FXG Itti Fufee jira – Bitootessa 4, 2014

‪(Ayyaantuu) #‎BilisummaaOromoo‬-(04.03.2016, ‪#‎DiddaaOromoo‬, Oromiyaa) Kun Hubachiisa hatattamaa ti. Wayyaaneen yeroo ammaa kana bakka hedduutti namoota Ukkaamsitee hedhuuf saganteeffattee jirti. Namooti yeroo qabamanis akka gara Maa’ikalaawwiitti geeffaman ajajni kennamee jira. Keessayyuu, Oromiyaa Lixaa irraa namoota hedduu- hojjattoota mootummaa, daldaltoota, barsiisotaa fi qonnaan bultoota kanaan hunda akka faallaa OPDOtti beekaman- hidhuuf saganteeffatanii jiru. Namooti kana dura hidhamanii wabiidhaan bahanis warra irratti xiyyeeffatamee dha.
Ummatni haala kana hubatee qophii barbaachisaa ykn ofeeggannoo akka godhu Qeerroon Lixaa dhaameera!

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‪#‎OromoProtests‬
Godina Qellem Wallaggaa Aanaa Gawoo Qeebbee Ganda Sichaawoo Warrabaabboo jedhamutti sababa barattooti mana barumsaa Leeqaa Kaarraa dheengadda hiriira bahaniif Agaaziin uummata reebee ajjeesaa jira. Haadha manaa obbo Shoogalee Tarfaa Tamiimaa kan jedhamtu akkasumas aadde Aashaa Ganamoo hawwan jedhaman reebicha hamaa irra gaheen du’aaf jireenya gidduu kan jiran dhiiga balaqqamaa jiru amma Sichaawoo irraa. Akkasumas Limixi bakka jedhamu sichaawoo irraa adeemsa sa’a lamaa kan fagaatu ganda qubattootaatti namni maqaan isaa Biraanee Kabbadaa jedhamu Agaaziin reebuuf yoo itti kaatu akka aadaa naannootti uleedhaan hanga humna isaa faccisee ofirraa ittisuun hamma tokko turus itti baaya’atanii reebicha guddaa waan irraan gahaniif lubbuun bahuuf jetti.”

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FXG – Bitootessa 4, 2016 Kamiseeti (Walloo), konkolachiftooni taaksin hojii dhaabaan. Taxi drivers strike in Kamise (Walloo)

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FXG biffa jabaa taheen Bitootessa 4, 2016 yuunversiitii wallaggaa kessatti dhohee jiran keessatti akkasumas magaalaan akkasumas magaalaan naqamteess raafamaa jirti humni federaalaas yuunversiitii wallaggaa dhuunfatee ijoollee caccabsaa jira. shufeerotaafi uummanni magaalaa naqamtees waliin ta’uun karaa naqamtee irraa gara finffinnee deemu guutummaatti naannoo hora hadiyyaa jedhamutti cufaniiru. Yeroo ammaa kanas makiinonni tokkoyyuu karaarra deemaa hin jiran.Baratoonnis gara uummataatti baqachaa jiru.

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‪#‎OromoProtests‬ Wanna nama Ajaa’iban sadii ani sa’a tokko giddutti arge.

1. Akka suuraa armaan gadii irratti agartu dubartiin Adii kun meeshaa bitattee konkolaata ittin galtu dhabdee aduu saafaa gubu keessa lafa adeemti.
2. Ijoollen mana barumsaa betel Naqamtee taxi service dhabanii konkolaataa fe’umsaatti akka qoraamii Aduu saafaa kanaan gubachaa galaa jiru.
3. Namichi gaarii oofu tokko namoota taxi dhabanii dhaabatanitti dhufee “hey namni Campus fi Keellaa ” dhaqu jiraa jedhe itti qoose darbe.

Dhugaadha oolmaan uummata magaala Naqamtee harraa nama ajaa’iba.”

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#‎OromoProtests‬-(04.03.2016, ‪#‎BlockingPhones‬, Oromiyaa) The terrified regime is making every thing possible to mute the sound of ‪#‎OromoProtest‬! Staring from 02/03/2016 to today (04/03/2016) they are blocking phone and internet services at Eastern Oromia particularly at Harar and Haramaya. It is kind of try and error methods! The killers and robbers will not last long!
The struggle continues!
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‪#‎BilisummaaOromo‬-(04.03.2016, ‪#‎DiddaaOromoo‬, Oromiyaa) Wayyaaneen diddaa fi mormiin Oromoo ukkaamsuuf waan dandeesse mara gochaa jirti. Oromiyaa bahaa keessatti guyyoota lamaan darban internet hin hojjatu; bilbilli hin hojjatu. Nama hidhuu fi ajjeessuun immoo akka malee jabaatee itti fufeera. Qabsoon itti fufa!

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‪#‎BilisummaaOromo‬-(04.03.2016, ‪#‎DiddaaShawaaBahaa‬, Oromiyaa) Godina Shawaa Bahaa Aanaa Dugdaa keessatti ummanni tarkaanfii Bitootessa 2 bara 2016 fudhateen qabeenya abbootii qabeenyaa wayyaanee barbadeessan. Oomisha oyiruurra jiru dabalatee meeshaa qonnaa fi mootora bishaan harkisu heddu barbadeessan.

