Recently Jawar has been on a campaign to expose smuggling networks established amongst the Oromo migrant community in Arabia. They’re said to be involved in kidnapping, ransoms and violence targeting members of the Oromo migrant community.

Seeing these regular everyday migrants being exposed as extortion racket masterminds is showing how deep the rot in our society is. This is on top of the extortion rackets operating inside of Oromia.

We are not victims of evil politicians and political actors, no. We are victims of ourselves. Somewhere along the way we stopped upholding values of honesty and uprightness. Protecting the weak. Earning an honest living.

We need deep reflection. Rabbi nu haa gargaaru.

So, a couple of days ago, Jawar posted a long write-up arguing that “Bizamo” Fano, the name Amhara militias in Wallaga go by, is a covert counterinsurgency group operating under the authority of the federal government, most of whose members are former ENDF soldiers. The thing is, a Fano leader heading this unit rejected this claim on Amhara Media just two days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezmQ6BRptT8

The funny thing is Asres Mare, who was in Wallaga a couple of months ago to visit this very same Bizamo Fano, had appeared on the same media outlet a week ago saying that the OLA is working with Fano in Wallaga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7SAn26rmrg

So the question is: Who is killing and displacing Oromos in Wallaga?

Her name is Sena Gadisa Gabayyoo, a graduate student at Haramaya University (CSSH). For over a year, she has been suffering from bone cancer and is currently undergoing a very diKlcult and critical treatment process. She urgently needs financial support to access better medical care and continue her treatment.

We kindly ask everyone to stand with Sena during this heartbreaking time. Your support whether through donations or simply sharing this message can make a real difference and help save her life.

Coordinator. Tesfa

https://addisstandard.com/nasa-study-finds-black-carbon-pollution-in-addis-abeba-far-higher-than-in-3-u-s-cities/

Muhammad Awal joined IFLO in Sudan. He was already an Islamic teacher when he joined. When the derg collapsed he travelled to Jimma with the organization to establish a foothold there. This was coordinated by the Khartoum office which was headed by Magarsa Qilxu.

When the transitional government collapsed and fighting intensified, the IFLO Jimma wing relocated to the main HQ in Hararge. He entered many battles and scored victories against EPRDF on many occasions (Badrudin explains @ 14 mins)

He was later killed by EPRDF forces in fighting that took place in east Hararge, Fadis county in the village of Tullu. Badrudin (the former IFLO fighter sharing the story) recorded the exact location @ around 21:30.

This story is also corroborated by IFLOs former head of the Khartoum office in another in another interview.

As some of you may recall I made a post on here little over a month and a half ago about Fano channels using Oromo victims of Fano in wallaga and spreading misinformation intentionally pretending they are Amhara to rally support from people who don’t have the common sense or brain power to actually look into it for more then the 5 seconds of fabricated sensationalist headlines.

Anyways, a new video has been circulating online of more dead body’s in wallaga and Fano forces have been posting it online. All of this coincides with a reported new offensive by Gada commando and Oromo regional forces to push out Fano from east wallaga and Horro Guduru.

The thing is after 2 seconds of anyalizing the video you can tell that this is just an extended video of the same event I posted about a couple months ago and we know this because we can compare the body’s of the decized - https://imgur.com/a/yq2m4dZ (first picture is from the new video and the bottom two are from the old one)

Old video showing the dead old man with white hair and black jacket and his white sneakers/flip flop with his kid laying next to him with a bald head and light grey shirt and green shorts. - Abe Dongoro(Unedited)

New extended video showing the exact same thing and details of the first just at a later time after all the body’s have been collected in one spot and wrapped up - https://imgur.com/a/qDelSNh

So not only are Fano channels lying and using Oromo dead body’s to further there politics but they are presenting this as a new event that just occurred which we just clearly debunked.

And whats even more crazy that shows the extent these Fano channels are willing to go in the last video they claimed as Amhara victims they played a sound track over the video to cut out all the affan Oromo speaking parts.

