The Final Call for Oromos

It is apparent that every concerned Oromo has been following recent events in Oromia. We heard the horrible things that happened to Oromo students. The racist and fascist TPLF regime indiscriminately killed Oromo students as young as 9 year old kids. It has been reported that hundreds of Oromo students were killed in different parts of Oromia. Just in a single day, over 50 student demonstrators were killed in Ambo town. Thousands have been beaten and detained in different detention centers in Oromia.

The deaths of innocent Oromo students have been a rallying point for Oromos around the world. Thousands of Oromos have been protesting in unison to denounce the killings and mass detentions of Oromo students. The blood of Oromo students that was shed in Ambo, Guder, Adama, Jimma, Neqemte, Gimbi, Robe, Haro Maaya, Dire Dawa and other Oromia villages have united the Oromo people. The cause for which the students sacrificed their young lives is a just cause. The so called “Master Plan” is a master genocidal plan that has to be stopped at any cost. Every single Oromo should recognize that the situation is a final call for all of us to fight for our existence and survival as a nation. All of us have a role to play in the struggle for justice and freedom. Our struggle has to be multifaceted. In this regard, we have to focus on four major fronts:

1. Diplomacy and Advocacy

The recent gains made through the advocacy of concerned Oromos is very encouraging. We have to keep on advocating for our people who are being terrorized by the TPLF regime. We need to continue protesting and writing letters to our representatives and senators. We have to redouble our effort to raise awareness about our cause by contacting local as well international news agencies.

We need to convince western nations and major financial institutions that bankrolling genocide will be against their long term interest. Their “national interests” should not be at the expense of the very existence and survival of our nation. Any nation that supports the TPLF brutal regime should understand that the actions of TPLF are tantamount to genocide and ethnic cleansing. We must not be discouraged by negative encounters in our struggle. World powers may ignore us today but they will not be able to do that if we persevere.

2. Building our Economic Base

It is evident that any group that controls vital economic sectors of a society has a tremendous mandate to advance its causes. This is the reason why the minority TPLF regime has been weakening the economic base of the Oromo people. TPLF has been intentionally targeting Oromo business men and women by shutting down their businesses, denying them line of credits and imposing burdensome taxes. These actions have substantially weakened the economic power of the Oromo people.

Every Oromo has the duty to reverse this trend. Whether we live in Oromia or in the diaspora, we have to do our best to strengthen our economic power. Oromos should support Oromo businesses and boycott TPLF owned businesses. We have to instill a spirit of entrepreneurship in our people. We need to learn how to create businesses and make them profitable. Successful Oromo entrepreneurs need to mentor fellow Oromos and show them how to succeed in business.

3. Armed Struggle

WHY THE OROMO WILL STOP THE AAMP BY ANY MEANS, AT ANY COST: THE STRUGGLE OVER FINFINNEE IS THE STRUGGLE FOR OROMIA

The so-called Addis Ababa Master Plan (AAMP[1]) has ignited an Oromia-wide protest involving university and high school students. The TPLF-led Ethiopian regime has responded to the peaceful protests staged by Oromo students against the plan with tanks and live ammunition, killing dozens in the crowds. The protest, which started on April 24, 2014 at Jimma University, is joined, not only by tens of thousands of the students of all the universities in Oromia, but also tens of thousands of high school students and members of the local population in many cities, towns and villages. The voice of this massive Oromo rally against the AAMP cannot be silenced by bullets and tanks as in the past. It concerns, not only the cause of the Oromo farmers in Central Oromia, whose livelihoods will be affected by the AAMP, but also that of all the Oromo farmers and pastoralists throughout Oromia whose farms and pasturelands have already been sold and are targeted to be sold to land grabbers by the present Ethiopian regime. In short, it concerns the survival of the Oromo as a nation.

It is important to note that that conflict over the AAMP is an extension of the conflict which was ignited by the 2003 decision of the TPLF regime to evict Oromo institutions from Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) city and relocate them to Adama, a town about 100km to the southeast. Then, the Oromo attempted to stop the eviction with peaceful protest, but were met with atrocities by the TPLF regime. Leaders of the Maccaa Tuulama Association (MTA) and university students, who organized that protest, were arrested and jailed. The property of the MTA, a self-help organization which was established in 1963, was confiscated outright by the government. More than 300 students were expelled from the Addis Ababa University alone. Regrettably, the struggle over Finfinnee which started 11 years ago is not over. The impunity of the TPLF regime, as reflected in the killings of many students who opposed so-called Addis Ababa Master Plan, has continued.

