Tigray People’s Liberation Front security officers reportedly warned non-Tigray, specifically ethnic Oromo and Amhara military members.
Tigray People’s Liberation Front security officers reportedly warned non-Tigray, specifically ethnic Oromo and Amhara military members.
Ogi Jokanovic, Research Assistant, Indian Ocean Research Programme
Background
(Future Directions) — Decades of inter-ethnic tension and perceived government marginalisation and discrimination have led to a wave of new protests that not only threaten the legitimacy of the ruling party, but also the fragile stability of the wider region. The demonstrations, a result of generations of animosity and distrust, stem from long-held grievances between the country’s two largest ethnic groups – the Oromo and the Amhara – over their treatment by the Tigrayan-dominated central government. While protests like these are not unusual or uncommon in Ethiopia, the current situation is the first in many years that has the possibility of causing widespread domestic and regional instability.
Summary
Ethiopia is a diverse state made up of many different tribal, ethnic and religious groups. The Oromo (34 per cent of the population) and the Amhara (27 per cent) are the two largest of the more than eighty recognised ethnic groups. Combined, they account for over half of the total population of Ethiopia. The two peoples, although traditional and historical rivals, have worked in unison during these most recent protests against the central government. The central government itself, while claiming to be a cross-representation of all groups within Ethiopia, is in fact dominated by one political party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition that is dominated by the Tigrayan ethnic group. The Tigrayans, who only account for six percent of the total population, have dominated politics in both Ethiopia and neighbouring Eritrea for several decades and are accused by the Oromo and Amhara of widespread persecution and discrimination.
The protests, which began in November 2015, were sparked by the introduction of the Addis Ababa City Integrated Master Plan, a government initiative to expand the territorial limits of the country’s capital into neighbouring Oromo towns, threatening the large-scale displacement of Oromo farmers and possibly annexing certain areas of the Oromo-dominated region to the Tigrayan-led federal government. While the Master Plan initiative was subsequently scrapped in January, protests against the government have only continued to grow.
The protestors claim that the reactions to their peaceful demonstrations have been undemocratic and violent, resulting in hundreds of deaths and thousands of cases of false imprisonment. They view the response of the security forces as a continuation of the EPRDF’s long-standing policy of discrimination and harassment against their ethnic groups and have called for international condemnation of the government and its policies. The government, on the other hand, disputes the number of alleged casualties. It claims that the demonstrations have been anything but peaceful, that they are being led and funded by foreign-based activists and, most worryingly, that the protestors themselves have “terror links”.
While the international community has been cautious (or slow) in its response due to a lack of credible information from on the ground (which the protestors claim is a result of government blocks on the internet and social media), human rights groups and international organisations from within Ethiopia and around the region have been united in their condemnation of the government’s handling of the demonstrations.
The lack of a unified international response to the deteriorating situation – especially by Western governments and media – while worrying, is perhaps not surprising. The ruling EPRDF has strong relationships with both the European Union – which relies on Ethiopia’s help and support in containing the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, and with the United States – which sends millions of dollars’ worth of aid each year to Ethiopia and views it as a strong security partner against the Islamic terrorist group al-Shabaab in neighbouring Somalia. While this diplomatic and cautious approach may be fine for the time being, there is a very real threat that the situation could escalate even further and threaten the stability not only of Ethiopia, but also of the surrounding region.
The Oromo and the Amhara are not the only ethnic groups in Ethiopia who feel marginalised by the central government. The Somalis, an overwhelmingly Muslim minority in the country’s south, are another group who may enter the conflict, further escalating tensions and possibly leading to more violence. While this possibility would no doubt worry the ruling government, it would also be concerning for the region and the international community. If the heavy-handed tactics that are allegedly being used against the Oromo and the Amhara were to be used against the Somalis, it could very likely result in cross-border violence with neighbouring and unstable Somalia and possibly turning Ethiopia into a new battlefront for the expansion of Islamist-inspired terrorism. The government will be hoping that it can end the demonstrations before this worrying, but very real threat has any chance of reaching fruition.
The underlying cause of the current situation is rooted in the inability of the government to allow its citizens the right to peacefully display dissent through traditional methods, such as the media and civil society. The ruling party’s stranglehold on parliament (of which it holds almost all of the seats), as well as its control over the flow information through the media – both domestically and internationally – leaves very little opportunity for other voices to be heard, or for criticism to be taken constructively. These factors, coupled with decades of distrust, animosity and a lack of government-sponsored economic and social development in Ethiopia’s poorer regions, has led to the violence and instability of today – instability that could, in the not too distant future, become a major threat to peace in this part of the Indian Ocean region.
By FikreJesus Amahazion
(Pambazuka News) — A massive government crackdown on protestors and dissidents is underway in Ethiopia, but the international community has turned a blind eye to this reign of terror. The first, and possibly most far-reaching and effective, response by the international community should be to openly condemn the regime in Addis Ababa and withdraw the unwavering support for the repressive government.
Dozens of anti-government protesters have been killed and others arrested by government authorities amid ongoing unrest in Ethiopia. For months, hundreds of thousands of protestors from Ethiopia’s largest ethnic groups have rallied to protest political marginalization and systematic persecution by the government.
In June, a 61-page human rights report was released by Human Rights Watch, condemning the Ethiopian government’s heavy-handed response to the protests. According to the report, Such a Brutal Crackdown: Killings and Arrests in Response to Ethiopia’s Oromo Protests, during the widespread protests, largely arising within Oromia (but now extending to other regions), Ethiopian security forces have resorted to excessive and unnecessary lethal force and mass arrests, engaged in the harsh, ruthless mistreatment of those in detention, and restricted access to information. Estimates suggest that over 400 protesters or others had been killed by security forces, while tens of thousands more have been arrested, figures that will now have risen significantly.
Corruption and poor governance remain deeply embedded within Ethiopia’s socio-political structure, and the country consistently scores extremely poorly on a range of international governance indicators. The Ethiopian government has been consistently criticized by an array of international rights groups for its broad range of human rights abuses including its harsh repression of minorities and journalists, press censorship, draconian anti-terror laws that are utilized to silence all forms of dissent, and brutal crackdowns upon opposition groups and protestors.
Although the ongoing crisis encapsulates the government’s utter contempt for basic human rights and the overwhelming “politics of fear” that pervades the country’s socio-political landscape, it also reveals, in crystal clear detail, the highly troubling role played by much of the international community, led by the US and the West. Specifically, while the government’s brutal crackdown warrants a strong rebuke and condemnation, there has been a severely muted international response, with many of Ethiopia’s foreign supporters remaining silent.
