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Oromo Muslims - July 18 - July 20

3rd Annual OYLC - July 20 - July 25

Oromo Jilboo America - July 25

Oromo Churches - July 24 - July 27

Oromo Soccer - July 24 - Aug 3

Oromo Center Fundraising - July 30

Human Rights Conference - July 31

Oromo Artists - July 31

Oromo Basketball - July31 - Aug2

Mecha Tulema Conference - Aug 2

Miss Oromia North America - Aug 2

Run For Oromia - Aug 2

Waqqefenaa Conference - Aug 2

OSA Conference - Aug 2 & Aug 3

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July 26, 2008 - OCM International Conference, Minn., MN Details.

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July 26, 2008 - "UMAR SULEYMAN'S First Party in North America" @ Prom Center in Oakdale, MN @ 8pm. Also featuring Shaabee Sheekoo, Dawitee Mokonen, Tuujii Muudee, Kilolee Etichaa, Muktar Usmaan, Shollee Tafaraa & Geetuu Lammii. Details.

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July 26, 2008 - "The Official Opening Night Party with Kemer Yousuf & Ababa Abeshu" @ Crown Plaza Hotel, St. Paul, MN @ 8pm. Details.

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July 27, 2008 - AWO Public Meeting from 10am to 6pm @ 275 Lexington Parkway (Central High school), St. Paul, MN Details.

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Aug 1, 2008 - Wamiichaa Walgahii ABO kan Hawaasaa

Bikka: Koolejii Augsburg, MN - Music Hall - Sateren Auditorium - Yeroo: Sa'a 1:00 - 5:00 WB. Details.

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Press Release International Oromo Human Rights Conference - OACC - July 24, 2008

Oromo Americans

Who: The Oromo American Citizens Council (OACC). The mission of the OACC is to educate and motivate Oromo Americans and others to participate in the social and political processes locally and nationally and to work to prevent violations of fundamental civil and political rights in Ethiopia and around the world. The OACC was founded in 2002, in part, to raise awareness and advocate against abuses of human rights in Ethiopia based on ethnic background on behalf of the estimated 15-20,000 Oromos in Minnesota.

What: International Oromo Human Rights Conference titled "Can a Democratic Government Work in a Multicultural Society?" This Conference is intended to inform and provide a forum for discussion on the very serious human rights and political challenges in Ethiopia and surrounding countries in the Horn of Africa.

Where: University of Minnesota Mayo Memorial Auditorium 425 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis.

When: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Contact: Oromo American Citizens Council - Read More.

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From Oromia to Minnesota, with love and coffee
Twin Cities Daily Planet - July 24, 2008

Oromian Coffee

Organic Oromian Coffee

Editor's Note: Gadaa.com commends all those who worked to get this naming project a reality. In February 2008 the new name was being tested in Twin Cities stores; now it has really be named "Organic Oromian" instead of "Organic Ethiopia." Making the "Fair Trade" fair continues ...


Joe Riemann bestowed one simple name, and in return received overflowing blessings and a beautiful name for himself.

The name he received from members of a grateful immigrant community in the Twin Cities is "Jalata," meaning "One who loves." As for the simple and single name that he bestowed, bear with me, this will sound implausible but it is absolutely true.

Riemann distributes Ethiopian coffee to food cooperatives in Minnesota, and he recently changed the label on vacuum-packed bags of the coffee beans he sells from "Organic Ethiopian" to "Organic Oromian." Read More.

Top Horn of African Stories

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Food crisis looms in East Africa - BBC - July 23, 2008

Hunger In the Horn

More than 14 million people in the Horn of Africa need food aid because of drought and rocketing food and fuel prices, the United Nations has warned.

The UN World Food Programme says it urgently needs $400m to prevent starvation in the east African region.

Ethiopia is worst hit, with 10 million people - some 12% of the population - in need of extra food supplies.

Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti are also affected, along with northern parts of Kenya and Uganda. Read More.

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Large tracts of farm & residential land in Bale, Sebeta, Bishoftu Given Away to Djibouti
Capital Ethiopia - July 21, 2008

Oromia Land Given Away to Djibouti

Editor's Note: The "Oromia: For Sale by Colonizer" episode continues ...


President Ismael Omar Guelleh of Djibouti is set to invest in the agriculture sector after receiving a large tract of land estimated to be over 7,000 hectares in Bale, Oromia Regional State. The multi-million dollar investment would commence in the next few weeks. The plot is slated for a wheat farm.

The president has also received 20 hectares of land around Sebeta to invest in the booming flower sector, on lease basis.