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#‎BilisummaaOromo‬-(03.03.2016, ‪#‎GaaffiiOromoo‬, Oromiyaa) Diddaa fi moromiin Oromoo godina Booranaa, aanaa Yaabelloo, Magaala yaaballoo keesstti itti fufee jira; diddaan Oromoo kun qabsoo Qeerrootiin kan dhuunfatamtee dha, gabaan beeylada fi shaqaxaa cufameera, bake international livestock market hanga cufamee Hin banamne, gabaa kanatti yoo xiqqaate Wayyaaneen gaala 2000,loon 4000,re’ee hanga 10000 torbaaniin ummata irraa kara dillaala ishee kan saamtu amma jalaa hidhameera

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Godina Kibba Lixa Shaggar Aanaalee Adda Addaa Keessatti Ummnni Gamtaan Ka’ee Loltoota Wayyaanee Dura Dhaabbataa Jira,Wareegamnis Irra Gaheera.
Bitootessa 3,2016, Godina kibba lixa Shaggar Aanaa Iluu gaafa guyyaa 2/3/16 galgala dargaggoo magaalaa Asgorii irraa qabuuf erga deemanii uummanni yaa’ee waliin nu fixxu malee fuutanii hin deemtan jechuun gachisiisanii magaalaa irraa baasanii ari’atan,guyyaa kalee garuu humna agaazii guddaa nannaa sanatti baasuun namoonni 40 ta’an ukkamsamaniiru
Kana malees Aanaa Tolee keessatti wayyaaneen waan qabduuf gadi dhiiftuu dhabdee ammaa immoo guyyaa kudhaniif gandarraa nama shan poolisiin oromiyaafi agaaziin sababa adda addaan socho’uu waan danda’aniif bakka buutanii hojjettu jedhanii leenjisu irratti argamu hidhattoota gandaan Charuu Nadhaa kan jedhamu March 2,2016 galgala rasaasaan qe’ee dhuma isaati rukutanii ammaa du’aa fi jireenya gidduu hospital Tululuboolloo irraa Waliso ti dabarfame jira. Charun kan rukutame bakka dhaloota isaa Aanaa Bachoo ganda Awash Bunee jedhamu keessatti yoo ta’uu inni hojjata Mootummaa aanaa wanchii ti hojjata.

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Hiriira FXG Aanaa yaaballoo
Bitootessa 03,2016 Magaala yaaballoo qabsoo qeerrootiin dhuunfatamtee oolte, gabaan beeylada fi shaqaxaa cufameera, bake international livestock market hanga cufamee Hin banamne, gabaa kanatti yoo xiqqaate Wayyaaneen gaala 2000,loon 4000,re’ee hanga 10000 torbaaniin ummata irraa kara dillaala ishee kan saamtu amma jalaa hidhameera

What Right do the Oromo people have to Finfinne?

Begna F. Dugassa[1], Ph.D

(Ayyaantuu) Since November 2015 to today (March 3, 2016), Oromia has been engulfed by massive political protests. The protest is the biggest ever recorded in Oromia region. As of today about 400 people have been killed, hundreds wounded and thousands imprisoned.  Initially, the
protesters have been demanding the following:

1. Return confiscated Oromo land to the Oromo farmers.
2. “No!” to the Addis Ababa master plan (a plan intended to evict Oromo farmers and expand the cityinto Oromia).
3. Bring Finfinne (Addis Ababa) back under Oromia’s jurisdiction as it belongs to the Oromo people both geographically and historically.
4. Make the Oromo language one of the federal government’s working languages.
5. End the structural, socio-economic marginalization of the Oromo people.
6. Ensure true representation of the Oromo people in a genuine federation structure in the Ethiopian state.

As the Ethiopian government simply intensified the killing and the imprisonment of the protesters, the protestors added more political slogans:

7. Stop the killings, torture, mass imprisonments and detentions in Oromia.
8. Release political prisoners and bring the perpetrators to justice.
9. Pay compensation to the victims of the killings, torture and
   unlawful imprisonments.

As the protests continued, the protesters noticed that privately and publicly owned
corporations were siding with the Ethiopian government. This created more slogans.

10. The Oromo natural resources belong to the Oromo people.
11. Bring Dire Dawa & Awaday back under Oromia’s jurisdiction.
12. We need to have self-rule
13. No military rule
14. “No! “to TPLF/OPDO rule

In response to the political demand “No to the Addis Ababa master plan”, the Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization (OPDO), believed to have been formed by the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) and controlled by the TPLF led Ethiopian government, declared that they would stop the master plan. They also said they would form a study group that would identify the right of the Oromo people to Finfinne. In this paper, I intend to provoke discussion around this point.
Before I identify what constitutes the right of the Oromo people to Finfinne, I want to briefly explore the history and the processes of the making of Finfinne as the Ethiopian capital. In addition, I will explore the wrongs that flowed from making the capital and the discriminatory social policies of consecutive Ethiopian regimes.

Oromia was conquered by the Abyssinian king Menelik II, supported by the European empire builders in 1880s. Soon after the conquest, the wife of the king visited Finfinne then a village and she liked the place and named it Addis Ababa = New Flower.  As a result, the name of the Oromo village Finfinne was changed to Addis Ababa and made the Ethiopian capital.  The Abyssinian invasion was brutal; many Oromos were killed and some of them were sold into slavery.  In addition, from Finfinne and surrounding areas thousands of people were evicted from their homes and until quite recently- they were not allowed to resettle.

This means resulting from the conquest five major wrongs occurred, in Oromia and Finfinne in particular. The first wrong is that Oromo social institutions were banned and their social support systems were delegitimized. The second wrong is that the Oromo people were evicted from their lands with no compensation and forced to flee in different directions.  Those who stayed behind became serfs and were forced to provide free labor and give three-quarters of their harvests to the Abyssinians.

Third, Oromo political institutions such as Gadaa were banned and policy making and decision-making powers were left for Abyssinians. Fourth, the Oromo culture, language and religious institutions i.e. Qaalu were banned and replaced with the Abyssinian culture and institutions. The fifth wrong is that the natural forests of Oromia were destroyed and this damaged the natural environment of Oromia.  In summary, in the colonial conquest, the social, economic, political, cultural and environmental rights of the Oromo people were violated. This means the rights of the Oromo people to live dignified lives were disregarded.