In this article, I will attempt to explain why the present regime is consistently refusing to pay attention to Oromo claims even when expressed through peaceful means in keeping with the current constitution, such as the present student protest. I will also point out why the opposition started by the students of Jimma University on April 24 against the AAMP has turned into an Oromia-wide movement within a very short time. I will discuss how the uprising will reinvigorate the Oromo struggle for independence. In a speech he made at a demonstration staged to oppose the removal of Oromia’s capital from Finfinnee in 2003, the late Secretary General of the Maccaa Tuulamaa Association, Obbo Bekele Nadhi said that:

The decision that Finfinnee [the Oromo name for Addis Ababa] is no more the Oromo capital is wrong. Oromo claim over Finfinnee is historical and legal. Therefore, we demand that the decision be revoked. Until the decision is revoked we will continue with our protest. If our protests will not change the situation, we will continue with the next phase of our struggle (Gadaa.com. April, 2014)

The TPLF regime was forced to halt the eviction of Oromo institutions from the city in 2005 under pressure from both Oromo and non-Oromo opposition. That did not mean that Finfinnee was made to serve the Oromo people. In reality, the regime did not withdraw its decision, and the struggle over Finfinnee was not concluded. For unknown reasons, the Oromia Regional State did not build Oromo institutions in the city during the last two decades. Finfinnee (Addis Ababa), which is constitutionally the capital city of Oromia, is without a single public school that uses the Oromo language as a medium of instruction or a single newspaper which is printed in Afaan Oromoo. All of the newspapers which were started in the early 1990s were banned, and their journalists were in jail or in exile by the end of the decade. To paraphrase what the young Oromo artist Jaafar Yuusuf has expressed with poetic eloquence and for which he was detained and tortured, Finfinnee is the capital city of Oromia and of over 35 million Oromos only in name. Thus, despite their historical and “special constitutional interests,” the Oromo, who number between half a million and eight hundred thousand (or 20% of 4 million inhabitants of the city, UN Habitat, 2007), are marginalized and denied the use of their language. Finfinnee remains an Oromo city under a foreign occupation.

Teessoo Shaggar fi gosoota Oromoo Shaggar/Finfinnee keessa fi naannoo ishii Qubatan.

Shaggar/Finfinneen gosa Oromoo keessa isa tokkoo kan ta’ee fi dame Booraanaa keessa Tuulama kan jedhamuun abbaa qabeenyaa taatee ture. Tuulama keessa gosti guddaa fi inni angafaa kan ta’e Galaan kan jedhamu. Qarqara kibba tulluu Cuqqaalaa irraa ka’ee Hawaas (Hawaash) cehuun hanga walakkaa Shaggar/Finfinneetti tamsa’ee jira. Gosti kun balbala baayyee of jalatti kan qabu yoo ta’u hanga Wallootti diriiree jira.

Inni Lammaffaan Obo Tuulamaa immoo Galaan irraa gara kaabattii Caffee Doonsaa irraa kaasee hanga Qarree-Gowwaa jedhamuttii diriiree kan jiru yoo ta’u, naannoo Finfinnee/Shaggar kan qubatee, ilam angafaa Oboo kan ta’e gosa Gumbichuu yoo ta’u hanga kaabaa Finfinnee/Shaggar naannoo Caancotti jira. (Gosa gurguddaa 7 qaba)

Ilmaan Oboo Finfinnee keessa warra jiran lamaan keessaa (Gullallee Oboo fi Gullallee Beeroo) gullallee Oboo Finfinnee irraa kaasee gara kaabaa fi kaabaa dhihaatti/Lixaatti diriiree hanga baha laga Mogoritti yoo ta’u gara kibbaatti immoo Galaan keessa gadi seenee jira. Inni sadeessoon immoo Eekkaa Oboo kan jedhamu Galaan irraa gara Kaabaa fi Gullallee irraa gara bahaatti laga Qabbanaawaa (Qabbannaa) irraa kaasee Finfinnee gara bahaa dhuunfatee hanga daangaa Gumbichuutti deema (ilaamnaa sadii qaba)

Lafti Shaggar/Finfinnee jedhamu kun bara Minilik qabamuun ishii beekamaadha. Jalqaba Qubsuma waraana fi maatii nafxanyootaa yoo ta’u booda gara magaala guddiitti Empaayerittitti jijjiramee. Oromoonis bakka kana irraa buqqifamee gara kutaa adda addaatti faca’uuf fi gosoota naannoo sana jiranitti makamee ture.

Ittii aanee Empaayerittii kan qabatees, bara Hayila Sillaasee, Shaggar babal’achaa deemuun, Oromoota buqqisee godaansisuu itti fufe. Fakkeenyaf bakki Gootaraa jedhamuu fii Fabrikaan Simmintoo ture sun bosaana dukkanaawaa fii Leenci keessaa baroodaa akka ture jaarsoleen dubbataa turan. Baruma bittaa H/Sillaasee kana naannoon Finfinnee kun “mannaggashaa Awuraajjaa” jedhama. Finfinneen kantiiban haa bultu malee, Awuraajjaa kana jala turte, awuraajjichis akkuma qaamaa Finfinneetti ilaalama ture.

Babal’ifannaan mootota habashaa bara Dargiis itti fufuun sirumaa hanga Km 125(kiiloo meetira) ta’a jedhamee odeeffamaa ture, Oromoota buqqiisuun bara dargiisi itti fufee ture.

