• Defections

ABOn diina ofitti damaqsaa jira

Yero ABOn waa falachuu jalqabu farri sochii saa akka alaa itti aggaamamu muxannoon hubatameera. Gocha Oromoo hobbaatii tolaa fidu hunda hankaaksuuf faallaan sochii hammi dandahamu hundi gad dhiifama. Dheheenya waa’een murnooti ABO dhaaba saanii dhinsuu fi jabeesuuf waliti dhufuu hedduu dubbatamaa ture. Osoo hin turin WBOn kibbaa ficiluun himame. Gaaffiin saanii akka ABOn tokkomuu yoo tahu, isaan dhaaba tokkichaaf malee akka hin sarmine labsan. Yeroo dubbiin akka isaan yaadaniti deemuu didu ficiltuu keessaa hangi tokkoo gananii loltuu Tigrayiti harka kennachuun himame...read more

OLF is awaking its Enemies

From experience there are external counter movements whenever OLF internally shows a tendency towards salvation. All possible contra movements are released to sabotage any positive outcome from Oromo actions. Recently much was talked about groups in the OLF coming together to heal past organizational wounds and strengthen it in unison. No sooner was it heard that there is a mutiny in OLA of Southern zone. They demanded for unity of OLF and declared that they will not obey any individual group. When it seemed things are not going as planned a segment from the mutineers defected to the Tigrian army...read more

• The Face of Neocolonialism

The background
During the Scramble for Africa at the end of the 19th century we lost our land, suffered countless indignities and hardships. And yet far from it we did not capitulate an inch without resistance and became a victim unlike what our adversaries are saying-“take the land, the Oromo ceases to exist”; a hollow claim which did not square with facts. Through it all, Oromummaa survived such an historic era with full Oromo identity in tact...read more

• Fuula Kolonoomaa Haara

Duubbee
Bara Walharkati qaba Afrikaa dhuma jaarraa 19ffaa n lafa keenya dhabne, gidiraa fi salphina kana hin jedhamneen mankaraarfamne. Sun tahus osoo ofirraa hin faccisin akka hawwa diina keenyaa himannaa konkaa mirkanii hin qabne “lafa saa harkaa baasnaan jireenyi Oromo ni dhumataaf” jedhuu hin taane. Sun hundi tahe Oromummaan seenaa barasii irra baraaramuun, eenyummaan Oromoon hin tuqamin gilgila bahe. Akkuma yeroo amma kana anjaa yoo hin qabaannellee haalicha fuggisiisuuf jara hedhannoo nurra olhaanaa qaban waliin qabsoo hin irraanfatamne goone. Sun jalqaba kolonummaa kan bowwuu jaarraa tokkoo duuba rimsama sobaa “baaqulessaa” kan jedhamu waliin dhufuu jiru farrisa ture. Wanti tokkoo garuu kan darbeen walfakaata...read more

• Guddaa yaaduu

Qabamuu duuba addunyaan naannaa Oromoo jiru duudee ture. Kan qaawwaa dhiphoo bututi uume keessaan ilaaluu dandahan yartuu turani. Jarreen yaroo sana kan hanga ABO uumuun sochii malbulchaa walfudhate sochosuu dandahanitt tattaafataa turan. ABOn duuchaa sana cabsee saaqaa guddaa uumuun akka Oromummaan, humnni fedha of olchuu fi walabummaa Oromoo sossoosu, deebi’ee dhalatu taasise...read more

• Thinking big

After occupation the world around the Oromo was sealed. They were the few who were able to see through narrow hole created by wears and tears. They were those few that kept on moving until they founded the OLF and set in motion a concerted political movement for liberation. The OLF was able to break the seal wide open and effect the renaissance of Oromummaa, the moving force of Oromo spirit for survival and liberty...read more

• Rakkoo rimsama tokkummaa: keenyaa fi kan saanii

Amma yeroo tsunamiin (bubbisi) malbulchaa fi diingadee lixaa fi bahaa bilisummaa fi jireenya hawaasa Afrikaa dorsisuutti jiru keessatt argamna. Kun isa durii irra addattii fi si’ooman ilaaluu nu gaafata. Ummata Afrikaa hidhaa fudoo-imperialistii dulloomaa keessaa gaddhiisuu mannaa, akka achuma turan gochuun badiisaa fi balaa bubbisooti sun irraan gahuu dandahanitt dhiisuun wal hin caalu...read more

• The Trouble with Concept of Unity: theirs vis-à-vis ours.