The violation of the social, economic, political, cultural and environmental rights are known to increase exposure to biological, chemical, physical, psycho-chemical and ergonomic hazards. It is responsible to poverty, diseases higher illiteracy, and lack of clean water. Indeed, the Oromo oral story suggests that evictions from their homeland of Finfinne were not pleasant experiences. Oromos expressed their feelings in phrases such as Garaa nugubatee = Gut-wrenching, Dhukubaa Onee Nuti Ta’e = Heart rending, Boquu Nucabee = Emotionally shattering,  Ilkaan Nyaataa Nuhambisse = made us life time grit our teeth. For these reasons, Finfinne (Addis Ababa) also known as Shagari. The word Shagar is derived from the Amharic word ችግር = chigiri, which means hardship. The name Shagari came after the conquest and it is referring to the place where the Oromo people faced extreme hardship.

Ethiopia is one of the founders of the United Nations (UN). However, consecutive Ethiopian regimes never respected the human rights principles on which the UN was formed.  The UN promotes the member states respect the inherent dignity of the human person.  This necessitates the TPLF leadership to move away from the old colonial and racist mindset, driven to benefit one ethnic group into inclusive politics and guarantee the fair distribution of privileges and risks.  To regard the rights of the Oromo people to Finfinne, the wrongs done to them should be recognized and corrected.  Recognizing the wrongs and correcting them creates healthy social conditions in which Oromo people and others can live dignified lives.

What are the Rights of Oromo people to Finfinne?
Understanding the problem is halfway in finding the solution; the first step is recognizing the wrongs of the past and present.  The second step is respecting the social, economic, political, cultural and environmental rights and allowing the Oromo people to freely exercise their rights and freely rejuvenate their institutions. The third step is correcting those wrongs.

In recognizing the wrongs of the past and present, it is important to recognize that certain sectors of society have benefited/ing from the wrongs perpetuated against the Oromo people. For example, when Oromo social institutions were banned and their social support systems suppressed, they lost the systems that have maintained their social fabric for centuries. By that, as the Oromo people lose their social capital and Abyssinians got better opportunity to build their own. When Oromos are evicted from their homes and farms their economic well-being is negatively affected. Those who benefit from the eviction are Abyssinians who settled on the Oromo land. When Oromo cultural rights are violated, many Abyssinian elites benefited from this also.  It is for this reason, the Ethiopian government has been subsidizing the Abyssinian culture and knowledge. This made mastering the Abyssinian culture a rewarding profession. This allowed as the Abyssinian culture thrives the Oromo culture to decline. There are cases where Oromo individuals have contributed major roles to the development of Abyssinian art and culture. Those Oromo nationals, who have contributed to the development of Abyssinian art and culture, would have rather contributed to the development of Oromo art and culture if the rights of Oromo people had been respected.

As Oromo political rights were violated, Oromo political institutions such as Gada and Siiqee were banned or their importance has reduced. As a result, the Oromo people have been denied the right to decide on their affairs, develop their own policies, identify their social problems and make efforts to solve these problems. As Oromo political rights were violated, the Abyssinians imposed their monarchial and dictatorial rule of law, a law designed to benefit the Abyssinian elites. For example, Siiqee is an Oromo women’s institution, organized to bring checks and balances into gender relations. Banning the Siiqee institution and imposing Abyssinian culture and institution on the Oromo people has deepened male domination.

Recognizing the wrongs of the past and present with regard to the environment means accepting differences in the ways the Oromo people and Abyssinians see and care the environment.  The Oromo worldview about the environment is more sustainable. Correcting entails allowing the development of environmental policies based on the Oromo world views. The next questions are: How can these wrongs corrected? What are the theoretical foundations or the moral reasoning on which these rights should be corrected? Before I suggest the ways those wrongs should be corrected, I want to briefly discuss the theoretical foundation on which my argument is based.

The Oromo people in general and the Tulama clan and the Galaan sub-clan in particular are indigenous to Finfinne and surrounding area.  No moral or legal theories can deny that Oromos are indigenous to Finfinne.  Regarding the right of Oromo people to Finfinne is to undo the possible wrongful damages. Therefore, we need to apply the indigenous rights theory and practices to understand the political demands of the Oromo people and work to undo the wrongful damages. This implies that all the social, economic, political, cultural and environmental wrongs should be corrected or repaired and from now onward all policies should be framed in consistency with the views, perspectives and aspirations of the Oromo people. All the development projects should be geared to first benefit the Oromo people. Job opportunities should give priority to employing the Oromo people. Bring Finfinne back under Oromia’s jurisdiction as it belongs to the Oromo people both geographically and historically. Enough seats should be allocated in the political policy making positions to Oromo nationals.

The population of the Oromo people in Finfinne constitutes about twenty percent. In their own city the Oromos are the second largest ethno/national group. The evictions and the discriminatory policies of the Ethiopian government policies are responsible for the fewer number of Oromos in Finfinne. Therefore, correcting the wrong should include subsidizing the resettlement of Oromo people in Finfinne.
When it comes to the violation of cultural rights, correcting the wrong should include making the Oromo language the second official language and guaranteeing the Oromo people the right to educate their children in school in their language so they can transfer their knowledge and wisdom.  Given that the Oromo language and Oromo religion (Waqefaata) has been banned, many Oromos today who were born and raised in Finfinne do not speak the Oromo language and practice their ancestral religion.   Hence, correcting the wrong should include funding adult education and creating favorable conditions for many Oromos who do not speak Oromo language to be able to learn their own native tongue. This includes subsidizing the building of Galma (the place where Waqefaatas meet for prayer) and creating favorable conditions for the teaching of Waqefaata to freely flourish.

I end my arguments asking my readers to think the ways we can correct the wrongs of the past and present and then develop transformative policies and guarantee Finfinne to be multi-cultural and equitable city.

Begna F. Dugassa

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[1] Begna Dugassa, Ph.D., promotes human rights and health. He researches and writes in human rights and public health.  His recent work is published in the Journal of Preventive Medicine in February 2016. The title of the article: Free Media as the Social Determinants of Health: The Case of Oromia Regional State in Ethiopia.