Dabalataanis Shaggar karaa kibba Dhihaatin jahan(6n) Bachootin daangeffama. Kan jechuun warra Finfinnee/Shaggar keessaa gadi dhiibamanii, naannoo Sabbataa fi naannoo Furii turan dabalatee jechaadha. Jahan Bachoo jechuun ilmaan jahan Bachoo-Tuulamaa hore jechaadha. Fakkeenya Meetta fi Subba sadeen (3n) fi kkf.

Amma Bara wayyaanee buqqifamuun Oromoo itti hammaatee, Sababni isaa misooma maqaa jedhuun gurgurtaa lafaa irraa argamu maallaqa waan barbaadaniif, warra qabeenya qabanitti lafa maqaa liizii jedhuu hanga waggaa 99ti kontiraata gurguruuf waan ta’eef. Karoora Wayyaanee “Ammisti Amata Pilaan” jedhuu inni jalqabaa ganda qonnaan bulaa Oromoo naannoo Shaggar 27 Finfinneetti dabalee karoorfatee ture. Karoora waggaa shanii inni lammaaffaan immoo, gara Onaatti (waraadaaletti) cehee karoorfate. Karoorri waggaa shanii inni 3ffaa fi amma keessa jirruu fii dhumaa jiru kun immoo gara Zoonitti cehee, gara Onaa (waradaalee) jahaa Finfinneetti dabaalee ture. Amma lafti zoonii kana keessaa guguramee, Oromoon buqqa’ee dhumee jennaan, Maqaa “Zoonii addaa” jedhuu irraa haqanii qaama Finfinnee taasisuun, karoora waggaa shanii isa itti aanu qopheefachuuf ture. Kanaaf Karoorri waggaa shanii wayyaanee inni ittii aanuu kan karoorfamu “Zoonii Addaa” irraa gara “Kutaa addaa” jedhamaa. Kunis isa duraan “Shoe ykn Shawaa” jedhu sana gara Finfinneetti karoorsuf kan tilmaamame fakkaata. Kun eegaa adeemsa keessa mirkanaaya.

Seife Nebelbal Radio on May 23, 2014 (Secretly recorded TPLF meeting deliberating on how to deceive public about mass killings of Oromos. ‪#‎OromoProtests)

Worldwide Protests Ongoing in Support of Oromo People in Ethiopia

Caamsaa/May 24, 2014 · Finfinne Tribune | Gadaa.com 

(Free Speech Radio News (FSRN)) – In Ethiopia, student-led protests related to a land dispute in the Oromia Region state are in their fourth week. The ethnic Tigrayan-­led Ethiopian government has violently cracked down on peaceful protests, killing dozens of ethnic Oromo students and injuring or imprisoning hundreds more. The unrest prompted an unprecedented response from the Oromo diaspora and human rights organizations around the world.

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Demonstrators have rallied in cities in Australia, the U.S, Europe, Egypt, Uganda and Israel, calling for their respective governments to condemn the violence and raising awareness about the human rights situation for the Oromos in Ethiopia. Rachael Bongiorno reports from one such rally in Melbourne, Australia.

On a crisp Friday morning, a sea of green, red and yellow Oromo flags lines the streets of Melbourne. The city’s Oromo community is demonstrating to draw attention to human rights abuses facing Oromos back in Ethiopia. The protesters halt trams and cars, chanting and handing out fresh roses with tags quoting Martin Luther King JR’s famous words “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

The Oromo people are the largest indigenous ethnic Ethiopia but they’ve historically been marginalized and suffered discrimination by successive Ethiopian governments. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have long documented widespread discrimination, violence, and arbitrary arrests against the Oromo people. One young girl, who asks not to be identified, explains why she’s come out to protest.

“I feel like I’m standing in solidarity with the Oromo people in Melbourne and many other cities around the world,” she says, adding “We want to tell the word that people are being killed for peacefully protesting for their constitutional rights, being killed for speaking up and standing for their rights.”

The Oromo students in Ethiopia are calling for full implementation of the country’s constitution, which includes un human rights principles as well as provisions for self-determination. These guarantees extend to both Oromia state and the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. But while the capital is located in the state, it falls under the central government’s administration. And the government wants to expand its boundaries into Oromo lands.

Soreti Kadir is one the organizer’s of the on-going world-wide protests. She says, “We’re here today because the Ethiopian government has announced this plan that it’s going to be displacing up to 2 million Oromo people.” Kadir continues, “This means not only do the identities of these towns that are no longer going to exist because they will be dissolved which are predominantly Oromo. But Oromo people and farmers become displaced and don’t have a way to actually earn a proper income.”

The government’s planned expansion of Addis Ababa – known as the Master Plan – is just one of many such plans that have affected the Oromo region and forced the indigenous people from their lands. Under the Abyssinian colonial rule during the 20th Century, the Oromo language was banned and the Amharic culture was imposed. The ban was only lifted in 1991, as Toltu Tuffa explains. “This is not the first Master Plan, there have been a number of other ones, and this is the 10th installment of the master plan.”