Rather than condemn and censure Ethiopia’s brutal crackdown, the international community has turned a blind eye, abdicated its responsibility, and instead been acquiescent to Ethiopia’s persistent violations and repression. Last year, both US President, Barack Obama, and US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, granted legitimacy to the Ethiopian government by praising its “democracy” – even though the country’s ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Ruling Democratic Front (EPRDF), swept the national elections by winning 100 percent of the parliamentary seats.
When the French statesman, Talleyrand, was told by an aide of the murder of a political opponent, the aide said, “It’s a terrible crime, Sir.” In response, Talleyrand answered, “It’s worse than a crime, it’s a blunder.” Likewise is the West’s propping up of the Ethiopian government. Unwavering support for and appeasement of Ethiopia are part of a policy approach based upon the misguided belief, dating back to the immediate post-World War 2 period but rearticulated more recently in terms of regional “anchor states” designations, that Ethiopia is vital to protecting US and Western geostrategic interests and foreign policy aims.
However, not only is this approach morally reprehensible, with the US and West being directly complicit in the mass crimes, transgressions, and reign of terror perpetrated by the Ethiopian government, the misguided policy approach has largely failed to achieve its objectives, to even a minor degree, and instead only served to stunt regional development and destabilize both Ethiopia and the broader Horn of Africa region.
In seeking to address Ethiopia’s flagrant dismissal of international norms and blatant disregard for human rights, a number of measures could be undertaken (e.g. sanctions). However, the first, and possibly most far-reaching and effective, response by the international community should be to withdraw its unwavering support for the repressive Ethiopian government.
George Galloway, respected British politician, broadcaster, and writer, has frequently voiced concern of how the West’s support for dictatorial, tyrannical regimes in the name of security only results in “blowback” and harming the populations of those countries. Regarding Ethiopia, Galloway has decried how the UK and US policy of encouraging, arming, training, financing, and facilitating the Ethiopian government’s “reign of terror” is “morally vacuous.”Similarly, respected international economist, William Easterly, has recommended that the international community“stop financing tyranny and repression” in Ethiopia.
For decades, Ethiopia has been highly dependent on external economic assistance. In 2012, it was the world’s seventh largest recipient of official humanitarian aid and received $3.2 billion in total assistance, the latter figure representing between 50-60 percent of its total budget, while its 2011 share of total official development assistance – approximately 4 percent – placed it behind only Afghanistan. Problematically, however, even while it is one of the world’s leading recipients of foreign aid, and is currently requesting even greater financial support, the Ethiopian government also annually spends hundreds of millions of dollars on weapons and arms – which are now being used against its own civilians.
With such a critical dependency on foreign aid, threats to “turn off the tap” unless Ethiopia changes course may be a viable step toward improving the country’s rights record. Alternatively, rather than providing aid directly to the Ethiopian regime, which has a long track record of corruption and misappropriation, the international community should consider directly supporting local human rights and democracy groups (although this may be difficult due to Ethiopia’s draconian laws on civil society and NGOs).
An indication of the possible far-reaching effects of removing external support from a harsh, brutal regime can be seen in the example of Indonesia. Noam Chomsky, internationally renowned professor and activist, has written and spoken extensively on how US and Western support for the despotic regime in Indonesia played an indirect, yet extremely harmful, role in the carnage and deaths of hundreds of thousands in East Timor. However, in 1999, after much pressure, the US finally “pulled the plug” on its support for the Suharto regime, quickly leading to the end of Indonesia’s brutal campaign. Specifically,
“[f]or 25 years, the United States strongly supported the vicious Indonesian invasion and massacre, a virtual genocide. It was happening right through 1999, as the Indonesian atrocities increased and escalated, after Dili the capital city was practically evacuated. After Indonesian attacks, the US was still supporting it. Finally, in mid-September 1999, under considerable international and also domestic pressure, Clinton quietly told the Indonesian generals ‘It’s finished.’ And they had said they’d never leave, they said “this is our territory.” They pulled out within days, and allowed a UN peacekeeping force to enter without Indonesian military resistance. Well, you know, that’s a dramatic indication of what can be done.”
While the socio-political dynamics and historical contexts of Indonesia and Ethiopia are admittedly quite different, the comparison also offers relevant and striking similarities. Both regimes received decades-worth of external economic, military, and political support (particularly from the US). Additionally, both regimes systematically and persistently violated human rights, transgressed various international laws (such as through military occupation), and engaged in large-scale campaigns described as “genocidal.”
With Ethiopia continuing to overlook basic international norms, standards and laws in its brutal crackdowns upon opposition groups and protestors, the international community must end its complicity in and indirect support for the government’s various transgressions. As Clinton relayed to Indonesia’s leadership, the international community must tell Ethiopia, “It’s finished.”
* Fikrejesus Amahazion, PhD, is a Horn of Africa researcher and commentator.
I was on the phone with my barely 15 years old brother who just got released from prison. He was arrested on 6th August of Grand #OromoProtests by merciless Agazi in Ambo. I was shocked by what the school boy told me about the prison condition in Ambo (Karchalle), where he was confined with more than 300 other teenagers in a single room. Over 800 inmates of teenagers only, he said, who are arrested on 6th August are currently languishing at Karchalle, in Ambo. Some are relocated to unknown places, he adds.
The following is absurd. But he calls it the conditions of their release (he just got released along with 20 other teenagers):
“1) Facebookii irrat olola deemaa jiru hin ilaaliinaa
2) Hiriyyootan keessan Facebookii fayyadaman hunda akka isaan oduu facebookii irrat odeefamu hindhageenye gorsaa.
3) Hiriira nagaa jettanii bakka namoon walgahan tokkot argamuu dhiisii miilli keessan akka ach hinejjene
4) Yoo akeekachisaa kana hojii irra hinoolchitan ta’ee adabbii guddaatu isin eeggata jedhuun ergaa guyyaa 11 nu tursanii booda nubaasan” jedha.
I thought these conditions are too smart to sway them away from protesting :), but the young man replied with a BIG NO!
Gudiin Wayyaanee baranuma yoo ijoollen akkas jette maaltu haferree? Via Leta T. Bayissa
#Oromo protest
Bahaa oromiyaa Gaara Mul’ataa Anaa gola-odaa keessatti sirnii goleesituu wayyaane baraatota university galaani fi dargaagota biiyyaa mana-hidhaatti galchuun Waajjira Poolisaa Anichaa kessaatti gidirfaama akka jiraan dubaatan reebichaa fi midhaan adda addas akka irraa gahaa jiruu Message Inbox Naaf Dhufte Ni Ibsiti
Grand #OromoProtests MUST SEE: Soldiers shooting and killing a peaceful protesters in Robe, Bale. The victim is Abdela Kadir.
