Oromo Political Prisoners Tortured by Woyane Abyssinian Army (VOA Audio)

What we Oromo’s can learn from the South Sudan People’s liberation struggle

By Bakalcho Barii*

Over one point five millions South Sudanese died in the long and protracted civil war with their Northern Arab rulers and millions more were displaced and made refugee around the globe before they finally freed themselves as an independent nation in July of 2011, and stood tall among the one hundred and ninety six independent nations of the world.

One might argue that South Sudanese achieved their independence with all round supports rendered to them by Western countries, particularly the United States and Britain. Many would also argue that Britain provided them material, diplomatic and other needed logistics to compensate for their wrong doing by merging the Southern Sudanese, who have little or no connections with their Northern counter parts during their occupation of the Sudan.

The Elephant in the Room: The Ethiopian Empire State and the Oromo National Struggle for Liberation.

The Ethiopian Empire state is on the verge of collapse like other empires in history. The empire rulers can no more hide the Oromo struggle for liberation under the guise of religion and territorial integrity. The Oromo question is the Elephant in the room for the current Ethiopian rulers and its foreign backers, and any attempt to delay the inevitable would be not a wise thing to do before the people of the south and the Oromo’s take things in their own hand to stop the killings in their own backyards. Therefore, the immediate and urgent task for the Oromos and the southern nations is to intensify their struggle and realize the total victory that is within reach for the total emancipation of their people.

Telling the Truth Does not make one “anti-Ethiopian”

I was one of the loyal readers of the Nazret.com for I like its lively comments, which are full of conspiracies, suspicious, sarcasm, humor, and which are in a way reflective of reality of the Ethiopian politics. These days, I visit the website sporadically after it developed strong tone of Ityopiyawinnat recently, and it imposed a blanket sanction on the viewpoints of Oromos. For instance, the website did not post most or all recent issues dealing with the Oromo people in Ethiopia on the Aljazeera including an article “The Oromo and the War on Terror in the Horn of Africa” written by Ambassador Akbar Ahmed and Frankie Martin of the American University. Their piece became an issue only after a certain Dula Abdu wrote a piece about it, “Anti-Ethiopia article from American University Faculty and Al Jazeera.” Technically, Nazret readers are informed about “The Oromo and the War on Terror in the Horn of Africa” through the piece and the vantage point of Mr. Dula Abdu. A Nazret approach does not enhance a constructive debate on the future of Ethiopian among various actors and stakeholders. In fact, whether we like it, or not, the future of Ethiopia belongs to all Ethiopians, those who consider themselves Ethiopia First or Oromo First or whatever first. We have to hear all viewpoints, including ones we agree and disagree with, ones we like or dislike, and ones we praise or castigate.  The era of paternalism, we know what is good or bad for all Ethiopians, is over.

በዲያስፖራ ያለውን የወቅቱን የኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካ በማስመልከት በአውሮፓ የኦሮሞ ወጣቶችና የሴቶች ማህበራት የጋራ መግለጫ: እኛም በመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ኦሮሞ ነን።

በአሁኑ ወቅት የኦሮሞ ፖለቲካዊና ዲፕሎማሲያዊ እድገት እርር ድብን ያደረጋቸው የአጼዎቹ ቡችሎች በአጼዎቹ ልጆች በተፈጠሩ ሚዲያዎች ላይ አንድን ግለሰብ በማስታከክ በኦሮሞ ህዝብ ላይ የቃጡትን ሀሰታዊ የፖለቲካ ዘመቻ ለህመማቸው ፈውስ ሳይሆን ማባባሻ እንደሆነ ልናስጠነቅቃቸው እንወዳለን።

ነጻነት ዲሞክራሲና እኩልነት ስራ ላይ በሚውልበት ሀገር ውስጥ እየኖሩ ስለነጻነት ዲሞክራሲና እኩልነት የማይረዱ ግለሰቦች በምን አይነት መልኩ ሊማሩ እንደሚችሉ መገመት አዳጋች ነው። ለማመን በጣም አስቸጋሪ የሚሆነው ደግሞ እነዚህ ግለሰቦች በትምህርት ደረጃ ማእረጋቸውና በአስተሳሰባቸው መሀከል ያለው ርቀት የሰማይና የመሬት ያህል መሆኑ ነው።

OROMO FIRST MOVEMENT

ይህንን መጣጥፍ ለመጻፍ ያነሳሳኝ ነገር ቢኖር የኦሮሞ ናሽናሊዝም የደረሰበትን ጥግ ለመጦቆምና ይህንን የወቅቱን መነሳሳት አንድእት ትግሉን አንደሚጠቅም ውይይት ለመጫር ነው፡፡

ሁላችንም አንደምናውቀው ባለፉት 3 ሳምንታት ገደማ ሁለት ወጣት ፖለቲከኞችና የኦሮሞ ነፃነት ግንባር ተወካይ ከኣልጀዚራ ቲቪ ጋር ባደረጉት ውይይት በጠላት ሰፈር ይህ ነው የማይባል ሁከትና መደናገጥን ፈጥሮዋል፡፡ በፖለቲካ ቋንቋ ኳሷን ከአኛ ክልል ኣውጥተን በኢትዮጵያዊያን ኣንድነት መዳ ላይ መጫወት መጀመራችንን ኣመላካች ነው፡፡ በለላ መልኩ በኦሮሞ ብሓርተኝነት ላይ ትልቅ መነሳሳትን ፈጥሯል፡፡