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[Tsegaye Ararssa @RArarssa]

When Diplomatic Language Meets Contested Histories: A Gentle Note to the UN Secretary-General https://t.co/y6RXGz2sfk

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

#Tribute: Zegeye Asfaw: Architect of #Africa's most radical land reform, father of #Ethiopia's agrarian revolution

In this tribute, Hassen Mama Muse emphasizes that the history of twentieth-century Ethiopia is closely intertwined with the life of Zegeye Asfaw Abdi, a visionary statesman and legal architect who passed away on 12 May 2026 at the age of 84. He describes Zegeye as the “visionary behind the most radical land reform program in African history,” a man who “translated the student slogan ‘Land to the Tiller’ into a legislative reality that emancipated millions of peasants from the bonds of feudal servitude.”

Born in #Oromia in 1942, Zegeye inherited a lineage shaped by both imperial collaboration and liberation resistance, giving him a deeply complex understanding of the Ethiopian state. After studying law and defending detained student activists in court, he rose to become minister of land reform following the 1974 revolution. He later spearheaded the landmark 1975 land proclamation, deliberately using the term “‘public ownership’ rather than ‘government ownership’” to protect peasants from future state-driven land dispossession.

Despite these achievements, a political purge targeting Oromo intellectuals led to Zegeye spending a decade without trial in the “notorious torture chamber” of #Maekelawi prison. He endured the psychological toll through yoga, intellectual discipline, and community leadership, helping establish a prison school that kept inmates mentally engaged and academically active.
Following his release, Zegeye briefly served in the transitional government before dedicating himself to civil society work. He founded Hundee, a grassroots organization that blended traditional Oromo knowledge with modern development initiatives. In his later years, he served on the National Dialogue Commission (#NDC), "advocating inclusive consultation and national reconciliation."

The author underscores that Zegeye “lived a life defined by the soil, the law, and an unshakeable belief in the dignity of the peasant.” Hassen adds that his influence “will continue to grow as long as the people of the highlands and valleys of Oromia and Ethiopia continue to obtain their sustenance and identity in the land.”

https://t.co/rUFXV8jA0F

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

Tribute: Remembering Zegeye Asfaw: The lawyer who helped transform #Ethiopia’s feudal order

In a 2020 review for #Addis_Standard, #Leenco_Lata described Zegeye as “a very remarkable man,” and the proclamation Zegeye helped shape "the most important factor that put the Ethiopian Revolution on par" with the great revolutions of #France and #Russia because it eradicated the power of the landed aristocracy.

Zegeye passed away two days after attending a public event in Addis Abeba honoring Leenco Lata’s biography launch.

https://t.co/OGjilKoq4A

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

Book honoring #Oromo political, intellectual figure #Lencho_Leta to be launched

Addis Abeba – A new biography chronicling the life and political journey of veteran Oromo politician and scholar Lencho Leta is set to be launched in Addis Abeba, according to organizers.

The book launch will take place on 10 May 2026 at Skylight Hotel, as part of a broader program marking what organizers describe as the “half-century journey of struggle” associated with Lencho Leta’s political and intellectual life.

The biography, authored by Ms #Zufan_Urgati, documents Lencho Leta’s life history, political thought, and contributions to Oromo political discourse and broader debates on identity, nationalism, and statehood in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.

The book, which has been prepared in Afaan Oromo and Amharic, will be officially unveiled during the launch event and made available to readers on the same day, organizers said.

Beyond the book launch, the program will include photo exhibitions, panel discussions featuring scholars and former comrades, and sessions reflecting on Lencho Leta’s personal and political life, including contributions from family members.

Organizers stated that the event is intended not only to present the biography but also to provide a platform for reflection on Lencho Leta’s political ideas and legacy, particularly in relation to Oromo nationalism, citizenship, and regional political dynamics in the Horn of Africa.

The launch is expected to bring together government officials, political party leaders, traditional leaders including Abbaa Gadaa figures, Siinqee mothers, comrades in struggle, family members, and invited guests, according to the statement.