HRLHA Urgent Action
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August 17, 2016
Ethiopia, a UN Human Rights Council member since 2011, and an elected member of the UN Security Council as of 2017 is committing state- sponsored terror against the Oromo nation in violation of the UN Human Rights Council responsibility for the promotion and protection of all human rights and the UN Security Council responsiblities for maintaining international peace and security as well as the human rights treaties it has signed and ratified.
The government- trained and highly funded Agazi force shot Gebeyehu Jalata, a medical doctor, several times at his personal clinic in East Wallaga Nekemt town on August 6, 2016 while he was allegedly treating wounded protestors at his clinic. Dr. Gebehu Jalata was taken to the Nekemt hospital for treatment and died on August 15, 2016 .
The Agazi killing squad also invaded Mr. Hora Fajisso’s home- he is a farmer in East Showa Zone Adami Tulu district, Batu town- and murdered him in his bed in front of his three children and his wife at 5:00 am on August 16, 2016.
During the grand nationwide Oromo nation protests on August 6,2016, the Agazi force killed at least 70 people and arrested tens of thousands of others in Oromia Regional State.
The August 6, 2016 massacres of Oromo raised the total number of Oromos murdered since the protests started in November 2015 to over 700.
Awaday town in East Hararge Zone, Nekemt town in East Wallaga zone, Adaba town, West Arsi zone and Dodola town, Bale Zones were the places where many protesters were brutalized on August 6, 2016. Many Oromos have been also killed including in the capital Finfinnee/Addis Ababa city, Adama and Shashamane East Showa zone towns.
Among the Oromos killed on August 06, 2016 the HRLHA reporters managed to get the names of the following 65 people:
The HRLHA calls upon governments of the West, the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Security Council, of which Ethiopia is a member, and all local, regional and international human rights agencies to condemn the barbaric actions of the Ethiopian government against its citizens and to demand that Ethiopia pull back its killing squad and allow a neutral body to investigate the human rights atrocities in Oromia.
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Some pictures that shows the brutality of Ethiopia’s Agazi Killing Squad
Samia Ahmed Hassan Killed in Awaday, East Harageh
Abdalla Mohammed Qobo, East Harargeh
Abda Jilo Asasaa West Arsi
Abdii Daawid who was tortured and killed by Agazi forces in Kombolcha district, Malka Rafu town, East Hararge on 7 August 2016. Abdi was arrested from his home on 6 August 2016 night and taken to jail where he was tortured and killed on the hands of the tyrant military forces.
Sardaa…. Mogor West Shewa
Mustafa Mohammednur Gimbi West Wollega
Kidane Garoma, killed in Kake
Melese Teshome Killed in Neqemte Kebele 05
By Engidu Woldie
Sources close to ESAT disclosed that the TPLF regime in Ethiopia is prepared to carry out deadly attacks that mimics the work of terrorists in cities across the nation and use that as an excuse to squash the growing popular resistance against the regime in the name of fighting Al Shabaab terrorists.
The sources said the TPLF intelligence and security has selected five locations – Adama, Dire Dawa, Gondar, Bahir Dar and Shashemene – to target public places and higher institutions of learning. The plan was to use Somali speaking individuals from the Ethiopian Somali region to carry out attacks at the selected locations, according to the sources.
The sources also said the regime hopes to garner support from Western allies posing as a regional peacekeeper and fighter of terrorism in the Horn of Africa.
Last year there were a number of explosions at colleges in the Oromo region during ongoing protests in the region and at the Grand Anwar Mosque in Addis Ababa as the Ethiopian Muslims staged a protest rally. The government had blamed what it called terrorist elements but failed to corroborate its claims. A bomb blast in the Bole area of the capital killed two in 2013. In 2011 the regime said it had foiled a planned bomb attack by Eritrea at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa.
Its past records show that the Ethiopian regime has a habit of using deadly tricks of throwing grenades at public gatherings and institutions and put the blame on resistance groups and neighboring Eritrea, in a futile scheme to get them labeled terrorists.
Regarding the 2006 explosion in Addis, the Wikileaks Ethiopia file exposed the diplomatic cable from the US Embassy in Addis reported that “The GoE announced that the bombs went off while being assembled, and that the three dead were terrorists from the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) with links to the Oromo National Congress (ONC). An embassy source, as well as clandestine reporting, suggests that the bombing may have in fact been the work of GoE security forces.”
The regime at the time reported that “the bombs were part of a coordinated terror attack by the OLF and Sha’abiya (Eritrea) aimed at disrupting democratic development,” according to the cable.
The cable published by the Wikileaks at the time quoted Dr. Merara Gudina as saying that “thedeceased had not died while constructing a bomb, but rather at the hands of GoE cadres. Dr. Merera said that the men had been picked up by police a week prior, kept in detention and tortured. He said police then left the men in a house and detonated explosives nearby, killing 3 of them.”
Not coincidentally, political observers believe, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) issued a report on Monday warning that terrorist attacks from Al Shabaab were not just confined to Somalia but also threatens neighboring countries.
It should be noted that the regime in Ethiopia is a leading member of the regional body, IGAD and the Security Sector Program that launched the 53 page report is led by Ethiopian regime officials.
It remains to be seen if the regime, which is hit hard by ongoing public resistance all across the nation calling for its demise, would once again use its deadly trickeries knowing that its deceits in the past were exposed widely.
Previous same tactics:
Press release
08/17/2016
BERLIN, Germany, August 18, 2016/APO/ — Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office, issued the following statement today (17 August):
“It is with great concern that I have been following the news of unrest in Ethiopia, which has now spread from the Oromia to the Amhara region and to Addis Ababa and culminated most recently in a weekend of violence in the course of which some 50 people were killed in clashes with security forces. I call on all the parties involved to enter into an inclusive dialogue and to refrain unconditionally from further violence. I would like to offer the victims’ families my condolences and to wish those who have been injured a speedy recovery.