#OromoProtests – Mass Protests, March 3, 2016

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‪#‎DriversStrike‬
continued for the third day in Ambo.
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“Mormiin konkolaachistootaa Ambootti akkuma eegaletti guyyaa sadaffaaf itti fufee jira.”

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Bitootessa 3/2016 Godina Lixa shaggar Aanaa Calliyaa Magaalaa Geedoo keessatti Yakki waraana mootumman wayyaanee rawwatu itti fufuun har’a sa’aa 6:30 irraa eegaluun uummata nagaa irratti dhukaasa banuun Magaalaan Geedoo goolama jirti, Yeroo amma kana Magaalaa Geedoo keessatti Yakki waraanaa dalagamaa jira, dhukaasa hanga ammatti godhameen namoota madeeffaman fi wareegaman adda baasuun isiniif ibsina. loltootni Uummata reebaa jiru. Magaalaan Geedoo dirree waraanatti waan jijjiramtee jirtuuf namni oliif gadi socho’uun iyyuu haala ulfaataa keessa galee jiraachuun ibsame jira.
Magaalaa Geedoo bakka lafa gabaa jedhamutti yeroo amma dhukaasatu dhageesifama jira. sirni gabaa lagaachuu aanaa Calliyaa magaalaa Geedoo keessatti guyyaa har’aa guutummaatti hojii irra olee jira, Gabaan tokko illee utuu hin dhaabatiin kan oltee ta’uun ibsamera.
Injifannoon uummata Oromoof!!

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‪#‎OromoProtests‬
Underway in Dubluq town, Borena zone today March 03, 2016,
Woyane police tend to control the crowd but the protest was unstoppable.

Casualties reported so far was the son of jarso boru, his head was badly injured by police.
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Daimtuun nuu daqaabdee ardaa Dubluq kessaa Godinaa boraana, hirriraa Gudaan akkass itii fufuu jiraa.
Gurban mataan issaa boroqee jedhani Gurbaan kuun kaa addula boranaa jarso boruutii,

Jabaadaa qerroo tenaaa.

_ayyaantuu

Enemy Fabrications Will Not Scare The Oromo

The torch of Oromo revolution that was ignited in Ambo on Friday May 2, 2015 and carried to nooks and corners of Oromiyaa seemed to have burned out in between. That it was rather preserved shown when students and residents reignited it in Giincii on November 12, 2015 again it was relayed the flame reached all corners. How can one think it has gone out before attaining its goal, when denial of Oromo rights are continuing and the blood of Oromoo children is flowing like deluge? Though it seemed the movement had subsided in the meantime, the killing and imprisoning Oromo children did not stop. Now it has reached where it was essential to decide to live or perish together. Such a decisive move quantitatively or qualitatively had never been seen in the empire so far. The Oromo got the chance to show to friends and enemies that there is never a question about their unity.

The movement is now getting a month old. The situation is such that it is getting more painful for Oromo that came a long way, experiencing injury, contempt, imprisonment and murder of comrades in the hands of the oppressor has brought back to memory all the pains they went through. There is nothing more shocking burning, boiling than seeing children’s blood being spilt when they the grandparents are sitting around. They could not escape flowing tears with all and reliving the past with all its pains. We can overcome not only Wayyaanee but also all our problems if we could sturdily stick to our kaayyoo, the national objective principle. The Ayyaanaa (Spirit) of our past heroes will never abandon the struggle. With the present situation there are those that have started to visualize the “1992 Transitional Arrangement”. They have started to complement each other and cry out calling howls from here and yonder like hyenas that found fresh carrion. Under that there is a possibility for colonial question of Oromiyaa to be glossed over. It is a patriotic duty to warn all those that dream to build a ladder to power with blood of Oromo martyrs for all possible consequences.

The Wayyaanee unable to suppress as she wished, with all her cacophony had started issuing decrees to win the favor of the world before she runs out of ammunitions. OPDO is also repeating the chorus after her, following her deceitful orders loyally. Not to perish by responding to the demands she preferred to continue with the genocide until the guns drop from her hand. We have seen from Darg soldiers that when a human being, that carries gun for the oppressor, awakens and realizes being human, the gun he carries becomes no better than firewood. It only requires tough resistance from the oppressed.

The decree we mentioned is the same with what Darg used to issue against them except for change of few words. That did not help the Darg which was embraced by more people than the Wayyaanee. Truth cannot remain hidden even if covered with anything. Despite seeing that the Oromo people are resisting it, it is trying to call for their alliance to rise against themselves. Though we may not know about the Tigray people the Habashaa has rejected them long ago. Wayyaanee do not have shame, she is still blabbering about election, growth, and democracy she achieved. It has not mentioned a word about the not less than twenty million people being threatened to be wiped out by famine. Wayyaanee has brought to peoples of Ethiopian Empire only catastrophic perishing.

Demands that people came out with are, the land of Oromiyaa is ours not that of Wayyaanee government; it will neither be sold nor its inhabitants evicted; Wayyaanee doesn’t have our mandate and will never have to rule over us; it is us that elect who ever we want and aliens will not impose themselves on us by force. What is expected to get answers to these demands and allegations that so and so pressurized them, so and so put words into their mouth does not give it the right to pass over them with contempt. It is the whole Oromo people that went out and demanded not insignificant number of students as it tried to present. With the code word it calls international supporters “terrorist” it has declared war on Oromo people with the above mentioned decree on December 15, 2015. It condemns “Xabbaaboch” and “Timkiitanyooch” (narrow nationalists and chauvinists). The two groups it mentioned are persons or organizations it says speak for the Oromo and Habashaa. Oromo Organization is not as parasite as it is but had a long root and it has won love of its people. The ones it calls “Timkitanya” are not more chauvinist than it. It can be verified from their own history that they were organized as Ethiopian more than TPLF can claim. That is the truth between these anti independent Oromiyaa organizations. If their people were to be asked in presence of observers, who is the “terrorist” then it will realize its true size from the answer.

