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fredag 29. august 2014
Barsiisoti Kolleejjii Barsiisota Jimmaa Imaamata Sirna Wayyaanee Mormuun FDG Eegalan
Hagayyaa 29,2014 Mootumman Wayyaanee EPRDF gaaffii mirgaa uumanni Oromoo gaafataa jiruu fi diddaa sirnichaa bakka hundaa itti qabatee jiru dura dabbachuu fi sochii qindaa’aa uummata hunda hirmachisaa jiru irraa soda guddaa keessa seenuun hojjetoota mootummaa sadarkaa garaagaraa irra jiraniif maqaa mindaa hojjetoota parsentii(%) guddaan daballee jirra jedhuun ololli ofaama ture fincilaa hojjetootaa qabsiisaa jira.
Godina Jimmaatti barsiisotni kolleejjii barsiisota Jimmaa maqaa daballii mindaan walqabatee olollii ofamaa ture kan mirga keenya sarbudha malee mirga keenya hojjettootaa waan kabachiisuu miti, mootummaan kaleessa mindaan keessan persantii guddaan jechuun parseentii 58% fi isaa oliin isiniif dabalamee jira jechuun FDG dargaggootni Oromoo fi uummatni Oromoo waliigalatti gaggeessa jiru fuul-dura dhaabbachuun sochii karaa hojjetoota dhalachaa jiru dhaamsuuf olola isaa butatee fiigaa tur.Mindaa hojjetoota barasiisota koollejjii kanneen wajjiraalee secteroota garaagaraa irra hojjetanii 28% perooliin akka hojjetamuu yeroo murtee dabarsan warrii mootummaa naannoo Oromiyaa bakka buuna jedhan OPDO’n mallatteessuun yeroo fudhattee soba Wayyaaneen dura 58% tiin miindaan keessan isiniif dabalame jechuun ololaa ture, ammo gara 28% gadi buusuun peroliin akka hojjetamuu gochuun FDG tti barsiisotni fi hojjetootni Aanotaa fi sekteroota garaagaraa irra hojjechaa jiran akka seenan ta’ee jira.
Adeemsa Wayyaaneen daballii mindaa 58%tiin dabalee jettee gara 28%tti gadi deebisuun hojjettootaaf akka kanfalamuu gochaa jirtuu kana naannoo Oromiyaa qofa keessatti malee naannooleen Amhaaraa , Tigiraay fi Kibbaa hin hin mallatteesinuu mediadhan ibsa godhaa jechuun kan morman yeroo ta’uu ergamtootni Wayyaanee Oromiyaa bulchaa jirra jettuu immoo mallateessuun fudhachuun haalan kan hojjetoota dheekamsiisa jiru yeroo ta’u, guyyaa har’aa kana yeroo dhagaa’an barsiisotni Oromoo kolleejjii barsiisota Jimmaa barnoota gannaa barsiisaa jiran guutummaatti hojii dhaabani mirgi keenya kabajamuu qaba. Mindaan kan nuuf dabalamus yoo ta’ee ogeessa waan taaneef gatii Ogummaa keenyaa tajajila kenninuuf malee mirga keenya sarbuuf bilisummaa keenya mulquuf kan dabalamaa jiruu fi olola sobaa ofaamaa ture hin fudhannu jechuun hojii barsiisuumma dhaaban.
Mootummaan Wayyaanee sochii FDG biyya keessatti gama hundaan hudhee isa qabee jirun aangoo irra darbamuuf kan jiru yeroo amma kanatti gaaffiilee gama hundaan hudhanii Wayyaanee qabanii jiraniif deebii tokko illee dhabuun uummata sodaachisuu qofaaf jedhee humna waraanaa off harkaa qabu konkolaatatti fe’ee Oromiyatti guura jira. Adeemsi kunis mootummaa wayyaanee kufaatii irra kan hin olchine ta’uu fi mirga ofii caalmatti akka falmataniif kan nama kakaasuu malee duubatti kan nama hin deebisne ta’uun ibsama jira.
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mitii, ”u” jedhaniiti dubbatu. Jecha kana warri Afaan Ingilizii dubbatu warra Afaan Laatiin dubbatu irraayyi ergifatani. Kanaaf, nuti kolonii warra Ingilizii faa mitiwoo maaf “y” isaanii kanatti rakkannaa? Maaf qubee “v” warreen biroottis rakkanaa? Akkuma uummanni keenya inni beekaan sun dubbatutti: unbarsitii, biidiyoo, bitaamina, foolisii faa jenna. Maaluma tahuu fi maaluma of-gochuu feeneti uummata keenya isa baldhaa kana irraa fagaachuun iliitota Amaaraa jala fiffiignaa
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
MINILIKOOTA BARDHIBBEE 21-FFAA : Kutaa Sadaffaa.
Taammanaa Bitimaa irraa | Bitootessa 11, 2014
DURADUBBII
Jalatamoo fi kabajamoo warra barreefata kana duukaa-buutanii jirtan, mee waan hunda duran nagaa fi nageenya isiniif hawwa! Erga barreeffammi kun kutaa lammaffaan isinii dhiyaatee asii kunoo gara torban sadiiyii taha. Torban sadan dabran kana keessa barreeffatoonni iliitonni Amaaraa nu Oromoota irratti arabsoo fi doorsisaan, maqa-balleessii fi maqa-xureessiin babbaasn danuu dha. Duulli fi waraanni isaan uummataa Oromoo fi saba Oromoo irratti banan sun homaayyuu hin dhaabannee, ittuma-fufee jira.
Ani barreeffatoota amaan tana muummiyyeewwan Amaaraa nu Oromoota irratti baasan kana yommuun dubbisu, daqiiqaawwan hedduun aara-baafachuun itti-yaada. Ofumaafan deddeebisee of-gaafaddha. Wanneen naaf galuu didantu jiru. Kanneen keessa gariin: “akkamitti yeroo ammaa kana namni tokko akkana jechuun Oromoo arrabsa! Saba guddicha naannoo Gaafa Afrikaa kana akkanatti sulphisuuf aggaama? Handhuurri gaafii kiyyaa garuu akkamitti namni barumsa addunyaan teenya tun yeroo amma kana qabduun eebbifamee baye, waamsa akaadamii (“academic titles”) kan “Dr., Pirof.” sobaan otoo hin taane, dhugumatti akkaan barate, akkaan qoratee argate kun wanneen akkanaa kana Oromoo irratti baasa? Keessumaa namoota kana keessaa gariin namoota Biyya Oromoo keessatti dhalatanii guddatan, akka nuti isaan ilaallutti namoota lammiiwwan Oromiyaa (“citzens“) tahan? Silaa maaluma barbaadu jarreen kun? Isaan: “warra duriitii akkuma durii san Toopphiyaa biyya tokko, afaan tokko, amantii tokko maaloo maaloo tokko barbaadu” naanan jechuu dandeessu. Garuu yaa Oromoo koo, isaan “warra tokkoo, warra tokkeessoo” kan afaanotaa fi aadaawwan, seenaa fi muuxannoolee, biyyoota fi amantiiwwan impaayera isaanii tana keessatti argaman mara Amaaromsuuf akka dhaabatan hedduu naaf gala. Hatahu malee, kana gochuuf ibdidda ofitti qamsiisuu qabuu? Borkaana (“volcano“) riphee ciisu kana ofitti dhodhoosuu qabuu? Maali akkamitti namni summuun isaa nagaa qabu, waan raatuu fi maraatuun godhutti gadi of-deebisa?
Guyyuu ennaa nuti waayee mirgaa fi haqa uummannii fi sabni Oromoo qabu kaafnu: “walirraa hore; waljaalanne; walirraa fuune” faa nuun jedhu. Marree waan walirraa horreef akkanatti nu arrabsuu? Nu arrabsaa, nu salphisaa, jedhanii jedhaniitoo sadarkaa ilmoo namaa irraa sadarkaa bineeyyiitti gadi nu buusaa, “tokkoomnee wajjin jiraanna nuun” jedhuu? Nuti Oromoota; aadaa boonaa fi boonsisaa qabna. Aadaa Oromoo keessatti namni “walirraa hore; walirraa fuudhe” sonaan walkabaja. Mee isaan soddaalee keenya yookaan nuti soddaalee isaaniti haa jennu. Akkamitti warra soddaalee isaanii kana akkanatti sadarkaa bineessatti gadi-buusu? Erga soddaaleen isaanii kun bineeyyii tahanii isaanis mee bineeyyii tahuu qabuu! Mee Galmoon Walattee fuudhee ijoollee horan haa jennu. Silaa warri akkanatti wal-horan kun maqaalee Amaaraa babbaasuufii, Difaabbachaw fi Algaanash maaluma tahu? Achi daka sana, gola bineeyyiitti darbatamu jechaa dha moo? Akkamitti obboleewwan, abbaanii fi haati Walattee, wasiillaani fi eessuumman, durbiiwwanii fi aanteewwan Walattee marti foonii fi dhiiga ofii jechuun, Difaabbachaw fi Algaansh gara oddo-bineeyyii-tti (“ZOO“-tti) ergu?
Yaa nama Oromoos, yaa nama Amaaras dubbiin mirgaa fi haqa saba tokkoo, mirgaa fi haqa uummata tokkoo dubbii: “walfuunee walirraa horreen” cuqqaalamee, ukkamfamee jala darbamu waayii miti! Gaafiin kun, gaafii sabaa waan tahaaf, gara gaafii warra walirraa horeetti kan dabarfamee hafuus miti! Gaafichi gaafii mirgaa fi haqa uummata tokkoo waan taheef, dimokiraasii irratti bu’ureeffamanii isa yeroon deebisuutu karaa isa sirrii fi isa nama-baasuu taha. Amma armaan gadittan waraqaalee jidduu kana keessa muummiyyeewwan (iliitonni) Amaaraa Oromoo irratti babbaasan keessaa tokko callaa filachuun, yaada kiyya irratti kennaa mee na oofkalchaa!
