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Tough battle ahead: the battle we Oromos cannot afford to lose
By Gumaa Guddaa* THOUGH BATTLE AHEAD: THE BATTLE WE OROMOS CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE “Saying that our [Oromo's] own very survival, as a people, is under threat is understatement. We are tittering on the...
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IN PICTURES: Third Day of Demonstration by Oromo Refugees in Cairo
Oromo refugees gathered for a third day outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office near Cairo, protesting alleged harassment from Egyptians and calling for greater...
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OSA’s Appeal Letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
The following statement is from the Oromo Studies Association (OSA). Oromo Studies Association P.O Box 32391, Fridley, MN 55432 OromoStudies.org June 12, 2013 Mr. Antonio Guterres United Nations High...
View ArticleSeenaan Oromoo Akka Janus Fuula Lama Qabaa Laata?
Fayyis Oromia Irraa* Barreffamni kun kan ani Afaan Oromootiin yeroo duraaf dhiyeese waan ta’ef, yoo dogoggorri keessa jiraate na ofkolcha. Akka ani amma Afaan Oromootiin yaada koo dhiyeesuu yaalu na...
View ArticleOpinion: The Oromo and the War on Terror in the Horn of Africa
The following opinion piece appeared on AlJazeera.com; and it’s authored by Amb. Akbar Ahmed and Frankie Martin – both at American University in Washington. In August 2011, Bekele Gerba, an English...
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Ethiopia: The Continuing of Deaths and Displacements in Eastern Oromia –...
The following is an Urgent Action statement from the Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA). HRLHA is a nonpolitical organization (with the UN Economic and Social Council – (ECOSOC)...
View ArticleAJStream and the emergence of assertive Oromo voice
by Ebissa Ragassa | OPride.com The once suppressed truth about Oromo people finally reached a global audience on June 25 when Al Jazeera’s The Stream aired, “Oromos seek justice in Ethiopia.” Instead...
View ArticleCan the Oromo speak for themselves? Ethiopianists say no
by Ayyaantuu Tibeessoo | OPride.com Oromo rights advocates and Ethiopian activists quarreled over Al Jazeera’s decision to address the plight of Oromo people during its flagship social media show, The...
View ArticleTeachable Moment for Urban Amhara Elites Masquerading as All-Ethiopia...
By Tesfaye Kebede* Introduction After observing the political raucous in the Ethiopianist camp over the last four weeks since the airing of the Al Jazeera’s The Stream program on the persecution of the...
View ArticleThe Wounded Ethiopian Nationalism and Its Insecurity Dilemma
By Leggese A. Gurmu | The GulelePost.com Ethiopian Nationalism is a wounded nationalism. The bloody war it has been fighting with its foes since the 1960s has left it severely wounded. It has been...
View Article‘Are you Oromo First or Ethiopian First?’
By Awol Allo | The GulelePost via The Glasgow Legal Theory That was the question put to Jawar Mohamed by Al Jazeera’s The Stream co-host Femi Oki. Jawar’s response—‘I am an Oromo first’, and that...
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OPride.com: Twitter & Facebook Blackout Reported in Ethiopia
(Latest UPDATE – OPride.com: users in #Ethiopia say Twitter and Facebook access restored around 9:30 a.m. local time after a 12-hour blackout) (OPride – July 19, 2013) – Social networking giants,...
View ArticleWalaloo: Oromummaa
Dhugaasaa D. Gobanaa irraa | (Gumii.org | 2002) Anniisaa Oromoo yaa Oromummaa, Aadaa tokkummaa akkaataa yaadaa, Ibsituu seenaa hundee sabbonummaa, Raagaa bilisummaa wabii birmadummaa, Madda eenyummaa...
View ArticleRevisiting ‘The Kindling Point #4: On the Power of Phrases’
The following was written by a member of the prior Oromo youth generation in the 1980′s – during the Derg era. ‘The Kindling Point #4′ is a reminder of yesterday’s darkness; equally, the dark...
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IN PICTURES: Ms. Obsee Arada, the Hegeree Media/OPride’s Miss Oromo of North...
Ms. Obsee Arada was crowned as the Hegeree Media/OPride’s Miss Oromo of North America 2013 on July 5th during the Oromo Week in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more photos from the pageant, click here |...
View ArticleJawar Mohammed’s Clarification on Minnesota Speech
(The GulelePost.com) – In recent weeks, several video clips from my speeches at various events have been systematically edited to present a narrative that portrays me in the worst moral and political...
View ArticleWe Are Oromos First! – A Statement from Oromo Youth Self-Help Association...
(The GulelePost.com) – Oromummaa or Oromo nationalism has achieved successive victories and reached a higher level to mobilize the untapped Oromo human resources for a just cause – Oromo national...
View ArticleThe ‘Blue’ cannot mask the ‘Amhara’: Behind the propagation of ‘Individual...
By Jilcha Hamid | The GulelePost.com In early June of this year a major protest staged in Finfinne caught the attention of the international media, which described it as the first protests since the...
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