It should not be expected for people to go back leaving blood enemy on this side, before the cause for which its children’s blood is being spilt is fulfilled. According to Oromo tradition to eat or live with one that spilt your blood before it is avenged is a sin. Resolving conflicts peacefully is a blessing. If peace reigns it is better for life as well as development. People’s tolerance has its own limits. Had it not been to give chance for peace, when the other strangles them, the Oromo could have returned the strangling immediately with stronger hands than the other. If they stretch their hands in unison, the enemy knows that it cannot match their grab.

Therefore it will be to the advantage of the oppressed and the oppressor as well to try to ward off the calamity hovering overhead. Oromo fight for their rights, the right to be free. Wayyaanee fights to retain Oromo wealth and power for its own benefit. Relation Oromo will have with Habshaa does not transcend that of good neighborliness. Other than that no one has a mandate to say we will be this and that until the people decide on it. Since it is not her country Wayyaanee has no alternative other than pack and go. Anyone that has listened to demands and slogans the people waging peaceful resistance struggle should have no other answer to quest of aliens than what they say. The people are demanding for independence; a nationalist should not be shy to assert that.

The Oromo people have courageously faced the enemy demanding its freedom empty handed, with peace as its objective. If it does not register result this time, it will tomorrow be back armed. Unless it gets back its birth right Oromo people will not be possible to claim being a human being. People now have seen that peaceful struggle with Fascist government like EPRDF is like committing suicide. Powers of the world that fan peaceful struggle to us are passing with silence when our people are being injured. Their media did not consider us even as when a fly dies. It is because the gun was their regimes’. They are happy that TPLF got where to practice new weaponry and skills of new commando force they trained for her.

The new generation has said let living as sub human end with fathers. For those that shoot their kin standing with the enemy a lesson that will keep them in nightmares for life is given. They will not have peaceful sleep; the ghost of children they wasted their lives will always haunt them from around their beds. They will either turn lunatic or get absolved and go back to their people, turn the barrel of the gun against the enemy that armed them. Since their death is inevitable, it is better for them to be sacrificed and die for justice. From olden days students were known for peaceful struggle at the most they threw rocks to their attackers. They did not know fire arms. Now when they are chased by the armed there must be someone that could shelter them. The line that enemy gun should not transcend must be marked. Wayyaanee has heritage of reneging starting earlier than emperor Yohannis, and so should never be trusted on its word.

Whatever dealings it has, has to be in own chosen venue and in presence of neutral party. Never alone, never in their arena; what they did to Gammachiis Dhaabaa, an OLF leader should never be forgotten. Their major political objective is to deny Oromo leadership at all levels. There is no reason for People’s movement that is now in motion not to be presented to Oromo elderly to negotiate terms of reconciliation on the right of Oromo ownership on their land and compensation for damages done, first if were assured that the proclamation that was the cause is annulled by another proclamation and those criminals directly and indirectly responsible for the massacre of Oromo children are brought to the court of justice.

Oromo nationalists and residents of Oromiyaa have to join the masses physically and if they cannot they may be expected to help with ability, knowledge and resources. Participation of media in foreign lands is highly appreciable. At this time when alien media swear they have never heard it, thanks to Oromo media that Oromo are able to get information from each other. All Oromo have to guard these media like the pupil of an eye so that they keep on getting strong. It is the hope of all that Oromo communities in the diaspora strengthen their unity and participate in people’s movement in all possible ways. The time is not one that they entangle themselves in bureaucratic web. Outside that they have to create ad hoc structures that will allow them to efficiently move to overcome the present emergency situation.

To have ownership right over their country and reclaim their human dignity the Oromoo are heating up a great movement that is costing lives of their children. It is clear that that have enormous physical and psychological pain. Unless one bleeds, get wounded, feel pain and dies for it human dignity and freedom can never be achieved. Therefore they chose to perish resisting rather than being seen down, impoverished and humiliated, by aliens in own country. The Wayyaanee and its running dogs is a criminal that cannot escape trial for genocide if out of power. For this reason it will kill anyone to maintain the status quo. In the same way if the Oromo stop resisting all that participated are going to be dragged out of their homes to get a bullet in the forehead or face maiming torture and imprisonment. With death on their feet they get eternal glory and have nothing to lose. With their sacrifices future generation will get a chance to live with honor, happiness and peace. It is with vision that one day the struggle of their people will attain this level, that the elders that passed gave their lives in millions when people didn’t have political consciousness. Even today that is what is expected of Oromo politicians. It is hoped that they help this determined people to get answers for its demands without distorting the basic principles of Oromo struggle, which it was clearly articulating in its demonstration.

The life of the people of Finfinnee is based on the surrounding areas. It should not be a silent observer at such a time. What happened in Egypt Tahirih Square could also happen in Hulluuqoo Korma Square (Masqal Square). When it is said Finfinnee belongs to the Oromo it means her needs and abundance depends on Oromo interest. She is a great city where peoples of the empire, the neighborhood, and world reside in her. As long as they live in her they are obliged to respect her interest. There may be those who scare residents by saying Oromo will create hardship for them; those are the ones that want to control all resources for their own benefit. There are no people that have laws even for animals and natural environs better than the Oromo. For this reason to help Oromo movement is helping peace and own fortune.

We shall burry our dead marching, singing and ululating not crying over it. What we tear and cry inside is enough. Mothers of martyrs have to tie their waist with cummerbund and encourage the remaining to carry on the struggle, for their children have passed away with bravery never to return. To conclude this dangerous situation with victory the solution is only to stand firm with what we have grasped.

Honor and glory for the fallen heroines and heroes; liberty equality and freedom for the living and nagaa and araaraa for the Ayyaanaa of our fore parents!

