedros Kasahun on the front page of the Amharic Inku magazine. That is euphemism for saying that the genocide Menelik waged against the Oromo and south to colonize them by expanding the Abyssinian kingdom was a holy war. How can someone in a sane mind call a war that reduced the population of Oromo by one half a holy war or desirable war? Where do this thinking come from? Are there religious, political, ideological and racist roots of these kinds of hate speeches celebrating the extermination of people come from? Did the TPLF/EPRDF spare the Oromo people from Amhara elites genocide campaigns or has the TPLF/EPRDF inherited the same policy? These talk show attempts to answer these contentious questions and issues in Afaan Oromo. The answers are by no means sufficient to explain the root causes of such genocide-inciting and genocide-celebrating hate speeches from Abyssinian partisan ideologues, celebrities, media and political parties. We invite you to listen. It should be fun if you never listened to a talk show monologue in Afan Oromo before. We are the pioneer of such a platform as far as Oromo media is concerned.
Ethiopia Workers Return From Saudi Arabia Telling of Abuse
By William Davison
Teklai Hagos says he watched in horror as Saudi Arabian police beat Ethiopian migrants protesting against the alleged kidnapping and rapes of Ethiopian women by young Saudi men.
“When we said stop, then the police started hitting us,” the 30-year-old former pipe-factory worker in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, recalled in an interview in Addis Ababa.
Teklai is among more than 100,000 Ethiopians repatriated from Saudi Arabia since the kingdom began deporting illegal migrants in November. It’s a crackdown Teklai and New York-based Human Rights Watch say involved beatings by Saudi police and rape and murder by vigilantes. Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki denied the claims.
The Arab world’s biggest economy has taken action against illegal workers as it pushes to create more jobs for Saudi citizens and stave off the unrest that has toppled leaders across the Middle East since 2011.
At least 115,465 Ethiopians have been repatriated, according to the International Organization for Migration, or IOM. Hundreds of thousands of Asian migrants are also being deported from the oil-producing nation, which was home to about 9 million foreign workers in a population of 29.9 million, according to Saudi government statistics.
Ethiopia’s government said three nationals were killed in clashes with police in Riyadh that started Nov. 9. Ejected workers say rioting occurred after Ethiopians were angered by the rape of Ethiopian women at apartments in the Manfouha district.
Machete Attacks
Ethiopians said Saudi citizens armed with sticks, machetes and firearms attacked foreigners in Manfouha on Nov. 9, according to Human Rights Watch.
One 30-year-old witness saw the bodies of two Ethiopians who’d been beaten to death and one who’d been shot, it said. Another had a video that “appeared” to show a Saudi man raping an Ethiopian woman, the advocacy group said Dec. 1 in an e-mailed statement.
Mohammed Shime was near the area’s Al Rajhi Bank after a Saudi man was killed in clashes. The 22-year-old says he saw six Ethiopians stabbed to death when they fought back against Saudi youth -- shabaab in Arabic -- who arrived in cars.
“Four come to you and start cutting you and asking for your phone,” he said in an interview in Addis Ababa on Nov. 26. “Then other shabaab come with their knives shouting ‘Allahu Akbar.’”
‘False’ Claims
The claims of abuse by police and vigilantes are “false” and deportation camps are open to diplomats and human rights monitors, al-Turki said in a reply to questions sent by text message on Dec. 5. He accused illegal Ethiopian migrants of instigating violence in Riyadh as well as in the Saudi cities of Jeddah and Medina.
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom chastised Muslim Saudi Arabia for its treatment of citizens from his country, which he said gave refuge to followers of the Prophet Mohammed fleeing persecution in the 7th century.
The “last 10 days have been the most tragic in my life,” he said on Nov. 18.
Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation, may face difficulties resettling workers, many of whom went abroad because of limited job opportunities at home.
While the economy registered Africa’s fastest growth over the past five years, with average expansion rates of 10.3 percent, the maximum monthly earnings for a laborer are about $80.
Journey Home
For two years, Mohammed worked on a building site earning 1,500 Saudi riyals ($400) a month.
Most of those returning to Addis Ababa are bussed from Bole International Airport to a compound run by IOM. From there, coaches take them home, in Mohammed’s case to Kemissie in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, 227 kilometers (141 miles) north of the capital.
His trip to the kingdom was very different. Along with tens of thousands of others every year, Mohammed paid traffickers 20,000 Ethiopian birr ($1,050) to take him him to neighboring Djibouti and then across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen.
Others work in the kingdom legally. In the 12 months through July 7 last year, 160,000 Ethiopian women flew to Saudi, the majority to work as maids, joining thousands already there. Many are being deported because they changed jobs without employer permission, making their new work illegal, Human Rights Watch said.
Physical Abuse
Mental, physical and sexual abuse are frequent complaints made by Ethiopian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, according to Human Rights Watch. Ethiopia temporarily stopped issuing permits for unskilled work abroad in October, mainly because of mistreatment.
“The returning migrants are arriving in desperate condition,” the Geneva-based IOM said in an e-mailed statement on Dec. 6. “They are traumatized, tired, anxious and some seriously sick.”
Some returnees with psychological problems are given refuge by the Addis Ababa-based charity Good Samaritan Association, which rents a two-story villa on the eucalyptus-covered hills above the capital.
