Oromo News | Oromo Music - Oromo Web.com » ethiopians http://oromoweb.com Bringing to you Oromo News from around the Web Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 UN says 270,000 at risk as floods loom in Ethiopia http://oromoweb.com/un-says-270000-at-risk-as-floods-loom-in-ethiopia/ http://oromoweb.com/un-says-270000-at-risk-as-floods-loom-in-ethiopia/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:29:53 +0000 cybersex http://oromoweb.com/un-says-270000-at-risk-as-floods-loom-in-ethiopia/ By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the country, according to government estimates issued by the United Nations on Monday.

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]]> http://oromoweb.com/un-says-270000-at-risk-as-floods-loom-in-ethiopia/feed/ 0 Africa Is Not a Victim of Nature; It Is a Victor of Nature http://oromoweb.com/africa-is-not-a-victim-of-nature-it-is-a-victor-of-nature/ http://oromoweb.com/africa-is-not-a-victim-of-nature-it-is-a-victor-of-nature/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:01:06 +0000 ErroreNot http://oromoweb.com/africa-is-not-a-victim-of-nature-it-is-a-victor-of-nature/ Somehow India, which has been blessed with natural irrigation systems, has been buying land in Ethiopia, which is not as blessed, to grow water-hogging crops such as rice and export them to India and elsewhere. The question is, why couldn’t Ethiopia grow these foods, feed its own people, and export the rest to India and other countries, creating jobs and wealth for Ethiopians in the process?

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]]> http://oromoweb.com/africa-is-not-a-victim-of-nature-it-is-a-victor-of-nature/feed/ 0 Ethiopia, A Quarter of a Century Later http://oromoweb.com/ethiopia-a-quarter-of-a-century-later/ http://oromoweb.com/ethiopia-a-quarter-of-a-century-later/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:35:37 +0000 Tiltemini http://oromoweb.com/ethiopia-a-quarter-of-a-century-later/ By Steven E. Levingston The image most of us retain of Ethiopia is one of mass starvation and a glittery rock concert intended to ease the suffering.

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]]> http://oromoweb.com/ethiopia-a-quarter-of-a-century-later/feed/ 0 Ethiopian opposition for May 23 election http://oromoweb.com/ethiopian-opposition-for-may-23-election/ http://oromoweb.com/ethiopian-opposition-for-may-23-election/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 14:36:00 +0000 Vegass http://oromoweb.com/ethiopian-opposition-for-may-23-election/ (Reuters) – Ethiopians vote on Sunday in the first election since a disputed 2005 poll.

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]]> http://oromoweb.com/ethiopian-opposition-for-may-23-election/feed/ 0 The Tour of Oromia Region (AllAfrica.com) http://oromoweb.com/the-tour-of-oromia-region-allafrica-com/ http://oromoweb.com/the-tour-of-oromia-region-allafrica-com/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:32:54 +0000 032694 http://oromoweb.com/the-tour-of-oromia-region-allafrica-com/ The tour saw us in two companies in the Industrial zone of the Oromia region. We visited Cedilla, an Etho-Indian pharmaceutical company where out of the 361 staff, 350 are Ethiopians and only six are Indians.

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]]> http://oromoweb.com/the-tour-of-oromia-region-allafrica-com/feed/ 0 Rush for Land Grab in Ethiopia – The Human Rights Issue of Our Time http://oromoweb.com/rush-for-land-grab-in-ethiopia-the-human-rights-issue-of-our-time/ http://oromoweb.com/rush-for-land-grab-in-ethiopia-the-human-rights-issue-of-our-time/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:44:17 +0000 Shushessiob http://oromoweb.com/rush-for-land-grab-in-ethiopia-the-human-rights-issue-of-our-time/ By Oromsis Adula As Election Day fast approaches, Ethiopians are under a cloud of fear and uncertainty. Reports show massive propaganda campaigns and endless mandatory meetings. Despite all the rhetoric of democracy, Ethiopia remains a country where a support for the opposition could mean imprisonment and/or a denial of foreign food aid.

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]]> http://oromoweb.com/rush-for-land-grab-in-ethiopia-the-human-rights-issue-of-our-time/feed/ 0 The new breadbasket of the world? http://oromoweb.com/the-new-breadbasket-of-the-world/ http://oromoweb.com/the-new-breadbasket-of-the-world/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:41:47 +0000 black hattitude http://oromoweb.com/the-new-breadbasket-of-the-world/ As swathes of their country’s land is leased, cleared and prepared for food production by foreign companies, Ethiopians are divided over whether this constitutes ‘agro-colonialism’ or much-needed development, writes MARY FITZGERALD Foreign Affairs Correspondent. ‘WHY ATTRACTIVE?” reads an Ethiopian government poster pinned to a wall at the rambling offices of the Gambella regional investment agency

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]]> http://oromoweb.com/the-new-breadbasket-of-the-world/feed/ 0 Aid groups to probe charges by Ethiopia opposition http://oromoweb.com/aid-groups-to-probe-charges-by-ethiopia-opposition/ http://oromoweb.com/aid-groups-to-probe-charges-by-ethiopia-opposition/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:06:56 +0000 black hattitude http://oromoweb.com/aid-groups-to-probe-charges-by-ethiopia-opposition/ By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Aid workers in Ethiopia will investigate how foreign humanitarian relief supplies are delivered after opposition political parties alleged that their members were being denied food ahead of elections in May. A coalition of eight opposition parties called Medrek, or the Forum, accuses some officials of only allowing ruling party members to benefit from a long running food-for-work programme that helps more than seven million Ethiopians survive.

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]]> http://oromoweb.com/aid-groups-to-probe-charges-by-ethiopia-opposition/feed/ 0 Ethiopia : Farmland for Sale to the highest bidder – Video http://oromoweb.com/ethiopia-farmland-for-sale-to-the-highest-bidder-video/ http://oromoweb.com/ethiopia-farmland-for-sale-to-the-highest-bidder-video/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:28:47 +0000 Guulaa http://oromoweb.com/ethiopia-farmland-for-sale-to-the-highest-bidder-video/ The repressive regime in Addis Ababa continues to auction virgin land to the so called “foreign investors” falsely claiming to bolster the flagging economy and transofrm agricultural practices. All the while, millions of Ethiopians are on the brink of starvation

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]]> http://oromoweb.com/ethiopia-farmland-for-sale-to-the-highest-bidder-video/feed/ 0 Ethiopia:The closest thing to Hell on Earth http://oromoweb.com/ethiopiathe-closest-thing-to-hell-on-earth/ http://oromoweb.com/ethiopiathe-closest-thing-to-hell-on-earth/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:46:41 +0000 meyraa http://oromoweb.com/ethiopiathe-closest-thing-to-hell-on-earth/ Famine and Meles Zenawi’s Ethnic Apartheid Policy In 1984, the secessionist Tigre Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) tribal rebel group led by Meles Zenawi caused the death of millions Ethiopians in Wollo and Tigray.

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