Ibsaa Guutama
December 2015

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Huffisii Diinaa Oromoo hin Baaragsu

Guci Warraaqsa Oromo Ambott Jimaata,Caamsaa 2, 2014 qabsiifamee golee Oromiyaa hundatt boba’ee gidduutt kan dhaame fakkaate ture. Ni dibame malee akka hin dhaamne barattootii fi jiraattoti Giincii Sadaasa 12, 2015 deebisanii yoo qabsiisan ammas Oromoon bakka jiran hundaa walharkaa fuudhanii laboobsaa jiru. Silaayyuu mirgi Oromoo mulqamuun itt fufaa, dhiigi ilmaan Oromoo dhagala’aa, bakka akeekkatame utuu hin gahin attamitt dhaabbachuu dandah jedhamee yaadamaa? Gidduutt sochiin kan caame haa fakkatu malee ilmaan Oromoo tokko tokkoon dhossaatt ajeefamuu fi hidhamu hin dhaabne. Amma dhumnus jiraannus waliin, yeroo jedhamutu gahe. Sochiin akkasii empayerittii keessatt hedduminaan haa tahu akaakuun argamee hin beeku. Oromoon, tokkummaan saanii kan hin mamsiifne tahuu firaafis hamajaajiifis mirkaneessuuf carraa argatani.

Sochichi amma ji’a tokko caalaa fixuuf adeema. Haalli saa, Oromoott qaabannoo laalaa, miidhamaa, roorroo, tuffii, hidhaa fi ajjeechaa jaallewwwanii dhandhamatan baroota darban hundaa itt fideera. Utuu isaan akaakoliin tahaanii dhiigi daa’immanii dhangala’uu arguu caalaa sukeessaa, gubaa fi wajiijaan hin jiru. Waliin imimaa laalaa darbe keessa deebi’anii jiraachuu jala hin baane. Jabinaan kaayyoo keenyatt cichinaan Wayyaanee qofa utuu hin tahin rakkina qabnu hundarra ni Haannaa. Ayyaanni gootota Oromoo darbanii yoomu qabsoo faanaa hin hafu. Nuti engada Nugusa, kaleessa Dargii harras TPLF kabaa dhufeen mo’amaa jirra. Hariiroon kan nu qabate waliin qabnu hin jijjiiramne. Haala si’ana jiruun tokko tokko “Sonni Cehumsaa 1992” itt mullachuutt kaheeera. Gamaa gamanaa wal sadaa, akka warabessa raqa o’aa argateett, yuusaan wal waamaa jiru. Sana keessa ammas gaaffiin kolonummaa Oromoo irra dibaan darbuuf deemti. Seena gara dabarsuun, dhiiga dabaankufoota Oromoon, kanneen aangott bahuuf riqaa ijaarrachuu abjootan, dursanii hamaa dhufuu dandahuuf akeekachiisuun dirqama jaalbiyyummaatii. Sochiin keenya ni bargaawe malee hin bilchaanne.

Wayyaaneen akka feetutt gadi qabuu dadhabnaan utuu rasaasa hin fixatin jettee akka addunyaan leelloon isee hubatu wawwaachuun, labsa (Awaajii) baasuutt kaateettii. OPDOnis akka ajajamtett jalaa qabaa jirtii. Kan gaafatamee deebstee badu irra, hamma qawween harka buututt ummata fixuu filattee. Sochiin ummataa ka’e kun tokkoffaa labsi dubbii fide labsaan shaaramuu, yakkamtooti dhiiga ijoollee suduudaa fi harka lafa jalaan dhangalaasan xaddachatt dhihaachuun gaafa mirkaneeffame wanti araarri gumaa manguddoota Oromoo walii wanti hin jalqabamneef hin jiru. Ilmoon namaa, qawwee roorrisaa baatu, gaafa dammaqee nama tahuu saa hubatu, qawween qoraan akka taatuu waraana Dargii irraa agarreerraa. Rincica jabaa cunqurfamootaa qofa gaafata.

Labsi jennu kun qooqota tokko tokko haa jijjuuru malee, isuma Dargiin isaan irratt baasaa ture. Sun Dargii, ummata Wayyaanee caalu haammateefuu dhimma hin baafne. Dhugaan maaliinuu golgamtee hin haftu. Ummati Oromoo didaa jiru utuu arguu, naa tumsaa ofirratt ka’aa jedhee magana. Ummata Habashaas yoo tahe, kan Tigray hin beeknu malee, erga isaa ajeeffatee tureera. Qaanii hin qabanii, waa’ee kennataa, guddinaa, demokraasii argamsiise jedhu xibaaraa. Waa’ee nammi miliyoonii digdamaa gad hin taane jeejeen dhumaa jiruu hin dhofne. Wayyaaneen ummatoota Empayera Itophiyaaf balaa dhumiisaa malee waan fide hin qabu.

Gaaffiin ummati qabatee bahe lafti Oromiyaa keenya kan mootummaa Wayyaanee miti jedhaa. Hin gurguramu, ummati saas hin buqqifamu jedhaa. Wayyaaneen nu moo’uuf nuti hayyama hin laanneef hin laannuufis jedha. Abbaa feene kan filannu nuwi malee halagaan angoon nurra hin bahu jedha. Gaaffolii ka’an kanaaf deebii kennu malee, abalutu dhiibe, abalutu afaan kaa’e jechuun gaaffii saanii tuffatee bira darbuuf mirga hin kennuufii. Ummati Oromo tokko manatt hin hafin bahee gaafataa jira.