Isaan jedhaman kanneen keessaa kanan filaddhe barreeffama Dr. Geetaachaw Hayilee-ti. Namni kun nama dassiiba (“common man“) tahe wayii otoo hin taane, nama barumsa ammayyaa kan biyyalafaa (addunyaa) tana irratti argamuun eebbifamee baye. Inni bantiiwwan barateeyyii (“educated“) warra Amaaraa keessatti kan argamu. Haatahu malee, jibbii fi tuffiin, maqa-balleessii fi maqa-xureessiin inni uummata Oromoo fi saba Oromoo irratti qabu: “barumsi sammuu namaa bana moo sammuu namaa cufa? Yaada fi naamusaan ol nama-baasa moo gadi nama-buusa?“, jechuun kan wal-nama gaafachiisu. Akkamitti namni biyya Toopphiyaa jedhamtu tanan jaaladdha jedhu, sunumtuu namni aannanii fi damma Oromootiin guddate uummata Oromoo abbaa keessummaa fi abbaa hiyyeessaa, gara-laafessaa fi mata-qabeessa kana akkanatti arrabsa? Akkamitti namni barateessa tahe, sunumtuu barachiisaan mabba (unibarsitii) keessatti ijoollee barsiisuu gulantaa addaggee fi gulantaa kashalabbee gadi of-buusa?* Inni akkanatti nu arrabsaa, akkanatti nu sulphisaa, akkanatti alaa-mana keenya xureessaa wajjin jiraanna nuun jedhaa? Erga namni kun uummata keenya fi saba keenya irratti duula arrabsoo, duula maqa-baleessii fi duula maqa-xurreessi ifumatti uummatoota Gaafa Afrikaa fi uummatoota biyyalafaa fuulduratti banee, nuti akka isaa arrabsoon arrabsoo deebisuu otoo hin taane, dhugaa fi dhugoo irratti hundeeffamnee, saayinsii fi beekumsa ammayyaa qabanneetoo akka inni dhaddhaabbata sobaa qabatee nutti ka’e agarsiisuu qabna. “Karaan sobaan dabran oggaa deebiyan nama dhiba“, jedha Oromoon waan akkanaa kana ennaa ibsu. Kanaafuu, karaan innii fi iliitonni Amaaraa gariin qabatan kun karaa badii fi badiisaa akka tahe, ibsuufin dirqama nutti tahe.
SEENSA
Mee waan hundaa durseen waan gulaaltonni “gadaa.com” ennaa waraqaa Dr. G. Hayilee isa obboo Girmaa B. Guutamaa hiike san nuuf dhiyeessan, akka qalbeeffachiisa gulaaltotatti waan gammachiisaa fi lafee irratti malee lafatti hin buune jedhaniiyyu: “The following is the English translation of an article first written in Amharic by a certain professor by the name Getachew Haile on the website EthioMedia.com, where all the fake and senile anti-Oromo professors have called home in recent months. Hidden behind a local vernacular (Amharic, in this case), hate propaganda, disguised as academic articles and directed at the Oromo people, frequently appears on EthioMedia.com, thus Prof. Getachew Haile’s article is not a first on EthioMedia.com, nor that this is the first anti-Oromo piece by Prof. Getachew Haile. Regardless, in order to expose the ongoing hate propaganda on the Oromo people to the world, Gadaa.com has decided to publish the following English translation of Prof. Getachew Haile’s Amharic article in its entirety.”
Obbolaan keenya kun, gulaaltonni “gadaa.com” gara fuulduraas olola jibbaa isa jarreen kun uummata Oromoo fi saba Oromoo irratti oofaa jiran, afaan warra abbootii qawwee irraa gara Afaan Ingilizii-tti akka nuuf hiikuun, addunyaa beeksisan abdii fi amantii cimaan leencota keenya kanneen irraa qaba! Warri Gadaa, ee Maatiin Gadaa akka arman gadii jirutti nu dhalawwan Oromoo maraaf waamicha dhiyeessani: “Dear Readers, the ideology brought up herein by Prof. Getachew Haile used to be the overt state ideology of the Ethiopian empire up until February 1974 – exactly 40 years to the date; with the ongoing struggles of the nations and nationalities, including the largest nation – the Oromo, in the Ethiopian empire, this Ethiopianist/Nefxegna ideology will soon see its final demise, and a morning star will rise in the Horn of Africa. All Oromo nationalists must fight back this Nefxegna ideology in order to protect the gains of the people’s 40-years of struggle, and bring the final victory to the people’s struggle.”
Kun dhugumatti waamicha cimaa fi waamicha biyyaati. Waamicha harmee teenyaa, waamicha OROMIYAA-ti! Wanni beekuu fi qalbeeffachuu qabnu, nuti Oromoonni qabsoo irratti waan argamnuuf, wanneen qabsoo keenya fashalsiisuuf dura dhaabatan mara akka barbaachisaa tahetti dura dhaabachuu qabna. Ee, akkuma dhufe sanatti waltaanee, walcinaa dhaabannee ofirraa deebifna! Ofirraa qolachuun, walirraayyis qoluun diibifna. Kan qalamaan dhufe qalmumaan, kan shimalaan dhufes shimalumaan ofirraa deebifna! Kan dideetoo eeboo fi qawween nutti dhufes eeboo fi qawweedhumaan ofirraa deebifna! Gayeen gayee-dhaa, jarri kun akka durii addaan nu qoqqoodanii: Shaawaa fi Wallagga, Arsii fi Wallo, Kiristaana fi Muslima, Waaqeffannaa fi sooshalistii jechuun akka fe’anitti nu bituu gonkumaa hin dandayani! Oromoon hundi Oromodhuma; dhalawwan aayyoo fi aabboo tokkooti!
Nuti cufti isan jedhe kana beeknee yoo qalbeeffachuun oljennee tarkaanfanne, nuti galaana Laga Abbayyaatii kan nu fuuldura dhaabatu hin jiru. Kan deemnuuf mirgaa fi haqa uumaan qabnu, isa nu irraa mulqame deebifachuufi malee, waan tokkollee mirgaa fi haqa namoota biroo tuquufi miti. Dr. Geetaachaw Hayilee faa, “EthioMedia.com”-n faa, “Gareen Morash” faa, “Gareen Cuquliisaa” faa fi jalaa-jaleen isaanii, duubattafoo fi booddessitoonni cufti, uummata Oromoo burkaana (“volcano“) riphee ciisu kunoo tuttuqanii, ofitti dhodhoosaa jiru. Uummanni fi sabni Oromoo burkaana tahe kun kophaa isaas miti. Uummatoota fi saboota Kibbaa cufatu isa cinaa hiriiree jira. “Yoo funyaan dhawan ijji boochi!“, jedha mammaaksi Oromoo tokko. Uummatoota obboleeyyii keenyaa warra Kibbaa, kanneen waliin kunoo waggaalee 140 guutuu mana hidhaa Habashootaa, Karcallee keessatti argamna. Waltaanee mana hidhaa kana wajjumaan caccabsinee, yeroon keessaa baanu fagoo miti!
QAAMADUBBII
Gara barreeffama kanaa olitti kaafameetti yoo ceene, kunoo akkana jedha, namni Amaarummaa fi Habashummaa isaatiin of-tuulu, of-guuru Dr. Geetaachaw Hayilee: “Historians tell us that our diversity has really hurt us a lot in the past. The fact that we are Christians and Muslims, Oromos and non-Oromos with failed system to accommodate our differences substantially degraded us. On the contrary, had we spoken one language, followed one religion and cherished one culture, we would not have stagnated in backwardness for centuries. The devastating impacts of our religious diversity can be seen from the demolition of the Axumite civilization by Yodit Gudit and the burning of the Amhara civilization by the invading Muslim forces of Ahmed Gragn. Perhaps, these civilizations were able to keep the country in pace with the rest of the world by the time, but they were demolished and we remained stagnated at where we were by then even to this date. Our knowledge about these two civilizations had to entirely rely on few written documents that survived the fire.”
Namni yeroon hayyameef ishii inni jedhe tana, ee tan sarara (“lines“) shan qabdu irraa ka’uun yoo shimala qalamaa fi shimala sammuutiin dhaddhaye, kitaaba tokko guutuu barreessudhaan namichi kun qullaa isaa addunyaa fuuldura akka dhaabatu gochuu dandaya. Eessumattuu itti-beeknaan danaadaneen ( “diversity“) badhaadhina. Warra itti hin beeknee fi warra akka warra Dr. Geetaachaw fayiif immoo dammiyyuu isaan miidha. Akka inni gubbanatti jedhutti: afaan tokko, amantii tokko, aadaa tokkoo fi maaloo maaloon tokko wayyii waan qabaataniif ni misoomu jechaa miti. Jarreen tana jechuum miseensota gita-bittee Amaaraa fi muummiyyeewwan isaanii golfaan: “biyya tokko, afaan tokko, amantii tokko, seenaa tokko, aadaa tokko, maaloo maaloo tokkoo” isaan qabeeti jira. Oddo-kabreen isaanii inni abbaa tokkeessoo kun bara Minilik irraa kaasee isaan: urgufaa, ija-babbaasisaa, hoomacha afaaniin baasisaa, lafaan dhaddhayaa jira. Oromoota kiyya, warri oggaa taabonni isaanii bawu, oggaan inni ximqataaf lagatti qajeelu, oggaa mankiristaana san oggaa sadii naannawu garri irra caaltan argitanii hin beektan taha. Oggaa kana nama isaanii, nama warra Amaaraa keessaa gariitti oddo-kabreen sun itti-ka’a.