Ummata Oromoo Irratti Duguuggaa Sanyii Raawwachuun Gaaffii Mirgaa Tasa Hin Dhaabu Jedhu Barattooti Oromoo Adamaa

Sirni awwaalcha barataa Bilisummaa Lammii Shawaa Bahaa Magaalaa Ejeree keessatti (Caamsaa 18, 2014).
(Caamsaa 16/2014 Adaamaa)

Har’a Adaamaa Keessatti Sabboontota Oromoo Waraana Wayyaaneen Ajjeefaman
1. Milishuu Mallasaa: Bakki Dhaloota isaaa Amboodha, Hojiin isaa Daldalaadha. Akkasuma mucaan kuni waggaa 8 mana hidhaa ture bahe, waggaa sadii mana hidhaa Maa’ikelaawwiitti waggaa 5n ammoo Qaallittiitti hidhamee bahe.
2. Bilisummaa Lammii: Bakka dhalooti isaa Aanaa Lumee bakka Ejeree jedhamtuudha. Barataa Rift Vaaliy Yuuniversitii koollejjii barataa Bisines Manajimentiidha. Yeroo darbee kan hidhamee baheedha. Namoota kana suuraa isaanii boruu dhaamna.
Kanneen jedhaman loltoota Wayyaanee kan Fedaraalaan qabamanii erga hidhaa seenaniin booda loltootaan ajjefamuu gabaasi amma Adaamaa irraa dhaqabe addeessa.
Mootumaan Wayyaanee rasaasaan reebee ajjeesuun isa gahuu didnaan magaalaa keessa deemee ilmaan Oromoo akka bineensaa adamsee ajjeesuu irratti argama. Kan nama dhibu guyyaa lama dura Adaamaa keessatti gaaffii mirgaa gaafachuudhaan barattootaa fi hojjetoota garagaraa nama 40 ol hidhuudhaan mana hidhaa keessatti dararamaa turan.
Kanneen keessaa Oromooti olitti maqaan dhahame keessatti argamu. Guyyaa har’aa kana mana hidhaa keessaa baasanii konkolaataan fuudhanii deemuun Oromoota lamaan kana lubbuu galaafatanii akka darban gabaasi Adaamaa ni addeessa. Guutummaa haala isaanii fi suuraan qabsaawota kanaa gara fuula duraa if ni ta’a.

በአባይ ጉዳይ ኃያላኑ በግብጽ ላይ ጫና እየፈጠሩ ነው የጫናው መነሻ አነጋገሪ ሆኗል

ምዕራባውያን ሃያላን አገሮች ግብጽ በአባይ ዙሪያ የድርድር ጠረጴዛ ላይ እንድትቀመጥ ጫና እያደረጉ መሆኑ ተሰማ፡፡ ዜናውን የዘገበው አልአህራም ቃል በቃል ግብጽ ላይ ጫና ተፈጠረ ብሎ ባይጽፍም ከዜናው ለመረዳት እንደተቻለው ግብጽ ላይ ጫና እየተደረገባት ነው፡፡ ሃያላኑ ግብጽ ላይ እያሳደሩት ያለው ጫና መነጋገሪያ ሆኗል፡፡

እንደ ጋዜጣው ዘገባ ያለፈው ቅዳሜ የግብጹ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚ/ር ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር በአባይ ጉዳይ ለመደራደር አገራቸው ፈቃደኛ መሆኗን ማሳወቃቸውን ጠቅሶ ዘግቧል፡፡ ይህንን መግለጫ ከመስጠታቸው በፊት የግብጹ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚ/ር በአሜሪካ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚ/ር መ/ቤት የውሃ ሃብት ልዩ አስተባባሪ ከሆኑት አሮን ሳልዝበርግ እንዲሁም ከአውሮጳ ኅብረት ልዩ ልዑክ አልክሳንደር ሮንዶስ ጋር ውይይት ማድረጋቸው ታውቋል፡፡

በተለይ የአሜሪካው ተወካይ ሳልዝበርግ ወደ ግብጽ ከመሄዳቸው በፊት አዲስ አበባ ላይ ቆይታ አድርገው ከኢህአዴግ ባለሥልጣናት ጋር ግድቡን በተመለከተ ውይይት ማድረጋቸው አብሮ ተዘግቧል፡፡ ሆኖም ኢህአዴግ በምን ነጥቦች ላይ እንደተደራደረ የተገለጸ ነገር ባይኖርም የአሜሪካው ባለሥልጣን ወዲያው ወደ ግብጽ እንደበረሩ ግብጽ ድርድር መፈለጓ መገለጹ የበርካታዎችን ትኩረት የሳበ ጉዳይ ሆኗል፡፡

