Oromo Festival of Good Spirit (Irreecha Arfaasaa) celebrated @ Bule Hora...
Editor’s Note: Traditionally, Oromos hold two seasonal Irreecha festivals: 1) one is held at the end of September (or beginning of October) at the start of the sunny season and the end of the rainy...
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Editor’s Note: Traditionally, Oromos hold two seasonal Irreecha festivals: 1) one is held at the end of September (or beginning of October) at the start of the sunny season and the end of the rainy...
View ArticleYonatan Tesfaye sentenced to six years in prison under Ethiopia’s...
The online activist Yonatan Tesfaye Regassa was sentenced to six years in prison for speaking against the repression of the Oromo people in Ethiopia; his trial and sentencing were carried out under...
View ArticleAbdii Boruu:- Yaa’ii Hoggansa Oromoo (OLC) fi Gumii Oromiyaa Addunyaa (GGO)
Lamaanuu Oromoo dha, lamaanuu Oromoof, lamaanuu Oromoon uumaman: Rakkoon jiru maali? Abdii Boruutiin* Akkuma beekamu fi namuu hubachuu danda’u yeroo ammaa mooraa QBO keessatti waan haaraa lamatu...
View ArticleAs Dr. Merera Gudina’s next court hearing of June 2 approaches, organization...
On its Twitter account, Scholars At Risk (SAR) – the organization that protects ‘scholars and the freedom to think, question and share ideas’ – has reiterated its call for releasing and dropping the...
View ArticleBaarentuu Gadaa:- Abbootiin Irree Odoo Dhaadatanuu Hallayyaa Bu’u
Baarentuu Gadaa irraa* Abbootin irree baayyeen osoo dhaadatanuu, osoo gaafii ummataa qixa sirriin deebisuurra humnaan ukkaamsuun bara bittaa dheereeffachuuf carraaqanu hallayyaa hin deebine bu’aa...
View Articleየአቋም መግለጫ:- የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ አንድነት ጉባኤ በሲያትል
The following is a statement released at the end of the Ethiopian National Unity Convention in Seattle on May 28/29, 2017. — የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ አንድነት ጉባኤ በሲያትል Ethiopian National Unity Convention in Seattle...
View ArticleThe Qubee Afaan Oromo fiasco: What We Know and What We Don’t Know (via OPride)
(OPride) – A recent report by Ethiopia’s state-run TV Oromiyaa (TVO) on a new primary school curriculum change in the Oromia region has taken the Oromo social media by a storm. It’s now a subject of...
View ArticleAbdii Boruu:- Tartiiba Qubee Afaan Oromoo jijjiiruun waan boba’aa jirurratti...
Abdii Boruutiin* Kaayyoon Qabsoo Bilisummaa Oromoo (QBO) fi warraaqsi biyya keessatti akka ibiddaa boba’aa jiru injifannoolee hanga ammaatti argaman tikfachaa; waan hafe “Abbaa-Biyummaa Oromoo”...
View ArticleMedical Treatment Fund for Oromo Historian Ob. Edao Oda Boru
The following is a fundraising drive for the medical treatment of Oromo Historian Ob. Edao Oda Boru. —– On May 3, 2017, Edao Oda Boru was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, a devastating and deadly...
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