(February 2, 2010) A number of TPLF soldiers continue to be victimized by the regime's sub national policies, according to seven soldiers who arrived in Eritrea recently. Full Report
Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) Puts Over 15 Invading TPLF-Ethiopian Troops Out of Action Harargee.
(OLF News, January 31, 2010) The hope and shield of the Oromo people, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) Eastern Command reported that our gallant freedom fighters have put over 15 TPLF led “Ethiopian” invading troops out of action on January 21, 2010 in Western Harargee zone. Full Report
HRLHA Press Release: A Region-wide Wave of Violence against Citizens Underway in Ethiopia.
(January 30, 2010) In an attempt to clear and smoothen the road to a victory in another sham election to be held in May, 2010, the TPLF/EPRDF government of Ethiopia has waged a widespread campaign of extra-judicial arrests and imprisonments particularly in the regional state of Oromia, the most populous region in the country. Full Report
SLF: Statements on Upcoming National Election in Ethiopia.
(January 27, 2010) The TPLF regime of Ethiopia is disseminating its well versed propaganda machine about the further coming so called national election in May 2010. As every one is well aware this is not the first time the TPLF has conducted stage managed election since they took power in Ethiopia through the barrel of gun. Full Report
OMRHO e.V/OHRRO Urgent Action: Mass arrest and Imprisonment of Oromos in Ethiopia.
(January 21, 2010) As the Ethiopian national election is approaching, another mass arrest is foiling in various parts of Oromia region. According to OHRRO’s correspondents, right from Oromia, the scale of the mass arrest is an all out action all over the region. Full Report
Traitors shall not determine the Future of the Oromo Liberation Front or the
Destiny of the Oromo Nation.
Statement of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), January 19, 2010) The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) is prompted to issue this statement in response to
misleading information published in the Daily Nation of January 14, 2010 regarding the
defection of Mr. Licho Bukhura and conspirators. Full Statement
Heroic Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) Puts Over 8 Wayyaanee Invading Troops Out of Action in Harargee; One Enemy Commander Taken Prisoner.
(OLF January 16, 2010) The hope and shield of the Oromo people, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) Eastern Command reported that our gallant freedom fighters have engaged the invading TPLF/EPRDF army and put over 8 Wayyaanee [Ethiopian] troops out of action on January 10, 2010 in Eastern Oromia. Full Report
Oromo Opposition Says Would-Be Candidates Arrested
(January 13, 2010) Advocacy for Oromia (AFO) is concerned about the wellbeing of Ob Qinati Abdisa, 50, a regional leader of Ethiopia's Oromo Federal Democratic Movement, who was arrested at his home this month on a weapons possession charge. Full Report
Protest of Oromo Students and the Public Against Woyane and Alamudi Company Continued in Guji Zone of Oromia.
(OLF News, January 13, 2010) Our correspondents reported that the protest of the Oromo people against the exploitation of mineral resources by Alamudi and Co orchestrated by the TPLF regime is still continuing in Guji and Borana zones of Oromia. Full Report
The Meles Zenawi's regime is selling lands while starving the Oromo people.
(January 7, 2010) The Oromo land grab, as we are gradually learning now, is such a huge undertaking, which according to various sources, involves millions of acres of fertile land, nearly the size of Belgium. The land for sale is spread across all parts of the region. Interestingly, this is being done in the dark, without a minimal of discussion. Full Report
Political nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and governmental companies in Ethiopia.
(January 1, 2010) Ethiopia is one of the 20 poorest countries in the world that directly depends on foreign aids. It requires multi dimensional humanitarian assistances of Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) because it is not at level of self-sufficient to fight and win poverty. Full Report
HRLHA Press Release: Refugees Poisoned to Death In Puntland, Somalia.
(December 20, 2009) According to information obtained by HRLHA from its correspondents in Bosasso, the poison was added to their food that they were cooking for their lunch in the kitchen on the work site. The four refugees died instantly after they consumed the poisoned food. Full Report
Sweden minister speaks on freedom of expression in Ethiopia.
(December 19, 2009) Freedom of expression is increasingly being limited in Ethiopia. The Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Gunilla Carlsson, has said. Full Report
Oromo in Europe demonstrate outside the UN climate change conference.
(December 18, 2009) Protestors from the Oromo communties in Europe demonstrate outside the UN climate change conference on December 17, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Full Report
Poisonous food kills 4 Oromos in Bosaso town.
(December 15, 2009) At least four Oromos have been killed in the port town of Bosaso after they ate a poisonous food in the town in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Sunday, Dec 12, 2009. Full Report
OSA: Open Letter to 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
(December 12, 2009) I am writing this open letter on behalf of the Oromo Studies Association (OSA), a scholarly, multi-disciplinary, nonprofit organization, established to promote studies on and relevant to the Oromo people residing in East Africa, mainly in Ethiopia. Full Report
HRLHA Press Release: Victimization of Refugees Continues in Puntland.
(December 12, 2009) According to documents obtained by HRLHA from its reporters in Bosaso, Puntland, a refugee has been killed and twenty six others injured on December 1st 2009 at around 7:30 PM with what was believed to have been a hand grenade thrown by unidentified group of people. Full Report
Ethiopia: OSA Appeal on the Reported Killings of Oromo Immigrants in Bossaso, Puntland.
