Civil war in ethiopia: oromos are being attacked and deported from ethiopia Benishangul Gumuz region

[bakooradBoy]

The prbl with Oromo is they think they've accomplished the democratic move all by themselves when it was the US behind close doors that forced the TPLF to let go, they were not gonna allow Ethiopia to become China politically, the Oromo need to calm down and stop thinking they are the new masters of Ethiopia.

the oromo shut down the country bro, without us working and contributing, the economy would collapse in a matter of time. a short time, too.
oromo are the backbone of the nation in pretty much everywhere from the army to the economy.
not to mention millions of us surround the capital city and shut it down for a long time.
the capital city depends on oromo food, oromo water, oromo labor, etc.

I am not denying you did it but it's obvious the US just like in Egypt told the TPLF to give up power.

[Nole]

US complicity in the killing of many hundreds of our protesters in cities and towns all over Oromia won't be forgotten. Our people died in the streets for years before the current change in leadership we see today.

Neither will we forget US complicity in the land seizures themselves. US aid to Ethiopia and the praising of the leadership at the time of the Addis Abeba Integrated Master Plan, when our people were being evicted from their homes on the outskirts of Addis.

The US may not have impeded the change of leadership within the EPRDF, but it is our people who paid with their lives on the streets of Oromia for the gains we have today.

[Khalid Ali]

The United States will support The peace and stability of Ethiopia no matter who is in power Israel provides arms weapons training to Ethiopia. And the Pentagon two. Ethiopia is one of the oldest civilization in the world and Africa. I don't think the USA cares if galla carusa feuds with gallas in shewa. This is not how the USA drafts policy towards the horn of Africa. In particular Ethiopia.

[Khalid Ali]

Waachis oromo have the number no doubt almost 50 million strong but gurage has the money. And gurage always stands with amxara against olf. Since gurage are pure xabasha and worked always with amxara. Since the early stage of Abyssinia zara yaqub era.

[AwRastaale]

Don't worry about Benishangul guys.

The half clever Amhara have successfully turned Oromo against Oromo. It's now Oromo Democratic Party (former OPDO) vs OLF and could explode at any moment. The Amhara cried about OLF been armed and ready to kill and Abiy wants to crack down against them despite inviting them.

Meanwhile, Amhara rebels remain armed to the teeth.

TPLF is still armed. Benishangul are chasing Oromo.

Really Amhara found a way to stir things up. All the Abyssinianised-Oromo are panicking and ready to attack their own Oromo while hiding behind "defending the government of Abiy and his ODP". Amhara never goes to war. They always use others especially Oromo. The article below is clearly written by Amhara who continue to label OLF as 'radical' all while Amhara rebels maintain their arms.

Oromo Liberation Front says it did not return to Ethiopia for peaceful struggle


Now its name scrapped from the list of terrorists and allowed to enter the country, Oromo Liberation Front openly declares its commitment for armed struggle denying that it did not return for a peaceful struggle. It also says that it will not disarm

borkena

October 7,2018

A day after Ethiopian ruling coalition concluded its 11th party congress in the southern city of Hawassa, with the motto “national Unity for multifaceted prosperity” and resolving not to tolerate anymore lawlessness and displacement of residents, a radical ethno-nationalist and secessionist group – Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) reportedly claimed that it did not have any agreement with the government regarding disarming its fighters and/or peaceful struggle.

As per a report by Walta, Dawud Ibsa who is the leader of OLF reportedly said that he will not disarm his fighters.

“The talk that OLF returned to Ethiopia after an agreement with the government of Ethiopia to disarm and struggle peacefully is baseless. There is no agreement where we agreed to disarm. There is no reason for us to disarm while there is an armed party [seemingly a reference to the government]” he is quoted as saying.

He added, “no one will disarm, and no one is able to make [us] disarm.”

Last week, a deadly violence broke out in Benshangul Gumuz region of Ethiopia in what seems to be a retaliatory measure to the September 26 killings of four senior security authorities of the region near Ghimbi, Wollega in Oromo regional state, by “unidentified gunmen.” At least 44 are reportedly killed and more than 70,000 displaced from Kamashi Zone, as per a report by authorities from Benghangul and Oromo regional states.

The same week, gunmen (“unidentified again”) carried out another deadly killing, this time against civilians, in Keffa zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region.

Addisu Arega, Rural Political Mobilization Head and one of the executive members of Oromo Democratic Party (formerly known as OPDO), a party that administers Oromo region of Ethiopia, called for the radical Oromo Liberation Front to disarm its fighters and order them to government designated camps where they will get orientation and training to reintegrate to the society.