[Mehari Taddele Maru @DrMehari]

The vote was 123-3, but the 52 abstentions tell the real story: a clearly drawn line separating Global North states and former colonial powers from the overwhelming majority condemning the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity,

[Tsegaye Ararssa @RArarssa]

#OLA on #Ammesty

[Girma Gutema (PhDid) @Abbaacabsa]

With profound sorrow that we learn the passing away of Professor Asmerom Legesse—a towering scholar who’s always remembered for his great contributions in putting the Oromo Gada system on the global epistemological map.

Condolences to his families, friends and colleagues.

[Tsegaye Ararssa @RArarssa]

ትብብር: በልመና አይመጣም--ከትብብር የምናገኘውን የራስና የወል ጥቅም በማስላት ከሚደረግ መናበብ እንጂ!!
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አንዳንዶች: 'በሰላም አጀንዳ ዙሪያ በመሰባሰብ: ተቃዋሚዎች የጋራ መገናዘብ (mutual recognition) ላይ የተመርኮዘ የድርጊት መቀናጀት (coordination of action): የመልዕክት አንድነት (coherent messaging): እና የእንቅስቃሴዎች መናበብ (synchronising operations) እንዲኖር በማድረግ: የዚህን የዘር አጥፊዎች ቡድን እንንቀል!' የሚል ጥሪ ስናቀርብ: "ብቻችንን መታገል ስላቃተን አግዙን" እያልን ይመስላቸዋል:: እንዲህ የሚያስቡ ሁሉ መሳሳታቸውን ልንገልፅላቸው እንወዳለን::

የሕዝባችን ትግል እራሱን ችሎ ሲካሄድ የነበረ: አሁንም ያለ: ወደፊትም (የግፍ ቀንበር እስካልተሰበረና ህዝባችን ነፃ እስካልሆነ ድረስ) የሚቀጥል ነው:: በማንም ላይ የሚደገፍ እንቅስቃሴ አይደለም:: ትናንትም አልነበረም: ወደፊትም አይሆንም::

በጋራ መገናዘብ መርህ (principle of mutual recognition) ላይ ተመርኩዘን ብንናበብ: የአገዛዙን ዕድሜ በማሳጠር: ለሕዝቦቻችን ሁሉ የሰላምና የእፎይታ ዘመን እናቀርብላቸዋለን ብለን እናስባለን:: ያም ሆኖ: "ይሄን የምትሉት ብቻችሁን ስላልቻላችሁ ነውና ተለማመጡን: ወይም መሠረታዊ የትግል አጀንዳችሁን ቀይሩ" ለማላት የሚዳዳቸውን እያየን ነው:: ይሄ ያሳዝናልም ያዝናናልም::

የኦሮሞ ሕዝብ ትግል: እንኳን ዛሬና ሁሉም (ወይም አብዛኛው) የአገሪቱ የፖለቲካ ኃይል "አብይ-ነብይ/ወልይ: አብይ-ሙሴ/አሻግሬ: አብይ-መሲህ/አዳኝ" እያለ በሚያብድበትም ወቅት: እራሱን ችሎ የቀጠለ ነው:: አንዳንዶች የዘር ማጥፋት ጦርነት ሲያውጁና ሲያሳውጁ(በት)ም: አብይን እየታገለ የቆየ ነው:: አብይን ደግፈው ኦሮሞን እንደ ሕዝብ ሲታገሉትም ጭምር እራሱን ችሎ እራሱን ሆኖ ሲታገል የቆየ ነው::

እና ዛሬ የእንተባበር ጥያቄው የልመና ለሚመስላቸው: ያለን መልዕክት አንድ ብቻ ነው:: ይኸውም:- ትብብር: ጥቅምን ባማከለ ትንተናና ስሌት እንጂ በልምምጥ አይመጣም:: የትብብር ጥቅሙ ከማይታየው ጋር አንደክምም::

አለመተባበር ውጤቱ የሚከፋው ለማን እንደሆነ ሁላችንም በሂደት የምናየው ይሆናል::

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

#China executes 11 gang members who lured #Kenyans to #Myanmar scam compounds

China has executed 11 members of a criminal gang convicted of luring foreigners—including Kenyans—into scam compounds in Myanmar, where they ran a billion-dollar online fraud and illegal gambling network.