(December 9, 2009) The Oromo Studies Association, OSA appeals to the UNHCR, all UN member nations, humanitarian, governmental and non-governmental organizations to put necessary pressure on the Puntland and Somalian authorities to protect the life of refugees in their respective territories. Full Report
Ethiopian-Govt Sponsored Terrorist Attack on Oromo Refugees in Puntland.
(December 6, 2009) A huge explosion which rocked Puntland's commercial capital Bosasso on Tuesday evening killed at least 2 people and wounded 25 others mostly Ethiopians, residents and hospital sources told Newstime Africa. Residents who were reached for comment by this press said that unidentified assailants in a small car threw a hand grenade at a cinema in the city center where people mostly from Oromo community of Ethiopia were watching film. Full Report
Demonstration in Opposition to the Unjust Representation of Meles Zenawi On COP 15 United Nations Global Climate Change Conference at Copenhagen, Denmark.
(December 5, 2009) The dictator and human right violator Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is one of the most repressive dictators and violators of human rights in Africa! He has, also, the worst environmental degradation records during his regime. Full Report
Ethiopia’s despot goes hunting for billions in Copenhagen.
(December 4, 2009) A mind-boggling usurpation of moral authority at the highest global level is set to unfold at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia and one of the world's worst dictators, is preparing to use that global platform to scold other nations for their irresponsible energy policies - and to demand hundreds of billions of dollars for African nations to compensate for global warming damage done to the continent. Full Report
The Oromo Farm Land Deals between the TPLF/EPRDF Tyrannical Regime and the Third
Parties is Null and Void
Statement of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), November 29, 2009 As the Oromo Liberation Front has repeatedly stressed, the current Ethiopian regime has, since it came to
power in 1991, dispossessed, displaced, and disenfranchised tens of thousands of the Oromo people.
TPLF’s policies of dispossession and marginalization of the Oromo nation have remained at the root of
today’s underdevelopment and the spectacle of mass starvation that has been witnessed throughout
Oromia in recent years. Full Statement
A banking system under corrupt regime on the boil
(November 29, 2009) Since the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power in Addis Ababa almost two decades ago, the local private banks have grown like mushrooms, protected by the ban on foreign banks from opening up shop in Ethiopia. Full Report
Famine cover up: Meles accused of 'burying his head in the sand'
(November 21, 2009)
In the next few months 6.2 million Ethiopians will need food aid, the United Nations will warn this week. But the country seems reluctant to admit to the rest of the world that it needs help. There have been claims that official assessments of the scale of the country’s humanitarian needs have been delayed and obstructed and access to some areas has been blocked. Full Report
At Least 5 Arrested and Under Severe Torture in Eastern Wollega, Ebantuu District
(OLF News, November 18, 2009) The brutal Wayyaanee regime, who is engaged in intensifying the arrest of Oromo nationalists all over Oromia, has arrested and is severely torturing at least 5 Oromos from Eastern Wollega zone, Ebantuu district (woreda), Qeelloo town. Full Report
Commemorating November 09, 2005: The Day “Revolt Against Subjugation” was Lit in Oromia
(November 11, 2009) This week Oromo nationalists in Oromia and around the globe commemorate the popular student uprising known as Fincila Diddaa Gabrummaa (meaning “Revolt Against Subjugation”) that suddenly broke out on November 09, 2005 following the failed Ethiopian election of 2005 in which the Oromo was denied any meaningful representation. Full Report
Ethiopia opposition says nearly 450 members jailed
(November 9, 2009) Ethiopian opposition parties say nearly 450 of their members have been jailed to stop them running as candidates in national elections in May next year. Documents given to Reuters by four opposition parties listed the prisoners' names, the dates on which they were arrested and the jails in which they were being held. Full Report
(November 7, 2009) Journalist Nebiat Gebissa, who worked in the state-owned Ethiopia radio and television Agency (ERTA), witnesse government’s crackdown on the mass media, rampant corruption and the ongoing human right abuses in Ethiopia. Two decades in power, the government of Meles Zenawi has incarcerated more journalists than any other country in the world. Full Report
Heroic OLA Fighters Killed 5 and Wounded More than 7 Enemy Troops in Arsii Zone
(OLF News, October 31, 2009) A report OLF News received from Oromia revealed that the heroic Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) freedom fighters operating in Arsii zone have killed 5 invading TPLF led government troops and wounded more than 7 others in Sheeruu district (Woreda) at a place called Seeruu Abbaasii. Full Report
ETHIOPIA: Member of Parliament Mr. Belete Etana Disassa Defects, Exposes Human Rights Violations and Corruption
(October 30, 2009) To introduce myself, I am MP and D/chairman of Public Account
Standing Committee (PAC) of the House of People`s Representatives of
Ethiopia, elected as a representatives of Oromo People`s Democratic
Organization (OPDO) from Limu Kossa District, Jimma zone, Oromia
region. Full Report
Letter adressed to EU, Belgian Government and ICC By the Chairman of Oromo Parliamentarians Council
(October 28, 2009) I am writing to bring to you attention the irresponsible act of the Belgian government in hosting the dictator Meles Zenawi here in Belgium as of 24th of October in – St. Lucas Hospital in Brussels. On behalf of the 86 Million Oromo and other Ethiopian nations, who are suffering under brutal and dictatorial regime of Meles Zenawi, we condemn this act of soft diplomacy and relationship. Full Report
The plights of Oromo and Somali Refugees in Yemen.
