Denver trial for Ethiopian suspected of torture, mass murder begins

October 07, 2013 | Denver Post | By Tom McGhee*

Kefelegn Alemu Worku (Provided by
federal authorities )

The man known in federal court as John Doe entered this country posing as the father of another refugee who feared his own father's health would prevent his family from getting into the United States, according to a court document.

Doe has admitted his real name is Kefelegn Alemu Worku. Prosecutors say he participated in government-sponsored torture and murder in Ethiopia.

He goes to trial in U.S. District Court in Denver on Monday for allegations of immigration violations that could net him up to 22 years in an American prison followed by deportation, according to a source familiar with the case.

Is a Pragmatic, Inclusive and Smart Oromo National Liberation Organization Yet to Emerge?

October 07, 2013 | By Fayyis Oromia*

As we all know, there were a lot of Oromo organizations formed to struggle for national freedom since many decades ago. Their hitherto ideologies and visions can be categorized into three: a multinational federation (shared-rule of Great Oromia with self-rule of Golden Oromia); an independent state (Gadaa republic of Golden Oromia); and a multi-regional federation (shared-rule of Great Oromia without self-rule of Golden Oromia, but with self-rule of Oromia’s six or more traditional regions). The first generation of the national liberation movement took only one of the first two goals as their vision (that is why they claim to be arrab-tokkee = single-tongued = “principled”); the second generation used both of the first visions as alternative goals (thus called arrab-lamee = double-tongued); but, there is not yet one organization, which tried/tries to accommodate or entertain the three objectives (to be arrab-sadee = triple-tongued = accommodative and inclusive). The Oromo national liberation struggle is part and parcel of the national liberation movement of the Cushitic nations in the Horn of Africa against the alien forces of colonization, exploitation and domination in the last 3000 years. These Cushitic nations are actually called Oromota in the Macaafa Qulqullu (Bible in Afan Oromo), the word which describes the non-Semitics and those who did influence the ancient Egypt and ancient Israel. Oromota were known as the people of Cush or lately renamed by the Greeks as the people of Ethiopia (land of the burnt faces). As some part of the Cushland later became under the Semitic influence, the Cushites took the authoritarian culture of these alien forces and became Abyssinia, the name given to them by the Portuguese; and, it means the ‘land of mixed.’ Actually, the Cushitic nations are neither “mixed” nor burnt, but they are the brave Cushitic Oromota.

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IRREECHI, UMAMA ISAATTI DEEBI’UUN DIRQAMA !!!!!

Ononkoleesa 4, 2013 | Y.G(2005)

Ayyaanni Irreechaa bara 2013 Biyya keessattis ta’ee Biyyoota alaatti ayyaanefatame waan addaati. Waan nama boonsuudhas. Kun diina bara baraaf nu gabroomsuuf yaadu kamiifu, dhaamsa guddadha. Qalbiin Ummata kabajamaa kanaa eessa akka jiru, firaafis diinaafis dhaamsa keessa deebii hin qabne dabarseera. Ani akka dhala Oromoo tokkotti, yoon qalbii koo keessatti waan ummata kiyyaaf yaadu yoo jiraate, Irreechi baranaa, karaan ani Ummata kiyyaaf jedhee irra imalaa jiru, sirrii ta’uu fi dhiisuu kiyya akka dansaatti kan na akeekedha.

Ethiopia says no plans to withdraw troops from Somalia

October 04, 2013 | Daily Nation

Ethiopia will not withdraw its troops from Somalia in the wake of the deadly attacks in Kenya, the Prime Minister said Friday.

"There is no reason we are withdrawing at this time, we will fight al Shebab to the maximum possible," Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Deslaegn told reporters.

Al Qaeda-linked Shebab extremists claimed responsibility for the attack in an upscale shopping centre in Nairobi last month that left at least 67 people dead.

