September 19, 2014 | በቦሩ በራቃ*
ባለፈው ሳምንት Essence of the Scottish Referendum in the Eyes of an Oromo Nationalist በሚል ርእስ በእንግሊዝኛ ባቃረብኩት መጣጥፍ ላይ የዩኬዋን ስኮትላንድና የኢትዮጵያዋን ኦሮምያ የፖለቲካ ህይወት ለማነጻጸር ሞክሬ ነበር። ስኮትላንድ ከ300 ኣመት በፊት በ1707 Act of Union በተባለው ውል መሰረት ከብሪታኒያ ጋር ኣንድነት መመስረታቸውን፣ በኣንጻሩ ኦሮምያ ግን ከኣንድ ክፍለ ዘመን በፊት በኣቢሲኒያዊያን ወራሪ ሰራዊት በሃይል ወደ ሃበሾች ግዛት መቀላቀሏን ጠቅሼ ነበር። ከዚህም በተጨማሪ ስኮትላንድ ለ300 ኣመታት የእንግሊዝ ኣካል ሆና ስትቆይ የራሷ የህግ ስርኣት፣ የራሷ ቤተክርስቲያን፣ የራሷ የትምህርት ስርኣት እና የራሷ የሆነ ገንዘብ የማሳተም መብት እንዳላት፣ በኣንጻሩ ግን ኦሮምያ መሰል መብቶች ከቶ የራቁዋት መሆኑን ለማገናዘብ ሞክሬያለሁ።
Ethnic Composition of Employees of the Ethiopian Federal Government
September 19, 2014 | Gulelepost.com
This chart, sent to us by well placed source, shows ethnic composition of employees of Ethiopia’s federal government. The data shows huge disparity when compared to ethnic composition of the country, even if we use the disputed 2007 census. Amharas make up 51% percent of the employees, which is twice the size of their proportion of the country’s population. Oromos make up 12.7% which is one-fourth of their population size. Somalis, the third largest ethnic group in the country, make up about 6.2% of the total population but they only constitute just 0.07% of the federal government’s workforce.
SCOTTISH LESSONS FOR OROMO NATIONALISTS
September 17, 2014 | OPride.com | By Ayele Gelan*
In a landmark referendum on Sept. 18, the people of Scotland will vote Yes or No to determine the future of their 300-year-old union with England.
The simplicity of the question and the answers are by no means indicative of the intensity of the debates and emotions in this campaign. There have been passionate debates over the years between the unionists and Scottish nationalists. The publicity of the campaigns has generated a lot of interest around the world. As a result, this week’s vote is being closely watched by Oromo activists and nationalists the world over who are still trapped in old empires. What lessons can be gleaned from the Scottish case for the decolonization of the Ethiopian empire and the Oromo people’s aspiration for an independent statehood?
Essence of the Scottish Referendum in the Eyes of an Oromo Nationalist
September 16, 2014 | By Boruu Barraaqaa
It is obvious that both supporters and opponents of the Oromian independence in Ethiopia are watching carefully what is going on in the UK. Both political entities have their own reasons for their respective wishes. Some Abyssinian elites could ridiculously try to resemble their cause to that of English elites, who were in the forefront of building the great nation, UK. However, there is no factual resemblance between the savage invaders from Abyssinia, and the most civilized, prosperous and THE LEADING
democratic nation in the world. In spite of the fact that the British were once the brutal colonialist rulers in the world history, I don’t judge them by their history of yesterday in this context, but by who they are and what they are contributing for the betterment of our world today.
democratic nation in the world. In spite of the fact that the British were once the brutal colonialist rulers in the world history, I don’t judge them by their history of yesterday in this context, but by who they are and what they are contributing for the betterment of our world today.
The dilemma of being citizens of Ethiopia and saluting the empire’s flag
September 16, 2014 | By Rundassa Asheetee Hundee
When we talk about history, our mind automatically switches to think that history is the basking afterglow of victory that one group scores against the other. We do that because groups or nations write complimenting their victory most warmly and by belittle the loser side. Special elation of such successes and enjoying the gratification they get from beating an opponent or the weak has been a part of human history through which the winners gain confidence and think of themselves as “born to rule” formidable force.
