MANDAROOTA FI MAGAALAAWWAN OROMIYAA – OROMIAN TOWNS AND CITIES: Kutaa Afraffaa

Taammanaa Bitimaa Irraa* | Kutaa Afraffaa

Kutaalee dabran duubisuuf Addana Tuqaa:-[ Kutaa 1ffaa, Kutaa 2ffaa, Kutaa 3ffaa ]

KUTAA AFRAFFAA

DURADUBBII
 
Dubbiftoota barreeffa kanaa jaalatamoo fi kabajamoo, baga nagaa fi nageenyaan naaf turtanii kutaa afraffaa kana duukaa-buu’uuf dhuftani! Akkuma isin amma gara mandhee tanaa dhuftan mee nagaa fi nageenyi, bilisummaa fi walabummaan Oromiyaa taanyaaf haa dhufu!

Waamicha Marii Hawaasa Oromoo Biyya Awurooppaa: Stockholm (Adoolesaa 25, 2015)

Mariin Hawaasa Oromoo Biyyaa Awurooppaa gaafa Adoolesaa 25, 2015, biyya Sweden magaalaa Stockholmitti gaggeeffama.

Kanaaf, Hawaasni Oromoo Biyya Awurooppaa jiraattani hundi akka irratti hirmaattani kabajaan isin afeerra. Galgala isaa ammoo artistoota Oromoo bebbeekamoo waliin bashannanama.

Bakka/Teessoo: Husby träff, Edward Griegsgången 9, Kista, Stockholm.
Nagaan kootta!

July 13: Finfinne Day | Guyyaa Finfinnee | Revisiting the Oromo Roots of Finfinne in Pictures

July 13, 2015 | Gadaa.com

July 13 is marked every year by Oromo nationalists around the world to celebrate Finfinne, and to commemorate the heroines and heroes who had fallen while fighting against the removal of Oromia’s Capital from Finfinne in the early 2000’s.

Finfinne used to be the home of Oromo tribes/clans of Gullallee, Galaan and Ekaa, to name a few, before it fell under Abyssinia’s rule in the late 19th century, and got renamed as “Addis Ababa.” Before its fall, Afan Oromo used to be the official language of Finfinne to conduct political duties of the then Gullallee Gadaa government. Since the late 19th century, Afan Oromo has been banned as the official language of Finfinne. Currently, there is a campaign to reinstate Afan Oromo as the official Working Language of the Federal Government seated in Addis Ababa (Finfinne). Culturally, the inauguration of the Oromo Cultural Arts and National History Center in Finfinne earlier this year has been lauded as a historic milestone. The Center has already become the focal point of the resurgent Oromo culture and arts in Finfinne.

Miseensi OPDO Walgahii Irratti Du’an

Adoolessa 12, 2015 | Oromedia.net

Ministirri di’eetaan Daldalaa Itoophiyaa walgahii Caffee Oromiyaa irratti addunyaa kana irraa boqotan.

Oduun Adaamaa irraa nu gahe akka ibsutti, Ministira Daldalaafi miseensa Caffee Oromiyaa kan ta’an obbo Alii Siraaj kan boqotan walgahii Adaamaatti taaámaa jiru irratti.

Akka oduun kun jedhutti, Obbo Aliin yaa’ii idilee 13ffaa Caffee Oromiyaa Adaamaatti adeemsifamaa jiru irratti hirmaachaa utuu jiranuu sababa hin beekamneen du’an.

Umurii waggaa 46ffaatti kan du’an obbo Alii Siraaj minister di’eetaa ministeera Daldalaa utuu hin ta’iniin dura bulchaa godina Jimmaa ta’uurraa eegalee iddoowwan itti gaafatamaa adda addaa irratti tajaajilaa turaniiru.

OMN Amharic : Interview with Aad. Na’amat Isa, a Veteran Oromo Freedom Fighter, a Trailblazer for Oromo Women in Oromo Politics, and a Former Prisoner of Conscience (ከወ/ሮ ነዕማት ኢሳ ጋር የተደረጋ ቃለ መጠይቅ)

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Freedom comes at a price in Ethiopia - and the UK

July 11, 2015 | Amnesty

The struggle for human rights is a long one, fraught with set-backs and challenges, so it’s always nice to get a bit of good news once in a while.

Yesterday Ethiopia released a number of bloggers and journalistsimprisoned for exercising their right to free speech. Mahlet Fantahun and Zelalem Kibret, bloggers from the Zone 9 collective, and three journalists being tried alongside them for terrorism offences – Edom Kassaye, Tesfalem Waldeyes and Asmamaw Hailegiorgis – were released from jail after all charges against them were dropped. They had been in detention for over a year. Journalist Reeyot Alemu, who’d spent four years in detention for terrorism offences, was also released.

Ethiopia courts scepticism after freeing imprisoned writers ahead of Obama visit

July 11, 2015 | The Guardian
 
Critics accuse government of political opportunism amid official attempts to cast release of five writers from media and Zone 9 as routine act of generosity

After more than a year of imprisonment, two Ethiopian women had no idea they were about to be released until a prison loudspeaker informed them they were free to go.

“They were kind of stunned. Can you imagine what kind of emotion? They didn’t believe it at first – they thought they were being taken somewhere else,” said a friend of Edom Kassaye, the freelance journalist who was released from Kality jail on Thursday morning along with another detainee, the Zone 9 blogger Mahlet Fantahun.

Sagalee QEERROO Bilisummaa Oromoo(SQ) Qophii Adoolessa 10, 2015

Bekele Gerba will be OSA’s featured Speaker at the 2015 Annual Conference

July 11, 2015


(OSA) –We are pleased to announce that Mr.  Bekele Gerba will be a keynote speaker at the Oromo Studies Association (OSA) annual conference to be held at Howard University, Washington DC from August 1-2, 2015. The theme of this year’s annual conference is Expanding the Frontiers in Oromo Studies: Pathways into the Future”  A well-known academic and human rights leader, Mr. Bekele Gerba brings a wealth of experience and knowledge that has direct bearing to the theme of this conference and the objectives of the Oromo Studies in general. What is more exciting in the field of Oromo studies than the highly respected Bekele Gerba delivering  this years’ featured speech  along  with  the well-known Professor John Markakis.

OROMO STUDENT PROTESTORS RELEASED FROM JAIL

July 11, 2015 | Advocacy4oromia

At least six Oromo university students were also among three journalists and two bloggers released from Ethiopian prison yesterday, according to various reports.

The freed Oromo university students include Adugna Kesso, Bilisumma Dammana, Lenjisa Alemayo, Abdi Kamal, Magarsa Warqu, and Tofik. All were students who were arrested by security agents from various universities located in the Oromiya regional states. No charges were brought against many of them in the last year and three months.

The arrest of unknown numbers of Oromo University students followed a May 2014 brutal crackdown by the police against university students who protested when a master plan for the expansion of Addis Abeba, the city originally home to the Oromo, was introduced by the federal government.

The 10th Addis Abeba and Oromia Special Zone Integrated Development Master plan, which was in the making for two years before its introduction to the public, finally came off as ‘Addis Abeba and the Surrounding Oromia Special Zone Integrated Development Plan.’