(October 26, 2009) Hundreds of Oromos and Somalis from Ethiopia and Somalia, who fled their respective countries due to political unrests, are currently facing very harsh situations including forced labour and extrajudicial imprisonment. Full Report
OLA Freedom Fighters Made Over 8 TPLF Troops Out of Action.
(OLF News, October 21, 2009)The hope and shield of the Oromo people, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), Eastern Command, reported that our gallant freedom fighters have put over 8 Wayyaanee [Ethiopian] invading troops out of action on October 11, 2009 in Eastern Oromia, Eastern Harargee Zone, in the district of Daaroo Labuu around Laga Waabee at a place called Malkaa Dullachaa, killing 5 enemy troops and wounding at least 3.... Full Report
Millions Celebrated Irreechaa (Oromo Thanksgiving) At Arsadii Lake, Bushooftuu, Oromia: Religious Leaders Denied Stage by The TPLF Regime..
(OLF News, October 11, 2009) This year’s irreechaa (Oromo thanksgiving) celebration at Lake Arsadii, located near Bushooftuu town of the Eastern Shoa zone of Oromia, have attracted close to three million people, OLF News correspondents who participated in the celebration reported from Finfinnee (Addis Ababa). Full Report
State Terrorism and Indiscriminate Arrest of the TPLF Regime Will not Stop the Just Struggle of the Oromo People..
Statement of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), October 3, 2009 Beginning from the very foundation of the Ethiopian Empire, its rulers have been doing every thing in their power to suppress the struggle of the subjugated people of the south such as Oromo, Sidama, Somali, Afar, Walayita, Hadiya, to regain their God given right and to forcefully silence their opposition to their brutal rule Full Statement
Two Rising Star Oromo Artists, Dirribee Gadaa and Haacaaluu Hundasaa Abducted and Under Severe Torture.
(OLF News, October 3, 2009): OLF News correspondents reported from Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) that two young Oromo rising stars whose songs have been extremely popular among the Oromo population, male artist Haacaaluu Hundasaa and female artist Dirribee Gadaa, have been abducted by the Tigrean led Ethiopian government armed personnel on September 15, 2009 and reportedly taken to the notorious so called Ma’ikelawi prison and are under severe torture for allegedly “glorifying Oromo fighters by singing”. Full Report
Woyanes’ Campaign of arrest Continues Unabated: 3 Oromos From Finfinnee (Addis Ababa), 2 From Fantallee abducted.
(OLF News, September 29, 2009) OLF News correspondents reported from Finfinnee Addis Ababa that the following Oromos who are members of the same family have been abducted and put into jail with out court order or due process of law in the capital of Ethiopia Finfinnee (Addis Ababa). Full Report
Professor Asmerom Legesse Received an Honorary Award From OLF.
(OLF News, September 28, 2009) Professor Asmerom Leggesse, a scholar who spent his life time studying about the Oromo Gadaa system and Oromo history and made known to the entire world have been given an honorary award from OLF. The award was given in a special dinner ceremony prepared for this event on September 20, 2009 at the OLF main office in the Eritrean Capital, Asmara . Full Report
Two decades of TPLF/EPRDF’s bad governance: Education system in Oromia continues to deteriorate.
(September 18, 2009) This is a type of blackboard most schools in Oromia are using in the learning-teaching process. Now schools are just opening but such blackboard is going to serve again for more years until it gets 1 inch by 1 inch in size! Unfortunately, this is when the Oromia Government Education Bureau is bluffing for education coverage of over 100%. Full Report
At Least 3 Oromos in Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) and 1 in Bakkoo Tibbee Arrested Under the Usual Pretext of Supporting OLF.
(OLF News, September 14, 2009) Several innocent Oromo nationalists have been apprehended from their homes in Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) by the current Ethiopian regime’s armed forces under the pretext of “organizing OLF cells” in the capital and in Oromia at large. Full Report
Afar People’s Party (APP) denounces illegal land grabbing and Woyane monopolized investments in Afar region of Ethiopia.
(September 14, 2009) The evacuation of the fertile Awash Valley from its pastoralist inhabitants for state owned agriculture started in 1960s, continued through the dergue regime and is getting worst during the current tribal junta of Woyane. Full Report
At Least 4 Arrested in Western Shoa Zone for Refusing to be OPDO Members; Three Oromo Political Prisoners Under Severe Torture.
(OLF News, September 8, 2009) Our correspondents in Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) reported that several Oromos continue to be arrested, expelled from their job, denied job and higher education opportunity. Full Report
US student's first day follows detention in Oromia
(September 5, 2009) UW sophomore Rory Linnane said after teaching children English at a school in the village of Haramaya for three weeks, armed men arrived at her host home and took her into custody, without explanation (Video included). Full Report
An alarmingly wider expansion of AWD/Cholera outbreak reported on WASH ETF meeting of August 27, 2009
(September 4, 2009) The August 27, 2009, WASH ETF meeting was predominated by a distressing report presented by UNICEF on current AWD/Cholera epidemic that is alarmingly expanding both in terms of caseload and its geographic spread out. Herein below the details are presented. Full Report
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(August 31, 2009) The Oromo and Ogaden Canadian communities in Ontario recently celebrated the start of the
Muslim holy month of Ramadan with a wonderful dinner. This dinner was hosted by the
Oromo community members in Toronto. Many high ranking members of both communities attended the dinner. Afterwards, the two communities held a long discussion that lasted into
the early morning concerned mainly about the affairs of the two Canadian communities. Full Report
Meles Zenawi's tyrannical government exerts absolute control over education and employment in Ethiopia.