As part of a demonstrated effort to broaden democratic space in the country, the government of Abiy Ahmed mobilized parliamentarians to lax the anti-terrorist legislation and the parliament, consequently, scrapped outlawed armed opposition groups including Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) from the list of terrorists.

Subsequently, armed opposition groups were invited to end their armed struggle and return to Ethiopia for a peaceful struggle. Seemingly, there was an understanding among Ethiopians that armed opposition groups who decided to return to Ethiopia agreed to the call for a peaceful struggle but that does not seem to be the case with the radical Oromo Liberation Front (OLF).

At the end of August, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rolled out a new project of reintegrating returning rebel fighters to the society naming Tesfaye Yigezu as head of the project within the office of the Prime Minister.

Yet, the extra mile that Abiy Ahmed’s government traveled in the interest of making a political dialogue and peaceful struggle a new political culture in the country does seem to be meaningless as far a group like Oromo Liberation Front is concerned.

In the second week of September, there was a brutal massacre in Burayu, a small town in the outskirts of western Addis Ababa, against ethnic Gamo and it happened a day after OLF leader, Ibsa Dawud, arrived in Addis Ababa where his supports spread fresh blood from slaughtered ox on his forehead – a ceremony that puzzled many Ethiopians. At least, 60 civilians were massacred in Burayu.

OLF also seem to have coordinated other violence in recent time. Federal Prosecutor linked the June 23 grenade attack in Addis Ababa during a rally in support of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to members of Oromo Liberation Front (OLF).

There is a reported new partnership between OLF and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – another radical ethno-nationalist party that created and dominated the ruling coalition for more than 27 years – and lost the power struggle from within. As well, the OLF is believed, many Ethiopians believe so, to get financial and other forms of support from actors in the Arab world who seem to have interest in the break up of Ethiopia.

Meanwhile, reports by rights group indicate that the situation in the latest areas of violence in Benshangul and Keffa zone is still tense despite members of the defense forces is deployed to the region. And they are calling for the government to act more seriously to stop further violence in the region and resolve it durably.

[Nole]

Borkena is a chauvinist propaganda outlet, doing their best to discredit the Federalist system. They don't have an ally in Abiy, though. The ODP are Amhara federalists are firmly in the federalist camp. Federalism is here to stay, there's no ethnic group in Ethiopia that will accept the bad old days.

[Khalid Ali]

I think gallas have learned their lesson qeero is qeylodhan I don't think gallas will fall amxara charm this time they have prime minister president and lemme meqershe they humiliated their ogaden enemy ileey.

[Nole]

Myself and most of my people support peaceful reforms and liberalisation of political space, economy, military (get rid of Tigrean dominance). This is what works best for us Oromo strategically, not conflict. The alliance with the Amhara is purely in service of this goal.

[zidane88]

As the things are unfolding in Ethiopia now, Oromo Muslims have thrown under the bus, and soon would be hunted. everyone crying foul now about Daud Ibsa's claim that his OLF didn't agreed on disarmement , while the rest of Ethiopian ethnics have their weapons, Tigre, Amhara, Somalis etc.
Abiye Government has already declared that there won't be 2 army in Oromia. Unfortunately, The crackdown is nigh.

[Khalid Ali]

Zidane daud ibsa is he bereentu afranqalo shewan tulama macca wollo what kind of galla is he

[zidane88]

I don't know Khalid but Oromo Muslims have fallen the trap set by both Amhara and Tigre.

[Khalid Ali]

The gallas are not smart they are easily impressed by xabashis tigre used them because tigre is to laangaab to govern Ethiopia. And 30 percent of amxara is actually galla 10 percent is agew qement. Wollo gallas are amharas in their dhaqan and so on and so forth.

[Nole]

Zidane daud ibsa is he bereentu afranqalo shewan tulama macca wollo what kind of galla is he

Dawud Ibsa is from Wallaga. Divisions along religious and regional lines are a thing of the past though. Oromia has never been as united as it is today and we are behind the OLF. There may be a settlement reached between Oromia kilil and OLF, which may include integration of fighters into regional militia and/or Oromiya police. Total disarmament is out of the question, in my opinion. This is 2018 not 1992.

[SuperLander]

OLF must disarm and Oromia, DDSI etc must be broken up into multiple smaller regions so that we can make Ethiopia indivisible once more

[St8OuttaDirree]

I don't know Khalid but Oromo Muslims have fallen the trap set by both Amhara and Tigre.

No one has fallen for any Amhara trap. The support and loyalty has always been with the OLF, ODP doesn’t have as much supporters as the OLF does in Oromia. They won’t last in Oromia.

Khalid - Daud Ibsa is from Wollega - Macca(Waachis clan).