Kunoo, Dr. Geetaachaw fi jaalleewwan isaa fi fakkaatota isaatti bardhibbee 21-ffaa kana keessallee, Oroppaa fi Ameerikaattillee oddo-kabreen isaanii sirumaa itti-hammattee, hoomacha afaaniin baasisaa jira. Namni isaanii innin kanaa olitti oggaa oddo-kabreen itti ka’u ibse, miskiinota; nama nagaati. Dr. Geetaachaw Hayilee faa garuu, namoota miskiinotas,namoota nagaas miti! Isaan warra arrabni isaanii akka bofa saafaa nama hiddu. Akka bofa saafaas summii namatti tuttufu. Isaan summii fi abjuu isaanitiin uummatoota impaayera isaanii keessaa, kan afaanota 76 dubbatan, kan aadaa, seenaa, qaroominaa fi muuxannoo garagaraa qaban balleessanii, lafarraa duguuganii: afaan tokko (afaan Amaaraa), aadaa tokko (aadaa Amaaraa), seenaa tokko (seenaa Amaaraa isa warra qaroomina qabu barbaacha Biyya Israa’eel deemu), amantii tokko (Kiristaana Ortodoksii), alaabaa tokko (alaabaa isaanii: magariisa, keelloo fi diimaa) isa alaabaawwan hortee Afro-Asiiyaa (hortee Haamii-Seem) irraa fottoquun akka isaan nu, warra Ertiraa fi warra Ogaadenyaa fayiin jedhan san fottoqxuu (“taganxaay“) tahuun warra biroo irraa ergifatan sanii miti.**
Kanaa olitti itti-beeknaan “danaadaneen badhaadhina” jedheen ture. Nuti Oromoonni isa kanatti hedduu ittiin-boonna. Mee gabaabduu wayii addaddummaa kana irratti hawaasa Oromoo fi hawaasa Amaaraa jidduu jiru haa fudhannu. Achumaanis kan warra Kibbaa itti haa daballu. Kana irratti akka Dr. Geetaachaw Hayilee kun qeesota isaa isaan Bulgaa fi Mooxaa Qaraniyoo faa wammachuun: “maqaa abbaatiin, maqaa ilmaatiin, maqaa afuura-qulqulluutiin” nama magansiisee (“gazzichaallahu“), “ni muramta, ni kutamta” (“tiqqatsafaallah“) naan hin jechisiifnen “adaraan” jedhaani. Harra fakkeenyaaf as irratti dubbii gabaabsuuf jecha, waayee aadaawwan impaayerittii isaanii keessatti argamanii yoo fudhannee, kanneen sabootaa fi sablammeewwanii yoo irra hambifnee kan saba Amaara callaa fudhanne, ishiin Dr. G. Hayilee faa ittiin boonan tun akka baaqqee kutaa jedhamuu sanii hedduu happhii wayii taheeti argamti. Mee nyaatan yoo jalqabne: kochee-n (“kitifoo“)-n uummatoonni impaayerittii kanneen addaddaa uummata Guraagee irraa fudhatan; cuukkoo, caccabsaa, qinccee fi aadaan bunaa kan Oromoon bara 575 irraa kaasee dhimma ittiin bahaa asi gaye, hardha Gaafa Afrikaa bira kutee addunyya guutuu kan badhaase kun faa,ollataan fi buldhaan (bullaan) uummatoota Kuushii kanneen Kibbaa fi warra Guraagee irraa dhufe faa hafee biddeenuma happhii kan Amaaraa sana ittee lukkuu-tiin (waxiin) qofa umurii keenya guutuu nyaanna jechaa dha.
Karaa uffataas: bollukkoon (“bullikkoo“) isaan jecha isaas uffannaa isaas Oromoo irraa ergifatan hafeeti, kutaan, jaanoon faas hafaniiti Toopphiyaa guutuun warroo fi naxalaa (baaqqee) isaanii qofa uffata jechaa dha. Karaa bifoota uffataa faas bifoonni addaddaa hafanii impaarittii guutuun guyyuu uffata adii qofa uffata jechaa dha. Isaan kanneen fakkeenyumaaf, dubbii gabaasuuf jedhamani malee, waannee sonaan baay’ee kaasutu dandayama. Kana irratti warri Dr. G. Hayilee faa Oromoo fi Walayitaa faayin “warra burraa burree” jaalatu, “warra magariisaa faa” jaalatu jechuun ija tuffiitiin ilaalu, sagalee tuffiitiin waamu. Isaan mee wanneen addunyya guutuun, biyyoonni saayinsii fi tiknolojii-dhaan sokkan marti raajeffatan kana tuffatuu, arrabsuu! Ani otoon abbaa kitilaa (abbaa miliyoonaa) taheeyyuu, jarreen kana akka waayee bifoota uffataa faa irratti barannoo jalqabaa (“crash course“) fudhataniifan gara uummatota Ameerikaa Laatinii, warra Sarbiyaa, warra Ispaanyaa, warra Rusiyaa, warra Hungaariyaa, warra Jarman Kibbaa, warra Ostiriyaa, warra Sarbiyaa, warra Kirooshiyaa, warra Hindii fi warra Shiinaa (“Chaayinaa“) faattin ergaayyu. Achumaanis kun mataan isaa qaama qaroominaa tahuu isaa tarii hubatanii deebiyu! Jarreen kana gara biyyoota armaan olitti maqaan kaafameetti kanan ergu, isaan kanneen uummanni Oromoo, uummanni Sidaamaa, uummanni Gaamoo fi uummanni Walaayitaa faa qaban waan ija tuffiitiin ilaalaniif, baargama cewuun akka qalbeeffataniifi. Yoo sammuun isaanii inni sanyummaan cufame kun, karaa kanaan waa qalbeefata tahe jechuu kiyya.
“The devastating impacts of our religious diversity can be seen from the demolition of the Axumite civilization by Yodit Gudit and the burning of the Amhara civilization by the invading Muslim forces of Ahmed Gragn.” Isa kan warra Guddiittii, “Gudiit” isaan jedhaniin kanaa, jechuun kan warra Agawoo isaan qaama hortee Kuushii fi qaama qaroomina warra Kuush tahanii , Dr. G. Hayilee eenyu faa qaroomina ollaa isaa lafa irraa akka balleesse, seenaan qabmee waan jiruuf ololli jarreen kun uummata Agawoo boonaa fi boonsisaa kana irratti adeemsissaa turanii fi kunoo ammas itti-fufan kan nama dinqu. Habashoonni Amaaraa kun bara shifticha isaanii kan Yikunoo Amlaak jedhamuu, bara 1270 keessa mootummaa warra Agawoo garagalchuun qabatee, qaroomina isaanii akka barbadeesse nama dhara dubbatu yoo tahe malee, namni galmeewwan seenaa gaggaragalche sirriitti beeka. Kunoo, harrallee, ijuma keenya durattillee, qaromina Kuushota Agawoo keessaa isa Laallibalaa kan raajeffatamoo addunyaa (“Wonders of the World“) keessaa tokko tahe, warri Dr. Geetaachaw “qaroomina keenya” jechuun sobanii, silaa isaan qaroomina, aadaa fi seenaa warreen biroo asii fi achi deddeemuun ergifatanii “keenya” jechuun, sunumtuu mee “handhuura keenya, kan nuti uummanne” jechuun dhiyeeffatuu, isa kanas “keenya” jechuun imaltoota (turistoota) fi warra kaanitti gurgurachaa jiru. Namn waa dhabnaan ni ergifata, ni liqeeffata kun qaanii wayiituu hin qabu. Kana nama gadi xixiqqeessu wayiis miti. Garuu, qaaniin qaanii calu, isa ergifan kana kan ofii maddisiisanii fi kan handhuraa ofii qofa tahe, godhanii dhiyeeffachuu dha. Ginni-bittee Amaaraa fi iliitonni isaanii isa kana irratti nyaara addachuun ijuma nyaatani!
Mee WAAQNI gurraachi garaa gurraachaa, leemmooon garaa taliilaa warra abbaa tokkeessoo kana jalaa aadaa Oromoo faas, aadaa uummatoota impaayerittii tanaas haa oolchu. Kutaa kanatti aane dhufu keessatti, waayee “qaroomina Amaaraa” isa Dr. G. Hayilee Muslimoota fi Oromootu balleesse jedhu san faa ilaalla. Kana asuma irratti dhaabuun bullaa, isin marti mee nagaan naa bubbulaa!
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* Mana Barumsa Bantii = MaBBa (unibarsitii – warra Afaan Ingilizii akka afaa haadhaa-abbaatti dubbatu irraa kan hafe, afaanonni Oroppaa guutuu keessatti argaman marti “y”
mitii, ”u” jedhaniiti dubbatu. Jecha kana warri Afaan Ingilizii dubbatu warra Afaan Laatiin dubbatu irraayyi ergifatani. Kanaaf, nuti kolonii warra Ingilizii faa mitiwoo maaf “y” isaanii kanatti rakkannaa? Maaf qubee “v” warreen biroottis rakkanaa? Akkuma uummanni keenya inni beekaan sun dubbatutti: unbarsitii, biidiyoo, bitaamina, foolisii faa jenna. Maaluma tahuu fi maaluma of-gochuu feeneti uummata keenya isa baldhaa kana irraa fagaachuun iliitota Amaaraa jala fiffiignaa
mitii, ”u” jedhaniiti dubbatu. Jecha kana warri Afaan Ingilizii dubbatu warra Afaan Laatiin dubbatu irraayyi ergifatani. Kanaaf, nuti kolonii warra Ingilizii faa mitiwoo maaf “y” isaanii kanatti rakkannaa? Maaf qubee “v” warreen biroottis rakkanaa? Akkuma uummanni keenya inni beekaan sun dubbatutti: unbarsitii, biidiyoo, bitaamina, foolisii faa jenna. Maaluma tahuu fi maaluma of-gochuu feeneti uummata keenya isa baldhaa kana irraa fagaachuun iliitota Amaaraa jala fiffiignaa
** Uummatoonni afaanota “Afro-Asiatic” (“Hamito-Semetic”) dubbatan marti akka itti-taa’utu addadda malee, alaabaawwan isaanii irra akkuma alaabaa saba Oromoo (gurraacha, diimaa fi adii) gurraachi, diimaa fi adiin keessaa hin dhabamu. Kuni biyyoota Arabaa, biyyoota warra Barbar, biyyoota Adaala Sahaaraa keessa kanneen afaanonni isaanii Hortee Hamii fi Seem jalatti ramadamu marti bifoota sadan kana qabu. Alaabaan warra Fara’oonaa fi warra keenya Nubiyaanota duris isuma kan saba Oromoo: gurraacha, diimaa fi adii fakkaata. Habashoota “keenya” duwwaatu warra ofii irraa fottoqe jechaa dha.
