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"Why does the now accepted narrative make history start with the foundation of Addis Ababa in 1887–and not two centuries earlier, when the area lay at the heart of the Abyssinian polity? For evidence, see the rock-hewn churches carved around the capital city, that predate the Oromo expansion. It takes time to cut a church out of stone, and the ‘first’ inhabitants of the Addis Ababa area were Amharic-speaking Abyssinians, in the 16th century.

The Oromo ‘migrations’, that started in the mid-16thcentury, absorbed large swathes of what we call Ethiopia today, and this during two centuries. The Oromo also acculturated others on their drive towards the north of the Horn of Africa, for that is how such projects are carried-out, and the Oromo were culturally hegemonic. Many of the people who are ‘Oromo’ today were once something else. Some were vassal groups, that adopted the customs and language of their new overlords.

And when it comes to history and land occupancy, there is always another ‘first’ before your own first: the lands immediately to the south of the Entotos (today’s Addis Ababa area) were, based on the accounts of Portuguese travellers in the 16th century, inhabited by a ferocious and warlike people they called ‘Gorag…’ (no doubt the people with such a reputation for hard work today known as the Guragué). Many of the victims in Shashamene were Guragué (and Silté)—and one completely fails to see what they could possibly have to do with the expansion of the capital city into Oromia.

For the fact is that there is there-is-no-marginalization-of-Oromos-in-Ethiopia. The higher echelons of government are occupied by Oromo. The leader of the country is an Oromo. The Minister of Defense is an Oromo. The Oromia region has the highest GDP per capita in Ethiopia and Oromo farmers have the highest acreage per household in the country. In my years of travel on horseback around the capital, witnessing first-hand the expansion of the city, I saw just as many inhabitants who were making it good, rather than being dispossessed by the expansion of Addis Ababa.

The troops that pushed into the south, to found ‘garrison towns’ were largely Shewan (Oromo),marching under Oromo chieftains":

This won't sit well with the Gudinas who habitually like the world to believe everything started at Anole. The future belongs to those who side with the truth. TPLF made up story is now being torn left and right ...what remains will only be shame and disgrace for generations to come:

https://www.ethiopia-insight.com/2020/0 ... -ethiopia/

"Two and a half years ago, at the height of the unrest that was to usher in the new government, an Ethiopian friend of mine told me about having to smuggle out a number of his employees from a farm that he ran near the city of Adama. His workers, Ethiopian southerners (Wolayta, Hadiya and others), had been cowering in a cattle shed for two days in fear for their life. That same week, many of these southerners were hounded out of their jobs and their lodgings in the larger area, and particularly in the city of Bishoftu, where several hundreds of these people ended up taking refuge in the Ethiopian Air Force Base, before being bused back down south.

These evictions went largely unmentioned in the international press, and underlined for me not just how fraught the whole situation was becoming, but also the growing importance of social media in the conflicts

For this last shocking wave of killings has been in the making for years: with the September 2018 Burayu killings. With the 80-something murders, after the kerfuffle around Jawar Mohammed’s security retinue, in October 2019(killings which remain mostly unaccounted for).The massacres in Burayu, right next to Addis Ababa, in which dozens of southerners were slaughtered, in particular, demonstrated to all that there is little legal retribution to be feared for instigating terror (to my knowledge, no-one has been charged). It is this prevailing anarchy, largely unchecked, that set the scene for the dramatic events that unfolded following the death of Hachalu."

Now tell me who is in charge of security in the country for the last two and half years? Yeah you are right ....

Thanks you teaching the blind some light. Yes Barara was the old name of Addis Ababa it was inhabited by Christian Shewan Amharas and was the capital of Ethiopia in 14th century. The Fortress town was home to Atse Dawit II or Lebna Dengel Berara aka Addis Ababa was abandoned when ancestral Shewan Amharas were ravaged by well armed Arab armies (Arab Adal Were Riflemans they carried guns and cannons and Amharas carried swords And spears) in 1530s.

Lebna Dengel notably defined Berara as the Gates of Amhara before His kingdom collapsed meaning the most southern territory of Amharas is Entoto provinces like Gebrarya were ravaged and assimilated into becoming Gala and were renamed “Selale” but are Abysinnians who lost there culture if we go deep enough in history we can say amharas were first in Northern Shewa and Amhara Kilil and used border Addis Ababa!