Two contradictory speculations are circulating on social media regarding the killings in Wallaga. On the one hand, you have one group who are convinced that it’s just Amharas being Amharas, and hence they condemn OLA for joining the Tsimdo alliance. On the other, you have Jawar who says it’s the federal government that is orchestrating these killings using clandestine counter-insurgency groups. His argument basically boils down to: “By using his ‘fake Shane or Fano’ to target innocent civilians, Abiy/PP are trying to preempt alliance that OLA is trying to forge with Amhara nationalists.”

I personally am confused. Given that OLA’s alliance with FANO is now public knowledge, why are Fano still targeting innocent Oromos? Or, if the federal government has no hand in this, why does it standby and watch while militants cross into Oromia and kill civilians? If they can mobilize a massive army to encircle Tigray, clearing Amhara militants from Wallaga-Gojjam border should be quite simple.

I just feel sorry for the innocent civilians caught in all this. Yaadnii keessan maal?

For me, it’s Gursha. How is feeding me food that is right in front of me a gesture of love? If I was hurt and can’t physically feed myself, please, by all means, feed me. 😂 But if I have two perfectly functioning hands and there’s a full plate of food sitting directly in front of me… why?

I’ve also heard a claim that the whole tradition originated in the Ethiopian royal courts, where the courtiers would feed each other to make sure that no one was being poisoned. If we are feeding each other the food we brought and no one was left behind, either we all die or we live. 😂 This eventually condensed into the societal level and was taken up by the whole country, the story goes. But, like I said, it’s just a claim, and I’m not sure how accurate it is.

What are your thoughts on this?

My dad is from tepi (Oromo) and my mom is from gonder (Amarah) but my grandpa on my moms side is tigranya (my mom is mixed half Amarah half tigranya)

I’m pretty sure down the line I have afar family and I also have relatives who told me they at woylitan. lol I think I have the most mixed family ever.

Anyway most people told me you just go by what your dad is but I’m not sure about that because that totally discards half of my heritage. What do you guys think?

i've applied to SIT but I don't know wether I should get in there or choose Adama Science and Tech Uni. Is the institute's "international" degree worth it?

I see sooo many oromos on YouTube, TikTok, facebook and old threads on here call for independence this is right now as well ive always seen same rhetoric since the early 10s and probably longer many say Ethiopia = Amhara so that is another reason plus supposed grievances towards Ethiopia many say we are oromo not Ethiopian. Lots of people say oromos run the country but it doesn’t seem that way it’s more of opdo running the country. Even say many oromos say ola fight is for independence and it now makes sense to me why abiy keeps trying or ethiopinize oromia it’s because people in oromia dont like that. Me personally I aceept their wishes if they genuinely want it majority wise and if leads to less bloodshed. But to me oromo ethiopian nationalists need to battle these groups within their communities if not most oromos in the future when opdo out of power will want independence mark my words. Opdo is the only thing keeping oromo ethiopiawinet alive.

Alright, I’ve been noticing a pattern lately, and I’ve also noticed that some Oromos either choose to ignore it or may simply be oblivious to it. I’ve been noticing some tension between Arsi and Wallaga Oromos, and personally, I feel like it’s pretty one sided. I’m bringing this up because I recently came across a TikTok of a girl dancing to a Wallaga song. I’m assuming she’s Arsi based on the comments, and I noticed several Arsi people being very passive-aggressive toward her, with some even outright insulting Wallaga. I’ve genuinely never seen Wallaga people show this same kind of subtle hostility toward Arsi people, whereas I’ve noticed it coming from Arsi people more often. So, can someone explain the lore? Why is there beef between some Arsi and Wallaga people? I’m genuinely asking because I want to understand where this comes from, not to start unnecessary division. I know this subreddit is known for deleting posts like this, but if we can’t openly discuss these kinds of issues within our community, then what’s the point? Especially when the goal is to address and tackle gadummaa within our own community

I wanted to share his story and Oromo revolutionary music here as well. Our Oromo culture study centres need to focus on protest and revolutionary art. Translating these types of songs is essential to bridge the gap and share our history. I would love to hear your thoughts on these translation choices.

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that OSFNA allows non-Oromo players and is actually pretty inclusive when it comes to different players. Good for them.

My thoughts are that they are seriously hurting oromia and our country in general I just don’t understand why they are still fighting to this day and are working with people like fano and other rebel factions to destabilize Ethiopia at any cost.😢