Oromo nationalism on the rise in Ethiopia – #OromoProtests

William Davison | AlJazeera.com
Protests and online activism in recent months have brought a resurgence of ethnic Oromo nationalism in Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Aslan Hasan, a student belonging to the Oromo ethnic group in Ethiopia, was called either a guilt-ridden terrorist who committed suicide or an innocent victim of brutal state repression, depending on who you listen to.
His death came following a bout of violence in May, when Oromo students in several towns protested against a government plan for the capital Addis Ababa to expand into Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia’s largest and most populous federal region with around one-third of the nation’s over 90 million people.
Security services said Hasan hanged himself in his cell after being arrested for a grenade attack that occurred at Haramaya University in the east of the country. Online Oromo activists such as Jawar Mohammed say Aslan, 24, had his throat slit by police on June 1 while in custody after being snatched four days before. A witness said it appeared his neck had been cut and his eyes gouged out.
Ethiopia’s government is frequently accused of trampling on constitutionally protected ethnic rights as it prioritises security, political stability, and public infrastructure investments to drive growth. While technocrats have devised a rational scheme to manage a bulging city, the red-hot political issue of Oromo rights was barely considered, according to an Addis Ababa University academic who wishes to remain anonymous. “They think something is good, they go for it,” he said about the ruling coalition’s top-down methods. “It’s a done deal, it’s not consultative at all.”
Jawar and other Oromos – including normally acquiescent Oromo members of the ruling political group – say the “integrated master plan” is an annexation of their territory that will weaken the ethnicity politically and also lead to the eviction of Oromo farmers from their land on the periphery of Addis Ababa. Oromos claim the capital city, which they call Finfinne, as their own, and in 2004 protested against the government’s attempt to change their capital to Adama.

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Ethiopian Regime a Step Away From Its Own Grave

“The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them” 

Mark Twan


By Yosef Tesfasilas,

                   time for minority regimen in Ethiopia to reap what they sow 


UNFORTUNATELY, the Ethiopian Woyane regime has never been a servant to Ethiopians but a totalitarian regime who has been on a mission for the last several decades to bring a totality of terror not only in Ethiopia but also in Horn of Africa as well. For the last several decades, slowly but surely, the regime has been putting nails on its own coffin. Time has arrived for the regime to put the ‘the last nail on its coffin’.
Since the helm of the regime, it has been a catalytic burner in producing tribal conflicts, religious conflicts, ethnic cleansing, genocide, border disputes, land grabbing and etc. Therefore, the regime has created a diversity of nemesis from all angles. Who are the major nemesis that could seal the fate of the regime? Who are from the nemesis that is ultimately going to put the regime in its own coffin?

OROMO PEOPLE:

Oromos are the majority population in Ethiopia. The Oromo tribe has been victimized by every predecessor regime. However, the TPLF has been the worst regime that the Oromo people have ever seen. On daily basis, there are conflicts between Tigrayans and Oromos throughout the country.
The TPLF regime has systematically taken the Oromo lands and distributed to the Tigrayan investors. The Oromo, like their counterpart Amhara, are labelled as terrorists. The regime has been on killing Speer recently with out discriminating women and childrenafter accusing the people as supporters of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). Indeed, the regime has symptom of paranoia. Oromo people have finally awaken against the tyrant’s regime.

TIGRAYAN PEOPLE:

The Tigrayan people are the foundation of springboard of Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) movement. Sadly, Tigrayans, in the last century, has faced a major hardship from the Ethiopian government particularly under former Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam regime-known as Derg. Therefore, the Tigrayans has decided to stand up for their self-determination rights in eradicating the ethnic cleansing, abject poverty, chronic diseases … etc.
With help from the Eritrean people, the TPLF has gradually become a formidable nemesis to the Derg regime in Tigrai. Unfortunately, the Tigrayan people were immediately betrayed once the TPLF regime roamed into Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The betrayal of TPLF regime which has been a huge blow to the fabrics of society for the majority of Tigrayan people. The Tigrayan people has shed their loved ones bloods to full-fill their long-term aspirations of becoming a people who are free from abject poverty, chronic diseases, and corruptions. Instead, the TPLF has only been delivering endless of terror to its own people.
Indeed, the majority of Tigrayan people have discorded themselves from the TPLF regime. Perhaps the minority of Tigrayan people who have gained immense wealth under the TPLF regime. Certainly, the diaspora Tigrayans have finally awaken in small factions such as California, Washington, Texas, New York, Chicago, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Chicago, Atlanta, and Europe, all over the world against the tyrant’s regime because the majority of Tigrayan people are peaceful and hard-working who are aspired to live in harmonywith all tribes and neighbors. The Tigrayan people have finally awaken against tyrant’s regime.