Rights guaranteed by the Ethiopian constitution such as the freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly must be protected
I firmly believe that the redistribution of land for development and investment purposes, as well as the reorganisation of administrative districts, must proceed in a participatory, transparent and socially acceptable manner. It is important to take the legitimate demands of ethnic groups and opposition forces into account in this process. All sections of the population must benefit from the economic progress achieved in Ethiopia in equal measure. I therefore call on the Government to enter into a constructive dialogue with the entire population while drawing on local forces and strengthening federal structures. This is the only way to calm the situation and to ensure peace in the long term.”
Background information
Since November 2015, there have been repeated demonstrations and protests in the Oromia, and now also the Amhara region against the central government and the structural discrimination of the provinces and their ethnic populations. The Ethiopian Government has responded to this with censorship, intimidation and violence on the part of the security forces. As was the case in previous protests, the Government first blocked social media and news services before shutting down the whole of the Internet across the country.
There are no confirmed figures for the number of victims. However, it is safe to assume that several hundred people were killed from November 2015 to May 2016 (more than 400 according to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch). The Ethiopian Government has not confirmed these figures.
Alongside the turbulent region of Oromia, Gondar (in the Amhara region) has become a further trouble spot in the country in recent weeks. The violent arrest of a number of activists from the Welkait ethnic group on 14 July has given rise, within the space of just a few weeks, to a more significant protest movement whose end is not yet foreseeable.
Distributed by APO on behalf of Germany – Federal Foreign Office.
Source: Auswärtiges Amt
By Mathias Gudina
OLF is Spirit, OLF is a Movement and OLF is 40+ million people: ~
There is no OLF of Shanee, QC or Jijjiiramaa; there is one and only one OLF of Oromo people, a movement against century old subjugation, occupation, repression and misery. I want to see myself in that movement, in that spirit, and in that euphoria. I wish to see my friends in that spirit too. So bring back OLF from pockets of your villages to the people.
Having said that, the scope of this post is not based on academic research but first hand personal observation and life experiences in the organization. Let me remind my readers that I had projected in 2004 that OLF was on the road to breaking in to pieces. That was self evident that due to the inactivity of the organization its leaders started to regroup their own diaspora constituent for survival. They all took their fraction to their own village.
They captivated the organization under their untamed runaway ill trained ‘’dabballees’’ as their own ATM. Once their constituents alarmed and funds depleted they try to metamorphosis to different names every year comes July. Every year they produce videos of WBO in Asmara or few miles from Nairobi and tell us irbaata WBO, gargaarsa WBO or what not. It is in my fresh memory that WBO in the bushes of Oromia has never seen a dime of those ‘’gargaarsaas’’.
I knew from my experiences that WBO is self reliant. The survival strategy we acquired through hardship was valuable to rely own self (of-irratti hirkannoo) than waiting for your gargaarsaa.
These all intermingling, frustrations, freedom of speech in the west, availability of resources for or against paved the way for accusations and counter accusations in the major cities of western countries to the refugee camps around the world.
This led to the start of character assassinations of our leaders of all camps. The public has no much first hand information and couldn’t differentiate facts from fiction. People shall not be accused of personal weakness but needs to be taught, trained, and take corrective action. If couldn’t learn from that, demote or relieve from duty.
So we, me and my likes, sit aside to observe the inactivity of OLF since 1998. If any fraction (I don’t call it faction) of OLF claims any activity I would be surprised and lol.
Therefore, with due respect, much love and high expectation I have a message to my 40+ million Oromo people, Tigrai and Ethiopian people.
To my Oromo People:
We all are one, need one organization and one nation: OLF is coming back, coming back strong more than ever with I wish, Bekele Gerba as a leader where all organizations come together form single sole representative of the Oromo nation. I repeat, Oromo nation needs one single sole representative organization. That dream comes to reality soon with all of us put pressure on every single individual, group, and organization. We need to retire our seniors gracefully and with enough resources they need to retire.
To my Tigrian friends and Tigrai people:
Don’t call us narrow because we were wide enough to enriched your sons and daughters of Tigrai who came as a retailers of ‘’boqolt’’ with 5 star hotels, retailers of mops with multi-story buildings, multi-bus travel agencies, and many manufacturing and mining companies. You came bare foot, we gave you shoes, but we don’t have for ourselves. We value hard work and dedication but don’t try to fool us, once an honest people find out the truth they are good at disciplining. Don’t call OLF a terrorist because we didn’t kill you when you killed our students, mothers, fathers and pregnant women. Don’t give us the name that belongs to your actions. We didn’t terrorize Tigrai people when you terrorized our villages, towns and entire nation. We need you to know that we are patient, humble and tolerant people.
To my Ethiopian Friends:
We love OLF, we love OLF flag. Respect our choice. If you don’t like it, don’t like it but don’t say anything that hurts our friendship. Don’t call us habashas, because we are not. Don’t intimidate us by calling us ‘’habasha neh?’’. We like to be called Oromos. We share country, culture and norms but we are not habasha by blood. We can be one, but we are different. Diversity in ‘’one-ness’’. That way we can live together- with respect, dignity and hope- ‘The bigger the better.’
Har’aaf kanuma,
Nagaan
Source: Siitube
BREAKING: Great tensions visibly developing whole day around TPLF’s highly secretive intelligence office located behind gate 3 of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Also code-named as “sector five”, this secretive office has long served as the HQs for the specialized commandos and killing squad. According to our insider informants, the place has completely been packed & congested by over 50 cars all platted with the defense & the federal police forces-like never been before. The place is under high patrol. Cameras are placed all over the places, intelligence agents all around armed with automatic guns and disguised as ‘beggars’, according to the leaked info we received. It’s said that this office has never been officially known to the public, though it has long been the secrete spring board from where their squads (federal police and the military para-commandos) operate in planning and perpetrating their killings, tortures……
Our informant says that some very very serious matter going on in that office as we speak, of course the outcomes of which will be seen in the hours & days to come.
We will keep an eye on this development and make updates as more news unfold. Stay tuned Via Gadaa Araaraa
August 15, 2016
For Immediate Release
Oromo Communities in Diaspora Condemn the killings in Ethiopia
We, the leaders of the Oromo communities in Diaspora, strongly condemn the continued brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in Ethiopia. Since November 12, 2015, the Ethiopian government has killed over 600 peaceful Oromos who were protesting against political repression, eviction from land, arrests, torture and death of their relatives. Lately, this violence has spread to the Amhara region as well where scores of protesters were also killed. The government of Ethiopia has escalated its violence on peaceful protesters to a new level. In a single weekend on August 6 and 7, 2016, government security agents and its notorious Agazi, Tigryan ethnic militia, have reportedly killed over 150 protesters. Such killings, mass arrests and tortures are still taking place throughout Oromia and other parts of the country.
