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 Dr Degefa Abisa is one of Oromo's precious sons who paved the way by making great sacrifices for the OROMO's struggle for freedom. While he is still retired, he is determined to pay everything he has for his people.  During the Derg regime and also from 1991 to 1995, Tucho was a medical director and chairman of the board of the largest Ethiopian hospital, the Black Lion Hospital.  When...

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“My role model is Oprah Winfrey and I can understand so many things when I listen and watch her as I come from the most oppressed Oromo nation. I also admire Mogoro Jifar, the Oromo singer ”Mestawat H Qananii. Mestawat is an exiled Oromo artist who left her country due to the political intimidation she faced and now lives in Germany. I have known Mestawat for over 15 years and she is the kindest a...

On June 23, 2018, there was a bomb explosion in Addis Ababa (Finfinnee), and many things were said while the underlying truth was not told ... I conducted an investigation and found the final FBI for forensic investigation on the crime scene ...  Eventually, the FBI team closed their investigation and filed it. The 22 pages contain everything they did. However, the Abiy regime found the result of...

On June 23, 2018, there was a bomb explosion in Addis Ababa (Finfinnee) and many things were said while the underlying truth was not told ... I conducted an investigation and found the final FBI for forensic investigation on site ...  Eventually the FBI team closed their investigation and filed it. The 22 pages contain everything they did. However, the Abiy regime found the result of their investi...

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The Oromo culture and its implications for strengthening Oromo unity and the struggle for freedom. WHAT IS #IRREECHAA FOR ALL OROMO? Send us Fan Mail Support the show

I spoke to Emabet Mulatu, Prof. Beyene Ruda's wife. She is a mother of two and her husband and father of her children, Prof. Beyene, is being held behind the Ethiopian bar. She shares the pain and suffering she experienced after her husband was arrested. BEYENE was a university professor and imprisoned for his political views. He didn't want to support Abiy's regime and that is his...

This is one of the songs from the # ArfanQalloo music bands of the 1960s that I keep listening to. It is always a refreshing memory of my childhood that I first heard it on the Ethiopian radio Afaan Oromo, which aired once a week. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

This young Oromo appeared on my podcast, and I interviewed him about what happened in the zone of July 2020 and the atrocities committed by the Ethiopian security forces. Two weeks later he was kidnapped, and now nobody knows where about him. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Irreecha (also called Irreessa or Dhibaayyuu ), is thanksgiving holiday of the Oromo people in Ethiopia .The Oromo people celebrate Irreecha to thank Waaqa (God) for the blessings and mercies they have received throughout the previous year. The Irreecha festival is celebrated every year at the beginning of Birraa (Spring), new season after the dark and rainy winter season. It is attended by millio...

“My role model is Oprah Winfrey and I can understand so many things when I listen and watch her as I come from the most oppressed Oromo nation. I also admire Mogoro Jifar, the Oromo singer ”Mestawat H Qananii. Mestawat is an exiled Oromo artist who left her country due to the political intimidation she faced  and now lives in Germany. I have known Mestawat for over 15 years and she is the kindest...

9 years ago before I was released from #Mekelawi Ethiopian prison and fled to Sudan, I was arrested with #OlbaanaaLeellisaa and shared the same underground and dark cells and learned so many things from him. This is exactly what I wrote 8 years ago in the Sudanese refugee camp #Shagarab to remind Oromos not to forget these wonderful sons in the Ethiopian prisons ... Send us Fan Mail Support the sh...

I had a conversation with the young girl, Bonsitu Shigut, whose father was a former OLF foreign affairs chief and current senior adviser to the OLF. Bonsitu lives in Germany and our discussion was about her father's detention and release, especially we focused on the challenges she faced as a family when her father was in Ethiopian prison... Send us Fan Mail Support the show

OLF calls for the formation of an Oromian transitional government after the expiration of the term of office of Caffee Oromia, HoPR and HoF, which means that there is no legitimate government in Ethiopia. I invited two scholars: Dr. Chala Abdissa and Mr. Dibaba Tesfaye, a university lecturer to discuss how it could be implemented and what should be done by those whose interests are vested in this....

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This poem was written two days later after Hacaaluu was murdered by Ethiopian security forces. It is meant to commemorate Haacaaluu's good deed and bravery Send us Fan Mail Support the show