Ethiopia’s Refugees Unsafe in Kenya and Elsewhere HRW | “Wako” fled Ethiopia for Kenya in 2012, after his release from prison. He had been locked up for two years after campaigning for the Oromo People’s Congress, an opposition party that has often been targeted by the government. In Kenya, he hoped to be safe. But

Introduction The role of the Oromo women during the early liberation struggle led by OLF The aftermath of the occupation by the Abyssinians and its effect on the behavioral patterns of the Oromo women and men The obstacles to emancipations Conclusion   In any given liberation movement the role of women is equally important as

The official death toll from last year’s civil unrest in Ethiopia came to 669 people, according to a report to the parliament in Addis Ababa this week. Euractiv | Long-standing grievances over land-allocation and political marginalisation in the Oromia and Amhara regions saw spontaneous ‘illegal’ protests and the killing of some 600 civilians by security

Hawaasni Oromoo Nezerlaand Ebala 15, 2017 Guyyaa Gootota Oromoo bifa oo’aadhaan magaalaa Amstardaamitti kabajate. Guyyaa kana miseensonni hawaasaa bay’inaan  wolitti dhufuudhaan gootota Qabsoo Bilisummaa Oromoo irratti wareegaman yaadataniiru. Guyyaan Gootota Oromoo bara kanaa mata duree ‘shoora dubartoota Oromoo Qabsoo Bilisummaa Oromoo keessatti’ jedhu jalatti kan kabajame. Sirna kabaja kanaa irratti addee Na’amaat Iissaa, miseensa koree

Federica Mogherini High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs / Vice-President of the European Commission Rue de la Loi, Wetstraat 200 1049 Brussels Brussels, March 23, 2017 Dear High Representative Mogherini, Human Rights Watch wishes to express our deep disappointment over the one-sided statement issued by your office during your official visit to Ethiopia last

HRW| Three months after Ethiopian security forces arrested opposition leader Dr. Merera Gudina upon his return to Ethiopia, following his participation in a hearing at the European parliament about the crisis in his home country, prosecutors on Thursday charged the prominent 60-year-old politician with rendering support to terrorism and attempting to “disrupt constitutional order.” Ethiopian marathon runner

(Nairobi) – Ethiopia plunged into a human rights crisis in 2016, increasing restrictions on basic rights during a state of emergency and continuing a bloody crackdown against largely peaceful protesters, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2017. The state of emergency permits arbitrary detention, restricts access to social media, and bans communications with foreign groups. Security forces killed hundreds and detained

Hawaasni Oromoo Nezerlaand (HON) Muddee 10, 2016 Kora Hawaasaa magaalaa Amistardaamitti geggeeffate. Kora hawaasaa kana irratti gabaasni raawwii hujii fi diinagdee Gumii hawaasaatiin dhiyaateera. Koree Sadeen manguddoos dabalatee, koreeleen biroos gabaasa isaanii dhiyeessanii jiru. Gabaasa koreen dhiyaate irratti hawaasni marii taasiseera. Marii hawaasa irratti akkaataa HON itti cimsuun fi qabsoo biyya keessatti geggeffamaa jiru itti

Onkoloolessa 15, 2016 Hawaasni Oromoo Nezerlaand qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoon Oromiyaa keessatti geggeeffamaa jiru irratti marii badhaa taasise. Mariin kuni kan taasifame magaalaa Amsterdam itti. Oromoonni marii kanarratti argaman kanniin qabsoo irratti wareegaman yaadatani; akkasumas ajjeechaa fi gidiraa mootummaa Woyyaaneetiin lammii isaanii irratti raawwatamaa jiru balaaleffataniiru. ‘Labsii yeroo muddamaa’ jechuudhaan sochii bal’aa ukkaamsaa fi saamichaa Woyyaaneedhaan

Dozens of people have been reportedly crushed to death in Ethiopia in a stampede after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an anti-government protest that grew out of a religious festival. There were conflicting reports of the number killed in Sunday’s stampede in Bishoftu, a town40km southeast of the capital Addis Ababa.