We are now at a time when politico-economic tsunamis from west and east are threatening African freedom and social life. These demand to think differently and progressively from the old ways. Instead of releasing the people of Africa from age old fuedo-imperialist prison, to try to keep them there further, amounts to leaving them to havoc and destruction that the tsunamis are going to bring. The tsunamis do not distinguish those who imprisoned and the prisoners. The prisoners, the guards and their bosses would be wiped out without mercy. Those who add fuel to conflicts between siblings will at the end be consumed by the flame that flares from their own makings...read more

• The mentally grafted African

Had it not been for the remains of ancient civilization from Mediterranean to the Cape, Africa might have been considered as a continent where human evolution is not yet complete. At the turn of the nineteenth century swarms of individuals and groups with different missions, religious, espionage and scientific preceded the scramble for Africa. Seeing it at the ebb of its civilization they wanted to group it with gorillas and chimpanzees they found around...read more

• Faara Murnoota Malbulchaa Oromoo gidduutt Waligaltee Uumuu

Sochiin bilisummaa Oromoo akkitt gargar babanka’uutt ka’e nama sammun sirritt yaaduuf qayyabamuu hin dandahu.  Kanneen gargar bahan keessaa tarsimoo dhaaba haadhoo itt baheen adda tahe kan fudhatee as bahe hin turre. Yoo guddate tokko tokko tooftaa jedhanii kan hedduun tarsimo bu’uura tuqa jedhame yayyabataniiru...read more

• Trends towards creating understanding among Oromo Political Groups

No normal thinking person could understand how Oromo liberation movement started to fall apart. None of the splinter groups had come out with strategy different from the mother organization they broke away from. At most some had sponsored tactics that most thought undermined the basic kaayyoo...read more

• Demokrasii America hin hubatamin hafe

Akka badii Oromoott keessummummaa Amerikaan basha’ee sodaa fi doorsisa malee waggaa dheeraan jiraadhe. Abjuun kiyya yeroo hundaa ofiin bulummaa biyya tiyyaa, Oromiyaa fi nagaa fi tasgabii olloota seeti. Sadaasi 8, 2008 abdii koo kana caalaatt jabeesse. Seenaa addunyaa Ammayyaa keessatt mallatoo kan tahu. Guyyichi guyyaa namoota sanyii, amantee fi gita jireenya hunda afaan bansiise ture...read more

• The misunderstood American Democracy

As Oromo refugee I have enjoyed American hospitality and a life free from fear and threat for many years. My dream has always been the independence of my country Oromiyaa and peace and stability for its neighbors. November 4, 2008 has strengthened this hope of mine. It is a land mark in modern world history. It is a day that stunned people of all races, creeds and walks of life. It was enough to witness how much emotion were aroused when tears were involuntarily flowing from the eyes of civil right veteran leaders like Jessie Jackson...read more

• Walgahii Hague Onko 2008
  Itt fufaa yaalii harka kennachiisaa

Qabsoon Oromoo yeroon dheerataa deemuun kan kahe hadhaawaa tahaa jira. Duulaagalooti tokkoo tokkoo oso hin wacin ol deebi’aniiru. Kaan kaan ABO karaa ganama lakkisiisanii raawwachiisuuf kallattii addaarra buusuuf carraaqaa jiru. Maalifaan ABOn akka uumamu godhe daba gadadoo jaarraa tokkoo oliif itt fe’amee ture. Kaasaan sun gidiraa lammiitt rogaa haaraa dabalaa jira malee ammayyuu hin buqqaane. Kana irra ilaaluun, kanneenuma isa uuman keessaa, qabsoo Oromooti carraaqi bishaan dabaluu qabsaawota addaan baasuu yoo hin taane hanga yoonaa obbaati biraa hin argamsiifne...read more

• The Hague Meeting Oct 2008
  Continuation of trial to surrender

Oromo struggle is getting bitter from the length of time it is taking. Some veterans have retired without making much noise. Some are making efforts to phase out the OLF and give it a different direction quitting the original path. The injustice that was causing untold misery for over a century to the Oromo people was the reason for founding the OLF. That cause is still there adding more dimensions to the national suffering. The effort to water down Oromo struggle by some of its own creators in negligence of this reality did not produce the intended result so far except dividing the activists...read more