The president also visited a site of 10,000 sq. meters at Babogaya Lake in Bishoftu (Debre Zeit) town, 45 kilometers South East of Addis Ababa and has received a free title deed for a plot to construct a home. Read More.

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Oromo Mega Fest 2008 Opens in Minneapolis, MN Today - July 18, 2008

The Oromo Mega Fest 2008 in Minneapolis opens today - July 18th - with the 8th Annual Tawfiq Islamic Center Conference. The Conference's theme is "Following the Straight Path", and it will be held until July 20th at South High School. Read More.

Moreover, this year's festivities will build upon the success of Oromo Mega Fest 2007, which received a resounding success as people from across the globe descended upon Minneapolis; for two weeks full of festivities. The 2007 event made such a huge impact on the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area, the Mayor of the City of Saint Paul issued a proclamation which declared the week of July 22nd - July 29th Oromo Week. Read More.

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Oromia Has Radios - Support SBO!

SBO - 20 Years!

In an empire like Ethiopia the act of getting independent information from the Internet is a crime with severe consequences. The ONLY way to relay independent information to the broad masses in Oromia is through radio waves. Despite Woyane's constant jamming of frequencies at which SBO/VOL - Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromo/Voice of Oromo Liberation - is broadcasted to Oromia, SBO has been on air since 1988 for 20 solid years. Oromia can not afford being left behind in the dark during this information age. Click here to get info on how to help SBO!

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Oromo Soccer 2008 in Minneapolis, MN

- July 24th through August 3rd

More @ OromiaSports.com

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Clash of Freedoms: Press Violations in Ethiopia and Sanctuary in the United States - RAP21.org - July 17, 2008

Since 2001, more than 100 journalists have left Ethiopia. Now, amid discussion that a new media law will be another impedance to achieve press freedom, there is no sign that this trend will change.

RAP 21 interviewed prominent African news website journalist Habtamu Dugo who left Ethiopia several months ago to live in New York City. His story, unfolding alongside the new media law in his home country, is as a testimony to the hostile environment journalists in Ethiopia work in. Though since his arrival in the United States he has again raised his voice on US national radio and television shows in defense of those still in Ethiopia grappling with injustice.

RAP 21: What is the state of press freedom in Ethiopia?

Habtamu Dugo: Journalists are also not allowed to go into sensitive and major areas where stories are really developing. For instance, the May massacre in West Oromia State in the Western part of the country, which claimed the lives of over 400 children, men and women was not reported on. Journalists were prohibited from going into scenes of gross human rights violations such as Ogaden and Oromia. The situation is the same for foreign journalists in Ethiopia who also get harassed and detained for days or months. In the Eastern Oromia State of Ethiopia, UNICEF reports that 6 million children are threatened with starvation. The government has banned people from taking pictures and going into these areas in order to avoid its own embarrassment worldwide. This worsens the humanitarian crises as donors are blocked from getting information. Read More.

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Ethiopians exposed to hungry season - ReliefWeb - July 17, 2008

When imagining a drought affected area, stretches of arid, dusty land is what comes to mind. Yet much of West Arsi zone in Southern Ethiopia is deceptively green.

Here people call it "green hunger" - a period of food shortage following the failure of the first harvest, when the second harvest is months away.

Earlier this year drought resulted in almost total harvest failure and widespread death of livestock in this and other regions of the country.

Now Ethiopia finds itself in the grip of a complex humanitarian crisis, triggered not only by drought but by global inflation of food and fuel prices. The impacts are being felt throughout the Horn of Africa and amongst the worst affected are the 4.6 million people identified by the Government of Ethiopia who require emergency food assistance. The situation is expected to escalate further as the hunger season progresses. Read More.

- Related News: Therapeutic Care & Food Aid For Malnourished Children in Southern Ethiopia (Doctors Without Borders - July 17, 2008)

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Mandela group declares food human right - AP - July 16, 2008

Editor's Note: Over the last five decades, regimes of the Ethiopian Empire have used "hunger" as a weapon to crack down on dissenting regions. By purposely under-developing regions of the Empire with powerful political dissents, these regimes have exposed these "rebelling regions" to starvation. Their motto has been "Surrender or Starve!" To be specific, the Haile-Sellasie monarchial rule had severely underdeveloped Wollo in order to punish political dissents in that region. Similarly, in the 1980's the Derg military junta used "hunger" to unsuccessfully mute the popular uprisings in Tigray. And now, the Woyane regime has continued the legacy of its predecessors by deliberately under-developing Oromia, Ogaden and the South in order to make peoples of these regions surrender to its tyranny through starvation. It was high time that the "freedom from hunger" was adopted as a fundamental human right.