The criminal syndicate was convicted of running a vast online fraud and illegal gambling operation that generated more than $14 billion, according to state media and court records.

The executions approved by China's Supreme Peoples Court and carried out in eastern #Zhejiang province underscore Beijing' intensifying crackdown on transnational crime networks operating across Southeast Asia, These networks have increasingly affected victims and financial systems far beyond the region including in Africa.

Chinese authorities said the defendants were key figures in the so-called Ming family criminal group which operated multiple scam compounds in Myanmar' northern Kokang region—an area long associated with fraud human trafficking and weak law enforcement, Kenya government has said it worked with Thai authorities to rescue more than 100 Kenyans trafficked to Myanmar under the guise of teaching jobs only to be trapped in telecom fraud schemes,

The 11 were sentenced to death in September last year after being convicted of crimes including intentional homicide fraud illegal detention and mining illegal gambling operations,

Court findings revealed the syndicate's activities led to the deaths of at least 14 Chinese citizens and left several others injured. In November, a provincial high court rejected appeals, clearing the way for executions under Chinese law.

The Chinese government said the gang defrauded pensioners, driving some to suicidet and targeted global online finance systems through schemes disguised as dating sites.

State news agency Xinhua teported that the gtoup ran telecom fraud and online gambling centres staffed by trafficked workers coerced into scamming victims worldwide. Authorities said the network also used violence to maintain control including killing four people who attempted to escape a compound in October 2023.

Tie penalty highlights China's stringent measures against online fraud, but also exposes how institutional weaknesses in other countries allow such networks to thrive. Myanmar has been at war since the junta seized power in 2021 but does not control the entire territory.

https://t.co/v7NP7aPj0Z

[Moti_Kishie @Motitolesa]

Lidetu Ayalew, Finfinnee, Oromia, Federalism, and the Perils of Principle-free Politics https://t.co/1oCOSFQmXu

[Oromo Studies Association (OSA) @OromoStudies]

A Statement from OSA regarding False Allegations against & Attacks Oromo Scholars and Scholarship

[Moti_Kishie @Motitolesa]

@AbrarSuleiman ይሄ ባዶ መፈክር ጉራ ችርቸራ አጉል ህልም ወ ቅዠት መጨረሻው የኤርትራን ህዝብ እና የባህር በር አሳጥቶዋል :: የህዝቦችን ሉዓላዊነት ያላከበረ የመሬት መገጣጠም መሻት ፍከራ የትም አያደርስም:: 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Tsegaye Ararssa @RArarssa]

Walellign, the first one to unmask the cracks and the hypocrisies of the empire, the one that shook the foundational myth of the Ethiopian monarchy. Kudos to the inimitably brave and courageous generation of the 1960’s! Wale’s legacy live on. So does the (finished and unfinished) liberation movements they dared to launch. #We_shall_finish_the_job! #Empire_shall_fall!

[Moti_Kishie @Motitolesa]

Tribute to Professor Hamdessa Tuso https://t.co/Ub9XSpexBA

[Moti_Kishie @Motitolesa]

Tribute to Professor Hamdessa Tuso https://t.co/jgrwQp7C4D

[Jawar Mohammed @Jawar_Mohammed]

HUBACHIISA: Balaa Baaletti as deemaa jiru

Akkuma amma dura jedhe lafa qonnaafi bosona Godina Baalee guututti Arabootaaf kennanii jiran. Lafa kana jaraaf dabarsanii keennuuf qophiin eegalamee jira. Qophii san keessaa tokko qonna babal'aa amma dura harka mootummaafi abbootii qabeenyaa ture irraa guuranii 'busaa gonofaa' jala glachuudha. Sababni busaa gonofaa jala galchaniifis yoo kallattiin abbootii qabeenyaarraa fuunee Arabootaaf kennine mormiitu nutti ka'a jedhanii waan shakkaniifi. Kanaafuu dura maqaa busaa gonofaan harka mootummaatti galchanii, achi booda mormii maletti jaraaf kennuuf deemu.