Maqii deggertoota saa sabgidduu ittiin waammatu “shororkeessituu” jedhu dhahuun labsi olitt kaafnen, Mudde 15,2015 ummata Oromoo irratt waraana labseera. “Xabbaabota” fi “Timkiitanyoota” balaaleffata. Murni maqaa dhahe lamaan namoota yk dhaabota Oromoo fi Habashaaf dubbatan jechuu saatii. Dhaabi Oromo, akka isaa digaluu utuu hin tahin hundee gadi fagoo fi jaalala ummata ofii kan qabu. “Timkitanyaa” kan jedhuunis ofirrumman kan isa caalan miti. Isa irra isaan “Itophiyummaan” of ijaaruun seenaa saanii irra ni argama. Farreen Oromoo tahaniyyuu, TPLFn yoo walbira qaban garlamaan dubulshootii. Haa tahu malee, ummati saanii eenyuun “shorokeessituu” akka jedhan hardha kana, mee bakka ragaan jirutt haa gaafatamanii. Yoos hamma ofii bara.

Ummati gaaffiin dhigi ijoollee saa itt dhangala’ee utuu deebii hin argatin warra dhiigaa gamanatt dhiisee manatt dacha’uun hin eegamu. Akka aadaa Oromoott hamma gumaan bahutt jara akkasii wajjiin jiraachuun, waliin nyaachuun cubbuu dhaa. Waldhabdeen jiru nagaan furamuun eebbifamaa dhaa. Araarri yoo bu’e jireenyaafis guddinaafis waayyaa dha. Obsi ummataa daangaa qaba. Oromoon nagaaf durfannoo kennuuf malee akkuma inni kaan hudhu, harka ittiin hudhan isa caalu qabu. Gaafa isaan harka saanii tokkummaan hiixatan akka qabaa saanii hin guutne diinnis beekaa.

Kanaaf ulfinaan hamaa marsaa jiru kana dabarsuun cunqurfamaa fi cunqursaafis anjaa qaba. Oromoon mirgaaf lolatu. Wayyaanee humna fi qabeenya saanii kan ofii godhee hambisuuf lolata. Hariiroon Oromoon Habashaa walii qabaatu kan ollaa gaarii irra hin darbu. Sanaa ala ummati hanga murteeffatutti eenyuu kana taana sana taana jechuuf wakkilummaa hin qabu. Wayyaaneen biyya ishee waan hin taaneef gaddhiiftee bahuu gadi filmaata hin qabduu. Gaaffii fi dhaadannoo ummata rincicaa jiru kan dhaggeeffate deebiin halagaaf kennu sanaa ala tahuu hin qabu. Ummatichi kan gaafatu walalbummaa dha; sabboonaan tokko sana jechuuf yeella’uu hin qabu.

Ummati Oromoo gootumman harka duwwaa, nagaa akeeka godhatee, diinaan nakkaraa jira. Hardha hobbatii yoo dhabe, bor hidhatee itt deebi’a. Mirga saa dhalootaa utuu hin deebifatin ilmoo namaati jedhe lamuu of himuu hin dandahu. Fashistii akka EPRDF waliin nagaan qabsaawuun of ajjeesuu akka tahe ummati mirkaneeffateera. Anga’ooti addunyaa qabsoo nagaa nutt afarsan yeroo ummati keenya isaan miidhamu callisanii ilaalaa jiru. Qubqabsiisoti saaniillee akka waan tisiisi du’eett nu hin laalle. Qawwichatu kan jara saaniitii. TPLF dhukaasa meeshaa haaraa fi komandoon shee isaan leenjisaniif bakka itt shaakalan argachuu saanii gammadu.

Dhalooti haaraan gadgalummaan jiraachuun abbooliin haa dhabbatu jedheera. Sochii baratoota si’anaa irraa kan diinatt galee firoota saatt dhukaasus barumsa yaacii keessaa barabaraan isa hin baafnetu kennameefii. Rafee hin buluu; ekeraan ijoollee inni balleessee siree saa biraa hin deemtu. Yokaan ni maraataa yk faloo bahee ummata saa bira goruun ujummoo qawwee gara diina hidhachiisett deebisaa. Du’i saa kan hin oolle qajeeltuuf aarsaa tahuu wayyaafii. Barataan hidhannoon utuu hin tahin qabsoo nagaan beekama. Yeroo inni qawween ari’amu kan harka irra qabu feesisa.

Kanaaf daangaa qawween diinaa hin dabarre sararamuu qaba. Wayyaaneen gantummaa dhaalmaa Nugusa Yohaannis duraa jelqabe qabdi; kanaaf amanamuu hin qabdu. Walitt dhufi akkamiiyyuu yoo jiraate bakka ofii filatanii fi ragan hin baabsine jirutt tahuu qaba. Gonka kophaa fi bakka iseen jettutt tahuu hin qabu; Gammachis Dhaabaa, hoggana ABO tokko, waajjira ofitt waamanii ajjeesuu saanii tasa irraanfatamu hin qabu. Akeeki malbulcha saanii guddichi Oromoo sadarkaa kamittuu hoggansa dhabsiisuu dha. Sochiin ummataa ka’e kun tokkoffaa labsa dubbii fide labsaan shaaramuu, yakkamtooti dhiiga ijoollee suduudaa fi harka lafa jalaan dhangalaasan xaddachatt dhihaachuun gaafa mirkaneeffame wanti araarri waa’ee abbaa biyyumma lafa ofii irrattt Oromoon qabuu fi gumaa, manguddoota Oromoo walii wanti hin jalqabamneef hin jiru.

Sabboonoti Oromoo fi nambiyyooti Oromiyaa bakka jireenya saanii tahe kan dandahan ummatatt qaamaan makamuu, kan hin dandeenye, dandeettii, beekumsaa fi qabeenyaan bira dhaabbachuutu eegama. Qoda fudhannaan qubqabsiisota biyya alaa jiran hanga yoonaa kan raajamu. Yeroo dhaaboti halagaa gurri kenya haa dudu hin dhgeenye jedhan kana, Oromoon isaaniif qubaa wal qabaate. Akka caalaatt jabatu Oromoo hundi, akka qaroo ijaatt eeguu qaba. Hawaasi Oromoo ala kana jiru tokkummaa saa cimsee karaa dandahame hundaan sochii ummataa irratt qooda akka fudhatu abdii hundaatii. Yeroon saa yeroo xaxaa waajjirbulchiin of xaxan mitii. Isaa alatt haala jarjarsaa kanaaf shaffisaan caasaa yeroof isaan hojjechiisu uumaanii sosso’uu qabu.