በተያያዘ ዜና ሪፖርተር እሁድ ባስነበበው ጋዜጣ ላይ እስራኤል በኤሌክትሪክ ሃይል ማመንጨት ሥራ የመሰማራት ዕቅድ እንዳላት ዘግቧል፡፡ እስካሁን ድረስ እስራኤል በኃይል ማመንጨት ሥራ ውስጥ የመሳተፍ ፍላጎት እንዳለት ሲጠቀስ የቆየ ቢሆንም ከዚሁ ጋር ተያይዞ በርካታ ጥያቄዎች ሲነሱ ቆይተዋል፡፡ ሆኖም እንደ ሪፖርተር ዘገባ ከሆነ በኢትዮጵያ የፖታሽ ፕሮጀክት 30በመቶ ባለድርሻ የሆኑትን የሚስተር ኢዳን ኦፈር ኩባንያዎች በኢትዮጵያ የኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ዘርፍ የመሰማራት ዕቅድ እንዳላቸው ጠቅሷል፡፡

እንደ ዜናው ከሆነ እስራኤል የምትሰማራበት የኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ማመንጫ “የውኃ፣ የጂኦተርማል ወይም የንፋስ መሆኑን” በግልጽ እንዳላሳወቀች ነገር ግን ጥናቱ በኩባንያው ቴክኒክ ቡድን በኩል እንደሚካሄድ የኩባንያው ባለቤት መናገራቸውን ጨምሮ ዘግቧል፡፡ ሚስተር ኦፈር የሚመሩት ኢዝራኤሊ ኬሚካልስ የተባለው ኩባንያ በማዳበሪያና መሰል ምርቶች ላይ የተሠማራ ሲሆን የማዕድን ማውጣት ተግባሩን በእስራኤል፣ በአሜሪካ፣ በአውሮጳና ቻይን ያካሂዳል፡፡ ከኩባንያው አክሲዮን ሁለተኛው ከፍተኛ ባለድርሻ የካናዳው የፖታሽ ኮርፖሬሽን እንደሆነ ይታወቃል፡፡

የእስራኤል በኢትዮጵያ በኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ማመንጨት ተግባር የመሰማራቷ ዜና ምናልባትም ከአባይ ግድብ ጀርባ የሃያላኑ አገራት ድጋፍና ጥበቃ እንዲሁም ቀጥተኛ ወይም ተዘዋዋሪ የሆነ ጥቅም የማስከበር ፍላጎት እንዳለ የሚሰነዘረውን ሃሳብ ያጠነክረዋል፡፡ አንዳንዶች እንደሚሉት የጫናው መነሻ ይህ የጡንቸኞቹ የጥቅም ጉዳይ እንደሆነ ያስረግጣል ይላሉ፡፡

በዚህና በተለያዩ ምክንያቶች በአባይ ግድብ ዙሪያ የሚነሱት መላምቶች ወይም መከራከሪያዎች ከሃያላኑ ጫና ጋር ተዳምረው መነጋገሪያ ርዕስ ሆኗል፡፡ግብጽ ጫናውን አስመልክቶ በይፋ የገለጸችው ተቃውሞ ወይም ቅሬታ የለም፡፡ ይሁን እንጂ በግብጽ የፕሬዚዳንታዊ ምርጫ ዘመቻ ላይ ያሉትና የምዕራባውያን ቀጥተኛ ድጋፍ ያላቸው ፊልድ ማርሻል አል-ሲሲ “የውሃ ነገር” ለግብጽ “የህይወትና የሞት ጉዳይ” መሆኑን መግለጻቸውንና ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር በመሆን መፍትሔ መፈለጉ “የግድ” እንደሆነ ማስታወቃቸውን ጎልጉል ዘግቦ ነበር፡፡

በዜናው መሠረት አል-ሲሲ “የሌሎችን ፍላጎትና ጥቅም የምንረዳ መሆናችንን ማሳየት ይገባናል፤ (የዚያኑ ያህልም) የራሳችንን ጥቅም ለማስጠበቅ ጽኑ መሆን አለብን፤ (ምክንያቱም) ውሃ ማለት ለእኛ የህይወትና የሞት ጉዳይ ነው” ማለታቸውን ጎልጉል ጨምሮ በማስታወቅ እጩው ፕሬዚዳንት ከዚህ በፊት ያልታየ መለሳለስ በማሳየት “ለኢትዮጵያና ለሌሎች አፍሪካ ወንድሞቻችን ተገቢውን ጥረት አለማድረጋችንን ማመን አለብን፤ በዚህ ዓይነቱ ጉዳይ ለመተባበርና መፍትሔ ለማግኘት ድርድርና የጋራ መግባባት ቁልፍ ናቸው” ማለታቸውን ጭምሮ ዘግቦ እንደ ነበር ይታወሳል፡፡

የአባይ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያንና ግብጽን ለዘመናት በተለያዩ እሰጥ አገባ ውስጥ የከተታቸው ነው፡፡ በአባይ ከሚፈሰው 90በመቶ የሚሆነው ውሃ የሚመነጨው እንዲሁም በአባይ ተጠርጎ ከሚወሰደው ለም አፈር 96በመቶ የሚሆነው የሚሄደው ከኢትዮጵያ ደጋማ ክፍል እንደሆነ ይታወቃል፡፡ የአባይ ወንዝን አጠቃቀም በተመለከተ የሚያስተዳድሩት ሕጎች እኤአ በ1929 እና በ1959 በግብጽና በሱዳን እንዲሁም በግብጽና በብሪታኒያ በቅኝ ግዛት ዘመን በተፈረሙ ውሎች ሲሆን በውሉ መሠረት ግብጽና ሱዳን ከአባይ ወንዝ ኃብት በድምሩ 90በመቶ የሚሆነውን የመጠቀም መብት አላቸው (ይህም በየዓመቱ 55.5 ሜትር ኩብ የሚሆነው ለግብጽ 18.5 የሚሆነው ደግሞ ለሱዳን ማለት ነው)፡፡