The Oromo communities in Diaspora are extremely concerned by the government’s senseless actions. Oromo communities in Diaspora are puzzled and frustrated by the silence of democratic nations and their generous financial and military aid to a repressive regime in Ethiopia. While suppressing dissent and killing citizens, the Ethiopian government is receiving generous assistance from the Unites States government and European Union and its member countries. International financial and philanthropic agencies such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) continue to support this repressive regime.
Ethiopia is at crossroads. Hundreds of people have died already; thousands are languishing in jail for crimes they did not commit; and still thousands are evicted from their lands, internally displaced or exiled. Unless the international community pays a serious attention and helps the innocent victims in Ethiopia, we warn that, unimaginable human tragedy and dangerous regional crises will occur. We urge immediate action to avert the situation.
For ten days, starting on August, 16, 2016, Oromo communities in Diaspora will protest against the brutal crackdown in Ethiopia and stand in solidarity with their relatives in Oromia. In their protests they will highlight the atrocities of the Ethiopian government and appeal to democratic governments, international agencies, and tax payers to stop the carnage immediately. They particularly appeal to the European Parliament and governments of member countries, to the United States government — to the White House, the State Department and Congress — to stop funding a brutal regime. Oromo communities also appeal to the United Nations and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in particular, to investigate the atrocities in Oromia and in Ethiopia in general, and bring the criminal actors to justice immediately.
United we stand, divided we fall!!!
Oromo Communities Association of North America (OCA-NA)
Oromo Communities in Europe
Oromo Communities in Australia
Oromo Communities in Canada
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Hagayya 18,2016
Godina Lixa Shaggar Aanaa Ada’aa Mogor keessaa abbootiin qabeenyaa Oromoo waraana Agaaziitiin ukkaamfamaa jiru. Fincila Xumura Gabrummaa Marsaa 8ffaa guutummaa Oromomiyaatti Hagayya 6,2016 gaggeeffameen walqabatee Mogor keessatti waraanni Agaazii abbootii qabeenyaa Oromoo manarra deemuun mana hidhaatti guuraa jira. Abbootiin qabeenyaa kunniin yeroo ammaa kana mana hidhaa Magaalaa Incinnii (Teessoo Bulchiinsaa Ada’aa Bargaa) keessatti gidirfamaa jiru. Namoota hedduu achii jiran keessaa muraasni ammaaf maqaan nu qaqqabe;
1. Tolaa Reebaa
2. Isheetuu Siyyum
3. Tafarii Bajjii
4. Katamaa Gaddafaa
5. Mokonnin kanneen jedhamanii fi abbootiin qabeenyaa hedduun mana hidhichaa keessatti hiraarfamaa jiraachutu himama.
Dabalataanis Warraaqsa Biyyoolessaa guyyichaan walqabatee dargaggootni Oromoo dhibbaan lakkaa’aman Mogorii fi Magaalaa Inicinnii irraa waraana Wayyaaneetiin ukkaamfaman mana hidhaa Magaalaa Incinnii keessaa gara mooraa leenjii waraanaa Xollaayitti dabarfamuutu himama. Kanneen, mana hidhaa magaalaa Incinnii keessatti hafan abbootii qabeenyaa fi ijoollee xixiqqoo akka ta’an barameera.
Fincila Hagayya 6,2016 gaggeefamerratti Mogor keessatti dargaggoo maqaan isaa Sardaa jedhamu kan rasaasaan ajjeese hidhataa fi basaasaa wayyaanee maqaan isaa Girmaa jedhamu akka ta’e baramee jira. Sababa kanaan walqabatee manneen basaastotaa fi ergamtootaa diinaa afur irratti tarkaanfiin ibiddaa ummata naannoon akka fudhatame gabaasuun keenya ni yaadatama. Ergamtootni tarkaanfii ummataan qabeenyi isaanii barbadaa’e kunniinis
1.Girmaa
2.Zinaabuu
3.Yashii fi
4. Masarat yommuu ta’an, mootummaan wayyaanee ergamtoota isaa kanneen Mogor keessaa baasuun Magaalaa Incinnii Waajjira Bulchiinsa Magaalichaa fuulduraa mana jireenyaa kennuufitu gabaafamaa jira. Haaluma kanaan basaasaan maqaan isaa olitti heerame kan Girmaa jedhamu yeroo ammaa kana uffata Waraana Agaazii uffachuudhaan konkolaataa Waraana Agaaziitiin gara Mogoritti deddeebi’ee dargaggootaa fi abbootii qabeenyaa mana hidhaatti guursisaa akka jiru ifatti baramee jira. Kanaafuu, ummatni, dargaggootni, qeerroon keessattuu Humni Ittisa Ummataa naannoo sanaa basaasaa wayyaanee kana tarkaanfii du’aan akka adabdan dhaamsa dabarsina!
Injifannoon Ummata Oromootif!