Oromoon biyya saanii irratt mirga abbaa biyyummaa fi ulfina saanii namummaa deeffachuuf sochii guddaa lubbuu ilmaan saanii galafate finiinsaa jiru. Sun laalaa guddaa, kan qaama fi sammuquwii akka qabu ifaadha. Itt dhiigan, madaawaan dhukkufatanii fi itt du’an malee ulfini namoomaa fi birmadummaan hin argamtu. Kanaaf biyya ofii keessatt halgaan gad ilaalamanii, deeganii, salphatanii jiraachuu irra didaa waliin dhumuu filatanii. Wayyanee fi kittillayyoon see yakkamoota yoo angoo irraa bu’an balaatu eeggata. Kanaaf haalli jiru akka hin jijjiiramne abbaa fedhe ni ajjeesti. Akkasumas Oromoon diddaa saanii yoo dhaaban kanneen qooda fudhatan mana fudhamanii rasaasa tokko tokko adda keessa buufamu yk guraarama fafeessaa fi hidhaan isaan eeguu mala.

Ijaajjanii du’uun surraa barabaraa argatu malee waan dhaban hin qabanii. Wareegama saaniin dhalooti egeree carraa ulfina, gammachuu fi nagaan jiraachuu gonfata. Daayaa qabsoon ummata saanii bartokko sadarkaa kana gaha jedhuuni, kan angafooti darban bara hundi waliigalatt ofbara malbulchaa hin qabaatin kumkumaan kan aarsaa tahan. Hardhas malbulcheesitooti Oromo sanumatu irraa eegama. Utuu akeeka bu’uura qabsoo Oromo roga hin dhabsisin ummata kutatee bahe kana gargaaranii gaaffii saa taliilaan hiriira saa nagaa irratt ifsatef deebii akka argatu gochuutu abdatama.

Ummati Finfinnee jireenyi saa araddoota naannaa saa jiran irratt hundaawaa.Yeroo akkasii callisee ilaaluu hin qabu. Akkuma ummati Masir godhe Waltajjiin Hulluuqoo Kormaa, “Waltajjii Tahiriir” tahuu dandaha. Finfinneen kan Oromooti yeroo jedhamu, rakkinni seef ballinni see fedha Oromoo irratt kan hundaawe jechuufii. Magaalaa guddoo ummatooti empayerittii fi ollootaa fi addunyaa keessa jiraatanii. Hamma isee keessa jiraatanitt fedhasee eeguun akka. Oromoon kan sodaachisan jara homaa hin hojjenne qabeenya isee qofa dhuufachuu barbaadanii. Namaaf hafee binoo fi naannaa uumaaf kan seera qabu akka Oromo hin jiru. Sochii Oromoo gargaaruun nagaa fi durooma ofii gargaaruu dha.

Reeffa keenya dhiichaa, ililchaa, weeddisaa awwaallana malee irra dhaabbannee hin gadoodnu. Kan keessatt boonyuu fi imimnu nu gaha. Haadholiin dabankufootaa sabbbataan garaa hidhatanii kan hafan qabsoott jajjabeesuu malee ijoolleen saanii gootummaan darbaniiruu, sichi hin deebi’anii. Dhigii saaniis utuu walabummaa hin magarsin tola dhangalaatee hin haftu. Haala hamtuu kana injjifannoon xumuruuf kan qabnett haa cichinuu.

Ulfinaa fi surraan gootota kufaniif; walabummaa, walqixxummaa fi bilisummaan kan hafaniif; nagaa fi araarri Ayyaana abboolii fi ayyoliif haa tahu!

Ibsaa Guutama
Mudde 2015

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Ethiopia arrests journalist after channel reports on protests

Nairobi, December 22, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Ethiopia to release news anchor Fikadu Mirkana. Fikadu, who works for the state-run broadcaster Oromia Radio and TV, was arrested at his Addis Ababa home on Saturday morning, according to news reports.

CPJ could not determine the reason for Fikadu's arrest. It comes as Oromia Radio and TV has, in recent weeks, covered protests against a plan to expand the Ethiopian capital, in a move that campaigners say would displace hundreds of thousands of farmers, according to news reports. Dozens of protesters have been killed during clashes with police during the unrest in the regional state of Oromia, according to a Human Rights Watch report.

"Journalists have a vital role to play in ensuring the flow of information, both from the Ethiopian government and also, critically, from those who will be affected by its decisions," said CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Sue Valentine in New York. "We call on authorities to release Fikadu Mirkana immediately."

It is not clear where Fikadu is being held and neither his family nor his lawyers have been allowed access to him, an Addis Ababa-based journalist, who has spoken with Fikadu's family and who requested anonymity for fear of retribution, told CPJ.

The Ethiopian authorities in Addis Ababa and the Ethiopian embassy in Nairobi did not immediately respond to CPJ's request for details about Fikadu's arrest.

In recent weeks, the Ethiopian government has used anti-terror rhetoric against campaigners, with the communications minister, Getachew Reda, branding them "terrorists" and "demonic," according to a column by Awol Allo, a fellow in human rights at the London School of Economics and Political Science, published Saturday on Al-Jazeera's website. This language usually presages a crackdown on dissenters, the column said. Protests in Oromia, a region that stretches across central Ethiopia and is home to a third of the country's population, have affected at least 30 towns and prompted the arrest of more than 500 people since mid-November, according to news reports.

Ethiopia is the third largest jailer of journalists on the African continent, with at least 10 behind bars on December 1, CPJ's 2015 prison census shows.

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Ethiopian Government Kill Protesters To Expand Addis Ababa