AMHARA PEOPLE:

When the TPLF liberators roamed into Addis Ababa, the Amhara people did not waited with rosy flowers to welcome the Tigrayan fighters. Yet, the liberators were immediately perceived as invaders with mighty weapons in their soils. Historically speaking, no foreigner’s army has won the minds and hearts of the native people. For instance, developed countries with their mighty army could not sustain for a long time on their residency in a foreign land.
The Amhara people have certainly illustrated the world in a uniform mode of democracy that they do not welcome the TPLF’s liberator in Ethiopia. For example, the 2005 election was a hallmark in which a majority of Amhara people voted against the tyrant’s regime. The election outcome certainly indicated that the Amhara people would like the regime to depart from their lands. The aftermath of the election, consequently the Amharas are constantly being hunted down inside or outside of Ethiopia.
According to the tyrant’s regime, every Amhara people are considered to be a terrorists. Certainly, this is a symptom of paranoia that the TPLF regime had acquired once it was considered to be an unwelcome aliens. The Amhara people, all over the world, have finally awaken against the tyrant’s regime.

OGADEN PEOPLE

The Horn of Africa has definitely seen colossal of humanitarian crisis in the Ogaden region. The Ogaden people has been victimized by the TPLF region for many years without the International Communities awareness. However, Sweden is the first European country to have awareness on the unprecedented human right violations against the Ogaden people. The Human Rights Watch has substantially recorded evidences on the regime committing heinous crimes against children, women, and elderly. The Ogaden people have finally awaken against the tyrant’s regime.

ANUAKE PEOPLE:

From 2004 to 2006, the TPLF regime was on mission to cleans ethnic Anuakes from their ancestral land. December of 2004, the regime had killed 400 Anuakes just in one day. The TPLF regime has decided to eradicate these people because it needs their land for investors. There are more than 2000 Anuake tribe residing in United States alone after fleeing the massacre and ethnic cleansing perpetrated in their village by the regime.
Indeed, the Anuke people have finally awaken against the tyrant’s regime.

BENISHANGUL PEOPLE:

The TPLF regime has systematically taken the fertile lowlands from Benishangul tribe and give it to the Tigrayan investors. Also, the regime has indiscriminately murdered many young men who are innocent and do not have any relation with the guerrilla fighters of Benishangul.
There are daily conflicts in the Benishangul-Gumuz region because of land grabbing policy the regime has introduced in the region. The people of Benishangul have finally awoken against the tyrant’s regime.

NUER PEOPLE

The inhabitant of the tribe is in southwestern of Ethiopia in the Nile Valley. For thousands years, the tribe has lived in the Nile of Valley lands. However, the regime has been on mission to eradicate the minority tribe from their ancestral lands. Majority of tribe has fled the ethnic cleansing by fleeing to nearby countries such as Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan. The Nuer people have finally awaken against the tyrant’s regime.

SOMALIA PEOPLE:

In 2006, the TPLF regime has invaded Somalia in which it was under the reign of the Islamic Court Union (ICU). Since then, the regime has brought terror to Somalian people.
Sadly, millions of Somalian refugees have become a homeless inside Somalia. The fortunate Somalis were able to flee to the neighbor countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Eritrea, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. Today, Somalia is known for piracy and lawlessness. Somalia people have finally awaken against the tyrant’s regime.
As the saying goes, “He cooked his own goose”. Perhaps it is unfathomable to reckon that TPLF’s liberator in just two decades has become a terror and invader in Horn of Africa. The regime has caused endless of horrors and unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the regions. A variety of indigenous tribes have lived in serenity and harmony in the Nile Valley for mellenia. However, these tribes have eradicated from their ancestral lands because the regime have great interests in their lands.
Today, the regime has found itself surrounded with proliferation of nemeses in all regions of Ethiopia. Certainly, perhaps it is going to be the Tigrayan people who are going to seal the fate of the TPLF regime in its own coffin with the last nail left. Perhaps the betrayal of Tigrayan people is the final blow for the regime to be sealed in its coffin.