(August 31, 2009) Into a dreary and cold small Southern village in Kembata a young man was posted as a teacher in a local government school. Those were the dark days of fear under a Marxist military government. Everybody received the party newspaper, Serto Ader, and pretended that they loved it. Full Report
Heroic OLA Freedom Fighters Killed 13 and Wounded more than 5 Invading Wayyaanee Troops.
(OLF News, August 27, 2009) A report OLF News received from Eastern Oromia revealed that the heroic Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) freedom fighters operating in Western Harargee have killed 13 invading TPLF led government troops and wounded more than 5 others in two-day operations. Full Report
Captured in Ethiopia: An American nightmare.
(August 26, 2009) OA UW-Madison sophomore recounts her experience being detained and deported from her host country of Ethiopia. “Why?” I demanded. No response. "Oh, right, I thought, authorities in Ethiopia don’t respond to that question. I learned it was dangerous to question their government. Any time I tried to discuss politics in a public place I was quickly hushed". Full Report
Wayyaanee troops Harassing, abducting and Torturing Oromo People in Arsii.
(OLF News, August 18, 2009) Our correspondents in Arsii zone reported that Wayyaanee-Ethiopian armed militias have been harassing the Oromo population in the districts of Xiyyoo, Digaluu, Xijjoo, and Muneessaa while at the same time disarming the entire Oromo population. Full Report
Ethiopia’s new famine: ‘A ticking time bomb’, 14 Million Starving Under Zenawi's Dictatorial Rule.
(August 17, 2009) Close to 14 million Ethiopians — 20% of the country's total population — now have difficulty finding enough to eat, including, according to UNICEF, 62,000 children under five in the worst-affected areas who received treatment for severe acute malnutrition during the first half of 2009. Full Report
Cholera Outbreak Out of Control in Several Zones of Oromia: Hundreds Perished, While Wayyaanee Denied Access to the Affected Areas.
(OLF News, August 16, 2009) Reports we received from different zones of Oromia revealed that a cholera epidemic is killing hundreds of people. Full Report
TPLF Military’s Massive Search Operation of OLA Targeted Civilians in Western Harargee.
(OLF News, August 13, 2009) A report we received from Eastern Oromia, Western Harargee zone revealed that the Wayyaanee troops of the area, being angry at the defensive military action the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has taken on their army. Full Report
Cholera and Severe Acute Malnutrition are ravaging people in Oromia.
(August 8, 2009) According to information obtained from the affected zones and districts of Oromia both AWD (Cholera) and SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition) are ravaging people still to date. Unfortunately, lack of attention for the problem, control, treatment and interventions are exacerbating the problem. Full Report
Heroic Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) Made Over 25 Wayyaanee Invading Troops Out of Action.
(OLF News, August 6, 2009) The hope and shield of the Oromo people, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) Eastern Command, reported that our gallant OLA freedom fighters have put over 25 TPLF led [Ethiopian] invading troops out of action in Eastern Oromia, Western Harargee Zone. Full Report
Mass Arrest and Imprisonment of Oromos is Continued in the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa.
(August 1, 2009) According to documents obtained by the HRLHA from its informants in Addis Ababa, another wave of arrest and imprisonment that has targeted prominent Oromo intellectuals, students and businessmen is going on in different parts of the regional state of Oromia, including the Capital Addis Ababa. Full Report
Ethiopia-gate: The aid-to-arms diversion scandal in the Horn of Africa.
(July 31, 2009) Ethiopia is the largest recipient of aid in sub-Saharan Africa, receiving up to 90 percent some years; with millions starving and tens of millions more just surviving, has spent at least $20 billion on its military since 1999. Full Report
Relief food dispatched for Borana Zone sold on the way before reaching the needy population.
(July 29, 2009) Thousands of sacks of food aid were being diverted from starving people and openly sold for profit by the TPLF's corrupt government. Full Report
HRLHA: Voice of the Voiceless from Behind the Bar
(July 26, 2009) The majority of Ethiopians have been living in fear under a very harsh suppression with little hope of freedom and stable life in the near future. Especially in the last seventeen years, for most Ethiopians, the country has literally been turned into unofficial and open prison. People from all walks of life, age group and gender have been victimized. Full Report
Tyrant Meles Zenawi suspends 42 NGOs as hunger worsens.
CIVICUS condemns suspension of 42 NGOs
(July 25, 2009) Ethiopian authorities have suspended the operations of 42 non-governmental organisations allegedly involved in activities that are “out of their mandate” in the Southern region of the country. Full Report
Meles Zenawi’s dictatorial regime hit by wave of defections.