“ላይፍ” መፅሄት - አዲስ አበባ - ቃለመጠይቅ ከደራሲ ተስፋዬ ገብረአብ ጋር

October 04, 2013 | www.tgindex.blogspot.com

 አዲሱ “የስደተኛው  ማስታወሻ”መጽሐፍህ ከ“የደራሲው  ማስታወሻ”እና ከ“የጋዜጠኛው  ማስታወሻ” በምን  ይለያል? 

“የስደተኛው ማስታወሻ” ከቀዳሚዎቹ ማስታወሻዎች የቀጠለ ነው። በዚህ ቅፅ በተመሳሳይ ገጠመኞቼን ነው ያሰፈርኩት። በርግጥ እንደ ሰንሰለት የተያያዙ የአውሮፓ የስደት ገጠመኞቼ ተተርከውበታል። ይህ ቅፅ የማስታወሻዎቼ መደምደሚያ ሲሆን፣ ከዚህ በሁዋላ ወደ ስነፅሁፍ ስራዎች ነው የምገባው። 

Agarii Tullu: from serfdom to a revered Oromo hero

October 02, 2013 | OPride  |  By Mohammed Ademo

The history of the Oromo people, Ethiopia’s single largest ethnic group, is marked by socio-political oppression and a continuous resistance against it.

Every Ethiopian ruler, especially starting with emperor Menelik II, has devised systematic campaigns aimed at making the Oromo aliens in their own homeland, impoverishing millions by expropriating their land, and denying them the most basic human rights.

Three Ideological Positions of the Oromo National Liberation Movement

October 03, 2013 | Fayyis Oromia*

There was a time, when the Oromo freedom fighters wanted to liberate the Oromo people from any sort of subjugation in the Ethiopian empire (the potentially future Great Oromia) without trying to demarcate a national area called Oromia; for instance, we can mention the movements like the Raayyaa Oromo revolt, the Bale Oromo resistance, the initiation of Maccaa Tulama Association, the Oromo struggle led by ME’ISON and IC’AT as well as the formation of ENLF (the Ethiopian National Liberation Front), which was the forerunner of the OLF. Then, we came into a situation, which helped some Oromo nationals perceive, accept and respect the existence of an Oromo national area (Golden Oromia) in the Ethiopian empire, but yet without an attempt to separate this area from Ethiopia, the empire, which is said to be build by the blood and bone of the Oromo people. Now, we are in the era, when we started to think, not only about the existence of the Oromo national area, but also about the necessity of liberating this region in a form of an independent Gadaa Republic of Golden Oromia. These three visions (Great Oromia is the whole Ethiopia; Golden Oromia within Great Oromia, and an independent Golden Oromia without Great Oromia) as well as the respective political movements are still entertained in the Oromo society at large; the common denominator of the three forces being the struggle for the unconditional bilisummaa/freedom of the Oromo people from any sort of political domination, economic exploitation and cultural suppression. There is no organization in the name of Oromo struggling for the first version, but there are a lot of Oromo nationals in the so-called multinational parties having this vision.

“Waa Malli Nu Dhibus,….Keessaa Baana Rakkoo!”

Onkoloolessa 02, 2013 | Oromedia | Dhaabasaa Waaqjiraatiin

Guyyaan Irreechaa sirna hoo’aa fi miidhagaan kabajame. Sagantaan sun akka xumurameen kaa ijoollee fi maatii isaanii waliin gama qe’ee isaaniitti deebi’aan; kaan immoo gara qophii isa galgalaa, kan haga halkamaa (halkan-maayessa) fulla’uuf karoorafametti imalan. Sagantaan qophii bashannannaa kun kan qophaa’e galgala keessaa haga halkan waariitti waan ta’eef, namuu suuta gara qophiitti yaa’ee dhufe.

Big demonstration against law used to imprison journalists

October 01, 2013 | Reporters Without Boarders

An estimated 80,000 people took part in a street demonstration against Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law on 29 September in response to a call from Unity for Democratic Justice, an opposition group that spent more than three months rallying support for the protest.

Adopted in 2009, the much-criticized anti-terrorism law enables the government to justify arbitrary arrests of journalists, members of the opposition and human rights defenders.