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US election 2016 result: Historic win for Somali-American woman
Ilhan Omar said she would be the “voice for the marginalised” (BBC) — Ilhan Omar, 34, has made history by becoming the first Somali legislator in the United States. A former refugee, the Somali-born...
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Ethiopia: After a year of protests, time to address grave human rights concerns
(Amnesty International) — Nearly one year on from the start of a wave of protests that has left at least 800 people dead at the hands of security forces, the Ethiopian government must take concrete...
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Crossing Arms: The Plight and Protest of the Oromo in Ethiopia
(The McGill International Review) — Equity statement: Accurate information on African politics and culture is extremely difficult to attain. Western countries routinely delegitimize African...
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Is Oromo fiduciary to Habesha and often demanded to confess its political...
By Falmataa Sabaa (PhD) I want to supplement to the exigency of Prof. Ezekiel’s recent article entitled “The Big Debate – Beyond Assimilation and Accommodation: The Resurgence of Oromo Nationalism”....
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Olympics dissident: Ethiopia could ‘become another Libya’
By Matthew Tempest Olympic runner, dissident and activist Feyisa Lilesa, pictures in Brussels November 2016. (EurActiv) –EXCLUSIVE/ Ethiopia – one of the EU’s largest recipients of development aid and...
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OLF Letter to Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General
His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-Moon United Nations Secretary-General Office of the Secretary General of United Nations 885 Second Avenue United Nations Headquarters Room DHL-1B- 154 New York, NY 10017 Fax...
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Ethiopian Security Re-arrest Rights Activist, Zone9 Blogger Befeqadu Hailu
Zone 9 blogger Befeqadu Hailu Addis Abeba Nov. 11/2016 (Addis Standard) – Security member of the command post established to oversee Ethiopia’s six-month State of Emergency have this morning...
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Upon Incomplete Witnesses and Absent Defendants Ethiopia Federal Court...
Addis Abeba Nov. 11/2016 (Addis Standard) – The Federal high Court 19th criminal bench has this morning adjourned the hearing involving prominent opposition figure Bekele Gerba and 21 co-defendants...
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Inquiry Board Says 11,607 People Detained After Ethiopia Declared State of...
Addis Abeba Nov. 11/2016 (Addis Standard) – The Inquiry Board established to look into the conduct of Ethiopia’s six-month State of Emergency said today that 11, 607 were detained in the wake of...
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Al-Shabab regains land as Ethiopia pulls troops
Ethiopia unrest and the troop withdrawals have come as a opportune boost for al-Shabab as they seize more territory. by Hamza Mohamed Ever since al-Shabab was pushed out of the Somali capital, they...
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US And The World Reacts To Trump Victory: HRW Daily Brief
(HRW) –We consider what’s likely to happen once Donald Trump becomes the new US President, as well as events that could unfold even before he takes office. In other news we look at the plight of...
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US ‘admits Somalia air strike killed allies, not al-Shabab’
(BBC)– An airstrike in Somalia that the US said had targeted al-Shabab actually killed 10 members of an allied local militia, US media report, quoting an unpublished Pentagon investigation. The US...
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#Oromoprotests was rekindled in Giincii a year ago
Dr. Tsegaye Ararssa When the #Oromoprotests was rekindled in Giincii a year ago, it made a strong statement about the Oromo people’s rejection of policies of evicting the Oromo from their ancestral...
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Not Late to REPURPOSE the upcoming Oromo Leadership Convention to Oromo...
By Abbaa Ormaa, November 5, 2016 In TPLF’s Ethiopia, being born Oromo is punishable by death and incarceration. Oromia is now a slaughter house for the minority Tigray-led government in finfinnee. The...
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Genocide in the making in Oromia
Brief account on the Oromo protest from Nov. 2015 – Nov. 2016 By Tarekegn Chimdi (PhD) Background The Oromo people constitute over 40% of the total population and a single largest national group in...
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ONLA Communiqué
ONLF commando Unit of Halgan Sector, ambushed an Ethiopian regime army platoons, near Dhuhun district killing five soldiers and wounded seven others on November 8, 2016. The Ethiopian army platoons...
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The Atlanta Leadership Convention: A blessing in disguise?
Information is slowly trickling out of the much hyped about Atlanta Leadership Convention, despite organizers’ plea not to record video and audio and the tight security to enforce the rule. We...
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Oromo, Ogaden and Ethiopian Community leaders in South Africa
Press Release The Oromo, Ogaden and Ethiopian Community leaders held meeting on 10th of Nov, 2016 in Pretoria, South Africa. The meeting was attended by the vice-chairman of ONLF Dr. Mohamed Ismail...
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Ethiopia: Canada stresses need for ‘peaceful and inclusive dialogue’
(Africa News) — Canada has added its voice to calls for political reforms, peaceful and inclusive political dialogue in Ethiopia. The country also expressed ‘‘concerns over the deaths and violence...
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Slovak and Czech tourists robbed in Ethiopia
A group of six Slovak and four Czech tourists was attacked by armed robbers in western Ethiopia; driver killed. Mass protests in Ethiopia caused the state of emergency and worsened security situation,...
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