OromoProtests: 36 Oromo Prisoners of Conscience, Kept Incommunicado for over a Month, Transferred from Secret Prison to Maekelawi

July 22, 2014) – According to sources, the following Oromo political prisoners, who were arrested in connection with #OromoProtests over a month ago, had been transferred to the notorious Maekelawi prison recently. Before they were brought to Maekelawi, they had been apparently kept at the headquarters of the Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) – where they were subjected to severe torture. Their ordeal was so severe that many of them were carried on stretchers into their new prison cells at Maekelawi. One prisoner, who was there at Maekalawi before them, apparently said to his visiting families: “I thought I had the worst torture until I saw the latest Oromo students.’ In particular, a female student Chaltu Dhuguma from Wallaggaa University, has contracted a breast infection from injuries she had sustained at the NISS headquarters. Although these Oromos have been in detention since early May 2014, they have not been brought before a court, or charged. They have been denied the right to attorney, and family visits are restricted.

Jimmaa University
1. Falmata Barecha
2. Ebisa Daba
3. Lenjisa Alemayehu
4. Gamachu Bekele

Wallaggaa University
5. Mo’ibuli Misganu
6. Bekele Gonfa
7. Ratta Dinberu
8. Chaltuu Dhuguma

Adama University
9. Adugna Keesso
10. Bilisumma Damene

Haromaya University
11. Nimonaa Chali
12. Abebe Urgeessa
13. Bilisumma Gonfa
14. Magarsa Bekele
15. Jara (Ashenafi) Marga
16. Ararsa Legesse

Farmers from Wallaggaa
17. Aga Bekana
18. Dereje

Businessmen from Jimmaa
19. Mohammed Chali
20. Ahmed Abagaro
21. Hussien Abagaro

Borana
22. Galma Guyo
23. Korme Udesso
24. Roba Salaha
25. Aliyi

Qellam Wallaggaa Farmers
26. Shariif Usumaan
27. Daani’el Akkumaa
28. Aliyyii Tarfaa

Farmers from Jimmaa
29. Shiek Mohaammed Abbaa Garoo
30. Hassan Abdala

Farmers from East Wallaggaa
31. Afrika Kebede

Farmers from Western Shawaa
32. Tamire Chala

From Dire Dawa
33. Abdusemed Mohammed
34. Tofik Abdalla
35. Bariso Jamal
36. Abdii Kamal

from http://gadaa.net/

ሞትን የናቀና እስራትን ያልፈራ ትውልድ ተራራዉን ይንዳል!

“የቆጡን ላውርድ ብላ የብብቷን ጣለች::” ይላሉ ዐበው ሲተርቱ። ይህች ምስኪን ስግብግብ ፍጡር ሌላውን ስታሳድድ የያዘችው ሁሉ ይበተንባታል:: ሰሞኑ በሀበሾቹ መንደር ስጋቱ አይሏል፤ ግርግሩም በርትቷል:: እንደ ማባበልም፣ እንደ ማስጠንቀቅም፣ እንደ መቆጣትም፥ ብቻ ነገሩን በያይነቱ እየሞካከሩት ነው። እንዳለመታደል ሆኖ ለዚህ ሁሉ ችግራቸውና ስጋታቸው ምንጩ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ብሔራዊ ትግል እንደሆነ ሊያስረዱን ይሞክራሉ። በመሠረቱ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ትግል ዓላማና ግቡ ጨቋኝ ቅኝ ገዥዎችን ማስወገድና በአንጻሩ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ የራስን ዕድል በራስ የመወሰን መብትን ለማረጋገጥ የሚካሄድ ዓለም አቀፋዊ ድንጋጌዎች መሠረት ያለው ፍትኃዊ ትግል ነው። የዚህ ትግል ጠቀሜታ ለኦሮሞ ህዝብ ብቻ ሳይሆን የቅኝ ገዥዎች ቀንበር በኃይል ለተጫነባቸው ለመላው የኢምፓየሪቷ ብሔሮችና ህዝቦች ጭምር ነው። በመሆኑም የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ በጭቁን ሕዝቦች የጋራ ትግል ያምናል። መሰል ዓላማና ግብ ካላቸው ኃይሎች ጋር የተቀናጀ የጋራ ትግል ያካሄዳል፤ በማካሄድ ላይም ነው። በሌላ መልኩ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ በሁለንተናዊ ባሕሪውም ሆነ በባሕላዊ አደረጃጀቱና አስተዳዳራዊ መዋቅሩ ሠላምን ይሰብካል፤ ፍትሓዊ አንድነትን ያበረታታል። ደካማውን ያፀናል፤ የተገፋውን ያቋቁማል። ለዚህ ማሳያ ደግሞ በዛሬዋ ኦሮሚያ ውስጥ ለዘመናት የኖሩ ብሔሮችና ሕዝቦች በፀረ-ኦሮሞ ኃይሎች የሚደረገውን እኩይ የማጋጨት ሤራ በማክሸፍ ከኦሮሞ ህዝብ ጋር ያላቸውን ተምሳሌታዊ አንድነት እንዴት ጠብቀው እንዳቆዩ ልብ ማለት ያሻል።