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Obboo Juneeddii Saaddoo gara uummata isaatti deebi’uuf fedhii fi carraa qabaa?
Abdii Boruutiin | Bitootessa 10, 2014
Dhiyoo kana mata duree “Ob. Juneeddii Saaddoo Eenyu?” jedhuun gabaasa Obboo Ahmad Saayyootiin TVOMT irratti dhiyaate daawwadhee ykn dhaggeeffadheen ture. Yaadolee namootni dhimma kanarratti barreessanis ta’e kan bakkee adda addaatti dubbatamanis argee fi dhagyee jira. Yaadolee waliin mormantu wal bukkee waan deemaa jiran nattt fakkaata. Kanaaf, anis yaadan dhimma kanarratti qabu ibsuuf jedhee barreeffama gabaabaa kana dhiyeessuu barbaade.
Duraan dursee, dhimma kanarratti hunduu waan isaanitti mula’tu ibsuu fi yaada fi ilaalcha qabanis dhiyeessuuf mirga qabu. Haa ta’u malee, ani dhimma kana karaa lamaanan ilaala. Yeroo ammaa dhiyaachuun isaatis gaarummaas ta’ee badummaas qaba jedheen yaada. Akka waliigalaatti yoo ilaalame garuu, waan Obboo Ahmad dhiyeesse waanuma dhugaarratti hundaaye fi beekamus waan ta’eef, badii dalagame irraa barachuuf gorsa ta’a jedheen amana malee, waan akka ololaatti dhiyaate natti hin fakkaatu. Waanuma ta’eefuu, mee waayee kana karaa lamaan akkan ilaalu ibsuun yaala.
Akka hubannoo, yaada fi ilaalcha kiyyaatti, Obboo Ahmad waanuma addunyaa kanarratti ta’e fi kan seenaan ragaa ta’uu danda’u fakkeenyota gara garaatiin dhiyeessee; seena saba Oromoo keessattis waan ta’e fi ta’aas jiru waan ibseef, warri uummata isaaniirratti waan badaa dalagani fi dalagaa jiranis; akkasumas dalaguuf deemanis seenaa kanarraa akka baratan waan taasisuuf jecha gabaasni kun dhiyaate malee, waan ololarratti hundaaye natti hin fakkaatu. Kun ilaalcha dhuunfaa kiyyaa ti. Obboo Ahmadis ittisuufii miti. Kun karaa tokko, karaa ani dubbii kana ittin ilaaluu fi hubadhu dha. Karaa biraatiin yoon ilaalu garuu, dhimmi kun dhimma dhugaarratti hundaaye ta’ullee; Obboo Juneeddiinis waan badaa uummata Oromoorratti dalagullee; kanaafis ittigaafatama qabaatullee; yeroo gabaasni kun itti dhiyaate (timing) yeroo gaarii natti hin fakkaatu. Xinnoo waan muddamaan dhiyaate dha jedheen yaada. Maaliif yeroon kun yeroo gaarii hin taane? Muddamaan dhiyaate yoon jedhu hoo maal jechuu kooti? Gaafiilee kanaaf deebii gabaabaa kennuun yaala.
Innumtuu (Obboo Juneeddiin) sababaalee adda addaatiin, fakkeenyaaf qaaneffachuudhaan yookaanis waan itti amanee hojjechaa ture sanarratti hanga lubbuun isaa dabartutti irratti cichuudhaan of dhoksuu waan maluuf, gadi bayee dubbachuuf tarii fedhii qabaachuu baatus, otuu gabaasni kun uummataaf hin dhiyaatin dura Obboo Juneeddii ofitti dhiyeessanii wajjin dubbachuun ykn haasa’uun tooftaa gaarii ture jedheen yaada. Kun silaa karaa lamaan carraa bana ture.Tokkoffaa, Obboo Jundeeddiin gadi bayee waan ta’e hundaa uummata isaatti ibsuu fi achumaanis dhiifama gaafatee, xinnaatullee boqonnaa sammuu akka argatu carraa isaaf bana ture. Lammaffaa ammoo, innumtuu (Juneeddiin) waayee kana dubbachuuf fedhii kan qabaatu yoo ta’e, mootummaa Wayyaanee keessatti nama bakkee guddaa (taayitaa olaanaa) qabaachaa ture waan ta’eef (badii inni uummata Oromoorratti dalage akkuma jirutti ta’ee jechuu kooti) waan diinni godhaa ture fi jiru akka saaxilu fi hawaasota addunyaatti akka himu malaan ittifayyadamuun ni danda’ama ture.
Dhimma kana karaa biraatiinis yoon ilaalu ammoo, wallaalaa ofii gorfachuun; jallaa ofii qajeelfachuun; beekees ta’ee otuu hin beekiin, kan uummata keenyarratti badii dalage fi dalagaa jirus balaaleffachuu fi abaaruun barbaachisaa ta’ullee, yeroo ammaa yeroo tokkummaan Oromoo abdii namatti horachiisaa jiru kanatti, obsa dhabnee waan tokkotti muddamuun gamnummaa natti hin fakkaatu. Mee fakkeenyaaf haa jennuu, otuu Habashootni namticha kana (Juneeddii) ofitti qabanii dhimma ofiitiif itti fayyadamanii, hangam aararratti aara ofitti daballa? Nama uummata isaarratti balleessa hanga kana hin jedhamne dalage/dalagde seenaanuu isa/ishii hin hirraanfatu. Innuu otuu du’ee biyyee keessa hin seenin du’ee jira. Kan du’aan addunyaarraa boqate wayya. Kan jiruudhaan du’e nama du’a lama du’e dha. Kun waan wal nama mormisiisuu mit. Kanaaf, dhimma kana itti muddamuun yeroon isaa yeroo murteessaa natti hin fakkaatu jedha.
Amma garuu, akka natti mul’atutti, namtich kun karaa adda addaatiin waan of salphiseef; kanarratti dabalamee ammoo, erga inni baqatee Ameerikaa seene kanatti dafanii waayee kanaan isa simachuun, fedhiillee yoo qabaate, namtichi kun gadi bayee Wayyaanees waan saaxilu fi ofiifillee badii dalagetti amanee uummata Oromoo dhiifama waan gaafatu natti hin fakkaatu. Namtichi kun du’a lama du’ee jira; salphina hangana hin jedhemane keessa jira. Kan isaaf wayyu silaa, kan dabre dabree, yoo kutannoo fi hamilee qabaate, gadi bayee, akka aadaa hawaasa hammayyaa keessa jirutti, waan dalagamee dabreef uummata isaa dhiifama gaafachuu dha. Kana godhuunuu silaa gootummaa (jagnummaa) dha. Seenaa xuraaye sana hanga tokko xurii irraa dhiquu ta’a jedheen yaada. Gaafii guddaan garuu, Obboo Juneeddiin gara uummata irraa dhalateetti deebi’uudhaaf carraa kanatti fayyadamuu danda’a moo akkuma seenaa isaa xureesseetti dhuma lubbuu isaa eeggatee addunyaa kanarraa boqota laata? kan jedhu ta’a.
Gara dhimmichaatti deebi’uu fi cuunfuudhaaf, waan Obboo Ahmad Saayyoo dhiyeesse, akka ilaalcha kiyyaatti, kan barumsa ta’uu qabu dha. Biyya keessattis ta’ee biyya alaatti, warri dhimma saba ofii dhiisanii; fedhii ofii guuttachuuf alagaa fi diina jala deemanii; uummata ofii miidhan, booddeen isaanii salphina fi badii akka ta’u hubachuu qabu. Karaa kanaan yoo ilaalame, gabaasni kun qeeqamuu hin qabu. Gabaasni kun dhugaa uummata keenyatti himamuu qabu dhas. Warrumti diina tajaajilaa jiranillee, beekaniis ta’ee otuu hin beekin, kan balleessa hojjechaa jiran, dhugaa kana hubatanii barumsa irraa argachuuf isaan gargaara jedheen yaada, amanas. Namni seenaa badaa hojjete, yoomiyyuu maqaa badaadhaan yaamama; du’ullee abaaramaa jiraata; kan waan gaarii saba isaatiif dalage ammoo, du’ullee saba issa biratti jaalala fi kabaja guddaa argachaa; maqaa gaariidhaan yaamama. Yoomiyyuu seenaan isa hin dagatu. Dhumarratti, gaafii tokko kaaseen, barreeffama kiyya xumura. Seenaa impaayara Itoophiyaa tana keessatti, ilmaan Oromoo alagaa fi diina tajaajilaa, uummata ofii midhaa, boodarra garuu salphatanii hafuun ykn akkuma salphatanitti du’aan addunyaa kanarraa boqachuun; sana boodas seenaa badaadhaan yaamamuun eenyurratti dhaabbatina laata?
ጠ/ሚ/ር ሀ/ማርያም ደሳለኝ ጭፈራውን ሲያስነኩት አይተን “እንዴት ነው ነገሩ?” አልን::
ከዚህ ሶስት ነገሮችን መታዘብ ይቻላል፡፡
1. ሀ/ማርያም ጎበዝ ጨፋሪ ናቸው፡ እንዲያውም ድሮ ቢሆን ቤተመንግስት የገቡት ለንጉሱ አጫዋችነች ተፈልገው ነው ተብሎ ይወራባቸው ነበር፡፡ (ደግነቱ አሁን ንጉስ የለም እንጂ)፡፡
1. ሀ/ማርያም ጎበዝ ጨፋሪ ናቸው፡ እንዲያውም ድሮ ቢሆን ቤተመንግስት የገቡት ለንጉሱ አጫዋችነች ተፈልገው ነው ተብሎ ይወራባቸው ነበር፡፡ (ደግነቱ አሁን ንጉስ የለም እንጂ)፡፡
2. የኦቦ አለማየሁ አቶምሳ ሞት 40ው ይቅርና ሳምንት እንኳ ሳያልፈው እንዲህ ዳንኪራውን ሲያስነኩ ስናይ ያቺ የኦቦ አለማየሁ የሬሳ አቀባበልም ቀብርም ሽርጉድ ድሮውንም ማስመሰያ ማታለያ እንጂ የሰውየው ሞትስ በኢህአዴግ ቤት ያን ያክል አሳዛኝ አልነበረችም የሚለው ጥርጣሬያችን ትክክል እንደነበር አረጋግጦልናል፡፡
3. ሰውየው ጴንጤ፡ ሊያውም የአክራሪው only Jesus/ሐዋርያ አባልና ራሳቸውን ያስገዙ ሀይማኖተኛ ሲባሉ አልነበር እንዴ፡ ነው ወይስ እንደመሰሎቻቸው Atheistነት ተቀበሉ፡፡
Thursday, 6 March 2014
የኦሮሚያ ብሄራዊ ክልላዊ መንግስት ርእሰ መስተዳድር የነበሩት አቶ አለማየሁ አቶምሳ አረፉ.