• The need for damage control

OLF is a secular political organization. It became a common household name for all citizens of Oromiyaa because of that policy, a policy that rallied them to struggle together for their lost honor and dignity.  That is what made it a symbol of hope for liberation and resistance against injustice. It is to deny this role that anti-Oromummaa forces have come out with their axes to hack it down. Whistle blowers pointed cracks appearing within the leadership of OLF and the looming danger much earlier. Some even went further and requested the National Council (Shanee) to abandon the height it has occupied through conspiracy and call for a balanced Congress that could maintain organizational harmony and unity of purpose and also redirect the way ahead. But they were not listened to until incompetence and system infestation by infiltrators led to its total decay. Its change of strategy from independence to democratization of the empire, the empire that OLF was supposed to dismantle, further created more fissures within the nationalist camp. To save the name OLF from being erased from history, the group took responsibility and tried to uphold the honor of the fallen heroes and the nation. It declared that there is no two but only one OLF with the kaayyoo of liberation and that that was the OLF led by it. But Shanee clung to the name and even tried to prove its legitimacy by taking the other to alien court. But now all pretenses of changing tactics are gone, it is standing bare with its new anti independence and anti Oromo unity strategy...read more

• Barbaachisummaa Badii Too’anna

ABOn ijjarsa malbulchaa amantalaa dha. Nambiyyaa Oromiyaa hundaaf maqaa waloo manaa hundaati dhahamu kan tahe Ulfinaa fi boona bade deebisee gonfachiisuun waan waliin hiriirseef. Kanatu mallato diddaa roorroo fi abdii bilisumaa sabicha isa tolche. Qooda kan dhabsiisuuf kan farri Oromummaa ala manaa qottoo saanii guurratani jigsuuf itt duudaa jiran. Hoogansa ABO irratt baqaqaan mullachuu saatii fi hamaa irra marsaa jiru akeekachiiftuun erga quba itt qabuuti kaatee bubbuleera.  Kaan kaan sana irrayyuu darbanii akka Shaneen Gumii kooraa sadoon irra bahe dhiisee kora  madaalli qabu kan atooma dhaabaa fi tokkummaa akeekaa eeguu dandahu fi fulduratt gara itt deemamu agarsiisu waamu gaafatanii turan. Hanga hanqinni dandettii fi luuxee galtuun sirnicha faalauun bososa guutammaatti geessuti iyyi saanii hin dhaggeeffatamne.. Tarsimoo ofiin bulummaa gara empyeraa, demokraatessuutt jijjiruunimmoo, empayera ABOn diiguun irra ture, mooraa sabboonotaa keessatt baqaqaa caalu fide. Maqaan ABO seenaa irra akka hin haqamne oolchuuf murni Shaneen dhaggeeffachuu dide dirqama ofirratt fudhatee ulfina gootota kufanii fi lammii ofii badii irra dandamachiisuu yaalee jira. Kan inni labse ABOn tokkicha malee lama akka hin taane. Shaneenis maqichatt rarra’ee ABO dhugaa tahuu raggaasifachuuf isa kaan hanga gaaddisa halagaati geessuuu  gahuu saa hundi kan yaadatu. Haa tahu malee, amma fakkeessaan toftaafini jedhu hafee, tarsimoo saa haaraa farra ofiin bulummaa fi farra tokkummaa Oromoo waliin qullaa dhaabbataa jira....read more

• Baranas moo?

  Barri tokkoo darbee kan biraan bakka yoo bu’u kan rakkate waan haaraa fidee naaf dhufinnaa jedhee abdii fi dharraan eeggata. Yoo kantarri hin jiraane sana abdachuun akkuma. Dhummi Adoolessaa bara hedduu ka’ee yeroo itt Oromoo Badiin Jilaaf godaanu tahee beekama. Hunduu murna murnatt bu’uura irratt marihatan qabu. Garuu waan adda addatt guunguman tokkomsuuf walitt fidanii Oromummaan yabboo irratt guduunfan hin tolfanne. Abba tokkeen murna kamuu keessa hin jirre fira dubbisuu, wal ilaallachuu fi waan jedhamu dhaggeeffachuu dhufanis jiru. Gaffiin barruu kanaa kan murnaan dhufan ilaala. Hunduu kan dhufe maqaa saba guddicha Oromoo jedhamu dhahateetu. Garuu waan murteeffate subbaa kee’atee ofirra garagala malee yabboo waan irra gahe itt qindeeffatu hin uummanne. Baranas moo?...read more

• This Time Too?

