Sunday 23 November 2014

NAMNI OROMUMMAAF YAADU GALATA QABA!

Najiib Zannuun irraa | Sadaasa 23, 2014
Namoonni tokko tokko akkaataa itti komatan malee akkaataa itti dinqisiifatan hin beekan.
Oromoo fi Oromummaan maal akka taatee fi qabsoon Oromoo garamirraa garam deemaa jirtii warreen irraa quba hin qabneetu qabsaa’ootaa fi qabsoo Oromoo faalleessaa jira. Nama ifiif if baree eenyummaa ifii beekuutu tan namaa dubbata. Garuu Namni ifiifuu if hin beeyne waan dubbatu hin qabu. Namoonni tokko tokko “Oromoon Maali?” Jattee yoo gaafatte warreen deebii hin qabneetu,afaan qaratee nama dhugaa arrabsa.

Namni Oromummaaf jedhee hadoodu, namni Oromummaaf jedhee falmatu, namni Oromummaaf jedhee qabsaa’u nama mataa isaatiif osoo hin taane, sabasaatiif dhaamotu. Guyyaa tokkollee ta’u namni sabaaf yaadee waan dhimma saba isaa dalage galata guddaa qaba. Garuu nama akkasii sanitti gufuu ta’uun hamilee wal cabsuudha. Wal komachuu, wal arrabsuufi maqaa wal xureessuun, garayyuu nu hin geessu! Yoo walii gallee, wal dhageenyee, wal kabajnee, wal dandeenye, wal jala bobbaane qofa bakka yaadne geenya. San ta’uu baannaan garuu wanni tarru hin jiru. Xumura irratti jecha Dr. Sheek Mohammed Rashaad Abdullee (Rabbi Rahmata Haa Godhuufii) jedhe tokkoonin xumura.
“Manni yoo qaqal’iin qajeelte, yoo dagaleen tolte, yoo utubaan qajeelee tole,manni ni tola. Hoggaa taan ni
jallata. Haa tayuu ogeessi mukni jallate je’ee hin darbu. Muka biyya jiruun dallaya jaaran je’anii. Gama
inni itti jallate san, mogoleetti suuta dhidhiibee if duuba deebisa. Ammas akka bakka dhawameen saniin hin laafanne,muka qajeelfame kana muka qajeelaa lama jidduu kaayee yookaa dhaabee waliin dagalcha.”
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Maaliif wal komanne
maa wal arrabsine?
Maqaa wal xureessuu
maa aadaa godhanne?
Maaliif walin taane
wal jala maan yaane?
Silaa walii gallee
qaata bilisoomne!

Kan sabasaa jibbee
qabsaawaa arrabsu,
Kan hojii godhatee
sabboonaa faalleessu,
Humaa keessan jiru
Ofirraa odeessaa
Gurra hin kanninaaf
dadhabatee usaa!

Oromummaaf jecha
wal jala hiriiraa
Komii lakkisaa
yaadaan wal deeggaraa
Nama sabaaf yaadu
maqaan balleessinaa
Yaadasaa hubadhaa
arrabsuun baddinaa
Fageessanii yaaduun
isiinuu guddinaa
Tokkoomanii ka’uun
waan yaanne arganna.

Saturday 1 November 2014


Britain axes aid to Ethiopian police amid human rights outcry

Document warning that aid programme posed ‘high’ risk to human rights deleted from Government website as £27 million aid scheme axed

By Matthew Holehouse, Political Correspondent
ETHIOPIA-US-DIPLOMACY
Britain has given £1 billion in aid, including around £70 million for “governance and security” projects, to the country over three years Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP
October 31, 2014 (The Telegraph) — Britain has suspended most of a £27 million aid programme to support Ethiopia’s police force, The Telegraph has learnt, amid mounting allegations of torture, rape and murder by the regime.
Ministers pulled the plug on a scheme intended to improve criminal investigations, help Ethiopian police “interact with communities on local safety” and help women access the justice system.
The cancellation coincides with an Amnesty International report that documents how the Ethiopian security forces have conducted a campaign of torture, mutilation, rape and murder in order to suppress political opposition.
Britain has given £1 billion in aid, including around £70 million for “governance and security” projects, to the country over three years. Critics of the ruling regime have disappeared, and Amnesty International found allegations of men being blinded and women being gang raped and burnt with hot coals by regime officials.
There are mounting fears for the safety of Andy Tsege, a British national and critic of the regime, who was abducted in Yemen before being tortured and sentenced to death.
The Department for International Development said the project was cancelled because it did not represent “value for money” and because of “risk” in getting it delivered on time.
It insisted that the cancellation of the project was entirely unrelated to allegations of human rights abuses, and said the decision pre-dated the Amnesty International report.
However, earlier this year an internal government assessment of the programme warned it posed a “high” risk to human rights, upgrading it from medium.
The document noted that the Government of Ethiopia appeared reluctant to improve the human rights situation. “The underlying assumption of GoE’s commitment to reform in the security sector is sensitive and subject to a range of factors (e.g. terrorist attacks inside Ethiopia). In light of this, we propose elevating the risk to ‘high’.”
It also warned that work had been “poor quality” with “weak value for money”. There were “tensions” between British aid workers and the Government of Ethiopia, with Ethiopian civil servants complaining over being “overwhelmed” by paperwork. Work fell behind the timetable.
The document, an annual assessment of the scheme, was subsequently deleted from the website.
DfID said the document was deleted because the programme had changed. The decision to axe the programme went unannounced before inquiries from this newspaper, despite mounting concern at the deteriorating situation in the country.
A DfID spokesman said: “DFID has suspended major activities under the Community Safety and Justice programme because of concerns about risk and value for money. We are updating the website to reflect programme changes.”
One element of the scheme, run by Harvard University in measuring the effectiveness of justice reforms, will continue to be funded by Britain.
The deletion of the documents was detected by Reprieve, the anti-death penalty charity which is campaigning for Mr Tsege’s release.
“While MrTsege is held in a secret prison in Ethiopia under sentence of death, Dfid has inexplicably scrubbed alltraces of this funding from its website,” said Maya Foa, the head of the death penalty team. “The Government should be using its extensive influence in Ethiopia to ensure the safety of one of its nationals, not aiding the very forces responsible for his detention – then removing the evidence.”
A blistering report on Thursday warned that British aid money is fuelling corruption overseas. One development project in Nepal encouraged people to forge documents to gain grants while police stations in Nigeria linked to British aid were increasingly demanding bribes, the Independent Commission on Aid Impact found.
Source: The Telegraph