"ወደ ርስት ዝርዝር ስንመለስ ኦሮሞ በወረራ ባጠፋቸውና በሰፈረባቸው የኢትዮጵያ አውራጃዎች ሁሉ የዳግማዊ ዐፄ ምኒልክን አያት ቅድመ አያቶች እናገኘዋለን። ከምድር ወገብ ሶስት ዲግሪ እስከ አስራ ስምንት ዲግሪ፤ ከግሪንዊች ሜሪዲያን አስራ ሶስት እስከ አርባ ስምንት በመለስ የነበረውን የኢትዮጵያ መሬት ያስተዳደሩት ዐፄ ዘርዓ ያዕቆብ ኢትዮጵያን ከ1314-1344 ዓ.ም. ያስተዳደሩት የዐፄ ዐምደ ጽዮን የልጅ ልጅ ናቸው። ዐፄ ዘርአ ያዕቆብ ከ1426 – 1460 ዓ.ም. ኢትዮጵያን ያስተዳደሩ ታላቅ ንጉሠ ነገሥት ናቸው። ዐፄ ዘርዓ ያዕቆብ የተወለዱት ከአባታቸው ከዐፄ ዳዊት እና ከእናታቸው ንግሥት ክብረ እግዚ በ1391 ዓ.ም. ሲሆን የተወለዱት ከአዋሽ ወንዝ አጠገብ ትገኝ በነበረው ትልቅ ተብላ በምትጠራው ቦታ ፈጠጋር አውራጃ ውስጥ ነው። ፈጠጋር ከኦሮሞ ወረራ በኋላ የጥንት ስሙ ተቀይሮ አርሲ ተብሏል። የዐፄ ዘርዓ ያዕቆብ እናት ንግሥት ክብረ እግዚ የፈጠጋር ባላባት ልጅ ናቸው።

ከዐፄ ዘርዓ ያዕቆብ በኋላ ኢትዮጵያን ከ1460-1470 ዓ.ም. ያስተዳደሩት ልጃቸው ዐፄ በእደ ማርያም ናቸው። ዐፄ በእደ ማርያም የተወለዱት በ1440 ዓ.ም. ሲሆን እናታቸው እቴጌ ጽዮን ሞገሷ የደዋሮ ገዢ የነበሩት የጋራድ አሕመድ ልጅ ናቸው። ደዋሮ ከኦሮሞ ወረራ በኋላ የጥንት ስሙ ተቀይሮ ምዕራብ ሐረርጌ ሆኗል።ከዐፄ በእደ ማርያም በኋላ ኢትዮጵያን ያስተዳደሩት የመጀመሪያ ልጃቸው ዐፄ እስክንድር ናቸው። ዐፄ እስክንድር ኢትዮጵያን ያስተዳደሩት ከ1471-1487 ዓ.ም. ሲሆን እናታቸው ንግሥት ኢሌኒ የደዋሮ ጋራድ ልጅ ናቸው። ዐፄ እስክንድር ከሞቱ ከአንድ ዓመት በኋላ ኢትዮጵያን ማስተዳደር የጀመሩት ወንድማቸውና ሁለተኛው የዐፄ በእደ ማርያም ልጅ የሆኑት ዐፄ ናዖድ ናቸው። ዐፄ ናዖድ ኢትዮጵያን የገዙት ከ1486-1500 ዓ.ም. ሲሆን እናታቸው የዳዋሮ ገዢ ልጅ የሆኑት እቴጌ ናዖድ ሞገሷ ናቸው። ከዐፄ ናዖድ በኋላ የነገሡት ዐፄ ልብነ ድንግል ሲሆኑ ኢትዮጵያን ከ1501-1532 ዓ.ም. ገዝተዋል።

ከዐፄ ዘርዓ ያዕቆብ ጀምሮ እስከ ዐፄ ልብነ ድንግል ያሉት የኢትዮጵያ ነገሥታት ሁሉ ትውልዳቸው ከደዋሮ [ከኦሮሞ ወረራ በኋላ ምዕራብ ሐረርጌ የሆነው] እና ከፈጠጋር [ከኦሮሞ ወረራ በኋላ አርሲ የሆነው] ይሳባል። ይህ ማለት ቀደም ብዬ ለዘረዘርኳቸው የኢትዮጵያ ነገሥታት ደዋሮ[ ከኦሮሞ ወረራ በኋላ ምዕራብ ሐረርጌ የሆነው] እና ፈጠጋር [ከኦሮሞ ወረራ በኋላ አርሲ የሆነው] ያባቶታቸው ርስት ነው ማለት ነው። ደዋሮና ፈጠጋር ከዐፄ ዘርዓ ያዕቆብ ጀምሮ እስከ ዐፄ ልብነ ድንግል ድረስ ያሉት የኢትዮጵያ ነገሥታት አባቶች ርስት በነበረበት ወቅት ኦሮሞ ገና የገዳ ስርዓትና ወረራ አልጀመረም ነበር።"