በአጠቃላይ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ በማሕበራዊ አኗኗርም ሆነ በብሔራዊ ትግሉ የሰብኣዊ መብቶችን ቀመር በወጉ የተከተለ በመሆኑ በማንኛውም መመዘኛ ለጎረቤት ሕዝቦችም ሆነ አብረውት ለሚኖሩ ወንድም ሕዝቦች ስጋት ባለመሆኑ የነፍጠኛ ሥርዓት ናፋቂ ኃይሎችና አብዮታዊ ህወሃቶች (TPLF) የኦሮሞ ሕዝብን በአጠቃላይ፥ ብሔራዊ ትግሉን ደግሞ በተለይ ለማጥላላት በጋራና በተናጠል የሚያራግቡትን መሰረተ-ቢስ ወሬና የሚያደርጉትን ከንቱ ሙከራ በቀላሉ ፉርሽ ያደርጋል።

ይህ እውነታ በተለያዩ ጊዜ በተለያዩ ሰዎች ሲገለፅ ቆይቷል። ሆኖም ግን ይህንን መረዳት የተሳናቸው ኦሮሞ-ፎቢክ የሆኑ (Oromo-phobia) ፍርሃተ-ኦሮሞ የተጠናወታቸዉ ኃይሎች ተገደውም ብሆን እጃቸውን እስኪሰጡ ድረስ የኦሮሞ ትግል እምርታ በቃልም ሆነ በተግባር ልናሳያቸውና ልናስተምራቸው ግድ ይለናል። በዚሁ መሠረት የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ትግል በማንኛውም ዓይነት ሤራ መቀልበስ የማይቻል እጅግ ወሳኝ ደራጃ ላይ ስለመድረሱ ባይወዱም ምስጢን ከነተጨባጭ መስረጃዎቹ ላሳያችሁ ወደድኩ።

ማሳያ ቁጥር አንድ፥ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ውድ ልጆቹ በከፈሉት ክቡር ዋጋ የሀገሩን ድንበርና የህዝቡን እውነተኛ ታርክ እስከ ወዲያኛው የዓለም ጫፍ ድረስ ለማስተዋዋቅ ችሏል። ከእንግዲህ ወዲያ ሀገራችን ኦሮሚያ በልጆቿ ደምና አጥንት እስከ ዘልዓለሙ ትከበራለች! በቃ እውነታው ይህ ነው።

ማሳያ ቁጥር ሁለት፥ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ባህልና ቋንቋ አስተማማኝ በሆነ መልኩ በማይናውጥ መሠረት ላይ ተዋቅሯል። ዛሬ Afaan Oromoo ምቹ የሆነ የራሱ ፊደል (orthography) አለው። ሚልዮኖች ይማሩታል፤ ያስተምሩበታል፤ ይመራመሩበታል። እጅግ በርካታ ዓለምዐቀፋዊ ይዘት ያላቸዉ ሚዲያዎች ይዘግቡበታል፤ ያሰራጩበታል። የስነ-ፅሁፍና ስነ-ጥበብ ውጤቶች ይቀርብበታል፤ ይከወንበታል። ይህም የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ትግል ወደ ፊጻሜው እየተቃረበ ስለመሆኑ አንዱ አመላካች መስረጃ ነውና ልብ ይሉታል።

ማሳያ ቁጥር ሦስት፦ የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ትግል ሞትን በናቁ፣ ሕይዋታቸውን ጨምሮ ሙሉ ሰብኣዊ ክብራቸውን ለኦሮሚያ ሉዓላዊነትና ለኦሮሞ ነጻነት ቤዛ ሊያደርጉ የወሰኑ የአንድ ትውልድ ዘመን ላይ ደርሷል። ይኸኛው የነገሮች ሁሉ ማሳረጊያ ይሆናል። እውነታው በተግባር እየታያ ስለሆነ የማሳመኛ ትንታኔ የሚያስፈልግ አይመስለኝም።