(July 22, 2009) A total of 3 defecting Ethiopian soldiers who arrived recently in Eritrea opposing the TPLF regime’s racist policy said that the regime is increasingly taking harsh measures against members of the country’s Army. Full Report
Two decades of TPLF’s government mismanagement has dried up Lake Haramaya.
(July 18, 2009) Why did Lake Haramaya dry? The reasons include: lack of good development policy to manage and care of the lake and its resources. Lack of Natural Resources conservation and management strategies and interventions. Full Report
Oromia: Flora Eco Industry falls into Bankrupcy in East Hararghe.
(July 16, 2009) Flora Eco Industry in Fadis District of East Hararghe zone of Oromia falls into bankrupcy and closes its door. The project has lain off its entire staff and many are suffering from hunger along their families, while TPLF-owned enterprises enjoy preferential access to contracts, capital, physical infrastructure and administrative services, tax breaks and other politically motivated and privileged supports. Full Report
TPLF Plc. – Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.
(July 14, 2009) This is a glimpse into the inner workings of the TPLF Plc. - how the machinery has increasingly evolved into a business empire, corrupted by the convenience of power; lubricated by the decadent slogan that this is our historic moment to prosper and the reckless greed that breeds more insatiable and bottomless want. Full Report
TPLF Orchestrated Conflict Continues in Ethiopia: This time Between Oromo with Somali Issa and Gumuz.
(OLF News, July 12, 2009) Our sources from eastern Oromia reported that a conflict concocted by TPLF-EPRDF cadres between the neighboring Oromos and Somali Issas has taken at least one person’s life and damaged a considerable amount of property. Full Report
Major Parts of Ethiopian Plunge into Darkeness due to Dictator Meles Zenawi Irresponsible and a Corrupt Rule.
(July 12, 2009) The power shortage in Ethiopia is affecting many areas of service.Addis Ababa and large urban centers experience blackouts for three or four nights a weeks. Full Report
Food Security Update: The food security situation in most areas in East and West Hararghe zones (Oromiya) is of concern.
(July 11, 2009) According to the preliminary findings of the national needs assessment, the food security situation in belgproducing areas is of concern. The 2009 belg crop production is much below average, with approximately 70 to 90 per cent crop loss in some areas. Full Report
Press Release: New Anti-Terrorism Proclamation Jeopardizes Freedom of Expression
(July 8, 2009)Reacting to the news that the Ethiopian Parliament run by TPLF has today passed an Anti-Terror Proclamation in Ethiopia, Amnesty International warns that the law could restrict freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and the right to fair trial, with serious implications in the run up to Ethiopia’s 2010 parliamentary election. Full Report
There Is No EPRDF, There Is Only TPLF
(July 6, 2009)
Ethiopians don’t require anymore testimony to know what Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is and what it is really standing for. No one is interested to any further extent to be clued-up about EPRDF. The reason is – there is no EPRDF in reality; there is only a Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF). Full Report
Ethiopia under Zenawi regime ranks 16 on Failed States Index 2009
(July 1, 2009) According to the Failed States Index 2009, Ethiopia is the 16th most failed state in the world; Ethiopia’s rank is worse than that of North Korea, where a tyrant rules with unflinching military dictatorship. The Index is a collaboration between Foreign Policy and The Fund for Peace; the Index is intended to highlight states that pose global security threats or bring tragedies for their own people. Full Report
Severe Acute Malnutrition in Hararghe zones, Oromia.
(June 30, 2009) The spectre of massive enforced starvation is looming over Oromia Region as Dictator Meles Zenawi 's regime unleashes a sinister new tactic to help him cling to power in the 2010 election , in less than a year time. Full Report
Famine, Drought, and Lack of Drinking Water Killing Women and Children in Several Zones of Oromia.
(OLF News, June 27, 2009) Severe famine, drought, and shortage of drinking water is killing several people, especially women and children in several zones of Oromia, particularly in the low lands of Harargee and Baalee zones, our correspondents reported from the area. Full Report
Several Hundreds of Oromo Prisoners in Ambo and over 1600 others in Ciroo town Starving.
(OLF News, June 21, 2009) Several hundreds of Oromo prisoners in Ambo town of Western Shoa zone and more than 1600 other Oromo prisoners in Ciro prison of Western Haragee zone are reportedly severely starving due to lack of food in the two prisons. Full Report
A NEW FORM OF GENOCIDE: The TPLF regime blocks food supply as millions go hungry.
(June 17,2009) The TPLF regime has put a restriction on TPLF-owned trucks with food supplies and prioritized trucks of fertilizers into the country as nine million Ethiopians face hunger and three months of starvation. Full Report
OLF Chairman Mr. Daud Ibsaa Discussed with Oromo Community in Europe.
(OLF News, June 12,2009) A seminar organized by the Executive Committee of OLF in Europe was held in Europe, Belgium, in the city of Antwerpen on May 23, 2009, and a public meeting of the Oromo community organized in Norway. Full Report
HRLHA Press Release: The Fate of Oromo Refugees in Yemen.
(June 10, 2009) About four hundred (400) Oromo refugees, who recently arrived in Yemen from east African countries of Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland and Punt land by sea, are facing very harsh treatments in the hands of the armed forces of the Yemeni Government. Full Report
The TPLF Regime Denied Oromo Farmers Selected Seeds.
