We, the undersigned Oromo-American scholars and professionals (OS&P) together with our colleagues in Europe and Australia, write to express our concern about the unprecedented online attack against the Head of Mission in Ethiopia by some Amhara extremists. The extremists are...
Oromia Global Forum (OGF) - a global alliance of Oromo civic, professional, faith-based organizations, prominent human rights defenders and activists, residing in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa, condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the recent horrific slaying of...
We, members of the Oromia Global Forum (OGF) - a global alliance of Oromo civic, professional, faith-based organizations, prominent human rights defenders and activists, residing in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa are deeply concerned about the plight of the Oromo...
The Amhara elites, who still dominate over 74% of the Ethiopian state bureaucracy and control the resources of the multiethnic population, have been accustomed to imposing their version of history, culture, language, and religion on other peoples - for more...
Dear Secretary Blinken,The Oromia Global Forum (OGF) - a global alliance of Oromo civic, professional, faith-based organizations, prominent human rights defenders and activists, residing in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa welcomes your upcoming visit to Ethiopia. It is...
Mootummaan naannoo Oromiyaa, daangaa bulchiinsaa fi tartiiba gabaasa magaalotaa fi anaalee Oromiyaa jijjiiruun tarkaanfii ifatti faallaa dimmokraasii ta’e, kan saamicha aangoo fi qabeenyaarratti xiyyeeffate, akkasumas ummata Oromoo gidduutti wal dhabdee facaasuun wal irratti bobbaasuu kan kaayyeffate fudhatee jira. Sirnichi jijjiirama...
In a blatant and anti-democratic power and resources grab, and an attempt to sow discord among the Oromo people to pit them against each other, the one-party controlled Oromia regional state government has redrawn the administrative boundaries and reporting relationships...
We, members of the Oromia Global Forum (OGF) - a global alliance of Oromo civic, professional, faith-based organizations, and scholars – would like to bring to your attention and the world community the continued genocidal war and atrocities committed by...
We, the undersigned members of Oromo Scholars and Professionals Group (OSPG), based in North America, the US, Europe, and Australia, wholeheartedly welcome the UN HRC’s decision to establish an International Commission of Human Rights experts on Ethiopia and the appointment...
During the week following June 18, international print and broadcast media ran a dramatic story about a “massacre” that was supposedly carried out by a “rebel group” driven by “ethnic hatred” in the Oromia region of Western Ethiopia. The report,...