(Satenaw) –ብዙዎቻችን ስለህወሀት አመራሮች ስናወራ የኢትዮጵያን ህዝብ ገንዘብ የሚዘርፉት የበላይ አመራሮቹ ብቻ ይመስሉናል ሆኖም ተራ የህወሀት አባላት እንኳን በዚህ ብልሹ ፖለቲካዊ ድርጅት የተነሳ መልቲ ሚሊየነር ሆነዋል ከእነዚህም ውስጥ አንዱ በኢቲቪ ዜና ሲያነብ የምናውቀው መሰለ ገ/ሕይወት አንዱ ነው።
መሰለ ገ/ሕይወት ሆቴል ሳይከፍት አስመጪና ላኪ ሳይሆን የህዝብ ገንዘብ ተጠቅሞ ሚሊየነር የሆነ ማንም የማያውቀው ድብቅ ባለሐብት ነው።
በኢትዮጵያ በሚገኙ ሁሉም የሚኒስቴር መሥሪያ ቤት ለመልካም ገፅታ ግንባታ በሚል የሚበጅቱት በጀት አለ ይህ የበጀት አይነት ሚኒስትር መሥሪያ ቤቱ የሰራቸውን መልካም ስራ ለሕዝብ እና ለአለም አቀፉ ማህበረሰብ እንዲያሳይና ሁሉም ህዝብ ለመስሪያ ቤቱ መልካም የሆነ እይታ እንዲኖረው በማሰብ የሚበጀት በጀት ነው። ይህ በጀት እንደየመስሪያ ቤቶቹ ሁኔታ እስከ አምስት ሚሊየን ብር ይደርሳል ይህንን በጀት ነው መሰለ ገብረሕይወት ከየሚኒስትር መስሪያ ቤቱ እየሰበሰበ ሚሊየነር የሆነው።
መሰለ ገብረሕይወት ይህንን ገንዘብ ለማግኘት እንዲረዳው “ሽግግር” የተሰኘ መፅሔት አለው በዚህ መጽሔት ላይ የመስሪያ ቤቶቹን ስም እና የኢህአዴግ ሹማምንትን ስም ከፍ አድርጎ በማንሳት የመልካም ገጽታ በጀቱን ወደኪሱ ይከታል።
በዚህ ሽግግር በተሰኘች የመሠለ ገብረሕይወት መጽሔት ላይ ስሙ በወርቅ ያልተፃፈ የኢህአዴግ ሚኒስትር የለም ከቴዎድሮስ አድሐኖም እስከ ደመቀ መኮንን ከአባተ ስጦታው እስከ ኩማ ደመቅሳ ስማቸውና መሥሪያ ቤታቸው በሙገሳ ተፅፎላቸው ለመሰለ ገብረሕይወት በሚሊዮን የሚቆጠር የህዝብ ገንዘብ ሰጥተውታል።
ለምሳሌ ከዛሬ አምስት አመት በፊት “ኢትዮጵያን የአፍሪካ የትምህርትና የምርምር ማእከል ያደረጉ ታላቅ መሪና መሥሪያ ቤታቸው” የተሰኘ ፅሁፍ ፅፎ ከትምህርት ሚኒስትር አንድ ነጥብ ሦስት ሚሊየን ብር ወስዷል።በዚሁ ፅሁፉ ደመቀ መኮንን በመምህርነት ዘመኑ አንቱ የተባለ በተማሪዎች የተወደደ እንደነበረ ያትታል ሆኖም ደመቀ መኮንን በአቅም ማነስ ከባዮሎጂ መምህርነት ተነስቶ ስፓርት አስተማሪ መደረጉን በወቅቱ አብረውት ይሰሩ የነበሩ መምህር አሁንም በእስር ላይ የሚገኘው ተመስገን ደሳለኝ በሚያሳትማት ፍትህ ጋዜጣ ላይ መናገራቸውን እናስታውሳለን ሆኖም ሰውዬው መሰለ ገብረሕይወት አላማው ገንዘብ መሰብሰብ ነውና እንደደመቀ መኮንን ያሉ የኢህአዴግ ባለሥልጣናትን ስም አጉልቶ ሲፅፍ ልባቸው ሀሴት አድርጋ በደስታ እየፈነደቁ ለመልካም ገፅታ የያዙትን በጀት እየመዠረጡ ይሰጡታል እርሱም በህዝብ ገንዘብ ዛሬ የናጠጠ ሚሊየነር ሆኗል።
በዚህ ጉዳይ ላይ እንዲህ የሚል አንድ ስንኝ መቋጠር ፈለግኩ
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“ዋሾ ከወደደ ሀገሬው በሙላ
ውሸትን ቸርችረህ እንጀራህን ብላ”
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Felix Horne, Senior Researcher, Horn of Africa
(HRW) — Ethiopian security forces gunned down at least 100 people a week ago in the bloodiest weekend in the ninth month of anti-government protests. Unlike previous protests, which have been largely confined to the Oromia region, the protests on August 6 and 7 were also in the northern Amhara region. Altogether at least 500 people have been killed since November and tens of thousands have been detained during the largely peaceful protests.
Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration over what they say is unfair distribution of wealth in the country at Meskel Square in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, on August 6, 2016. (REUTERS/TIKSA NEGERI)
The protests in Oromia started in November over the government’s approach to development, but as the crackdown intensified, protester grievances focused on longstanding abuses and discrimination. In the Amhara region, protesters have voiced concerns over the dominance of those connected to the ruling party in economic and political affairs, complex questions of ethnic identity, and other historic grievances. Protesters vow to continue, and there is no indication of a letup from security forces or new concessions from the government.
Security force torture of people in detention has been pervasive. Girma (not his real name), an 18-year-old student, was released last week from an Ethiopian military camp seven months after he was arrested at a protest with his classmates. He told me when I talked with him after his release that the nightly beatings left him with permanent injuries that make it hard for him to walk. He is banned from returning to school and afraid he will be arrested again if he seeks medical care. He still hears the screams of the “hundreds of protesters still there who were tortured every night.”
Donor countries to Ethiopia have been largely silent about the brutal crackdown, presumably in part due to the Ethiopian government’s strategic relationships on security, peacekeeping, migration, and development. For years, the US, the UK and other influential governments have basically rejected public condemnation of the Ethiopian government’s repressive practices. But a strategy of “quiet diplomacy” is increasingly limited as Ethiopia’s human rights situation declines and its heavy-handed response to the largely peaceful protests is fueling more anger and frustration.
The small bit of good news is that the international silence on Ethiopia was broken on August 10 when the UN’s top human rights official, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, told Reuters that an international investigation and accountability are needed for the killings of protesters.
The protesters I spoke with in recent weeks have been increasingly reassessing the effectiveness of their peaceful protests in the absence of justice, accountability, and international condemnation of the government’s killing, torture and arbitrary arrests. They told me they are losing faith in Western governments to offer even the mildest criticism of their government.
There are few opportunities inside the country to monitor the government’s human rights record, to hold officials to account, or to access justice. After elections in 2015 that did not meet international standards, the government holds 100 percent of the seats in federal and regional parliaments, preventing any serious parliamentary debate. The courts have little independence on politically sensitive cases and the misuse of the anti-terrorism law is illustrated through the ongoing trial of an opposition leader and advocate for non-violence, Bekele Gerba, the ongoing trial of a former World Bank translator, Pastor Omot Agwa, and the conviction of numerous journalists on trumped-up charges. Numerous restrictions on independent media and nongovernmental organizations result in little scrutiny of abusive security forces. International journalists also face restrictions as three journalists detained during the recent protests can attest to.
Ethiopia’s Human Rights Commission should be investigating abuses by security forces. But its lack of independence was underscored by its oral report on the protests to parliament in June. It concluded that the lethal force used by security forces in Oromia was proportionate to the risk they faced from the protesters. It is not known whether a written version of the report is available to justify such a seemingly politicized conclusion. The briefing was issued just a few days before Human Rights Watch issued a report describing the excessive use of force that resulted in the killing of an estimated 400 people during the first six months of the protests.
