What is the latest happenings in Ethiopia?

[Old_Observer]

Is Ethiopia falling apart?

 

There is one obscure issue that the diasporas are not talking about, but will soon do. That is re-settling, returning or settling the displaced mainly Somalis and Oromos.

500 million of Ethiopian money has been allocated for this task.

The 600,000 displaced Oromo is fake number. It was used to campaign and generate hate or suspicion against the Somali by Oromo diaspora and some Oromo government officials. The number 6 is bad omen when used in such cases.

The Somali were simply helping the displaced and not making propaganda using the displaced or throwing numbers.

The Ethiopian federal government needs to be careful on this. The Somalis that have simply gone and stay with relatives and settled in some Somali villages should be counted and helped and where applicable compensated.

 

The diaspora Amhara are saying, oh we should not have expected much from those falks? Already have moved on to other issues.

 

The Oromo diaspora are saying, well we showed what we can do, but where did we go wrong? What happened that we are being looked at with suspicion by everyone else now?

 

Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya and Sudan and South Sudan all stayed as far away as possible from the issues in Ethiopia. This was very dangerous for 3 countries and they all saw the danger. Eritrea, South Sudan and Somalia in that order.

 

What do SOLers think happened or happening?

 

[Holac]

I support any effort to remove Oromos from Somali region permanently. Not because I dislike Oromos (they are good people ) but because in the long run,  it is good for both communities to have clear separation. We can be brotherly neighbors and do trade as usual. 

 

For a long time I was bothered by what I was hearing from family members that Oromo is taking over Somali region and some Somalis have even forgotten their own language and became Oromos. 

[Old_Observer]

25 minutes ago, Holac said:

I support any effort to remove Oromos from Somali region permanently. Not because I dislike Oromos (they are good people ) but because in the long run,  it is good for both communities to have clear separation. We can be brotherly neighbors and do trade as usual. 

 

For a long time I was bothered by what I was hearing from family members that Oromo is taking over Somali region and some Somalis have even forgotten their own language and became Oromos. 

 

Holac,

The best thing to do to really understand this issue is to have a chat with someone that has knowledge of what happened during the border delimiting between Oromo and Somali during 1990s conferences and constitutions. Since on the Somali side everyone was united and had same view, you can ask anyone that was member of WSLF, SDL, ONLF (Name is later but personalities are same they were all participants) etc.

OLF and ONLF though both armed opposition to current government in Ethiopia do not see eye to eye on this issue. It is not helpful to write the details here.

[Old_Observer]

Success has lot of Fathers, but Failure is an orphan.

 

All Oromo organizations that were claiming leadership of the QERO (Shebab in Arabic) are now distancing themselves. Forgetting that what they wrote in their web sites and facebook pages a month ago, about massacres of innocent civilians will be used in courts in Ethiopia.

Its so sad knowing full well that the OLF is a terrorist organization (Ethiopian parliament), the QERO was flying OLF flag in their demostrations. Forgetting video recordings work for all. Declaring now that the diaspora OLF was not claiming leadership (wrongly assuming they will succeed and all will be forgotten).

 

 

[Old_Observer]

Will the SPDP (governing party of Somali Region of Ethiopia) join EPRDF (united front governing Ethiopia)?

 

This seems to be a major issue for the Oromo according to their web sites. The Oromo are saying that the Somali should not join the EPRDF. Some are saying, the Somali should not join a falling front, but support to downfall of EPRDF. This of course is fake. The real reason according to the analysis deep inside the article is that the Somali will be aligned to the South and to the Tigray, 2 of the 4 parties in EPRDF.

 

The 2 closest regions that may be ready to join happen to be furthest from Oromo in Ethiopian politics. The Somali and Afar have been always furthest from Oromo, even though both are geographically closest to Oromo region.

 

This will create another division with in Oromo and also between Oromo and Amhara. The Amhara may not oppose these 2 regions, since the Amhara have least influence on these 2 regions, but do not want to make them opponents either. The Amhara are suspicious that the Somali one day is going to go his separate way, but at the moment the Amhara have least influence on the Somali and do not want to be seen as against the Somali. The Amhara would rather accept the fact that its only the Afar and Tigray mainly and to some extent the Southern that can influence the Somali.

 

The advantage of doing so for the Somali of joining is, the Somali can directly influence Ethiopia and directly be part of any decisions that affects him. His profile in Ethiopia also would increase tremendeously.

The downside is the Somali shares the responsibility of bad, good or ugly Ethiopia does. The Somali also shares his autonomy more than currently does through federal system.

 

 

 

 

[Old_Observer]

Ethiopia's foreign minister is in Khartoum:

 

For talks on Security and peace.

 

"Ethiopia and Sudan will facee with dialogue anyone that have issues, but any escalation is responsibility of those who escalate"

 

 

[Old_Observer]

Bravo Turkey and Thank you.

Turkish state agency, aid organization to bring clean water, health services to Ethiopia’s Afar

 

Thursday January 18, 2018

The State Hydraulic Works and Turkish aid organization Association of Friends of All Africa (TADD) have sped up efforts to help Ethiopia's Afar region, where people suffer from the lack of clean water and shortage of doctors.
 

The organization will send volunteer doctors to the region, who will arrive in the African country in January and stay for two weeks to conduct at least 5,000 medical examinations, 200 surgeries, 800 dental examinations and 500 circumcisions.

Specialists from the state agency will also be there to bring help to the region for clean water, TADD said on its website.

The specialists will examine possibilities to bring constant supply of clean water to the region via the major Awash river passing through the state, an official for TADD told Daily Sabah.

Those who wish to help the organization for medical supplies can make a donation on its website.