If we are to litigate the current day politics as a mirrored by what was the is back in time, the hollow claims of the current day fanatics would only be exposed bare naked to its bones. For some of us Ethiopia didn't come to be when king Minilik restored what was ravaged by invaders. Deal with it!!

https://mereja.com/amharic/v2/335155

"In one stupid, incredibly insensitive tweet and equally tone-deaf video, Amnesty International handed extremists validation and marginalized the rest of the Ethiopian population that genuinely mourned Hachalu Hundessa and also want answers over his murder. Faced with a backlash of criticism, Amnesty deleted it and then issued this apology: “We remain conscious of Ethiopia’s complex and evolving political climate. Our comms team recognizes the negative impact of our recent media output and apologises for posting it in error.”

The about-face sparked the curiosity of the BBC, but the Beeb didn’t bother to poke around much either to learn more. This is the most its story offers for any context: “Oromo youths have been accused of carrying out ethnic and religious attacks against people perceived to be outsiders in Oromia region.”

It’s the last line of the article.

Oromo youths. So… just anybody? No mention of militias or Qeerroo. No mention of the Oromia Special Police Force suspiciously failing to step in while some incredibly brave Oromos did the decent, human thing and helped rescue their neighbours. No mention of the recent, appalling violence in Shashemene. Or Ziway. Or Dera.

"Jawar Mohammed is treated with kid gloves by much of the Western media? A BBC profile was written in early July by Bekele Atoma of BBC Afaan Oromoo, but it’s rather interesting in what it leaves out. Jawar is called a “media mogul” who “turned the OMN into a powerful voice of the youth…” The piece discusses his incarceration and the controversial murder investigation involving him — but by default, as in other Western coverage, Jawar comes across as an underdog.
No mention of the facts that he can be less than truthful, has dangerously smeared reporters and once said, “If someone speaks against us, we cut his throat with a machete.”

No mention of the fact that Jawar’s OMN has been widely accused of stoking hate and endorsing ethnic cleansing. One human rights organization, Minority Rights Group International, stands alone so far as I can see in calling out how OMN has been “actively propagating the attacks live and giving guidance to the attackers.”

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"At the end of June, an Oromo singer and political activist was assassinated in Addis Ababa, the Capital of Ethiopia.

This created a wave of rebellion and disturbance within the Oromo region, resulting in a mob moving through the small town of Ziway – now called Batu.

This resulted in all non-Oromo businesses were destroyed including the couple’s lodge which was 166km from Addis Ababa, which was burnt down and looted.

Mike said: “We were doing quite well, it was a paradise, until a mob moved through our small town destroying all non-Oromo businesses and our lodge was destroyed.

“We were left shocked, angry and in despair."

https://theworldnews.net/et-news/ethiop ... iday-lodge

https://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news ... -1-6818476

Couple despair at lack of support after mob destroys their holiday lodge

https://minorityrights.org/2020/07/22/e ... ng-oromia/

Reports to MRG as well as media coverage show that following the tragic murder of Hachalu Hundessa, a renowned Oromo singer and activist, an organised and large group of predominantly young people from the Oromo community killed members of ethnic minorities in the region and burned down hotels, schools, business centres and residential homes belonging to ethnic Amharas and Gurage people, though the properties of Christian Oromos were also damaged.

The attacks were premeditated

Attackers carried a list with the names of individuals and households to target. The group were going home-to-home checking identity cards, specifically targeting Amhara and Gurages (who make up an estimated 3 per cent of the population). Accounts indicate that many of the attackers were not from the areas, suggesting that transportation had been arranged to go from town to town.

Federal and local government officials turned a blind eye

In many areas of Oromia region, the federal and regional government were not willing to deploy security forces in time to protect minorities. In one case in Dera town, a father was murdered in front of his son, who himself sustained serious injury in the attack. Moments before his father’s death, his son called law enforcement personnel for support, but they responded by saying they were not authorised to intervene. Instead, reports indicate that when victims tried to defend themselves, Oromia region Special Forces attacked them.

Media outlets allowed hate speech and incitement of violence to air
Media outlets were actively propagating the attacks live and giving guidance to the attackers. Oromo Media Network (OMN) operating from Minnesota, USA, broadcasted a series of inflammatory hate-filled messages, including calls to lock and burn the homes of Amhara people.

The false narratives manufactured by TPLF/OLF and told over and over again have created the foundation for ethnically targeted murdering of the Amharas and Orthodox Christians for the last 30 years. These hate groups should soon be prosecuted at the international court.