International scrutiny of Ethiopia’s rights record has also been lacking despite its June election to the UN Security Council, and its membership on the UN Human Rights Council – which requires it to uphold the “highest standards of human rights” and cooperate with UN monitors. Ethiopia has refused entry to all UN special rapporteurs since 2007. Among the outstanding requests are from the special rapporteurs on torture, freedom of opinion and expression, and peaceful assembly.
Ethiopia’s allies should back the call from the UN human rights high commissioner and press for an international investigation. Such a move will send a powerful and overdue message to the Ethiopian government that its security forces cannot shoot and kill peaceful protesters with impunity. And it will also send an important message to the victims and families that their pleas for justice are being heard.
Ethiopia’s allies need to urgently embark on a new approach to Ethiopia before the current situation descends into an even more dangerous and irreversible political and human rights crisis. They could play a leading role in pushing for investigative or monitoring mechanisms to hold the government to account for its brutal response to citizens exercising their fundamental rights to expression and assembly — or the toll of the dead and the tortured will continue to rise.
Girma, the young student, says he wants to flee the country once his health improves. “I’m leaving because there will never be justice in my country for what happened to me and the world will not do anything,” he told me. “So I will leave rather than wait for death.”
Felix Horne is a senior Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch.
ህወሃት ግድያ እንዲያቆም ከጌቶቹ ጥብቅ ማሳሰቢያ ተሰጠው
* “ብልጡን ባለ ራዕይ መሪ” ክፉኛ ናፍቋል!
(ጎልጉል የድረገጽ ጋዜጣ) — የትግራይ ነጻ አውጪ ግንባር /ህወሃት/ አመራሮች ሰላማዊ ተቃዋሚዎችን ከመግደልና ከማስገደል እንዲታቀቡ ታዘዋል። ግድያው የሚቀጥል ከሆነ ከወትሮው በተለየ ርምጃ እንደሚወሰድ ተነግሯቸዋል። “ወልቃይትን ለባለቤቱ ህዝብ ብንመልስ ይሻላል” በሚሉና “አንመልስም” ሲሉ በሚቃወሙ መካከል ክርክር የጀመረው ህወሃት ስምምነት ሊደርስ አልቻለም። ሁኔታው መለስን ከመቃብር ቀስቅሷል።
አባይ ጸሃዬ፣ ሳሞራ የኑስና ሌሎች ባለስልጣናት አሜሪካ እንደነበሩ ለጎልጉል ጠቁመው የነበሩት የመረጃው ምንጮች እንዳሉት ባለስልጣናቱ ግድያ እንዲያስቆሙ የተሰጣቸውን ትዕዛዝ ተቀብለዋል። በአማራ ክልል የተነሳው ተቃውሞ ያሳሰበው ህወሃት በተመሳሳይ አሜሪካ ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች ወደ ሰላማዊ ድርድር እንዲመጡ ጫና እንድታደርግ ጠይቀዋል። ለዚህም ይመስላል በአሜሪካ በኩል የተቀናቃኝ ድርጅት መሪዎችን በተናጠል ማነጋገር ተጀምሯል።
ህወሃት በግድያው ከገፋበት ከአሜሪካ በኩል የሚሰጠው ምላሽ እንደ ወትሮው በኤምባሲ ወይም በህዝብ ግንኙነት በኩል እንደተለመደው “ጉዳዩ አሳስቦናል” የሚል ተራ መግለጫ እንደማይሆን ማረጋገጫ መሰጠቱን ጎልጉል የሚያምናቸው የዲፕሎማት ምንጮች ከአሜሪካ ተናግረዋል። እንድ መረጃ አቅራቢዎቹ ቀጣዩ የአሜሪካ አቋም በውጭ ጉዳይ መ/ቤቱ (ስቴት ዲፓርትመንት) ዋና ኃላፊ ወይም ከፕሬዚዳንቱ ጽ/ቤት (ኋይት ሃውስ) በኩል የሚተላለፍ እንደሚሆን ይጠበቃል። ባለፉት ሳምንታት ግማሽ ያህል የህወሃት ባለስልጣናት አሜሪካ ደርሰው መመለሳቸውን ለስርዓቱ ቅርብ የሆኑ ሌላ ዜናን ለማስተባበል ሲሞክሩ ሳያስቡት ማረጋገጫ ሰጥተዋል።
በሌላ ዜና በህወሃት ውስጥ “ወልቃይትን መመለስ አማራጭ የሌለው መፍትሄ ነው” በሚሉና “ሊመለስ አይገባም” በሚል የሃሳብ ልዩነት መፈጠሩ ታውቋል። የጎልጉል የአዲስ አበባ ዘጋቢ ምንጮቹን ጠቅሶ እንዳለው በዚሁ ጉዳይ የተሰየመው የህወሃት አመራሮች ስብሰባ ለቀናት ቢወያይም ስምምነት ላይ ሊደርስ ግን አልቻለም።
“ወልቃይትን እንመልስ” ባዮቹ ወገኖች አማራ ክልል የተነሳው ተቃውሞ አስፈሪ፣ የከረረ፣ እስከወዲያኛው ለስልጣናችን የሚያሰጋ ስለሆነ ወልቃይትን መልሶ አገሪቱን ማረጋጋት የግድ ነው ይላሉ። “ወልቃይትን መመለስ የለብንም፣ እንዴት ተደርጎስ ይመለሳል? ውርደት ነው” በሚል አቋም የያዙት ደግሞ ሁለት መከራከሪያ አላቸው።