Kan kennamu ammoo lafa abbootii qabeenyaa qonna babl'aa qofa hin se'inaa. Lafti qonnaan bulaa harka jirus ni kennama. Erga Araboonni lafa babl'aa too'atanii booda, maqaa babal'isuu investimantiitiin qonnaan bulaan irraa kaafamee jaraaf dabarfamee kennama. Akkuma qonnaan bulaa naannawa Finfinnee maqaa investimantiin buqqisan jechuudha.

Baddaa Baaletti laftii harka abbootii qabeenyaa jiruufi kan qonna mootummaa ture busaa gonofaa jalatti galee Arabootaaf dabarfamuuf qophirra jirra. Baale Bahaas tibbana saffisaan itti deemaa jira.

Yaadachiisa: Sababni ummata Suudan walficcisiisaniif albuuda warqii saamuuf qofa miti. Lafa qonnaa sulula Naayil keessa jiru kan akka Gaziiraa jedhamu fa'a too'achuufi. Balaan tun biyya teenyattis saffisaan as deemaa jirti. Ummanni keenya Rabbii itti kadhachaa waan dandeessanis ganamumaan dura dhaabbadhaan dhaamsa kiyya.

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"Baalee bahaatti investaroota irraa lafti fuudhamtee buusaa gonofaaf kennamaa jirti."

[Tsegaye Ararssa @RArarssa]

https://t.co/vbxMakqDgQ

[Tsegaye Ararssa @RArarssa]

This, below, is a very interesting, and rather careful, economic analysis of the interaction between ethic/national diversity and developmental state by Tom Lavers.

Although economists often tend to be ahistorical in thinking through Ethiopia’s “national question,” the care and sensitivity with which Tom Laver approached it was remarkable.

However, the fact that even he thinks ethnic federalism hasn’t worked for three decades—which apparently has become an examined received wisdom of late—is incorrect.

This is because: 1st) the federalism hasn’t been implemented. It was merely aspirational. In fact, the change Qeerroo was seeking during its protest (2014-2017) was a manifestation of the itching towards the implementation of the federal system. The mottos were mostly demanding the government to respect the constitution and the right of self-determination, political, economic, cultural, and linguistic; and

2nd) the persistence of the ethnic/national tension, often threatening the developmentalist imperative, was not because of federalism’s entrenchment of ethnic/national rationality. To the contrary, it was because, despite the formal declaration of ethno-national federalism, the “national question” did not find a resolution (there was no exercise of self-determination, not even undisputed free and fair election). In fact, ethnicity/nationalism persisted because the vestiges of imperial-structural domination and exploitation continued to sabotage the project of recognition (ie, ethno-national aspirations to self-determination) and of distribution (i.e, transformation of the exploitative economic arrangement into an equitable and redistributive one).

So, the solution, even now, is not to be sought in de-emphasising federalism (presumably to eradicate or minimise ethnic/national rationality) but rather in working towards its resolution by giving it its fullest expression in the form of self-determination. This alone will do away with the vestiges (and imperial legacies) of exploitative structures that continue to foment ethic/national conflict in such a way that the latter trumps the imperatives of economic redistribution.

After all, in the process of coming out of imperial domination and exploitation, nations don’t “live by bread alone.” The economic imperative doesn’t necessarily trump the political one. The economic kingdom cannot come before the political one.

https://t.co/YJ8AcOvVj7

[Curate Oromia @curateoromia]

Irreecha Nairobi is a new dawn for Oromo Unity in Kenya, writes @kanaGolicha, a human rights lawyer and Secretary-General of the Kenya Oromo Professional Association (KOPA).
https://t.co/sdJOjx78ft

[Girma Gutema (PhDid) @Abbaacabsa]

“Fano militants had been active in the region for four years, regional security official Temesgen Kasa told AFP, "taking advantage of opportune moments to launch attacks against civilians and loot property".”

https://t.co/EAcnqVowBJ