In Ethiopia, anger over corruption and farmland development runs deep
(The Gardian) Despite the government ending plans to build on Oromo land around the capital, clashes continue, as lack of transparency and maladministration fuel dissent
Two years ago, on the edge of Chitu in Ethiopia’s unsettled Oromia region, local officials told Chamara Mamoye his farmland might be developed when the small town expanded. He hasn’t heard anything since.
“Losing the land...
The Making of TPLF’s Paramilitary Death Squad: Agazi Murder Inc. & A Mother’s Tears
By Alem Mamo ,January 16, 2016
"The Pentagon trained Ethiopian forces - including the notorious Agazi special forces unit." - Jeremy Scahill, founding editor of the Intercept, and National Security Correspondent testifying before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on December 9, 2010.
She looks much older than her actual age. One could guess she is sixty or even older. The...
Addis Ababa master plan: Who are the Oromo people, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group?
By Ludovica Iaccino
(ibtime) The Oromo people are Ethiopia's largest ethnic group and their population amounts to more than 25 million (around 35% of Ethiopia's total population). They originated in the Horn of Africa, where they are believed to have lived for millennia.
The Oromo are divided in two main sub-groups. People belonging to the Borana Oromo group mainly inhabit southern...
A. Beyene:- The Oromo Resistance: All Rise, Students Presiding | reflections on what is to be done
By A. Beyene*
Over the recent weeks, the world has been witnessing a rational exuberance of hope filling the political landscape in Oromia, and it is blowing all over Ethiopia. This hope evokes memories of the political excitement of the 1970s. For the younger generation – which was not part of that thrill, the ongoing Oromo resistances offer a prospect for a...