አዲስ አበባ ፣ የካቲት 27፣ 2006 (ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ.) የኦሮሚያ ብሄራዊ ክልላዊ መንግስት ርእሰ መስተዳድርና የኦህዴድ የቀድሞው ሊቀመንበር አቶ አለማየሁ አቶምሳ አረፉ።
አቶ አለማየሁ አቶምሳ በታይላንድ ባንኮክ በህክምና ሲረዱ ቆይተው በተወለዱ በ45 አመታቸው ነው ዛሬ ለሊት ሰባት ሰዓት ላይ ያረፉት።
አቶ አለማየሁ ከየካቲት 9 ቀን 2006 ጀምሮ በባንኮክ ህክምናቸውን ሲከታተሉ እንደቆዩ ነው ያገኘነው መረጃ የሚያመላክተው።
በምስራቅ ወለጋ ቢሎ ቦሼ ወረዳ ከአባታቸው አቶ አቶምሳ ሚጃ እና ከእናታቸው ወይዘሮ አየለች ብሩ በ1961 ዓ.ም ነው የተወለዱት አቶ አለማየሁ።
የኦህዴድ ማዕከላዊ ኮሚቴ ፅህፈት ቤት ባወጣው መግለጫም ፥ ላለፉት 24 ዓመታት የኦሮሞ ህዝብ እና መላው የአገሪቱ ህዝቦች ዛሬ ለደረሱበት የሰላም፣ የዴሞክራሲና የልማት ተጠቃሚነት እንዲበቁ በቁርጠኝነት የታገሉ ነባር ታጋይ ነበሩ ብሏል።
በ1981 ዓመተ ምህረት የደርግን ስርዓት ለመገርሰስ ሲካሄድ የነበረውን የትጥቅ ትግል ተቀላቅለዋል።
ከ1988 እስከ 1994 ድረስም የኦህዴድ ማዕከላዊ ፅህፈት ቤት እና የድርጅቱ የፖለቲካ ዘርፍ ሀላፊ በመሆን አገልግለዋል።
ከ2002 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ የኦህዴድ ሊቀመንበር ሆነው ፥ ከ2003 ዓመተ ምህረት ጀምሮ ደግሞ የኦሮሚያ ብሄራዊ ክልላዊ መንግስት ርዕሰ መስተዳድር በመሆን ሰርተዋል።
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Remembering P.T.W. Baxter, renowned anthropologist and pioneer of Oromo studies.
March 5, 2014 (OPride) – Paul Trevor William Baxter, who spent nearly six decades studying the Oromo, has died this week in a hospital in Stockport, England, his grandson Mark Baxter confirmed to OPride on Tuesday.
Baxter is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Pat, his son Adam as well as four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.His elder son, Tim, unfortunately predeceased him.
Baxter began his anthropological study in the early 1950s as a graduate student, combining academic analysis, field research and unconventional insights about imperial Ethiopia into his work. In 1978, Baxter published his seminal article “Ethiopia’s Unacknowledged Problem: the Oromo” in the esteemed British JournalAfrican Affairs. As his long time friend and colleague Bonnie K. Holcomb, Senior Research Associate at George Washington University’s Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies explains, “with that act, he lent his intellectual and moral support as an established and respected scholar to those of us who were struggling to be heard as we confronted Ethiopianist scholarship which was exceedingly resistant to Oromo studies in those days.” Baxter’s undeniable arguments solidified the exigency of Oromo scholarship and marked a turning point for scholars focused on this systematically ignored group.
Born in 1925, Baxter studied at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. His interest in studying the Oromo, Ethiopia’s single largest ethnic group, dates as far back as 1952 when he first sought permission from Emperor Haile Selassie’s regime to conduct research on the Gadaa system. When Ethiopia, whose policies systematically repressed the Oromo, denied him permission, Baxter went to Northern Kenya, where he spent two years studying the social organization of the Borana Oromo. His 860 page dissertation, “The Social Organization of the Oromo of Northern Kenya”, which became an indispensable resource was published in 1954.
“He was one of the first brave and courageous intellectuals who put the Oromo nation on the intellectual map of the world and opened the door for Oromo studies in the Diaspora,” said Dr. Asafa Jalata, a professor of Sociology at University of Tennessee in Knoxville. “We can say that all Oromo scholars are his students in indirect ways. His contribution to telling the Oromo story has inspired a generation of Oromo social scientists. He remains an intellectual model for Oromo scholars and others who do not bow down for powerful elites and states to receive benefits and prestige in the mainstream institutions.”
Ibsa Ejjannoo Walgahii Addaa TBOJ,
Bitootessa 4, 2014
Nuti miseensonni Tokkummaa Barattoota Oromoo Biyyaa Jarmanii (TBOJ) walgahii addaa kan gafa Bitooteessaa 02, bara 2014 magalaa Nürbergittii adeemsifanne irratti dhimmoota wa’ee haala ijjaarsa keenyaa fi kan Qabsoo Bilisummaa Oromoon har’aa keessaa jiruu ilaallattan irratti maree bal’oo taasisuun murtee addaa addaa dabarsuun xummuurratneerra. Walgahii kanaa irratti baruumsaa fi haala yeroo ilaalchissee Miseensii Gumii Sabaa ABO J/Dr. Shigut Galata dhaaba ABO bakka bu’un nu giddutti argamuun ibsa bal’aan nu keennamee jira. Haala amma TBOJ Keessaa jiruu ilaalchissee karaa Dura ta’aa fi Barreessaa Damee Würzburg fi nannoon J/Gamachuu Fayyisaa fi J/Obsa Adam wal duraa duubaan ibsaa kennameera.
Itti aansuunis walgahichi dhimmoota armaan gaditti irratti murtee dabarsuun xummuurame:-
1. Deeggarsa QBO irratti
Nuti miseensonni TBOJ Walgahii kanaa irratti qooda fudhannee QBO kan kallacha qabsichaa ABOn hoogganamu of qusannaa tokko malee kan ca’aa tokko irra eegamuuu maraan kan cinaa dhaabbannu ta’uu ammas irra deebinee waadaa seenne haaromsina. Sochii Qerroo kano bifaa fi haala qindoomina haaraatiin finiinaa jiruu fi Waligalaa kan dhaabnii ABO kallachumman gaggeessaa jiru jabinaa fi murannoon wan dandeenyuu maraan kan deeggarru ta’uu beeksifna. Gachannii Ummataa Oromoo, WBOn, daran tarkanfii isa akka cimsaatuu wan qabnuu fi dandeenyuu maraan biraa dhaabbannaa.
2. Balaaleffannaa Mootummaa Impayeeraa Ityophiyaa kan ABUT-tin Hogganamtu
Miidhaa Mootummaan Impayeeraa Ityophiyaa kan ABUT-n hogganamutuu uummata keenya irraan gahaa jiru ni balaaleffanna, ni mormina, kara dandeenyu maras dura dhaabbannaa.
Akeekaa fi karooraa duguuggaa sanyii (policy of Genocide) ummataa keenyaa fi uummatoota cunqurfatamtoota addaa addaa irratti Mootumman TPLF geeggessaa jiru ni balaalleeffannaa. Yakkamtoonni sirna wayaanee miidhaa akkasii qaqabsiisan hatattamaan akka seeratti dhiyaatanii itti gaafataman Biyyootiin Demokratawwaa fi Jarmooleen mirgaa dhalaa namaaf falmaani akka dhiibbaa godhaan ni gaafanna.
3. Hariiroo mootummaa TPLF fi kan biyyoota Ollaa ilaalchisee
Biyyoonnii ollaa Itiyoophiyaa tokko tokko hariiroo mootummaa Wayaanee faana qaban hal duree tarkaanfii fi sirna mootummichaa kan hin xiinxaalle tahuu irran kan ka’ee Waligaltee idilee adunyaa tokko tokko caabsuun midhaa dangaa hinqabnee geessaa jiru.
Keesumaayyuu mootummoonni biyyoota akka Somaliland fi Keeniyaa Waligaltee Adunyaan qabduu faalleessaa yeroo yerootti baqaataa Oromoo dabarsaanii Mootumaa TPLF-tti keennun badhii tahuu hubataanii fuulduraaf dalaga akkasii irraa akka of qusatan cimsinee gaftnaa.
4. Waamicha
Tokkummaan Barattoota Oromoo Biyya Jarmanii diina miidhaa fi jibbiinsi isaa saba keenyaaf daangaa hin qabneef hojjattanii fi akkasumas bira dhaabbattan, dalagni keessan uummata keessaniif miidhaa ammamii fi akkamii akka qabu xinxaltanii hubachuun harka diinaa jalaa of baaftanii gara mooraa QBOtti akka deebitan waamicha keenya cimsinee isiniif dhiyeesina.
Tokkummaan humnoota QBO yoom iyyuu caala barbaachisaa fi murteessaa ta’uun isaa hubatamaa dha. Kanaafuu araaran moraa qabsoo Bilisummaa Oromoo gabisuuf tokkummaan jarmoolee kan kayyoo irratti hunda’ee kan kanaan dura jalqabame jiruu xumuraa itti gochaa kan hafeess fuulduratti akka cimee itti fufuu fi babal’atu qaamota dhimmi kuni isaan ilaalu maraaf waamicha keenya ammas irra deebinee dabarsina.