ይህ ኢትዮጵያን የሚጎዳ ውልና አሠራር እንዳለ ሆኖ የዛሬ አራት ዓመት አካባቢ በታህሳስ ወር አቶ መለስ ይህንኑ የቅኝ ግዛት ዘመን ውል እንደገና በመቀበል ግብጽ በአባይ ወንዝ ላይ የተፈቀደላትን የድርሻ ኮታ ማግኘት ይገባታል በማለት ስምምነት መፈረማቸውን አልአህራም በወቅቱ ዘግቦ እንደነበር አይዘነጋም፡፡

ከጥቂት ቀናት በፊት ደግሞ ኢነርጂ ቢዝነስ ሪቪውን በመጥቀስ ሪፖርተር ለንባብ ባበቃው ዜና ላይ “በምሥራቃዊ ሱዳን በኩል ከከሰላ ግዛት ተነስቶ ወደ ኤርትራ በሚዘረጋ የ45 ኪሎ ሜትር የኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ማስተላለፊያ መስመር” በኩል ሱዳን ከኢትዮጵያ የምትገዛውን የኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ለኤርትራ ለመሸጥ እንቅስቃሴ ላይ መሆኗን ዘግቧል፡፡ ሱዳን ከዚሁ የአባይ ግድብ በርካሽ የምትገዛውን የኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ምን ያህሉን በምን ያህል ትርፍ ለኤርትራ ለመሸጥ እንዳሰበች እስካሁን አለመታወቁን ጋዜጣው ጭምሮ አስታውቋል፡፡

አቶ መለስ ሥልጣን ላይ በነበሩበት ዓመታት ኤርትራ ከኢትዮጵያ ያለቀረጥ ክፍያ በነጻ ያህል ከኢትዮጵያ የምትወስደውን ቡና በዓለም ገበያ ላይ በመሸጥ ከቡና አምራችና ሻጭ አገራት ውስጥ ተመዝግባ እንደነበር አይዘነጋም፡፡ ከዚህ ልምድ በመነሳት አሁንም ኤርትራ ከሱዳን የምትገዛውን ከአባይ ግድብ የሚመነጨውን የኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል በአቅራቢያዋ ለሚገኘው አጎራባቿ የሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ክልል መልሳ በትርፍ ትሸጥ ይሆናል የሚለው አስተያየት ስላቃዊ ቢሆንም አነጋጋሪ እየሆነ መጥቷል፡፡
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Two Oromo Students of Rift Valley University Killed in Adama; Also the Nekemte Hospital’s Ward Filled with Oromo Students Brutally Injured by the Ethiopian TPLF Authorities During the Nonviolent #OromoProtests FDG

According to sources, two Oromo students of the Rift Valley University – identified as Bilisuma Lami and Milisha Belete, were killed by what is believed to be a premeditated and government-sponsored car accident in Adama on May 16, 2014. The two had been arrested and put in prison for peacefully protesting against the Addis Ababa Master Plan for the last two weeks, and it was only a few days ago that they were released from prison when the accident took their lives.

Meanwhile, it’s been reported that one Nekemte Hospital’s ward is still highly crowded with severely injured Oromo students (see photos below). The students were brutally injured, most recently on May 14, 2014, by the Ethiopian TPLF authorities during the nonviolent #OromoProtests FDG against the Addis Ababa Master Plan, which aims to evict millions of Oromo farmers from their lands in Central Oromiyaa, especially around the Oromiyaan districts surrounding Addis Ababa (which is known as Finfinnee by the indigenous Oromo people).

In related news, mass arrests of peacefully protesting Oromo students have continued across Oromiyaa, and the TPLF Ethiopian regime has also intensified its expulsion of Oromo students from colleges and universities for peacefully protesting against the Addis Ababa Master Plan.

In the latest expulsion campaigns, five students from Wallaggaa University, another five students from Addis Ababa University have been expelled permanently. Among those expelled from Addis Ababa University is student Boona Gammachu, author of the Afan Oromo book, “Gola Icciitii.” An additional group of five students have been suspended from Addis Ababa University for two years.

The brutality of the coward TPLF Ethiopian regime can be seen from these photos.

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The Demand of Oromo Students at Wallaga University

OromoProtests what caused today massive crackdown on Walaga University? The information we pieced together from multiple sources indicates the following sequence of events.

-In the last weeks various OPDO leaders came to campus and the town , and attempted to persuade students to abandon the demand over the Master Plan and resume class. But the effort did not bear fruit.