ማሳያ ቁጥር ዐራት፦ በኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ላይ እየተፈፀመ ያለውን ዘግናኝና ወደርየለሽ ጭፍጨፋ የዓለምዓቀፉ ማሕበረሰብ በግልፅ ከመረዳትም አልፎ ለመፍትሔው ሁነኛ ምክክሮችን ለማድረግ የተገደደበት ወሳኝ ምዕራፍ ላይ ደርሰናል። ይህም ያልተቋረጣ ህዝባዊ ትግል ፍሬ ነውና ባይጥማሁችም ትክክለኛ ትርጉሙን የምትስቱ አይምስለኝም።

ማሳያ ቁጥር አምስት፦ ዛሬ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ በፀረ-ኦሮሞ ኃይሎች ሤራ የማይከፋፈልና ለጋራ ዓላማ ያለአንዳች ልዪነት በጋራ መቆማቸውን ያረጋገጡበት ታርካዊ ወቅት ላይ ደርሷል። ይህ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ የጋራ ትብብር የአራት ኪሎዉን አሮጌ ዙፋናችሁን ከነመሠረቱ ለመጣል መነቅነቅ በመጀመሩ የአንዳንዶቻችሁ የደም-ግፊት ልክ ስለመጨመሩ የሰሞኑ ግርግር አመላካች ሆኗል።

ማሳያ ቁጥር ስድስት፦ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ብሔራዊ ትግል ሁለንተናዊ የትግል ስልቶችን የሚከተል እንደመሆኑ መጠን የኦሮሚያ ተራሮች፣ ሸለቆዉ፣ ጫካዉ ጋራዉና ሸንተረሩ ትግሉን ወደ ፊጻሜ የሚያደርስ መጠነ-ሰፊ የትጥቅ ትግልና ጠንካራ ወታደራዊ ዝግጅቶችን እያስተናገዳ ይገኛል። በዚሁ መሠረት የኦሮሞ ነፃነት ሠራዊት (Oromo Liberation Army) በወርሃ ግንቦት (2014ዓም) ብቻ ከድንበር እስከ መሃል ኦሮሚያ ድረስ በመንቀሳቀስ በወሰደዉ ወታደራዊ ጥቃት ከሁለት መቶ በላይ የጠላት ሠራዊትን ሙትና ቁስለኛ አድርጓል። እንዲሁም በርካታ ወታደራዊ ቁሳቁሶችን ለመማረክ ችሏል።

በአጠቃላይ የኦሮሞ ህዝብ በትግሉ እጅግ ቁልፍ ድሎችን እያስመዘገበ ሲሆን ለቀሪ መብቶቹ ሙሉ ለሙሉ መከበር ደግሞ ሰብኣዊና ቁሳዊ ኃይሉን ከመቼም በላይ አቀናጅቶ በመንቀሳቀስ ላይ ይገኛል። ታዲያ ህዝባዊ ዓላማ ይዞ በቆራጥነት የተነሳዉን ባለራዕይ ትዉልድ በእስራትና ግዲያ ልታቆሙት ነዉን? ወይስ በበግ መሳይ ተኩላዎች ግሳጼና የማወናባጃ ቃላት ልታዘናጉት ትሻላችሁ? እውነት! እውነት እላችኋለሁ! ያ ዘመን ዳግም ላይመለስ ሄዷል። አሁን እውነቱን ትቀበሉ ዘንድ ላደፋፍራችሁ። ግርግሩ፣ ሽኩቻው፣ የመሠሪዎች ሤራ … ብቻ ማንኛውም ዓይነት የክፋት ኃይል ይህንን ትውልድ ሊያቆመው አይችልም። ለምን ቢባል ይህ ትውልድ ዓላማ ይዞ የተነሳ፣ ለዘመናት በህዝባዊ ተልዕኮ ተቀርጾ፣ በጽናት የታነጻ፣ መነሻውንና መድረሻውን ጠንቅቆ ያወቀ፣ ሞትን ንቆ ዋጋውን ተምኖ የወጣ ትውልድ ነውና በተዓምር የሚያቆመዉ ምድራዊ ኃይል የለም፥ አይኖርምም። አሁንማ ብቸኛዉና አዋጪው መንገድ በትላንትናዉ አሮጌ መነፅራችሁ እዉነትን ኣጣምማችሁ በማየት ከመስጋት ይልቅ እይታችሁን በማስተካከል ማምለጥ የማይቻለዉን ሀቅ በመቀበል ከነባራዊ እውነታ ጋር ታርቆ መኖር ነዉ የሚሻላችሁ። ልቦና ይስጣችሁ!

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