Dhuma irrattis tumsii fi tokkummaan saboota cunqursaa jalatti kufanii argamanii kan galii kaayyoo qabsoo isaanii as dhiyeessu akkasumas kan diina immoo naasisuu fi bir’uu guddaa irraan ga’u ta’uu isaa hubatamee, Hariiroon tarsimoo irratti akeekkatee akka cimu qaamonni dhimmi isaa isaan ilaalu akka irratti hojjatan waamicha keenya dabrsinaaf. Baruumsa barbaachisu kennuu fi haala gamtaa akkasii mimijeessu bakka hundattii fi qaama hundaan akka irratti hojjatamu jechuun ergaa keenya dabrfanna.
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
A NEW TV NETWORK FOR ETHIOPIA’S LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP.
March 3, 2014, Finfinnee (Addis Standard) — Oromia Media Network (OMN), explained by its founders as “an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit news enterprise whose mission is to produce original, impartial, citizen-driven reporting,” was inaugurated on March 1st 2014.
OMN is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where the largest and most active Ethiopian origin ethnic Oromo Diaspora lives. “The goal of this network is to create multilingual news and programs that will serve as a reliable source of information in the greater horn of Africa region,” reads a statement from the founders that include Dr. Hamza Abdurezak , Chairman of Board of Trustees and Girma Tadesse, Executive Director.
According to the founders, OMN has a structural governing body that consists of the Board of Trustees, Executive Council and Editorial Board. The Board of Trustees is supervisory body of OMN, while the Executive Council is responsible for the overall management of the organization. The Editorial Board is charged with the development and production of news and other programs.
“We hold ourselves to the highest journalistic standards but unabashedly and proudly offer a uniquely Oromo perspective. We also aim to connect the growing Oromo diaspora to its homeland using innovative digital tools and people-centered storytelling techniques. Our high quality, high-impact multimedia content will be available in easily accessible formats including on the web, mobile devices, social media, satellite television and radio.”
Migrant dies in Saudi detention centre riot.
March 3, 2014 (Aljazeera) — Officials say that one was killed and nine others injured when chaos broke out at a deportation centre in Jeddah.
A migrant has died and nine others have been wounded in a stampede during a riot at a Saudi detention centre in the west of the kingdom, police have said.
Police said on Monday that they had attempted to restore calm on Sunday evening at al-Shumaisi detention centre in the Red Sea city of Jeddah where undocumented migrants of various nationalities are held pending deportation.
Detainees “tried to cause chaos… resulting in damages to the centre,” Mecca police spokesman Commander Ati al-Qurashi told AFP news agency.
He did not elaborate on the nature of the disturbances but said that police “had to intervene” and that a migrant was killed and nine others wounded in a “stampede”.
The spokesman did not provide further details on the nationalities of the casualties, the number of migrants held at the deportation centre, or the progress made in their deportation procedures.
The Saudi migrants sweep has sparked violence before. In November, at least one Ethiopian and a Sudanese were killed in clashes between migrant workers protesting the crackdown and vigilante Saudis in the capital Riyadh. Similar clashes also broke out in Jeddah when police searched the area for migrants.
The deportations are part of a Saudi campaign to expel undocumented foreign workers after decades of lax immigration enforcement allowed migrants to take many low-wage jobs that the kingdom’s own citizens shunned. Saudi authorities, grappling with growing unemployment, now want those jobs for the kingdom’s citizens.
Police have been cracking down on undocumented migrants since the expiration in early November of a seven-month amnesty during which they had to regularise their status or leave the country.
Nearly a million migrants from various countries took advantage of the amnesty to leave voluntarily, while another four million were able to find employers to sponsor them, a legal requirement in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.
The Saudi government says it has deported more than a quarter-million migrants since the government began enforcing its crackdown.
Around 170,000 of those are Ethiopians, most of whom never acquired visas, often taking perilous boat journeys across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen from where they cross illegally into the kingdom with the help of smugglers.
Human Rights Watch has criticised the conditions of detainees awaiting deportation in the kingdom. The rights group last month said more than 12,000 Somali migrants were held under “appalling conditions” before they were deported from Saudi Arabia.
The majority of foreign workers in the kingdom are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines, as well as Egypt and Yemen.
Monday, 3 March 2014
ከጭሮ ከተማ ቃሊቲ ማረሚያ ቤት እንዲዘዋወሩ ከተደረጉት ታሳሪዎች መካክለ ሼህ ሃሰን በቂ ህክምና ባለማግኘታቸው ሂወታቸው ማለፉን ምንጮች አስታወቁ..
March 2, 2014
በኦሮሚያ ክልል በምዕራብ ሃረርጌ በጭሮ ከተማ በሚገኙ ከተለያዩ ወረዳዎች በፖሊስ ተይዘው በጭሮ ከተማ ማረሚያ ቤት ለረጅም ጊዜ ታስረው ለህክምና ወደ ቃሊቲ ማረሚያ ቤት እንዲዘዋወሩ ከተደረጉት ታሳሪዎች መካክለ ሼህ ሃሰን በቂ ህክምና ባለማግኘታቸው ሂወታቸው ማለፉን ምንጮች አስታወቁ፡፡
በጭሮ ከተማ ከተለያዩ ወረዳዎች በጭሮ ከተማ ማረሚያ ቤት ታስረው ባደረባቸው ከፍተ|ኛ ህመም ምክንያት ማረሚ|ያ ቤቱ ከአንድ አመት በፊት ወደ ፌደራል ማረሚያ ቤት ወደሆነው ቃሊቲ ማረሚ|ያ ቤት ሪፈር በመፃፍ ወደ አዲስ አበባ ሄደው እንዲታከሙ ለማድረግ ሞክሮ ነበር፡፤ ሆኖም ታሳሪዎቹ በቃሊቲ ማረሚያ ቤት በዞን 3 ታስረው የሚገኙ ሲሆን ምንም የረባ ህክምና ሳያገኙ በከፍተኛ ህመም እየተሰቃዩ እንደሚገኙ ምንጮች አስታውቀዋል፤፤
ከምዕራብ ሃረርጌ ጭሮ ከተማ ማረሚያ ቤት ወደ ቃሊቲ ማረሚያ ቤት ከአመት በፊት የተዘዋወሩት ታሳሪዎቹ ስም ዝርዝር እንደሚከተለው ይቀርባል
1. መሐመድ ሐሰን አሊዩ በምዕራብ ሀርርጌ ዞን ጭሮ ከተማ ደባቢስቶ ወረዳ ቡሌ ኢሉ ቀበሌ
2. መሃመድ አህመድ በምዕራብ ሀርርጌ ዞን ጭሮ ከተማ ደባቢስቶ ወረዳ ቡሌ ኢሉ ቀበሌ
3. ሼህ ሀሰን በምዕራብ ሀረርጌ ዳሮ ለቦ ወረዳ ገለሞተራ ቀበሌ
4. ከተማ ጸጋዬ መገናኛው በምዕራብ ሃረርጌ መቻሬ ወይም ገመቺስ ወረዳ ሽሬ ቡሉ ቀበሌ
5. ከተማ ለማ ኢሾ በምዕራብ ሃረርጌ መቻሬ ወይም ገመቺስ ሽሬ ቡሉ ቀበሌ
6. ዘውዱ ታሪኩ እንደሻው በምዕራብ ሃረርጌ ዳርጌ ሳውሮ ወረዳ ቀበሌ 34 ነዋሪ የነበሩ መሆናቸው ታውቋል፡፡
ከላይ ከተዘረዘሩት በቃሊቲ ማረሚያ ቤት በዞን 3 ታስረው ከሚገኙት ታሳሪዎች መካከል በምዕራብ ሃረርጌ የጭሮ ከተማ የደባቢስቶ ወረዳ ቡሌ ኢሉ ቀበሌ ነዋሪ የነበሩት ሼህ ሃሰን በማረሚያ ቤቱ በቂ ህክምና እንዳያገኙ በመደረጋቸው በየካቲት 15/2006 ሂወታቸው ማለፉን የማረሚያ ቤቱ ምንጮች አስታውቀዋል፡፡
ሼህ ሃሰን ከጭሮ ከተማ ማረሚያ ቤት በቂ ህክምና እንዲያገኙ በሚል አብረዋቸው ከታሰሩ ሌሎች ታሳሪዎች ጋር ወደ አዲስ አበባ ቃሊቲ ማረሚያ ቤት ቢዘዋወሩም ማረሚ|ያ ቤቱ ተገቢ እና በቂ ህክምና እንዳያገኙ በማድረጉ ከዚህ አለም በሞት ሊለዩ እንደቻሉ ታውቋል፡፡ የሼህ ሀሰን ቤተሰቦችም ሊያገኟቸው አለመቻላቸውን የማረሚያ ቤቱ ምንጮች ገልፀዋል፡፡
በተመሳሳይም ሁኔታ ሌላኛው በምዕራብ ሀርርጌ ዞን ጭሮ ከተማ ደባቢስቶ ወረዳ ቡሌ ኢሉ ቀበሌ ነዋሪ የነበረው እና የዞን 3 ታሳሪ የሆነው .መሐመድ ሐሰን አሊዩ በቂ ህክምና ባለማግኘቱ በማረሚያ ቤቱ ውስጥ በሞት አፋፍ ላይ እንደሚገኝ ምንጮች አስታውቀዋል፡፡
በኢትዬጲያ በሚገኙ ማረሚያ ቤቶች ታስረው የሚገኙ ዜጎች ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ በህክምና እጦት ምክንያት ሂወታቸው በስቃይ የሚያልፉ ታሳሪዎች ቁጥር እየጨመረ መምጣቱ እየተሰማ ሲሆን የማረሚያ ቤቶቹ አስተዳደሮች ለሰው ልጅ ሂወት ክብር በመንፈግ ይህን ችግር ከመቅረፍ ይልቅ የፖለቲካ መቅጫ ዘዴ አድርገው መቀጠላቸው ታውቋል፡፡
ከዚህ ቀደም በቂሊንጦ ማረሚያ ቤትም ወረርሽኝ ገብቶ ጋዜጠኛ ዩሱፍ ጌታቸውን |ጨምሮ በርካታ የማረሚያ ቤቱ ታሳሪዎች ለህመም ተጋልጠው እንደነበር ይታወሳል፡፤ በማረሚያ ቤቱ ባለው የንፅህና ጉድለት እና መጥፎ ሽታም ኮሚቴዎቻችንንም ጨምሮ ለከፍተኛ የሳይነስ እና ተዛማጅ በሽታዎች ተጋላጭ እንዲሆኑ እንዳደረጋቸው ይታወቃል፡፡
ወደ አኼራ የሄዱትን ሼህ ሀሰንን አላህ ማረፊያቸውን በጀነት ያድርግላቸው!!