(OLF News,June 8, 2009) Our correspondent reported from Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) that the current TPLF regime denied Oromo farmers of Western Shoa zone, Bakkoo Tibbee district, distribution of selected seeds. Full Report
Oromo students in Arsi imprisoned for protesting Govt holiday.
(June 7, 2009) Mostly Oromo and other Ethiopian students protesting against a government holiday reportedly have remained in prison for days. According to JT sources, the Oromo students in several schools in Arsi province of Ethiopia's Oromia state were detained for demonstrating against the Ginbot 20 holiday. Full Report
European bank withdraws funding from Ethiopia’s dam.
(June 6, 2009) The European Investment Bank has decided to pull back its funding for Ethiopia’s hydropower dam following pressure calls by environmentalists that the Gibe 3 Dam threatens the food security and local economies that support more than half a million people in Southwest Ethiopia. Full Report
Over 3000 Oromo University Students of Hawasa University Staged a Peaceful Protest Against the Meles Zenawi Regime.
(OLF News, June 5, 2009) According to a preliminary report we received from Finfinnee (Addis Ababa), over 3000 Oromo students of Hawasa University staged a protest against the TPLF regime yesterday, June 4, 2009. Full Report
A Press Release Ogaden National Liberation Front. Oil Exploration in the
Ogaden
(June 04, 2009) The Ogaden National Liberation Front has ascertained that certain
multinational Oil corporations are intent on exploiting Ogaden fossil
fuel resources in alliance with the current Ethiopian regime that is
committing genocide and War Crimes in Ogaden. Full Report
TPLF’s idea for the Afar region
(June 04, 2009) The Ethiopian ruling coalition is urging for several political parties
in the Afar Regional State to merge. Those concerned are for from
enthusiastic. Full Report
29,750 Displaced by TPLF Invented Oromo-Sidama Conflict
(OLF News, June 03, 2009) Our correspondent from Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) reported that more than 29,750 people have been internally displaced by the conflict between Gujii Oromo and Sidama ethno-national groups that OLF News reported on May 31, 2009. Full Report
Oromo Students of Hara Maya University Commemorated “Ginbot 20” with Grief and Sorrow
(OLF News, June 02, 2009) Our correspondent from Eastern Oromia reported that the gallant Oromo students of Hara Maya university commemorated “Ginbot 20” (May 28, 2009) with grief and sorrow, contrary to the wishes of the TPLF dominated regime. Full Report
ENDGAME: Gone are the days when African tyrants were being treated as partners in the "war on terror."
(June 1, 2009) For the first time in decades, the U.S. government has decided to explicitly link human rights abuses in Ethiopia to its military aid program. H.R. 1105 prohibits funds for military training or equipment to dictatorial regimes that engage in gross and consistent human rights abuses. Full Report
100 People Dead by Wayyaanee-made Conflict Between Gujii Oromos and Sidamas.
(OLF News, May 31, 2009) OLF News Correspondent reported from Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) that once again Wayyaanee orchestrated a conflict between Oromos and other ethno-national groups, this time between Oromos and Sidamas. Full Report
Another TPLF Invented Conflict Between Afar and Karrayyuu Oromo: 21 Dead From Both Sides.
(OLF News, May 29, 2009) OLF news correspondent reported from Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) that another conflict, between Afar and Karrayyuu Oromo ethno-national groups, orchestrated by the cadres of the Tigrai dominated illegitimate regime of Meles Zenawi have taken 21 lives. Full Report
Wind of protest in the army: Ethiopian soldiers and officers based in the east of the country are accusing their hierarchy of discrimination.
(May 29, 2009) According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, the complaints by soldiers and officers based in Harar and Jijiga have reached the ears of their high command. Their accusations concern various forms of discrimination. Full Report
Oromo Appeal Letter: Call for Action Against Abuse of Human Rights in Ethiopia.
(May 29, 2009) On 21 May 1991 President Mengistu fled Addis Ababa, effectively ending the Ethiopian Civil War and bringing the prospect of peace to millions of Ethiopians. But almost a decade later, the lives of Ethiopians of all nationalities remain blighted by a government that, led by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, continues to suppress the basic freedoms of its citizens. Full Report
Case Study Two: Flower Farming in Ethiopia.
(May 28, 2009) Arid plains and barren landscapes have for a long time shaped the image of Ethiopia, yet today, bright blooms of roses, carnations, shrubs, summer flowers and trees blanket large swathes of Oromia region, protected under the glass sheets of large green houses. Full Report
Case Study One: The Destruction of Lake Koka.
(May 26, 2009) Less than 100 kilometres from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia lies Lake Koka - an expanse of freshwater that supports the lives of over 15,000 people. For centuries it has provided Ethiopian families with a source of clean drinking water. Full Report
TPLF Reportedly on an Extensive Training of New Spies or “Intelligence Personnel”.
(OLF News, May 25, 2009) According to the information OLF News has received from inside sources, the Wayyaanee-Ethiopian regime is on an intensive training of new spies recruited from daily laborers. Full Report
TPLF Tightening the Full Control of the “Ethiopian Defense Forces”: 18 of the 21 Key Commanders are now Tigreans.