When an era passes and replaced by another the tyrannized awaits with hope and eagerness that it might bring with it something new. If there were no stagnation to expect that would be proper. The end of July has come to be known for a long time as a period when Oromo Diaspora migrates for Jila or pilgrimage. All have agenda to deliberate on in separate groups. But they did not in the spirit of Oromummaa create a platform where they could unify what they have whispered separately. There are also individuals who do not belong to any group but come to visit relatives, find a partner and to hear what is to be told.  The question of this article is directed to those who came in groups. All come calling the name of that great people the Oromo. But at the end each go back putting its resolution in own bag without creating a forum where all groups could all coordinate their findings. What about this year?...read more

• Sochii Oromummaa

Akka dudhaatti ijoolleen waggaa kudha jahaa waan naannaa saanii deemu baruuf bilcina gahaa qabu jedhama. Kanaaf nammi hardha waggaa shantamaa fi ol tahe haala sochiin Oromummaa keessatt jalqabeef bilchinaa fi muxannoo gahaa qaba ture jechuu dha. Qaroon sana duras waa hubachuu ni dandahu. Sun jechuun jireenyna gadadoo haalli saa tokkoo tokkoo kan amma gadi taheef ragaa tahuuf kan lubbuun jiran jiru jechuu dha. Haala yeros Oromiyaan keessa turteef kan hardhaa walitt yoo ilaale jijjiramii guddaan jireenya fi ilaalcha malbulchaa saa irra akka gahe hundu kan hubatuu dha. Yeros ambaa duratt Oromoon afaan saaniitiin of ifsuu hin dandahan turan. Maqaa ofii hin baafaneen waamamuunis dirqiin ture. Nammi tokkoo qoroo keessa jiruun malee ani Oromoo dhaa, Oromiyaan biyya kooti jechuun hamtu duuban dhuftu qabdi turte. Waliigalatt akka ilmoo namaatti hafee akka miseensa lammii tokkootti waan gaafachuu dandahan hin qaban turan. Karaa mirgoo fi gufuulee meeqa irra qaari’anii bakka amma jiran gahan. Ammawoo haalichi maal fakaata? Gufuun dhalatan dachaasuunii dandahaniiruu? gaafii jedhu waliin haa ilaallu...read more

•  Oromummaa Movement

Traditionally a child sixteen years of age is mature enough to observe what is going around him/her. Therefore any person who is fifty years and above at present was mature enough to have experienced conditions under which the movement for Oromummaa started. The clever can even observe things before that age. This is to say that there are living witnesses for Oromo life which was worse than the present in some aspect. It was kept in total darkness until the revolution of 1974. Comparing the situation in Oromiyaa then and now no one can deny the significant progress made in political life and outlook of the people. Then people were not able to express themselves in their own language in public. Foreign languages were imposed to be used as medium of communication in all aspects of Oromo public life. They were referred to by a name which was forced on them. One can claim only as belonging to a hamlet otherwise to mention the name Oromiyaa and Oromo had consequences. In general they had no right to claim any thing as human beings let alone as members of a nation. They have traversed very arduous roads and through several obstacles reached to arrive at where they are now. What does the situation look like now? Let us briefly look at it. Could their movement be reversed?...read more 