እንደ ዘጋቢያችን መረጃ ከሆነ እነዚህ ክፍሎች ሁለት ነጥቦችን በማቅረብ የተከራከሩት “አንመልስም፣ ከመለስንም መሰረተ ልማቱንና ያፈራነውን ሃብት ምን እናደርገዋለን?” በሚል ጥያቄዎች የታጀቡ ናቸው።
“ወልቃይት የኖሩት ወገኖቻቸን ሃብት አፍርተዋል። ለማን ነው ጥለውት የሚሄዱት?” የሚሉት እነዚህ ወገኖች አስፈላጊውን ሁሉ በማድረግ/ሃይል በመጠቀም በተጀመረው መንገድ መቀጠል እንዳለበት የሚመኙ ሲሆኑ፣ ምኞታቸው ካልተሳካ መሰረተ ልማቱን በሙሉማፈራረስ ሌላው የመጨረሻ ውሳኔያቸው ነው።
በዚህ ሁለት ሃሳብ የሚነታረከው የህወሃት አመራሮች ስብሰባ ይህ ዘገባ እስከተጠናቀረበት ዕለት ድረስ ከውሳኔ ላይ አልደረሰም። ይሁንና በዚህ ውሳኔ ላይ እንደ ከዳ የሚነገርለት ብአዴን አቋሙ እንዲጠየቅ አልተደረገም።
ህወሃት ለረጅም ዓመታት በተለያዩ መንገዶች ሲያፍን የቆየው የሕዝብ ዓመጽ በአገሪቱ የተለያዩ ቦታዎች መፈንዳቱ ሥርዓቱን ክፉኛ አናግቶታል፡፡ በፓርቲ ወይም በድርጅት ሳይመራ በሕዝብ እምቢተኝነት የገነፈለው ተቃውሞ በስልትና በግለት እየጠነከረ መምጣቱ ህወሃት የመግደል እርምጃ እንዲወስድና ከምዕራባዊ ጌቶቹ ጋር እንዲቃቃር እያደረገው ነው፡፡ በሥልጣን መቆየት በአንድ በኩል፤ በሌላ ደግሞ ከምዕራባውያን ጋር ስሙም መሆን የወጠረው ህወሃት ከዓቅሙ በላይ የሆነው ሕዝባዊ እምቢተኝነት ከቀን ወደ ቀን እያየለበት በንጹሃን ላይ ጥይት መተኮሱን አላቆመም፡፡
ይህ አካሄድ ህወሃትን ለክፍፍል እንደሚዳርገው ከተለያየ አቅጣጫ ይነገራል፡፡ ለዘመናት ህወሃትን ስትንከባከብ
የነበረችው አሜሪካ በተወሰነ መልኩ ጉዳዩን የማክረር ሁኔታ ይታይባታል፡፡ የአሜሪካንን ፖሊሲ የማስቀየር አቅም ያላቸው ጋዜጦች ኢትዮጵያ በአናሳዎች የምትመራ ከዴሞክራሲ የራቀች አገር መሆኗን እንደ አዲስ ለፖለቲከኞቻቸው እያስተዋወቁ ነው፡፡ በተባበሩት መንግሥታት ነጻ አካል ምርመራ እንዲደረግ የተደረገውን ውሳኔ ህወሃት አልቀበልም ባለ ወቅት በመንግሥታቱ ማኅበር የአሜሪካ አምባሳደር የሆኑት ሰማንታ ፓወር ህወሃት “ነጻ ምርመራውን መቀበል አለበት” በማለት በትዊተር የከረረ መልዕክት አስተላልፈዋል፡፡
መጪው ጊዜ የከፋ እንደሚሆን የገመቱ፣ ለዘብተኛ ለመሆን የሚፈልጉና በሃብት የደለቡ የህወሃት ሰዎችና አሽከሮቻቸው “በጥገናዊ ለውጥ” ሁኔታዎች እንዲረግቡ ይፈልጋሉ፡፡ ምዕራባዊ አገራት በመቆየት ዘምነናል የሚሉና የምዕራባውያን ድጋፍ እንዳላቸው በተለያየ መልኩ የሚጠቅሱት በዚህ ውስጥ ይካተታሉ፡፡ ከእነዚህ ውስጥ ህወሃት/ኢህአዴግ ከየቦታው የሰበሰባቸውና በየአገሩ ተወካይ (አምባሳደር) አድርጎ ያስቀመጣቸው ተላላኪዎቹም ይገኙበታል፡፡ እነዚህ ክፍሎች በራሱ በህወሃት ከረከሰው ሽምግልና እስከ ዕርቅ ለመሄድ የሚጥሩትንም ይጨምራል፡፡ ብንከስርም ወልቃይትን ለባለቤቱ እንመልስ ባዮቹ የዚህ ዓላማ አራማጆች ናቸው፡፡ የነዚህ ተቃራኒዎች ማሸበርና መግደል በመቀጠል “ካልገዛን እንሞታለን” ብለው ህወሃትን ከጌቶቹ ከማቃቃር እስከ “አሜሪካ ከከፋት ጉዞ ወደ ቻይና” የሚሉ የተሰባሰቡበት ነው፡፡ የበረሃ ገድላቸውን እየጠቀሱ “ደጋፊዎቻቸው” ጠብመንጃ እንዲወለውሉ የሚቀሰቅሱና “ሪፓብሊካቸውን” በአየር ኃይል ጭምር ለመከላከል የወሰኑ በዚህ ምድብ ውስጥ ተከማችተዋል፡፡
የእነዚህና ሌሎች ኃይላት ትንቅንቅ ህወሃትን አደገኛ ፈተና ውስጥ እንደጣለው ይነገራል፡፡ አራት ዓመታት በሙት መንፈስና ሌጋሲ ሲመራ የቆየው ህወሃት/ኢህአዴግ ታዛዥነት፣ መደማመጥና “ብልጠት” ጠፍቶበት “ባለ ራዕይ መሪውን” ክፉኛ ናፍቋል፡፡
Hiriira mormii Oromiyaa, Hagayya 6, 2016
(VOA Afaan Oromoo) — Godinaa Hararghee Lixaa, aanaa Mi’eessoo, magaalaa Mi’essoo keessa ka jiru mooraa waraanaa ‘Chaayinaa Kaamp” jedhamu keessatti, ummanni gara kuma tokkoo fi dhibba saddeetii ta’an akka hidhamanii jiranitti ka dubbatan, jiraattonni magaalatti, “halkan dabre kana immoo, hidhamtoota sana achi irraa guuranii gara biraatti geessuuf jecha, konkolaatota guguddaa fidanii mooraa sanatti galchan” jedhu.
Uummatni duraanuu dhimma kana gurraa qabuu fi konkolaatota sana arge gara mooraa waraanaa sana deemee hiriiruudhaan, “namoota keenya as irraa fuutanii bakka biraa geessuu hin dandeessan” jechuudhaan dura dhaabbate – jiraattota nuti dubbisne keessaa tokko. Kan irraa kan ka’e, humnoonni mootummaa halkan dabre namoota hedduu reebuu isaanii dubbatu. “Haga ammaatti, akka yaadanitti hidhamtoota sana fudhatanii deemuu dadhaban iyyuu, galgala har’aaf itti qophaawaa jiran” jedhu. Hoogganaa Qorannaa, ka waajira poolisii aanaa Mieessoo fi hoogganaa Komaand Poostii dhaaba OPDo dubbisuu yaalle iyyuu telefoona nu irratti cufan.