(OLF News, May 24, 2009) According to our sources from inside of the Woyane army, the Tigray dominated Woyane regime is taking the full control of the so called “Ethiopian Defense Forces” more than any other time seen before. Full Report
Oromo Youth Celebrate Youth Appreciation Day
(May 24, 2009)The Oromo youth appreciation day at the Lawrence Hieghts Community Centre was organized by Oromo youth in collaboration with Biftu Ganama & Gadaa Oromia in Toronto.Full Report
“REVIEW YOUR AID TO ETHIOPIA” A MESSAGE FROM OROMO ACTIVISTS TO EUROPEAN DECISIONMAKERS
(May 23, 2009) Oromo activistsfrom across Europe converged on Brussels to raise international awareness of the ongoing human rights abuses being perpetrated in Ethiopia under the administration of Dictator Meles Zenawi. Full Report
Oromo from across Europe converge on Brussels and call to stop aid to Ethiopia’s repressive regime
(May 22, 2009) A call to place aid to Ethiopia under greater scrutiny and to bring pressure to bear on Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to ensure the respect of human rights in Ethiopia has brought Oromo from all over Europe onto the streets of Brussels. Full Report
TPLF Orchestrated Conflict Between Oromo and Afar: 14 Killed, More than 18 Others Wounded
(OLF News, May 20, 2009) OLF News correspondents from Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) reported that the TPLF Ethiopian regime, which follows an evil policy of divide-and-rule, concocted another conflict between Eastern Shoa Oromo, Afar and Argobba ethno-national groups. Full Report
An Oromo national Killed in Eastern Harargee by a Local Administrator
(OLF News, May 19, 2009) OLF News correspondent from Eastern Harargee reported that on May 11, 2009 a Woyyaanee agent and so called administrator whose name is Ahmed Ali killed an Oromo nationalist Sheik Ahmed under a well known pre-text of supporting OLF and asking him to reveal his weapon which the regime alleged that Sheik Ahmed was hiding. Full Report
REMINDER:Oromo demonstration to urge for greater action against human rights abuses and environmental degradation in Ethiopia
(May 19, 2009) In two days Oromos who have fled Ethiopia will bring to the heart of Europe an
appeal for the United State, United Kingdom, and European Union to present a united front and urge the
Ethiopian government to protect the country’s environment and the human rights of its citizens from
irresponsible corporate activity. Full Report
Ethiopia’s new climate of fear
(May 19, 2009) Despite the generosity of the European Union, United States and other major donors, Ethiopia is ruled by an authoritarian government with virtual impunity. Full Report
Adding (More) Insult to Injury - The TPLF Regime calls U.S. human rights report “lies”
‘We stand by our report’ - Donald Yamamoto
(May 18, 2009) Ethiopia rejected on Monday a U.S. government human rights report published in February that accused security forces in the Horn of Africa nation of politically motivated killings. Full Report
Extended Torture of the TPLF Regime Killed two Oromo Nationals in Eastern Harargee
(OLF News, May 17, 2009) OLF News correspondents from Eastern Oromia reported that two Oromo nationals in Eastern Harargee zone, lost their lives due to a severe illness inflicted on them by an extended torture in the TPLF-Ethiopian prison for allegedly supporting OLF. Full Report
The Ethiopian Woyane Regime Violating the Citizens Privacy, A Former Telecommunications Corporation Operator Exposed.
(OLF News, May 12, 2009) OLF News correspondent reported that the current TPLF regime is constantly engaged in violating the right of citizens’ privacy by illegally recording telephone calls. Full Report
The TPLF Regime Drags Ethiopia into a Grave Economic Crisis.
(May 12, 2009) After tightening the screws on the opposition ahead of the 2010 general election, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi now wants to bring to heel any private operators who do not apply his directives to the letter. The fact is there are dark clouds looming on the country’s economic horizon. Full Report
The fascist Regime of Meles Zenawi is trying to defy and ignore the human rights concerns the US state department raises in its annual reports.
(May 7, 2009) The state controlled Ethiopian Television (ETV) is mounting series of attacks on the US state department and The NY- based Human Rights Watch. The paranoid Meles Zenawi regime, also labeled as the genocidal dictator who butchered thousands of Ethiopians and Somali citizens, is attacking the US State Department Report. Full Report
OSA Letter on Pollution of Lake Koka
(May 4, 2009) The Pollution of Lake Koka of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia is an unfolding environmental tragedy with significant human consequences, particularly for the surrounding Oromo community. Full Report
UN official backs probe of Somalia abuses by Meles Zenawi's regime.
(May 3, 2009) A United Nations official said on Friday an international commission of inquiry should be set up to investigate war crimes he said had been committed in Somalia. Full Report
Open Letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown from The Oromo Community in UK
(May 1, 2009) We the Oromo Community in UK are writing this letter to bring to your attention once again the unprecedented and continuous human and material tragedy the Oromo People have been facing over the past 20 years under the incumbent minority ruled TPLF government. Full Report
(UNHCR) World Report 2009: War Crimes and Other Abuses by Ethiopian Military Forces
(April 30, 2009) The Ethiopian government's human rights record remains poor, marked by
an ever-hardening intolerance towards meaningful political dissent or
independent criticism.Ethiopian government officials
regularly subject government critics or perceived opponents to
harassment, arrest, and even torture, often reflexively accusing them of
membership in "anti-peace" or "anti-people" organizations. Full Report
Press Release: Oromo call for Justice in Ethiopia and the
Bringing To Account of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
(April 27, 2009) Democracy, justice and pluralism remained illusory in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian
Government, led by the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) continues to intimidate opposition parties
and civil society whilst muzzling a mass media that as a result is neither free nor fair. Full Report
The Ethiopian Ambassador to London flunks at G20
(April 25, 2009) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is particularly annoyed with his country’s Ambassador to the UK, Berhanu Kebede, following the demonstrations against his coming to London for the G20 summit. According to some reports the PM almost insulted the Ambassador. Full Report
Oromo youth protest in Washington, D.C.