• Gara Sochii Howasomaatt
  Yaada hariiroo Oromoo jabeessuuf dhihaate

  Hojiin ilmoo nama malbulcha qofaan kan dangahamu osoo hin tahin kan barbaachisummaa qaban biraa hawasommii fi diinagdeenis jiru. Tokko tokkoon saanii barbaachisoo waan tahaniif tokkoo qofaa irratt gooji’uun guddina hawaasaa madaalamaatt geessuu hin dandahu. Yero nagaa angoon malbulchaa gochoota biraa too’achuu, eeguu fi miseessuuf dhimma baasa. Kanaaf malbulchi murnooti wal dorgomaan waan irratt wal dhaban tahuu dandaha.  Sochiin malbulcha biyya of jalaa hin qabne tolcha guddinaa irra jiru; gocha hawaasaa biraa irratt too’annoo qabachuuf dura guddina kana fixachuu qaba. Oromoon akka sabaatt angoo malbulchaa erga dhabee jaarraa irra darbeera. Biyya guddaa, dilormaa fi qabeenya guddaa fi dandeetii riphaa naannaa sanaa hiriyaa hin qabne qaba. Garuu diina irraa buufatee dhimma itt bahu yk  akka inni dhimma itt hin bane gochuu hin dandeenye. Akka firaa fi lammii kufeett rakkina saa walitt obsaa hambaa samichaan of gargaaraa jirata. Yoo gamuufis angoo qabachuuf fincilaa ture. Haa fincilu malee hanga milkiin bahutt jireenyi itt fufuu qaba, nyaatee bulu, waa barachuu, fayyaa saa eeggachuu, waliin gadduu fi waliin gammaduu, aadaa saa eegee dhaloota dhufuti dabarsuun irra eegama. Sanaaf hacuuccaan malbulcha irra jiraatuyyuu hidhata hawaasomaa fi diingagdee tokkoo tokkoo qabataa ture....read more

• Towards social Movement
  Proposal to strengthen Oromo Relations

Human undertakings are not limited to political activities but there are also social and economic ones, which can not be ignored. Since each of them is important, to swarm over one of them alone will not lead to a balanced societal development. Under normal situation political power is employed to control protect and develop all other activities. For this reason it could be a bone of contention between rival groups. A political movement that does not control a definite territory is in a state of evolution; it has to complete this evolution to claim control over other societal activities. It is now over a century since Oromo lost political power. They have a big country, large population, tremendous wealth and potential capabilities that do not have an equal in the region. That being so they are not yet able to snatch away their resources from the enemy or to deny the enemy from using it. They have come so far relaying on each other as extended family and members of a losing nation for problems facing them by making use of leftovers from daily plunder together. They started rebelling when life of subjugation became absolutely intolerable. Even if they rebel life has to continue, so eating to survive, buying and selling, pursuit of knowledge, protecting health, to console and to rejoice with each other and protect ones culture and pass it over to the next generation. For that reason it has been maintaining certain social relation and economic activities irrespective of super imposed political oppression... read more

• Ilaa fi Ilaamee Dhooftuu cimaa Waliigaltee ittiin jabeessan

Sirni malbulchaaa fi hawasomaa Oromoo, Gadaan, waan Oromoo hundi uumuu saaf itt boonu. Sirna walabummaa, walqixxummaa fi ulfina ilmoo nama gad jabeessu ture. Karaa sun itt mirkaneeffamu tokkoo yaa’a demokratawaa quunnamtii wal gidduu yk mariin ture. Haasaa afaniin namoota lama, sadii yk gumii gidduutt tolfamu keessatt kan qooda fudhatu hundi naannaa ulfinnii fi wal qixommi jiru jalatt wal dhaggeeffachuu fi darbabeen dubbachuuf dirqamaa fi mirga qaba ture. Yaa’ichi eegalee demokraatawaa Oromummaa, ilaa fi ilaamee jedhamu, dhabamuun saanii Oromooti rakkina saa dheeressa jiran keessaa tokkoo....read more


• Ilaa fi Ilaamee A Strong Instrument for Consensus Building

Oromo politico-social system, Gadaa is one of the inventions Oromo are proud of. It was a system that upheld liberty equality and human dignity. One of the means for realization of these was a democratic process of interpersonal communications or dialogue. In all verbal interactions between two, three or a multitude, every participant has the right and the duty to speak and to listen in turns in an atmosphere of deference and equality. That process was what they called ilaa fi ilaamee, a democratic element of Oromoness the lack of which is drawing out Oromo difficulties. Literally, ilaa means “look” or “lend me your ears” usually to begin a discussion or dialogue...read more

• Demokrasii Itiyoophiyaa fi Itgaafatama Gocha 2007 irratt qooqa yartuu

  (H. R. 2003)

  Nammi tokkoo waa’ee Mirga Ilmoo nama Chartara ST (UN), konvenshinootaa fi kovenantoota  irratt hundaawee dubbata yoo tahe demokraasiinis itgaafatammis Itiyoophiyaa irra eegamuu hin qabu. Mirgi fi walabummooti noolaa abba tokkee kan dhitamu abbicha qofa irratt akeekkatee osoo hin tahin saba inni keessaa bahes ni dabalata. Empayerichi sabootaa fi sabummaa hedduu kan garri caalaan saanii kolonii tahan of keessaa qaba. Habashaa biyyi haadhoon bulcha demookraatawe qabaattee hin beektu. Angoon ni boji’ama malee hin badhaasamu.Caffeen Amerika shakala hin beekamne tokkoo alaan itt fe’uu yaala. Erbaala kana keessatt barreesich yaa’a HR 2003 jala darbee, dhimma inni baasuuf kan irra ilaalee darbe hubachuu yaala. Tumichi Onkololess 2, 2007 Manaa Senatef darbe kutaa 8 qaba...read more

