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A
new wave of mass arrest and harassment in Oromia
Successive Ethiopian regimes oppressed, exploited and harassed the
Oromo people. The scale and magnitude of oppression against the
Oromo people by the incumbent Wayane regime has no parallel. This
government actively engaged in systematic genocide and ethnic cleansing
against the Oromo people. (Joint
statement by OLF, IFLO, UOPLF and OLC -- 31 August 2000) Full
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Oromo
Community of Minnesota protests Meles Zenawi's planned visit to
Harvard University
A leader who presides over a corrupt regime with a dismal human
rights record, one who spends billions on modern weapons to wage
war over a barren piece of real estate when over eight million people
faced starvation, has no right to speak at the Kennedy School, an
institution committed to promoting the ideals of good governance.
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Reference:
Resolutions
of the 26th Annual Congress of the Union of Oromo Students in Europe
Letter
from Oromia (Gurmuu Lammii, 27
August)
I had a privillege to visit southern Oromia recently and witnessed
the destruction, hopelessness and fear that has cast a poisonous
pall on once powerful and prosperous peace loving people. All that
are no more today, to the delight of TPLF Government. Full
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Oromo
Liberation Front (OLF) claims success (IRIN,
14 August)
The
rebel Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) says it has killed and wounded
a total of 125 Ethiopian government soldiers in eastern Oromia,
eastern Ethiopia, and taken 18 prisoner.
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Comment:
Unholy Crisis: Language,
Religion and Politics at Loggerheads (By
Teferi Fufa, 9 August 2000)
Onesimos Nasib, the man popularly known as Abbaa Gammachiis, has
been accused of blasphemy and excommunicated postmortem from the
protestant churches in Ethiopia. His accusers allege that he had
ties to the "narrow nationalist" group known as the Oromo
Liberation Front. Full
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Meles
Zenawi of Ethiopia amassing millions in foreign banks
“Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is amassing millions in
foreign banks,” Voice of Oromo Liberation (VOL) reported in its
August 6, 2000 broadcast in Afaan Oromo. (OIN,
8 August)
Ethiopia
should be ready for war - Meles
"We prepare not for the past war, but for the future war...the
preparation should be one that gives priority to the production
of manpower that catches up with the changes in technology."
[Ethiopia's Prime Minster Meles Zenawi]
(IRIN, 7 August)
Three
German Nationals Ordered to Leave Ethiopia
Three
German nationals involved in evangelical, humanitarian relief and
community development work in Oromia have been ordered by the Ethiopian
regime to leave the country within twenty-four hours. (OIN,
5 August)
The
War Between Ethiopia and Eritrea
Even by the shocking standards of recent African conflicts, the
May 1998-June 2000 war in the Horn of Africa is truly appalling.
As many as 100,000 people have been killed, up to one million people
have been driven into exile or internal displacement; hundreds of
millions of dollars have been diverted from development into arms
procurement. (Foreign Policy in
Focus, August 2000)
Oromo
groups agree a common front
Oromo opposition groups have signed a peace agreement in an attempt
to try and make action against the Ethiopian government more effective,
a spokesman for the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) told IRIN on Friday.
(IRIN, 4 August)
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