Freedom From Hunger

Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan and other members of Nelson Mandela's global crisis task force turned their attention to world hunger on Wednesday, focusing on soaring food prices.

The Nobel laureates and human rights activists the former South African president brought together as The Elders at his birthday last year have sent peace missions to the Middle East and Sudan's Darfur and spoken out against sham elections and political violence in Zimbabwe.

With the food crisis, they were taking on an issue that some experts say could lead to new wars, and that has touched all parts of the world, rich and poor.

Tutu, the Elders chairman and former Cape Town Anglican archbishop, called the right to food "fundamental." Read More.

- Related Item: Sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirming that "Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status." Click here.

 

Bekele & Dibaba named for double Olympics assault - AFP - July 14, 2008

TEAM OROMIA @ The Olympic Games 2008:

- Many Allegiances, but ONE IDENTITY - OROMO!

- The Elite and Greatest Long Distance Athletes!

Team Oromia - Olympics 2008

Kenenisa Bekele, who hinted that he would not attempt a double gold Beijing Olympics assault, was on Monday named in both the 5,000m and 10,000m in Ethiopia's China-bound squad.

Tirunesh Dibaba was also named in the 5,000m and 10,000m events in the women's line-up.

However, despite the planning, it is still not certain that they will feature in both events as recent history has shown.

At the 2005 world championships, Bekele won the 10,000m title before pulling out of the 5,000m; Dibaba took the same decision at the 2007 worlds in Osaka.

"Bekele wants to run the two races," the athlete's agent Jos Hermens told AFP.

"He is in very good form and it will be a challenge for him. But it's a little hard and he can change his mind after the 10,000m, because the 5,000m heats start two days after."

Bekele has attempted the grueling double twice - at the 2003 world championships and the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

On each occasion, he won the 10,000m, but not the 5,000m, finishing third in 2003 and second in 2004, behind Morocco's Hicham el-Guerrouj.

Dibaba won the 5,000m-10,000m double at the 2005 world championships, a year after winning the bronze in the 5,000m in Athens. Read More.

- Related News: Bahrain aim for Olympic glory (Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - Jul 9, 2008).

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Oromia: FOR SALE by Colonizer

Oromia For Sale!

Foreclosed Property Description:

- Foreclosed because owners are not claiming

- 600,000 sq.km approx

- Located in the Horn of Africa

- Suitable for agriculture, animal husbandry, mining, tourism, and many more industries.

- 30 million workforce

- No chemical, building and other regulations.

- Under sellers' control for 100 or so years.

- Agents are awaiting your call.

Call today before owners reclaim property.

Related News Items:

- Coal Mining in Yayu, Oromia

- Cut Flower Bonanza: At What Cost?

- Coffee Farmers' Plight

- Bio-diesel Project Encroaching on Elephant Sanctuary

- Land Theft in Ethiopia

- Who is looking out for Finfinne - Are Chinese-built structures in Addis safe?

- Forced labor: Flora Courts Resettled Oromia Farmers for Bio-Fuel

- Large tracts of farm & residential land in Bale, Sebeta, Bishoftu Given Away to Djibouti

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Help the famine victims in Oromia, Ogaden & the South by donating directly to UNICEF now. It is true that the Ethiopian Empire is under dictatorship; it is true that the Woyane regime has purposely underdeveloped the regions affected by the famine to mute popular uprisings. For that reason, we must not expect Woyane leaders to show sympathy to the famine victims. We must come to the rescue of the famine victims now ourselves - to the rescue of those innocent children - who are starving to death as punishment by ruthless dictators.

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Oromo Web Directory

Top "10" Recently Discovered/Submitted

Maryam Yusuf Jamal

Sub-Saharan African Youth & Family Services in Minnesota (SAYFSM)

KamalHomes.com | ODA Chiropractic

Oromia: Culture & Tourism

Oromia Sports | OPDO | ODAA

Gende Kore News | FIDO-QEYROO

News & Current Issues

Ayyaantuu | Bilisummaa

Biyya.com (OromiaBlog.com)

Burqaa | Finfinne.net

Finfinne Times | Irreessaa

Jimma Times | Manabuna

Mana Oromoo Swiss | Oduu.com

Orom@ntic's Weblog | Oromian.net

Oromia Post | Oromia Times

Oromo Affairs | OromoWEB

VoiceFinfinne.org

Human Rights and Justice

AAAS Human Rights Action Network

Advocacy for Fundamental Rights of the Oromos and Others (AFRO-O)

