of course it is, it's a country belonging to over 80 ethnic groups, the oromo being the biggest.
why wouldn't we claim and rule, such a big, resource rich, powerful army-having country, that also was where Muslims first migrated to? the land of diversity and tolerance-where muslims and christians love each other, drink coffee together, defend each other??
that's retarded. abdi was attacking his own somali people, who didnt belong to his clan, for years upon years. how is attacking somalis, his own people, helping them?
if oromos are attacking somalis, fight the oromos who are fighting you then!!
nothing u say can justify attacking oromo women, elderly, and those just living a peaceful life!
same goes for oromos-if they attack somalis, i condemn them and say they should face justice. it's simple.
it's simple bro: abdi waged a war on oromos and ended up losing that war.
Allah is always with the oppressed---and I am sure he saw the tears of those oromo mothers and heard their duas.
we do not know the new guy very well. this is how i feel; none of us have a right to force a leader on somalis, let somalis freely elect their own leaders, BUT, do not expect oromo to be quiet and passive if anyone tries to kill oromos again. we will get revenge for our people, just like everyone else would.
Self defense my ass. You are the one migrating into Somali territory by the truck loads. Stay in your god damn land and we won’t have a problem.
You might think this is an empty rhetoric but the sentiments expressed right here translate directly with what is happening back home
Gay priests and imams?This is the Ethiopia I know!
Oops, BBC Amharic reports Abdi Iley is indeed arrested by the army and taken way from Jigjiga palace.
I believe most oromos have an "Oromo first" mentality and don't see themselves as Ethiopian. What happened to #freeoromia? Thank god somalis kept their strong identity intact and never fell for Amhara assimilation .
he is heading to Alemi Baqa i guess.
This was badly handled by the government. The federal army don't have the right to invade regions and push regime change simply because they feel like it. That is a violation of the ethiopian constitution. Team Lemma using federal forces to push their own expansionist agenda.
He is stupid for real. He should have accepted an Ambassador post just like the former Tigray and Southern Region presidents. Instead he started chaos and secession BS while in the process his thugs killing many civilians, looting and burning churches. Now instead of becoming an Ambassador he will be spending the rest of his life in jail. What a moron.
This was badly handled by the government. The federal army don't have the right to invade regions and push regime change simply because they feel like it. That is a violation of the ethiopian constitution. Team Lemma using federal forces to push their own expansionist agenda.
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You sound gullible. Is that what the state owned news stations told you? I bet you were an advocate for USA toppling Gaddafi aswell.The government via its spokesperson argued that the Somali region continued its human rights abuses and continued to attack oppostion activists etc. There are many Somali elders now for more than 3 months in Addis asking the fed. to intervene because they are not save in Somlai region. The last thuggish activity which triggered the intervention is that Abdi Iley started to intimidate the Somali elders that were conducting a 3 day conference in Dire Dawa that is not part of Somali administration. The fed. had it enough. Except Somali region, currently all regions are allowing oppostion parties to operate freely, free media are allowed criticizing both local and federal governments, no torture and freedom of demonstration etc. are now a standard. Abdi refused to go with the wave and to allow reforms. He still continued his thuggish behavior of intimidating and attacking his critics. This can't go on forever. He is clearly violating the constitution and that is one reason the fed. to intervene.
bro Ethiopia is no doubt falling apart and also these so called dulmi diid guys that bend over backwards for the qoti piss me off.
I said this was going to happen.... @xabashi 'Freedom' is BS. we will be raped, killed and looted till Somalis become docile.
But the fact that you just casually walked into jigjiga and started killing civilians is part of the constitution?The government via its spokesperson argued that the Somali region continued its human rights abuses and continued to attack oppostion activists etc. There are many Somali elders now for more than 3 months in Addis asking the fed. to intervene because they are not save in Somlai region. The last thuggish activity which triggered the intervention is that Abdi Iley started to intimidate the Somali elders that were conducting a 3 day conference in Dire Dawa that is not part of Somali administration. The fed. had it enough. Except Somali region, currently all regions are allowing oppostion parties to operate freely, free media are allowed criticizing both local and federal governments, no torture and freedom of demonstration etc. are now a standard. Abdi refused to go with the wave and to allow reforms. He still continued his thuggish behavior of intimidating and attacking his critics. This can't go on forever. He is clearly violating the constitution and that is one reason the fed. to intervene.
You sound gullible. Is that what the state owned news stations told you? I bet you were an advocate for USA toppling Gaddafi aswell.
We all know Addis Ababans live in a bubble and don't know what goes on outside their city.
Instead of talking about me, argue against what I said. Somalis that do not agree with Abdi could not operate in the Somali state. For more than 3 months they were in Addis begging the fed. to intervene because Somali region was left out while the other states are enjoying the new freedom. The Somali elders had to conduct their conference outside Somali state (Dire Dawa) for fear of repression while other states are welcoming oppostion parties even from the diaspora and letting them operate freely. The PM spokesperson, himself a Somali, said the Somali administration was told many times to respect human rights but it refused. Do you have any argument against this fact?
Here are the two videos containing the press release, one in Af Somali and the second in Amharic.
Huh? I have already responded to this. You literally wrote the same post twice.Instead of talking about me, argue against what I said. Somalis that do not agree with Abdi could not operate in the Somali state. For more than 3 months they were in Addis begging the fed. to intervene because Somali region was left out while the other states are enjoying the new freedom. The Somali elders had to conduct their conference outside Somali state (Dire Dawa) for fear of repression while other states are welcoming oppostion parties even from the diaspora and letting them operate freely. The PM spokesperson, himself a Somali, said the Somali administration was told many times to respect human rights but it refused. Do you have any argument against this fact?
Here are the two videos containing the press release, one in Af Somali and the second in Amharic.