በመላው ሃገሪቱ ታስረው የሚገኙ ታሳሪዎችን አላህ በራህመቱ ይጠብቃቸው!!!
አሚን!!!
Sunday, 2 March 2014
Letter: To all human beings who are human, By Journalist Wubushet Taye (Zeway Prison)
March 2, 2014 (Premium Times): “Discussing these types of issues is forbidden,” said the warder rudely and added, “You are only allowed to discuss family matters”. You might suspect that these words were spoken by one of our beloved mother Ethiopia’s prison officers. However, they are actually taken from Maxim Gorky’s 1906 story Mother (page 102). The story was written 108 years ago – so very long ago! But it doesn’t seem so long to us – why? Because what we are living through now is even worse. And it is worrying how fast things are deteriorating.
Prison is now where everything leads. Every day we are told by the media that what is needed is “strong measures; measures to ensure it won’t happen again; measures to remove etc”. These words are not legal principles but are spoken in hate. These statements, which are only a fraction away from a declaration of systematic state terror, are especially damaging for those of us who are held in Ethiopia’s prisons.
Following programmes which have been broadcast about ‘revolutionary measures’ on ETV, horrible things – which could upset so many families if I listed them here – are being carried out in a calculated manner. Let’s take a look at some of them. We are denied permission to be placed in prisons close to our relatives. Zeway is the Ethiopian version of a Siberian prison. After travelling across the lowlands to reach our ‘Siberia’, our families have to undergo a tiresome and intrusive search before they can eventually see the prisoner. When they do so, officials are listening in, even to talk about family matters. We hug and kiss our children even when the prison officers look disapproving. Even though the insults and intimidation that follow these displays of affection are not too bad, our children get scared. Our fear comes across to them. They always go back home feeling upset.
Even though the time allocated for visits is clearly specified, we are often told “Enough! Wind it up soon”, just as we’ve started talking. Since the aim is clearly to torment us, intimidate us and punish us, we are not allowed to have more than 100 birr (about $5 US), even if we need more to buy toiletries, spices, tea and coffee, underwear, water purifiers etc. This only happens in Zeway prison. This is how our human rights are violated.
I graduated from high school in Zeway. I have many friends and relatives here but local people are only allowed to visit us once a week (on Wednesdays). Over time, they [friends from the town] stop visiting, scared off by the intimidating questions: ‘Where did you meet him? How do you know him? Why are you always visiting him?’
The town is very hot. Nevertheless, 150 prisoners are held in one room here. As a result, it is unbelievable how easily insects and fleas move from person to person, reproducing fast. It doesn’t make me feel good to talk about this; but it isn’t a film, it’s a true story that is happening to the sons of mother Ethiopia. We can only pray that the worst does not happen.
In fact, the worst is already here. They give us tasteless food. There is a water shortage despite the fact that the prison is right by Zeway Lake. It is like a prison within a prison. All of us, including the Generals and other military officers [who are jailed there], are held in a dark room. It might be possible to tolerate all of this patiently. But we are speaking out because every Ethiopian, everyone who has a religion, everyone who fears God, everyone who cares about the respect of basic human rights, must know what is being done to us. We’re being pushed towards our deaths.
Just a month ago, Nathnael Mekonnen, the young Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party member, was sent to Kality for medical treatment. He was sent back to Zeway the same day at 11:00pm without having received any treatment. The Ethiopian National Unity Party (ENUP) member, Zerihun G.Egziabher, was also referred to a hospital but hasn’t yet been treated, though he is suffering as a result of his illness. My kidney problems, which I have mentioned before, are now making it hard for me to sit or stand; if the authorities had found enough humanity to let me get treatment rather than rush me back to Zeway, it could have given me relief and them contentment.
Other people have died. Among the children of mother Ethiopia who have been denied medical attention and have passed away are Colonel Tesfaye Hailu and engineer, Kifle Sinshaw, both of whom were being held with the Generals and military officials [in jail], Ahmed Nejashi, a member of the Oromo People’s Congress (OPC) party led by Mererra Gudhina, Tesfahun Chemeda, who was held in same the dark room, and an old man from the Benishangul Gumuz region. How can people be denied medical attention!? Where did these individuals, who have themselves struggled against oppression in their lives but are now in power, learn to be happy because others are in pain? What would the Ethiopian people say? What would all human beings who are human say?
God Bless Ethiopia!
God Bless Ethiopia!
Oromo speaking people? Part 2
by Rundassa Asheetee Hundee | March 2, 2014
Convincingly, the Amharas had been the elites of empire Ethiopia, particularly, hateful men like Getachew Haile and the like were considered as senior civil servants who retained much power and influence well into the 1970s. Now this insane thug promotes unequivocally racist ideology targeting specifically the Oromo people by labeling them as uncivilized bad people not understanding that framing the nation state by having his tribe above every ethnic group in empire Ethiopia adds to the political turmoil that is engulfing the already sick empire.
To deny the existence of the Oromo people, Getacho Haile, a fluent afaan Oromo speaker and the citizen of Oromia, intentionally avoided the mention of name “Oromo” while listing the names of the Oromo tribes and clans whom he called the “Oromo speaking people.” By using term “Oromo speaking people” Getacho has tried to do what his friend Dr. Asrat, who denied the existence of the Amhara people in 1991 did. All these efforts are made to justify their claim that the Ethiopians are ONE people who share Amharic and the Amhara culture. Getchao Haile also carefully dissected Guji from Borana, Arsi from Maccaa,Karrayyu from Hoborra etc to intentionally confuse the young generation that Guji or Arsi are not part of the Oromo nation but different people who were forced to speak afaan Oromo. In his evil mind, doing so will eventually lead to the Guji to rise against the Arsi, and the Maccaa to rise aganist the Tulamaa etc.
Of corse, the TPLF has tried to cheat our people by using the same evil tactic when they tried to create a rift between the Oromo, on one hand, and the Caboo, Sooddo, Argoba, Hadaree, Isa and Afar on the other, though they failed after these people showed an emotional and psychological attachment to each other.Yet, this old Amhara racist Getacho Haile is working very hard to achieve his racist party objectives of reviving the evil wish of MORESH, by injecting his racist poison into the minds of the new Amhara generation. However, the new generation have already rejected such evil mindset and the authoritarian patterns of inhuman views produced by low level thinkers such as Getacho Haile.Starting from the days of Germamee Niway and Gen. Mangistu Niway, tens of thousands of Amhara youth have criticized the “feudalization” Getacho’s tribe, the Moojaa family, which was thought to have accepted not only it’s aristocratic dominance in the field of politics but also the Amhara aristocratic values and pride.
In fact, without the waging of a successful revolution led by Martha Mebratu, Walelinyi Mokonon, Nagada Gobaze and the like, confronting and dismantling the Amhara racist political tradition and bureaucracy was unthinkable. Thanks to these and the generation after them, the Amhara racism is relatively weak now compared to 1960s or 1980s.What is strange about Getacho Haile’s racist view however, that he can’t recognize a highly successful liberation movements that led to the freedom of the Eritrean people and the looming socio-economic changes that is hoovering over empire Ethiopia.
Admittedly, the Oromo people’s liberation movements may have been temporarily slowed down but power relations among the Amhara racists and the Oromo people have been changed for ever and the Amhara racism is suffering a very unstable fate as internal tensions created by racist men like Getacho Haile continued to work to the advantage of the enslaved majority. Basically, the Amhara racists have lost much of their former dominance and legitimacy as their old way of thinking is partly replaced by the emerging liberal democracy upheld by the new generation. That was the reason for the split of the racist Amhara party known as the “mellaa Amhara.”
It is recalled that the younger Amharas left the old Amhara racist party and joined the TPLF parliament to promote the idea of modern state though the TPLF failed them so misreably. But, now racist Getacho Haile argues that the Amharas old political legacy is better and must survive only to speed up the death of the already dying empire.
Looking at things from this particular angle, certainly Getacho Haile is losing the argument even when he remained hostile towards the Oromo people who greatly contributed to his upbringing by feeding him till the day he left the country for refugee life in America. Needless to say, like any low level thinkers do, Getacho can continue to promote his hate filled views against the Oromo people but soon or later the Amhara youth will turn his racist views into resentment against him. That means, what is at stake here is not the Oromo people’s freedom but Getacho Haile’s credibility
Saturday, 1 March 2014
Moyale: Police arrest 35 Ethiopians.
March 1, 2014, MOYALE, KENYA (Standard Media) : Police in Moyale have arrested 35 Ethiopians in Moyale town on Thursday morning.
The 35 Ethiopians were found in a bandoned house in Butiye village. Confirming the arrest, Moyale Officer Commanding Station Richard Ng’eno said the 35 aliens were locked up in a house which was left by the owner during the clashes.
He added the police were alerted by intelligence officers on the ground after realising movement of people in deserted Butiye village. According to the OCS, the aliens who neither speak English or Kiswahili were believed to be heading to South Africa.
They were, Zaude Mamo, Desta Ertaro, Getinat Demeke, Anamo Gichamo, Gilebo Erkalo, Matios Manore, Mulgeta Makebo, Takatal Wolebo, Miratu Bekele, Alamayo Hashenje, Garamo Ersiro, Wondimu Markos, Gitacho Adize, Abayan Gabube, And Nebizo Wolde,Chufano Kaltizo, Iyazu Kebeda, Gacan Kebeda, Ermiyan Jabara, Hartamu Bachore, Adana Tazama, Wondimu Abame, Takile Zanbat, Ashanalo Kashine, Abara Wanjalo, Malaza Mola, Masebo Daniel, Muze Jalatu, Alamayu Wondimu, Dababa Dama, Lire Arficho, Abayin Girma and Gudizo Mamo.