• Few words on Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007

  (H. R. 2003)

  If one is talking about Human rights on the bases of UN charter and the conventions and covenants, neither democracy nor accountability is to be expected from Ethiopia. Individual rights and liberties are violated not only targeting the individual but also the people to whom the individual belongs. The empire is composed of nations and nationalities in which majority were colonized. The mother country, Habashaa had never had democratic governance. Power is always captured not bestowed through democratic process. The American legislature is trying to impose a strange practice from the outside. In this paper the writer is trying to follow the process of HR 2003, what it addresses and what it overlooks. The Bill that was sent from the House to the Senate on October 2, 2007 has 8 sections...read more

• Mirga Ormaa, mirga abbaa, demokrasii fi hiree ofii ofiin murteeffacha akka ilaalcha Oromoott

Korri Idlee …kana labsa, …
1. Ormoota hacuuccaa, gadi qaba fi bolqama halagaa jala galchuun hamma mirga bu’uuraa ilmoo nama haaluun faallaa Chartara Saboota Tokkomanii (ST) tahee nagaa fi gamtaa addunyaa gabbisuutt gufuu taha.  


2. Ormooti hundi mirga hiree ofii ofiin murteeffachuu qabu; eebba mirga sanaatiin sadarkaa malbulchaa saanii walabummaan murteessuu fi walabummaan misa diinagdee, hawaasomaa fi aadaa hordofu dandahu (Murti ST  1514 (XV) 
Korri Idilee, … qabsoon ormoota kolonummaa fi hacuuccaa halagaa jala jiraatanii mirga hiree ofii ofiin murteeffachuun beekameef mirga sana karaa dandahan hundaan deeffachuuf waan argatan hundatt dhimma bahuu akka dandahan mirkaneessa; (Murti ST 2649 fi )

Korri Idilee, … Gumeessawaan beekamuun mirga ormoota hundaa, hiree ofii ofiin murteeffachuu kanneen hacuuccaa kolonummaa, faranjii fi halagaa jala jiran dabalatee mirgoota akkasiif haala bu’uuraa iggitii amansiisaafi eegumsaa mirgoota ilmoo nama jabeessaa fi dhaadhessaa akka tahe mirkaneessa; (UN Resolution 43/105 Mudde 8, 1988)

Ormooti hundi mirga hiree ofii ofiin murteeffachuu qabu; eebba mirga sanaatiin sadarkaa malbulchaa saanii walabummaan murteessuu fi walabummaan misa diinagdee, hawaasomaa fi aadaa hordofu dandahu (14 Mudde 1960; Angoo 1.1, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 )

Buusaan kanaa olii Chartera ST angoo 1.2 kan akka itt haanu dubbifamu irratt hundaawan: Dhimmi Finnoota Tokkoomanii …ulfeessa akeeka mirga walqixxoomaa fi hiree ofii ofiin murteeffachuu irratt bu’uurfamuun saboota gidduutti  hariiroo michoomaa misoomsuu fi tarkaanfii akkaa kan nagaa gumeessawa jabeessu fudhachuu dha;...read more

• Peoples right, individual right, democracy and self-determination
  from Oromo perspective

  The General Assembly, … Declares that …,  

1. The subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, is contrary to the Charter of the United Nations and is an impediment to the promotion of world peace and co-operation.  