One new resident, Zeina Mussa, 18, clasps a black headscarf over her face and says that although she’d been working in Saudi Arabia as a maid for about eight months, she doesn’t know which city she was in.
Mohammed saved 20,000 riyals during his two years, money he says will help him become a businessman. He’s advising other Ethiopians from seeking riches abroad even as he plans to invest his savings.
“In Saudi Arabia the money is good,” he said. “But it’s useless if you’ve money and no life.”
To contact the reporter on this story: William Davison in Addis Ababa atwdavison3@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Antony Sguazzin atasguazzin@bloomberg.net
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Noble Park woman secures over $50,000 in crowd-funding to help save an African language
Toltu Tufa has managed to raise over $50,000 to enable the printing of children's books to keep an African language alive. Pictures Angie Basdekis Source: News Limited
A CROWD-FUNDING campaign launched from Noble Park to save an African language ended yesterday with more than $50,000 in the bank.
Called simply Afaan, which means 'language' in Oromo, the month-long campaign to raise $20,000 on pozible.com was the brainchild of Noble Park resident Toltu Tufa.
The 27-year-old, who works in clinical governance at the Royal Women's Hospital at Carlton, will use the money to print 12,000 children's books in the Oromo language, which was banned in parts of East Africa until 1991.
Ms Tufa said the penalty for speaking the language was 10 years in prison, which an Oromo refugee now living in Noble Park had served.
She said genocide cut the Oromo population in half to about 5 million in the late 1800s and for much of last century they faced imprisonment, rape and torture. They now number about 40 million and the language is the fourth most spoken in Africa.
Following a three-month tour of nine cities around the world, Ms Tufa launched the campaign a month ago.
It was picked up by Oromo communities in 15 cities including Cairo and Washington.
"I knew that there would be interest but I didn't anticipate 15 cities would create their own event," she said.
After leaving Africa because they couldn't speak their own language, Ms Tufa said the expatriate community now wanted to preserve it as part of their heritage.
"You can imagine what would happen if English was banned. What would you do? What would you say? What would you read? Where would you work?" she said.
<b>Details:</b> afaan.com.au
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
we have attacked Chinese convey in Ogaden-ONLF Commander
Photo Credit: American Journalist, Jonathan Alpeyrie in Ogaden With ONLF, The date on the photo is not verified.
Abdullaahi Yasin, a commander of ONLF, Ogaden National Liberation Front especail unit of Danab, a group fighting for self-determination of Ogaden region in eastern Ethiopia confirmed several attacks against Ethiopian Troops in Ogaden Region.
Speaking to Radio-Xoriyo, a Radio run by the ONLF, Commander Abdullahi Yasin confirmed that they have carried out several attacks in Ogaden on last week.
Our operational objectives were weaking the military, said The Commander.
Our recent attacks have increased, and normally we attack everyday three or four operations most of them are planned and well-coordinated, we have received many ammunitions and weapons from the Enemy (Regimes Troops) – added the commander.
The commander confirmed that they have burned in this week three Military trucks including “Ural’ a local used military track made in Russia.
We have received that there is a big convey in the area of Jigjiga, Bambaas Vicinity and we have attacked on the convey, we did not aware of what is this convey carrying but later we have found out that Chinese delegates are among. There was a fierce fighting and reminded the Ethiopian troops Obale Operation, I am confirming that there was heavy caulity, said the Commander Abdullaahi Yaasin.
Meanwhile the commander speaking out the daily attacked, he said that there was other attacks carried out on the same day on December 6 and other military transport were burned in the area of Dhanaan and Babili of Jigjiga and Godey Zones.
Ogaden region hosted Ethiopian Federalisim gathering, political analysts refers hosting as a sympol Ethiopia wants to show International Community that Ogaden people are ready to accept as part of Ethiopian Government.
However majority of Ogaden people complained about hosting the Ethiopian Nations and Nationalities Day in Jigjiga, reports said that many people are arrested and mistreated while the city was under military.
The government wants to secure the area since fearing any insecurity incidents. According to a source the federal government has learned that there were many attacks on the region.
The Regional Administration claims developing the region with many projects, locals believe in the development of the region is far from the reality on the grounds.
The missing is a life; life without freedom has no development said, Ahmed Abdullahi.
On April 2007, Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) attacked on a Chinese oil field in Ogaden killing 65 of workers including nine Chinese.
The Government of Ethiopia blamed for brutal and excessive counter insurgency operation in Ogaden.
Human Right Groups accused of Ethiopian government a crime against humanity, Ethiopia refutes the accusation.
In 2007, Ethiopia crackdown against insurgent of ONLF, Ogaden National Liberation Front, a group fighting for self-determination of Ogaden region has left thousands of Ogaden civilians who are mainly women and children.
Media and journalist are banned in the Ogaden region and that is why the conflict in Ogaden is not getting international attention.
The past few days the region has seen an increase in heavy fighting.
Since 2005, Ethiopia government isolated Ogaden region from the World, Ethiopia imposed a ban all international aid and media organizations in Ogaden despite some are operating under the permit of intelligence surveillances.
Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) fighting for the self-determination of Ogaden Region in Ethiopia since 1994.
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