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights | Amnesty

Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa | Human Rights Watch

Oromian Center For Human Rights

The Oromo Project: MN Advocates for Human Rights

Oromo Support Group

Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Afaan Oromoo

Oromo Communities

American Oromo Community of Minnesota | Atlantic City

Australia | British Columbia | Cairo

Chicago | Dodola.org | Georgia

Ghimbi.com | Houston

International Oromo Youth Association (IOYA)

Kassel | Los Angeles | Marsabit.com

Minnesota | Norway | Ohio

Ohio Youth | Oliqaa Foundation

Oromian Student Union @ UMN

Oromia Youth | Oromo Artists

Oromo American Citizens Council

OromoLife.com | Oromo Mega-Fest

OYLC | Seattle

Toronto | UK | Victoria, Australia

Washington, DC | Winnipeg Youth

Winnipeg Youth Blog

Horn of African Sites

AIGA Forum | Anuak Justice Council

The East African Community | Enset

EthioMedia.com | Ethiopian Review

Ogaden Online

The Sidama Concern | Walta

Political Issues & Organizations

Articles @ Oromia Online | AWO-FIO

Bakkalcha Oromiyaa | Barruu Oromia

Caayaa | FIDO-QEYROO | Gumii

Gumii Adda Bilisummaa Ummata Oromiyaa

Horn African Americans for Peace 

Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM)

OromoLiberationFront.info

OromoLiberationFront.org

Oromo People's Congress

Oromia Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission

Oromian National Academy

State Of Oromia | Oromiyaa/OPDO

Oromo Consciousness

Oromo Parliamentarians Council

OPDO | Shanachaa Peace Mission

UNPO: Oromo | UOPLF

Language

AfaanOromo.org

Gumii Dagaagina Afaan Oromoo

Qubee.org

Religions

Biiftuu Islaamaa | Faarfannaa

Islam, the Orthodox Church and Oromo nationalism (Ethiopia)

Kuku-Kumera Ministries

Lamb and Lion Fellowship

Ministry Ifaa fi Soogidda

Oromo Churches: Calgary

Columbus | DC | Los Angeles

Minnesota | Oslo | Phoenix

Oromo Gospel

Oromo Lutheran Church-Columbus

Oromo Muslim Association of OR

Oromo Seventh-Day Adventist

Suraafel Ministry

Tawfiq Islamic Center | Waaqa.org

Education & Professional Resource

Ambo High | Borana.net | Deeraa

Jimma Miazia 27 School

Oromia Online

Oromia Student Union

The Oromo Network (OromoNet.org)

Oromo Studies Association

Satellite Maps of Oromiyaa

Business, Entrepreneurship & Tourism

Abdii Boruu | Abebe Holdings

Abebe Homes

Adama Chamber of Commerce

Awash Bank | Bale Trekking

Bishangari Lodge | Gibee Production

Gubirmans Publishing

Hi-Five Computer Plus Inc.

ieRecord | KamalHomes.com

ODA Chiropractic | Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union

Oromia: Culture & Tourism

Oromia Publishing Company

Oromia Trade & Transport

Oromo Green Pages

Oromo Ringtones

Wenchi Eco Tourism Association

Relief, Development & Health

ABDI BORII - Oromo AIDS Relief

Ambo Educational Trust

Dodolaa Foundation

Gadab Foundation | GOLD Youth

Gore Educational Support Association

Gudina Tumsa Foundation

Horn of Africa Services (Seattle)

Irkoo Orphanage Foundation

Lense's Kindergarten

Oromia Development Association

Oromia HIV/AIDS Prevention & Control

Oromiya Relief & Rehabilitation Organization

Oromo AIDS Relief 2006 | ODAA

Oromo Health Professionals Association

Oromo Relief Association - ORA

Oromo Relief Association (UK)

Oromo Self-Help Organization

Piano for Africa | REAL Africa - Resources for the Enrichment of African Lives

Saphalo Education Foundation

Siiqqee.org | Sub-Saharan African Youth & Family Services in Minnesota (SAYFSM)

Sports

Australian Oromo Soccer

CyberOromia.com | Hoops for Oromia

Madda Walaabu FC or MW@Myspace

Maryam Yusuf Jamal | Oromia Sports

Oromo Jilboo American Game

Oromo Sports Federation in North America (OSFNA)

RunForOromia | RunForOromia 2007

Ted Jaleta | Toronto Oromia FC

Music, Video & the Arts

A.G.E. Entertainment

Baale in Pictures

Boonaa Mohammed | Boornagaa.com

Dire Dawa | Epidemic@MySpace

Greeting Cards | Kemer Yousuf

Odda Records | Odda TV

Oromian Music | OromoSounds.com

Samuel Daffa's Art Gallery

Yared Dibaba


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