በገረሱ፡ ቱፋ፥ የማንነት፡ ምስቅልቅል፡ ሲጋለጥ፣ … የአቶ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ለገሰን፡ መፅሓፍ፡ የተመለከተ፡ አጭር፡ ትችት
September 09, 2014 | በገረሱ ቱፋ
Imprisoning, Killing, Spying: Suppression of the Innocent Inside Ethiopia
September 06, 2014 | By Graham Peebles*
Wrapped in dishonesty, arrogance and paranoia, Ethiopia’s ruling regime is FOLLOWING a nationwide policy of violent suppression and constitutional vandalism.
a nationwide policy of violent suppression and constitutional vandalism.
It was the 24th June – midsummer’s day – in the adopted homeland of Andargachew Tsige, when he was detained by ‘Yemeni officials’ (State heavies in suits) whilst transiting through Sana’a to Eritrea. THE BRITISH citizen and leading Ethiopian political activist was quickly and quietly extradited to Addis Ababa where he was imprisoned on spurious charges of treason or some such trumped up, paranoid twaddle. He had been unfairly tried in absentia in 2009, when Amnesty report he was “sentenced to death for an alleged coup attempt. He was prosecuted in absentia again in 2012 on terrorism charges, alongside other prisoners of conscience, and sentenced to life imprisonment.”
citizen and leading Ethiopian political activist was quickly and quietly extradited to Addis Ababa where he was imprisoned on spurious charges of treason or some such trumped up, paranoid twaddle. He had been unfairly tried in absentia in 2009, when Amnesty report he was “sentenced to death for an alleged coup attempt. He was prosecuted in absentia again in 2012 on terrorism charges, alongside other prisoners of conscience, and sentenced to life imprisonment.”
IRREECHI MALLATTOO TOKKUMMAA KEENYAATI!!!
Fulbaana 01, 2014 | SEENAA Y.G(2005) Irraa
Dr. Ali Birraa (r) and Salia Sami (l), the two Oromo giant artists at the Toronto, Canada 2014 Irreecha
Addunyaan keessa jiraannu kun, irra jireessa Seenaa Abbooti Biyyaa Saamanii kan kooti jechuun waan nu dursaniif malee, Itoophiyaanis taatu Addunyaan biraa akka nu duuba jiran ragaalee hedduu tarrisuu dandeenya. Har’a Gabrummaa jala waan jirruuf, haqa kana fudhachiisuun ni ulfaata ta’a. Gaafa jabaannee humna taanee garuu addunyaan waan har’a aguugdee irra teesse kana ifa baasuun waan hin hafne. Gadaa nuuti waraqaa fi Maanguddoota keenya irraa dhaga’uun ala hojiin hin mul’ifne ykn, Beektoonni keenyas baratanii ittiin eebbifamuu malee, hanga har’atti Gadaan akkamiin hojii irra akka ooluu danda’u qorannoo gaggeessanii dhalootaaf dhiheessuu dadhaban kun, Dimokiraasii Ameerikaa har’aaf ka’umsa ta’uu isaa, Gola-hambaa yk Muziyeemiin Ameerikaa keessaa adda addaa, waan Oromoo addatti Booranaa keessaa guurame hedduu akka qaban, warri carraa argatanii ijaan argan ni dubbatu.
“አንገዛም!” የትዉልዱ ግልጽ አቋም!
September 01, 2014 | Qeerroo.org
ይህ ትዉልድ የባርነትን ሠንሠለት ሰባብሮ ፍርሃትን ገድሎ ነጻነቱን ፍለጋ እስከ ወዲያኛዉ አድማስ ጥግ እንኳ ቢሆን ለመጓዝ ወስኖ የወጣ ጀግና ትዉልድ ነዉና “አልገዛም!” ካላ ቃሉ ጽኑ ነዉ!
ነጻነትን ያረገዛ ትውልድ ግፍና ጭፍጨፋ አላቆመዉም። የደቡብ አፍርካዉ የስዌቶ ጭፍጨፋ (the Soweto Massacre 1976 ) ፣ በኬንያ የታየዉ የሆላ ጭፍጨፋ “Hola massacre 1959” ወይም በሃሬሮና ነማ ሕዝቦች ላይ የተፈጸመዉ የነሚቢያዉ ጅኖሳይድ “Herero and Nama Genocide 1904” አልያም የ‘Robben Island’” እስር የትዉልዱን የነጻነት ጥያቄ እንዳልገታ ፤ የነጻነትን ብርሃን እንዳላጫለማ ታሪክ ምንጊዜም ህያዉ መስካር ነዉ።
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