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Two killed in grenade attack on a political meeting

published 117 days, 51 minutes ago posted by

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Three men threw a hand grenade into a political meeting in Ethiopia, killing two and injuring fourteen just over two weeks before national elections, a government spokesman said on Saturday. The attack on a gathering of the Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organisation (OPDO) happened on Thursday in the Oromia region, home [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: election 2002, eprdf, Meles Zenawi, Oromo

Candidates in Oromiya Propose Ethiopia’s Second Language

published 123 days, 23 hours, 51 minutes ago posted by

admin 123 days, 23 hours, 57 minutes ago

Parliamentary candidates disagree on whether the language of Oromiya can achieve the status of Amharic as a new ‘Federal working’ language. A coalition of eight opposition parties, the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum, has proposed in campaign debates that Afan Oromo be adopted as a second federal working language of Ethiopia. However, one of [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: abbaymedia.com tags: election 2002, Oromo

Ethiopia opposition leader flees 12-year jail term

published 146 days, 22 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by

admin 146 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes ago

An Ethiopian opposition leader convicted in absentia of belonging to a separatist rebel group has fled the country, party colleagues said on Thursday. They said Bekele Jirata, secretary general of the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) who left while free on bail, was targeted as part of a pre-election crackdown [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: abbaymedia.com tags: Bekele Jirata, Election 2000, OFDM, Oromo

I am a fan of Gadaa.com

published 169 days, 18 hours, 38 minutes ago posted by

admin 169 days, 18 hours, 41 minutes ago

for over four years now. I understand that Gadaa does not bill itself as an Ethiopian web site (they prefer to be known as an independent online media outlet that serves the Horn of African region and its Diaspora), but I think they are one of the best Ethiopia news portals, if not the best, out there. Instead of taking my words, why not read a couple of their recent posts and (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.enset.org tags: OFDM, Oromo

EthioClips - Alebsise Sabawiyan Ormomo Ethiopian Music

published 179 days, 17 hours, 19 minutes ago posted by

admin 179 days, 17 hours, 19 minutes ago

Alebsise Sabawiyan Ormomo Ethiopian Music (more)

Digg It category: Fun | comment | | source: www.ethioclips.com tags: Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Oromo, oromo music

Ethiopia says over 100 Oromo rebels lay down arms

published 225 days, 20 hours, 34 minutes ago posted by

admin 225 days, 20 hours, 53 minutes ago

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, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, OLF, ONLF, Oromo

Interview with OLF chairman Mr. Dawud Ebsa

published 254 days, 18 hours, 10 minutes ago posted by

admin 254 days, 18 hours, 12 minutes ago

Interview with OLF chairman Mr. Dawud Ebsa and more news. Watch (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreview.com tags: ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Oromo

Oromo Art as a Political Resistance

published 254 days, 18 hours, 11 minutes ago posted by

admin 254 days, 18 hours, 13 minutes ago

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, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Oromo

Ethiopia: Arsi Oromo students imprisoned for protesting Govt holiday

published 327 days, 22 hours, 52 minutes ago posted by

admin 327 days, 22 hours, 43 minutes ago

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: Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Oromo

Rising Oromo singers tortured: opposition

published 331 days, 16 hours, 37 minutes ago posted by

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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: Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Oromo

Oromo Coffee Company

published 332 days, 5 hours ago posted by

admin 332 days, 5 hours, 4 minutes ago

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, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Oromo

Top Ethiopian Singer Kemer Yususf forms Oromia Airways

published 336 days, 19 hours, 55 minutes ago posted by

admin 336 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes ago

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: Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, Kemer Yusuf, Oromo