Mr Ng’eno said they will be arraigned in court to face illegal entry into the country charges. He called on locals to report suspicious characters to police.
“በዝዋይ የታሰሩት ባለቤቴ እዛው እስር ቤት መሞታቸውን ሕዝብ ይወቅልኝ” – ወ/ሮ ፈሪሃ አብድርሃማን.
(ፍኖተ ነፃነት ጋዜጣ እንደዘገበው) አቶ አህመድ ነጃሽ ሐሰን በ2002 ዓ.ም በተደረገ አገር አቀፍ ምርጫ በድሬዳዋ ክልል የኦሮሞ ኮንግረስ/ መድረክን በመወከል ተወዳድረው ነበር፡፡የፖለቲካ ተሳትፏቸውን እንዲያቋርጡ በተለያዩ መንገዶች ሲነገራቸው ቢቆዩም በሰላማዊ መንገድ ተቃውሞ ማሰማትና መደራጀት ህገ መንግስታዊ መብት መሆኑን በመጥቀስ ሲከራከሩ መቆየታቸውን ባለቤታቸው ወ/ሮ ፈሪሃ አብድርሃማን የሱፍ ለፍኖተ ነጻነት አስታውሰዋል፡፡
በ2003 የመንግስት የጸጥታ ሰዎች አቶ አህመድን በኦነግ አባልነት ተጠርጥረሃል በማለት ያስሯቸዋል፡፡የ57 አመቱ አህመድ ከታሰሩ በኋላ ለአራት ወራት ያህል በህይወት ይኖሩ ወይም ይሙቱ ለቤተሰብ ሳይታወቅ ከቆዩ በኋላ ፍርድ ቤት ቀርበው በኦነግ አባልነት ተከሰው ይፈረድባቸዋል፡፡ፍርዳቸውን ተከትሎም ለምርመራ ከቆዩበት ማዕከላዊ ወደ ዝዋይ ወህኒ ቤት እንዲዘዋወሩ ይደረጋሉ፡፡
ከአቶ አህመድ ነጃሽ ያገኟትን አንድ ልጅ ለብቻቸው የማሰደግ ዱብ ዕዳ የወደቀባቸው ወይዘሮ ፈሪሃ ገቢያቸው በመቋረጡ ስራ ፍለጋ ወደ አረብ አገር ያቀናሉ፡፡በአረብ አገር ያለሙትን ማግኘት ባለመቻላቸው ወደ አገር ቤት ይመለሳሉ፡፡ካልተሳካው ስራ ፍለጋ መልስ ወይዘሮዋ ባለቤታቸውን ለመጠየቅ ወደ ዝዋይ ሲያመሩ የማረሚያ ቤቱ ሃላፊዎች ባለቤታቸው ወደ ቃሊቲ መዘዋወራቸውን ይነግሯቸዋል፡፡
ከዝዋይ በቀጥታ ወደ ቃሊቲ በማምራትም ይጠይቃሉ፣ቃሊቲዎች እንዲህ አይነት እስረኛ ወደ እነርሱ አለመምጣቱን በመጥቀስ ያሰናብቷቸዋል፡፡ከብዙ የዝዋይና ቃሊቲ ምልልስ በኋላ አቶ አህመድ በጠና ታመው ምኒሊክ ሆስፒታል እንደገቡ ይነገራቸዋል፡፡ምኒልክ ሆስፒታል ለጥየቃ ባመሩበት ወቅት መጥፎውን ዜና ይሰማሉ፡፡አቶ አህመዲን ይህችን አለም ከተሰናበቱ ረዘም ያሉ ወራቶች ተቆጥረዋል የሚል፡፡
አስከሬን የለ፣ የት እንደተቀበሩና የሞታቸው መንስኤ ምን እንደነበር የሚያስረዳ የለ፣ ሁሉ ነገር ድፍንፍን ያለባቸው ወይዘሮዋ ለፍኖተ ነጻነት በሰጡት ቃል‹‹የመንግስት ሰዎች ምንም አይነት ቀና ምላሽ እንደማይሰጡኝ አውቃለሁ ነገር ግን በታሰሩበት ወቅት ፍጹም ጤነኛ የነበሩት ባለቤቴ መሞታቸውን ህዝቡ ይወቅልኝ ብለዋል፡ ፡የኦሮሞ ኮንግረስ በኋላም የኦፌኮ ፕሬዘዳንት የሆኑት ፕሮፌሰር መራራ ጉዲና የአቶ አህመድን ሞት ከባለቤታቸው እንደሰሙ በመጥቀስ ነገር ግን ምንም ማድረግ አለመቻሉን አውስተዋል፡፡
Ethiopians return home to a bleak future.
More than 150,000 Ethiopians have been deported from Saudi Arabia in recent months.
March 1, 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Aljazeera) - Ahmed, 20 years old, weakly sits down in a chair under the hot sun, dazed, as young men and women jostle in the yard around him. He has just been deported from Saudi Arabia after a month-long imprisonment, like the others at this crowded migrant transit center in Ethiopia’s capital.
But Ahmed’s ordeal is unique. He bears fresh scars across his knees, down his upper arms, and across his stomach. With a medical investigation by an Ethiopian doctor still ongoing, preliminary results show so far that Ahmed is missing his left kidney.
His short-term memory fails him. Ahmed, who comes from Ethiopia’s central Amhara region, does remember paying a couple hundred dollars to human smugglers for the dangerous, illegal passage to Djibouti, across the sea to Yemen, and north to Saudi Arabia.
He worked for a year and a half as a carpenter in Riyadh, living with other Ethiopian migrants and sending home meagre wages to his impoverished family.
Three months ago Ahmed recalls waking up in a Riyadh hospital room with jagged wounds crisscrossing his body, but with no recollection about how he got them, or how he got there. Promptly transferred to an overcrowded Riyadh prison because of his illegal immigration status, Ahmed was finally deported home by plane a few weeks ago. He is waiting to hear the doctor’s final prognosis before he returns to his village, a sickly version of his former self.
‘Coming back empty-handed’
“It’s not just the return, it’s also the effect of what happens after,” explained Sara Hamo, a protection officer with the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) in Addis Ababa, about the thousands of deportees. ”They are coming back empty-handed. They used to supply money and now they are a burden on the families they used to provide for. So the return is just the beginning.”
While accounts like Ahmed’s missing kidney are rare, many Ethiopians at the migrant transit centre talked about torture in ad-hoc detention centres run by traffickers, most often for ransom, as well as beatings, sex abuse, gruelling work hours and wages withheld by Saudi employers.
Bereket Feleke, a health ministry official, said respiratory tract infections were the most common ailment returnees suffer, which they get from being held for weeks in overcrowded and filthy detention centres before deportation.
Ethiopian women and girls, often recruited by employment agencies as domestic workers, fly to Saudi Arabia and are legally bound to their employers, who withhold their passports. If the workers break their contract – willingly or forced - their status becomes illegal. A similar system of employee “sponsorship”, known askafala, exists across many of the Gulf states. But many more Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia are smuggled in, further increasing their vulnerability for exploitation.
Travel ban
Because of widespread abuse, the Ethiopian government has issued a temporary travel ban on domestic workers while it works on a protection law. Critics say this could encourage more illegal migration.
Last November, the kingdom’s authorities enforced strict labour laws governing foreign workers after a seven-month reprieve, spurred partly by the potential security threat of thousands of unemployed Saudi youth. And Saudi Arabian vigilante groups in Riyadh, armed with clubs and machetes, brutally attacked Ethiopian migrants in November, prompting tens of thousands of the workers to turn themselves in to the kingdom’s authorities out of fear.
When I asked for payment, and permission to call my family, the man of the house said: ‘You have no family, so why do you need money?’ He tied my hands behind my back, put cloth in my mouth and beat me. He then kicked me out of the house.
Abigail, Ethiopian orphan
Unskilled labourers from neighbouring Yemen, the Horn of Africa and southeast Asia have been particularly hard-hit by the deportations, which the Saudi Arabian interior ministry claims have reached around a quarter of a million. Adam Coogle, a Middle East researcher with Human Rights Watch, suspects the number is much higher. ”I think workers from different nationalities are taking a wait-and-see approach to what is happening in Saudi Arabia,” Coogle said. “They will want to see if this is a labour crackdown that is sustained, or if it is just to scare them, and will end up being business as usual.”
IOM in Addis Ababa estimates that nearly 160,000 Ethiopians have been detained and deported from Saudi Arabia because of their irregular status. The peak was in November, when 9,000 deportees arrived on planes to the Ethiopian capital every day. These days, the numbers have dwindled to around 300 a day.
At nearly 92 million, Ethiopia has Africa’s second-largest population after Nigeria, and a rapidly growing economy. Agriculture is the country’s leading economic sector, but drought, poor cultivation practices, land-grabs and mass displacement of rural populations have garnered headlines recently. The youth unemployment rate is high. Many choose to seek work abroad and send remittances home.
‘They have been targeted’
Abigail is a 15-year-old orphan from an Amhara village who quit school when she was in the second grade. Her seven-month trip to Saudi Arabia was arduous. Her uncle paid an agency to find her work in the kingdom, and send money home. With her passport withheld, she cleaned and took care of the children in the household she was assigned to, as well as their relatives’ homes.
“When I asked for payment, and permission to call my family, the man of the house said: ‘You have no family, so why do you need money?’” she recalled. “He tied my hands behind my back, put cloth in my mouth and beat me. He then kicked me out of the house.”
The police arrested Abigail. Without her passport and valid working papers, she was imprisoned and deported. ”There is an anger within the Ethiopian population,” said Temesgen Deressa, a guest scholar with the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institute. ”They have been targeted - killed, or tortured and dehumanised.”
“In terms of the whole economy, the remittances might not be significant, but the returnees’ families are going to be hard-hit,” he said. “There is a high level of poverty in Ethiopia, and I don’t think the Ethiopian government has the capacity for rehabilitation. Basically, the returnees will have a very hard time.”
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