2. All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. (UN Resolution 1514 (XV) 14 December 1960)

peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. (Article 1.1, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966)

The General Assembly, … Affirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples under colonial and alien domination recognized as being entitled to the right of self-determination to restore to themselves that right by any means at their disposal; (UN Resolution 2649, 30 November 1970)

The general Assembly, … Reaffirms that the universal realization of the right of all peoples, including those under colonial, foreign and alien domination, to self-determination is a fundamental condition for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights and for the preservation and promotion of such rights; (UN Resolution 43/105 December 8, 1988)

The above captions are based on provision of UN charter (26 June 1945) article 1.2 which reads: The purpose of the United Nations is: …
To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principles of equal rights and self-determination of peoples and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;...read more

• Kumalo, Dagachisa Roorroo Mirga Ilmoo Nama

  Bara 1980 ture kan sabbonoti Oromoo marfamanii qabamuun Masaraa Minilik guddichatt geeffaman. Masaraa Guddichi Galma Guddicha jilli moototaa fi muudammii fi qondaalomsi gargaraa itt tahan ture. Galmicha fuldura dhaabii konkolaataan gurguddoo ayyaanaaf dhufan dhabbatan dirree baldhaatu ture. Dhaabi konkolaataa sana jalan caasaa boolla awwaalaa fakkaatutu ture. Jilli Dargi dhaadannoo harka bitaa aboottifame darbachiisuun eegalama. Isaan keessaa tokkoo “gola keenya awwaala farra warraaqsaa irratt ijaarranna” kan jedhu. Yero Dargiin Isapakkoo ijarratu sabboonoti Oromoo suduudaan kutaa lafjalaa awwala fakkaatu sanatt geeffaman.  Kan jedhan dhugaa godhanii achi jalatt Oromoon yaa’a mankaraarsaan kan du’uutt kahan fakkaata ture...read more

• Millennium, a Disguise for Human Right Abuse

  It was in 1980 that many Oromo nationals were rounded up and taken to Minilik’s Grand Palace. The Grand Palace had the Grand Hall where imperial feasts were given and where graduation ceremonies and appointments were made. In front of it was a large parking lot for dignitaries that come to the Grand Hall occasions. Under the parking lot was a grave like underground structure. Darg’s ceremonies start with chanting slogans and throwing left arm with clenched feast into the air. One of such slogans was “We shall build our party on the grave of antirevolutionary”. Oromo Nationals were taken directly to the torture chamber at a time when Darg was celebrating the formation of Commission to Organize the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia (COPWE) in the Grand Hall. True to their slogan underneath, Oromo were in the process of death from torture...read more  

• Oromoon, gabbaarummaatt gad buufamee utuu humnisaa akka kanaan dura dhagahamee hin beekneett bolqamuu hin eegalin homishaa orma naannaa saatii hunda caalu ture. Sun kan tahe jaarraa tokkoon dura, erga bulcha halagaa sillimii waaggaa dheeraatt isaan darbe, jala seenaniiti. Biyyattii bakka hedduutt waan ciraniif gosi tokkoo inni biraa akka itt jiratu hin beeku ture. Oromiyaan sillimii dheeraa jaarraa tokkoo olii, kana keessaa daammaquun dhukkubaan faalamtee, jeejoftee, hiyyoomtee, qubbekmitii taatee fi garboomtee of agarte. Sun sonaan waliin kahanii falachuuf didhchiisaa ture. Akkasitt kaayyoon sonaawe, Oromiyaa tokkoomtuun yeroo jalqabaaf dhiicha waloo bilisummaa, kallacha qabsoo see ABOn durfame sochoofte. Ofbarri see fi gaaffiin bilisoomu diinota seett aarii qabsiiseen fixanamaa argamee hin beenne golee biyyatti bakka hallett furgaasee gaddhiise...read more

• The Oromo were the most productive people before they were reduce to serfdom and their labor freely exploited to a never heard of magnitude. That happened over a century ago when they came under alien rule, which threw them into a long slumber. One tribe did not know how the others lived because the country was partitioned into several tiny segments. Awakened from this long slumber of over a century Oromiyaa found herself disease ridden, famished, impoverished, illiterate and enslaved. The challenge now was how to put oneself in order and start to tackle the problems in unison. A kaayyoo (guiding national principle) was set and for the first time a united Oromiyaa put a freedom march in motion under its vanguard organization the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)...read more

• Gaaddisi halagaa ABOmmaaf ragaa nuu hin dhaabbatu. ABOn kan dhaltee fi galmeeffame garaa Oromoo hundaa fi miseensota saa keessatt yoo tahu kan mallatteessanii fi caaphaan duuchan kanneen wareegama dhumaa baasani. Ragaan nuti bakka halle qabannee deemnu sana...read more

• Alien courts will not stand witness for our being OLF. OLF was born and registered in the minds and hearts of all Oromo and its rightful members, signed and sealed by those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. That is the evidence we carry with us all the time...read more