(April 24, 2009) According to VOA’s Horn of African Service, Oromo youth from schools and colleges around the United States, some dressed in traditional country clothes, stood in the rain outside the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Meles administration on Monday. Full Report
More Ethiopian official and soldiers defect to Eritrea.
(April 22, 2009) Defecting Ethiopian soldiers who arrived in Eritrea recently disclosed that the TPLF regime's divisive ploys and atrocities against Army members on the basis of ethnic origin is intensifying with each passing day. Full Report
The Oromo Community Organization's reminder to take part in peaceful demonstration with IOYA
(April 19, 2009) The peaceful demonstration organized by the International Oromo Youth Association is today, Monday, April 20. It begins exactly at 10:00 AM at the U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20037 with a final destination being the State Capitol. Full Report
Oromo Journalist Nuhamiin Biqila Yadataa exiled to UK
(April 18, 2009) Nuhamiin Biqila Yadataa Known VOA journalist exiled to UK after suffering under Ethiopian security forces. Nuhamiin Biqilaa was targeted by Ethiopia Government because of her fact based report which was exposing the dictator government human rights abuses. Full Report
An Oromo Student Expelled from Gondar University; Abducted and his Where about Unknown
(OLF News,April 12, 2009) OLF News correspondent reported from Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) that a second year student of geography whose name is Tasew Tabor Goobaa was expelled from the Gondar university by the Wayyaanee cadres. Full Report
Genocide Watch pushing for justice in Ethiopia
(April 8, 2009) President of Genocide Watch, Dr Gregory Stanton, told Deutsche Welle and VOA that his appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate atrocities in Ethiopia had received sincere attention. In an interview Dr Stanton gave to both stations, he asserted that there was substantial evidence against the regime that proves that it committed genocide and atrocities. Full Report
Dictator Zenawi appoints his wife CEO of giant business chain
(April 7, 2009) Meles Zenawi and his wife, Azeb Mesfin, control the never-audited, secretly-held multi-billion-dollar conglomerate in the country, (EFFORT) a conglomerate consisting of over 60 companies. Full Report
Oromo and Ogaden Nationalists protested against Ethiopian Dictator in London
(April 3, 2009) The Oromo and the Ogaden protested during the G20 summit in London against the attendance of Ethiopian Genocide Minister Meles Zenawi on Thursday, 2 April 2009. They demanded the G-20 countries to stop financing the brutal dictatorship in Ethiopia. the Oromo and Ogaden peacefull protesters got large media coverage by all Western media outlets such as the BBC, CNN, ABC, CBC and many other European and Arab medias (Watch the Video). Full Report
Oromo Protest against Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi at the G20 Summit
(April 2, 2009) The BBC reported that demonstrators have gathered near the G20 Summit venue in London’s Docklands for a second day of protests. Among them were members of Oromo Community in the UK in support of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and against human rights violations by the regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. The Oromo community in UK opposes the invitation of dictator Meles Zenawi to the G20 summit, atrocities caused by his leadership to the Oromo and other people of the Ethiopian empire.(Watch the Video). Full Report
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Godina Haragee Bahaa Ona Baddannoo keessatti yeroo dheeraf ilmaan Oromoo diina ajjeesisaa fi hiisisaa kan ture Lukkee Wayyaanee irratti tarkaanfiin fudhatame.
Understand the undemocratic nature of the Ethiopian regime 
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(OLF News, September 28, 2009) Professor Asmerom Leggesse, a scholar who spent his life time studying about the Oromo Gadaa system and Oromo history and made known to the entire world have been given an honorary award from OLF. The award was given in a special dinner ceremony prepared for this event on September 20, 2009 at the OLF main office in the Eritrean Capital, Asmara .
(Madda Oduu ABO/MOA/Onkoloolessa 18,2009) Walgahii Kora ABO Kutaa UK Onkololeessa 17, 2009 Magaalaa Londontti geggeeffame irratti miseensotni ABO Konyaa London, Konyaa Yorkshire fi Konyaa Brighton akkasummas deggartootni London fi naannoo UK kaan irraa argamaniiru. 
(Madda Oduu ABO/MOA/Onkoloolessa 16,2009) Barana yeroo sadaffaaf kan geggeeffamu dorgoommiin mata duree ‘Run For Oromia’ yookiin ‘Oromiyaaf Fiigi’ jedhuun beekamu kun Dilbata dhufu Onkoloolessa 17, 2009 magaalaa Miniyaapooliis bakka Lake Nokormis jedhamutti akka raaw’atamu gabaafameera. 
