Ethiopian Federal Police Assist in the Ethnic Cleansing of East Hararge Zone, Oromiya
By Jilcha Hamid It has been 5 months since the Liyu Police, security forces in the Somali Region entered the Oromiya region1, expelling the local Oromiya regional administration in the town of Mino and raising the flag of the Somali regional state. Since entering the town of Mino in January of 2013 (and prior to [...]
የወጋየሁ ደግነቱ “አርኬ ሁማ”– እና “ወረት”
ከሊባህ ሌንጮ በዚህ ወቅት ለዘፈን ግድ የለኝም። የዘፈን ካሴትም ሆነ ሲዲ አልገዛም። ይህ አመል የጀመረኝ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ከገባሁ በኋላ (በ1989 ዓ.ል) ይመስለኛል። መነሻው ደግሞ ከዘፈኖቹ መካከል የሚበዙት በሂደት እየታየብኝ ከመጣው ለውጥ ጋር ሊሄዱልኝ አለመቻላቸው ነው። በአጭር አገላለጽ አብዛኞቹ የሀገራችን ድምጻዊያን እየደጋገሙየሚያቀነቅኑት “ወደድኩሽ.. ሞትኩልሽ.. ዳሌዋ.. ሽንጧ..” የሚለው ርዕሰ ነገር ብቻ ሲሆንብኝ ነው ከዘፈን መሸሽ የጀመርኩት (በመሸሼ አልቆጭም፣ [...]
Malik Ambar: The Origin of the Indian “Military Guru”
By Jilcha Hamid In October of 1624 the army of the Ahmednagar Sultanate in southern Indias Deccan region led by Malik Ambar, confronted the attacking Mughal army at Bhatwadi scoring a major victory over the Southern Asian empire. The Mughal Empire continued to expand its territory in the 16th and 17th centuries covering southern Asia, [...]
ኢትዮጵያዊያን ሙስሊሞች (Ethiopian Muslims) – A Book by Ahmedin Jebel (አሕመዲን ጀበል)
Review By:- Libah Lencoo/ሊባህ ሌንጮ Part One The History of Islam in Ethiopia was extensively written by foreign scholars. The Arabs like Ibn Fadulullah Al-Umari and Muhammad Taqi’uddin Al-Maqrizi have taken the lead to record the lifes and states of Ethiopian Muslims as early as fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Modern European scholars like Enrico Cerulli, [...]
Walaloo gootootaa
Gaafa manaa bahu jalqabuma duraa Haadhaa fi abbaa obboleeyyan mara Ollaa fi ganda ahliidhaa fi fira Osoo hin jaalatin sosssobachaa garaa Dirqamuma ta’eef ka’ee bu’e karaa. Amna jalqabuuf galaa sinqeeffatee Manguddoof jaarsooliin eebba eebbifatee Ijoollee biyyaa fi-qabuun hammatee “Abshiir jajjabaadhaan” dhaamsa dabarsatee Osoo ijji boochuu imimmaan haqatee Takka tarkaanfatuun if duuba mil’atee Harka hafarsuun nagaya [...]
ABIDDA CIRRACHAA
Kan Walaleesse:Eebba Coqorsaa Bubbeen Orom-biyyaa keessaa yoo bubbisu bosonni taphatee mukkeenis hawwataa hafteen mukkeen uumaa daggalli uumamaa hafuura baafatee… hafuursee dhaamota!!!!! Baddaa laf-roobaa raaree roobi tiifuu ijaa gurraa qabnaa ibidda sadaasaa bubbeen yoo afuufu!! Safuu Gooftaa Maccaa safuu waaqa uumaa biqilaan at-uumte maaliif xaanxufamaa? Bosonni ibiddaa dur bishaanin dhaamaa “ibiddi cirrachaa waan dhaamsaa hin qabu!” [...]
Oromo in Norway stage protest against TPLF delegates
ANDERS HOLTH JOHANSEN|http://www.dagbladet.no ( Translation by Google) Oromo-Norwegians, representing the ethnic Oromo of Oromia in Ethiopia demonstrates this afternoon at a meeting organized by the Ethiopian authorities at the SAS hotel by Holberg place in Oslo. Around 150 people had turned up to protest the event. ” It does not go peacefully. We must try to keep [...]
ሼኽ በክሪ ሰጰሎ፣ ሼኽ ሙሐመድ ረሻድ እና የ”ሰጰሎ” ፊደል ገበታ
ጻሓፊ፡- አፈንዲ ሙተቂ ይህ በፎቶው ላይ የምትመለከቱት የሰጰሎ የፊደል ገበታ ነው። የሰጰሎ የፊደል ገበታን የሰሩት ሰው ሼኽ አቡበከር ዑስማን ኦዳ (በደንብ በሚታወቁበት ስም “ሼኽ በክሪ ሰጰሎ”) ይባላሉ። እኝህ ታዋቂ ዓሊም (ምሁር) የተወለዱት በሀረርጌ ክፍለ ሀገር፣ ኦቦራ አውራጃ፣ ጎሮ ጉቱ ወረዳ ውስጥ በምትገኘው “ሰጰሎ” መንደር ነው። ሼኽ በክሪ ትምህርታቸውን በሀረርጌ እና በወሎ በተለያዩ መምህራን ስር ተከታትለዋል። [...]
CAFFEE TUMAA?
Ililliin daraaraan hinjirre suur-sammuu sammuu yaad- badaa qe’ee keetti margaa bishaan uuma- albuudaa qe’ee ollaa injirree albuudi edadaa finiinnee horri kee baddaa keetii maddaa maqaan kee obboroo Finfinneen birmada falfala booyyeefii buuti sab- iddaan horteen Tufaa Munaa moggeen ba’uun gadda! Booyyeen akkas turee… Achi-siqiin qabuu buutiin yoom wal- furee?? Onni Caffee tumaa kan Gullallee Galaan [...]
The Ethiopian Muslim civil rights movement: implications for democracy
ALEMU TAFESSE|Open Democracy| 25 April 2013 The fifteen-month old Muslim civil rights movement in Ethiopia has so far had some spectacular implications for the development of democracy and democratic political culture in the country. It has affected its culture as well as its institutional dynamics. I will examine three very inter-related, but broad, ways in which [...]