- Yesterday evening students were informed that those arrested during the first protest were sentenced from 2 years to 6 years jail time.

- In the same evening a person was spotted holding hand grade. Students caught him, notified the security and asked them to detain and investigate. But the person was released immediately without any explanation. This strengthened suspicion that either the regime has armed certain students or plain cloth security agents are passing as students.

- Consequently this morning students presented three key demands as condition for resumption of school.

1) Opening of free public forum to discuss the issues related to the Master Plan. 2) Immediate retraction of the jail term and release all arrested students 3) Immediate withdrawal of federal police and Agazi forces from campus.

- Soon federal police came to arrest those students who delivered the message. - In response students began protesting and chanting. - Truckload of federal police and Agazi reinforcement began arriving and invaded the campus. - Students retreated to their dormitories - Federal police and Agazi sealed off the campus and moved on dormitories. - Students barricaded themselves - Federal Police and Agazi broke-down doors and walls, beating students. - A number of students fell/thrown from buildings causing at-least one death due to such fall.

As of this time, there is six reported death which of three is confirmed. Medics at Nekemte hospital confirm at-least 200 injured students have been admitted to emergency room. Student source r claims a large number of injured students remain trapped on campus. Campus remained sealed off. No visitation by family members has been allowed at the hospital.

Ibsa ejjennoo Amantii Waaqeffannaa, Norway: Barattoota motummaan Tophiyyaa biyyatti miidhaa irraan gahe laalchisee ibsa ejjennoo | Waqeffanna Oromo Religion in Norway: Press release regarding the killing of Oromo students in Oromia – Ethiopia

Waqeffanna Oromo Religion in Norway: Press release regarding the killing of Oromo students in Oromia – Ethiopia

We are saddened by the news of killings of students in Oromia, Ethiopia. The students protested peacefully against the master plan of Finfinne /Addis Ababa/ due to  the government’s plan to include the farms around Finfinne in the city plan and sell the land as usual.

We have learnt that the farmers around Finfinne have lost their farm land by the name of foreign investment. Their land is given to investors and sold as a plot for building houses. The farmers became the daily labourers on their own land and many of them left their indigenous land.

This has made the farmers servants on their own land. Waqa (God) has not created anyone as master and  servants. We are all equal in front of Waqa.

The students who protested this are being killed by Agazi soldiers and police of Ethiopian government. We watched videos of merciless killings of young students and people on the streets of Ambo, Robe, Nekemt, Dembi Dollo, etc. and the rest of the country. Above all, the Ethiopian government act irresponsibly and didn’t allow the family to collect the dead body of their children. Those who injured are not allowed to get medical attention as punishment. This shows the brutality of Ethiopian government.

The killing of students is not acceptable by any human standards. We call upon our members to stand hand in hand with their brothers and sisters and give them the necessary support. We call upon international community, UN, EU and USA and international religious organizations to condemn the act of Ethiopian government and bring the killers who commit this criminal act to justice.

We also call upon humanitarian organizations to be aware of the situation and give the necessary assistance to save the lives of the injured and displaced ones.

Waqeffanna Oromo Religion in Norway

Bergen, May 8. 2014

Norway

Ibsa ejjennoo Amantii Waaqeffannaa, Norway: Barattoota motummaan Tophiyyaa biyyatti miidhaa irraan gahe laalchisee ibsa ejjennoo

Barattoonni Oromoo universitiifi maatin isaanii haala Mastar plaanii Finfinneen naannawa ishiidhuunfachuu laalchisee hiriira nagaa bahaniif ajjeecha fi hidhaa mootummaan Tophiyaa raawwate hedduu nu gaddisiise. Barattoonni kuni kan yaadda’aniif mootummaan Toophiyaa akkuma baratame lafa qotee bulaa naannaa Finfinnee jiru irraa ari’ee akkuma baratame maqaa invetmentiitin gurgurachuuf ta’uu isaati.

Akka haala achi jirurraa hubannetti, qonnaan bultoonni naannaa Finfinnee jiraatan lafa isaanii mana irratti ijaarudhaaf sababa jedhuun mootummaan irraa fudhatee lafa ofitirratti deebi’anii hojjettuu ta’anii qaxaramuu ykn achii ari’amanii rakkinarra bu’uutu isaan mudata. Kanarraa kan ka’e lafa abbaa ofii kan irratti dhalataniifi afaanif  aadaa ofii dhabuun akka isaan mudatu walnama hingaafachiisu.

Akka amantii keenyaa Waaqnis nama yoo uumu kaan gooftaa waan fedhe namarratti raawwatu, kaan immoo gabbartuu gooftaa sanii godhee hinumne. Nama maraa walqixa uume.

Waraanni mootummaa kan Agaaazii jedhamuufi Foolisiin ummata baratoota waliin Naannoo Oromiyaa Ambotti, Roobetii, Naqamtetti, Dambii Doollotti kkf. ajjeessun isaan vidiyoodhaan yoo agarru hedduu nu rifachiisee jira. Motummaan suni irree ofii abdachuudhaf warri ijoollee ofii kan duutellee akka reefa fuudhee hinawwaallane, kan madaa’an akka hinhakimsiisfne dhoowwe. Kuni hagam tokko akka mootummaan suni naatoo uummataaf hinqabne mul’isa.

