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EthioClips - Alebsise Sabawiyan Ormomo Ethiopian Music

published 3 days, 4 hours, 28 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 3 days, 4 hours, 28 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 6:27:40 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 6:27:18 AM GMT
Alebsise Sabawiyan Ormomo Ethiopian Music (more)
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Ethiopia says over 100 Oromo rebels lay down arms

published 49 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 49 days, 8 hours, 1 minute ago
Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:12:39 AM GMT Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:54:12 AM GMT
Ethiopia has taken more than 100 Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) rebels into custody after they surrendered and handed over a cache of arms, the government said through state media on Sunday. A number of rebel groups operate in the Horn of Africa country, launching hit-and-run attacks and [...] (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: eprdf, OLF, ONLF, Oromo

Interview with OLF chairman Mr. Dawud Ebsa

published 78 days, 5 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 78 days, 5 hours, 20 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:37:01 AM GMT Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:35:01 AM GMT
Interview with OLF chairman Mr. Dawud Ebsa and more news. Watch (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreview.com tags: ethiopia, Oromo

Oromo Art as a Political Resistance

published 78 days, 5 hours, 20 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 78 days, 5 hours, 22 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:35:39 AM GMT Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:33:39 AM GMT
Music has been used across the world to express political discourse, social segregation, basic human rights, and conventional rules. Music's role in conveying the will to freedom and justice is widespread in the world in general and in Africa in particular. For instance, South Africa's freedom song Nkosi Sikele'l Africa (God bless Africa) played an important role in the (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ogina.org tags: ethiopia, Oromo

Ethiopia: Arsi Oromo students imprisoned for protesting Govt holiday

published 151 days, 10 hours ago posted by adminadmin 151 days, 9 hours, 52 minutes ago
Sunday, October 11, 2009 12:55:12 AM GMT Sunday, October 11, 2009 1:03:23 AM GMT
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 (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.jimmatimes.com tags: Oromo

Rising Oromo singers tortured: opposition

published 155 days, 3 hours, 46 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 155 days, 3 hours, 51 minutes ago
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:09:24 AM GMT Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:04:29 AM GMT
Two rising singers from Oromia who glorified 'Oromo fighters' through their works have been reportedly tortured at Maeklawi Prison in the Ethiopian capital, a pro-OLF website reported on Tuesday. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ethiomedia.com tags: Oromo

Oromo Coffee Company

published 155 days, 16 hours, 9 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 155 days, 16 hours, 13 minutes ago
Tuesday, October 06, 2009 6:46:28 PM GMT Tuesday, October 06, 2009 6:42:36 PM GMT
The Oromo Coffee Company is a Fairtrade Foundation-certified social enterprise, set up by refugees in the UK to sell high-quality coffee imported from their Ethiopian homeland. (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.thirdsector.co.uk tags: Coffee, Oromo

Top Ethiopian Singer Kemer Yususf forms Oromia Airways

published 160 days, 7 hours, 3 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 160 days, 7 hours, 7 minutes ago
Friday, October 02, 2009 3:52:14 AM GMT Friday, October 02, 2009 3:48:03 AM GMT
By Andualem Sisay- Addis Ababa (September 28, 2009) – Kemer yusuf, known as among the best Ethiopian singer of Oromo music, steps into the growing local flight business of Ethiopia by forming Oromia Airways jointly with two Ethiopians business men. Dinku Deyasa, Engineer Elias Ebsa and the Toronto-based musician, have now established DEK Oromia Plc with an [...] (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.goodnewsethiopia.com tags: Kemer Yusuf, Oromo