Ajjeechan barattoota fi ummataa kuni sammuu ilma namaa kamiifuu fudhatamaa miti. Miseensoonni keenya martuu akka obbolaa ofii biyyatti miidhamaa jiran waliin dhaabbatanii deeggarsa barbaachisu maraa godhan yaamicha goona.

Waaqeffannaan Oromoo Norway Mootummoota Addunyaa walta’niif, Mootummoota Waliigaltee Awuroppatiif, Mootummaa Amarikaanitiif, Hawaasa Addunyaatif, akkasumas dhaabilee amantii maraaf akka ajjeechaa motummaan Tophiyaa raawwate kana balaaleffatan akkasumas akka namoota gocha kana raawwate seeraf dhiyeessu gaafanna.

Akkasumas, dhaabbileen gargaarsaa haala kana hubachuun deeggarsa barbaachisu warra madoo fi rakkateef akka godhan yaamicha goona.

Waqeffanna Oromo Religion in Norway

Bergen, Caamsaa 8 bara 2014

Bergen – Norway

Theological Reflection on the TPLF’s New Master Plan to Expand Finfinnee: An Urgent Call for Every Able Bodied Oromo in Oromia and Around the Globe to Fight Against Colonial Injustice in Oromia

By Wake Jio Garbi*

Introduction
This essay presents my critical analysis and gives theological reflection on the current human rights violation in Oromia. Also, it will briefly discuss issues that are related to the entire Oromo people and make a genuine call to spiritual leaders and their followers in order to rise up against humiliation of Oromo people and halt the ongoing injustice in Oromia. It is a call to vie for God given human dignity, and stand in unison and support Oromo students who are demonstrating peacefully in opposition against the new master plan which is aimed to destroy Oromo identity.

Since 1890s, that is, after Oromia was annexed by the Abyssinian colonizers and became part of the Ethiopian Empire, Oromo heroes and heroines have been sacrificing their unreplaceable and precious life to free Oromia. All the Habasha (Tigrayan and Amhara) colonial regimes, including the current brutal handed Tigray People Liberation Front/TPLF government, have been conducting successive physical and psychological genocide, intolerable discrimination, violation of human rights, exploitation of human resources, natural resources, and political and economic deprivation of the indigenous Oromo people.

TPLF, under the covert name of Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front/EPRDF, has been torturing, killing, grabbing land, imprisoning thousands of Oromo farmers, businessmen and women, students, intellectuals, and politicians to silence Oromo people. This brutal government continued evicting thousands of Oromo farmers from their farmlands and immersed them in a continuously perpetuating poverty cycle.  Large number of Oromo farmers has been displaced more often and forced to move to places where there are no means of supporting their lives, families, and livestock. Though some non-governmental organizations and many human rights activists have been exposing this human rights violation to the international community where this brutal government gave deaf ears and closed eyes to this. The regime continued to suppress peoples’ peaceful resistance and eradicate Oromo nationalists from the state of Oromia so that they would not be surfaced their concern against the successive strategy of exploiting Oromia.

TPLF and their collaborative classes (what I mean by collaborative class is some Oromo and other ethnic groups who cooperate with this cruel government) are grabbing land in Oromia, especially around the capital city of Oromia, Finfinnee (with the colonial name of Addis Ababa) in order to fill their insatiable pocket and enjoy fetish life while the original owners (farmers) of the land pushed into deep poverty and became daily laborers where their children are stricken by hunger. Additionally, thousands of hectares of Oromian land are sold to foreign investors with very cheap prices. This land grabbing activity forced poor Oromo farmers and damaged their historical heritage, prime farm land, areas for growing, grazing, and agricultural products such as fruits, herbs, and other foods.

To call this century lasting injustice in Oromia to an end, Oromo people have been struggling as an individual, as a social group, and as a political organization. For example, Oromo Liberation Front/OLF, the Oromo political Messiah, is the unforgettable Oromo political party who has been facing challenges and paying sacrifice to ensure the liberty of Oromo people since it came to existence in 1973. Interestingly, the devouring fire of freedom and justice which is ignited by OLF is still burning and turning the seed of Habasha supremacy in Oromia into ash.

The current TPLF led Ethiopian government systematic colonial expansion plan, under disguised  new master plan, is designed by the ruling party itself without giving due consideration for the existing condition and reality on the ground. The so called master plan has nothing to do with the public need and didn’t solicit for willingness of the indigenous people. This plan is aimed to destroy Oromo culture, economy, politics, religion, and belief.

1. Theological perspective
The bible, both the Old Testament and the New Testament, indicates that the scandal of land accommodation is in the hands of those who tyrannize the voiceless. The accommodation of resources is held in the hands of the cruel government, while the oppressed are crying and dying for lack of basic necessities of life is in contradiction with the purpose of creation.