Deadly Garowe explosion injures Oromo woman (Update)

Update - According to Puntland Intelligence Service (PIS) in northern Somalia, all three wounded and one killed are being identified as Ethiopian immigrants, contradicting previous statements that only one Ethiopian was targetted.

A deadly explosion in the Puntland provincal capital of Garowe city in Somalia injured an Oromo-Ethiopian woman and killed one Somali national.

According to the local media Garowe Online, the blast occurred at a restaurant and police said the restaurant owner is under investigation in relation to the explosion. Two other Somalis were also wounded in the incident that allegedly occurred when a hand grenade was dropped accidentally.

On Monday, two more Somalis were also killed in Puntland during riots following the arrest of a famous Islamic cleric. According to the UN’s IRIN news agency, drought conditions have been worsening in Puntland and warned of a full-blown disaster in the region within months.

Puntland, located in northeastern Somalia, has been relatively peaceful compared to the war torn southern Somalia. However, its port city Bossaso was the site of a deadly bombing in March 2008 that killed dozens of Oromos. Al Shabab insurgents reportedly took responsibility for the bombing, which also wounded at least 100 more Ethiopian immigrants from the Oromo ethnic group.

Several political and economic migrants who leave Ethiopia often face worse conditions in neighboring countries and Gulf States while hundreds die every year trying to cross the dangerous waters over to Yemen. A recent VOA report said there are around 14,500 Ethiopian asylum seekers in Somalia waiting for UN recognition and some Oromos often get robbed or shot at while some Oromo women are raped by Somalis. Due to the close relationship between Somaliland and Ethiopia, some Oromos are also abducted and deported back to Ethiopia from Hargeisa for detention and possible torture by the Ethiopian government.

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Added: April 26, 2009. 08:49 PM GMT

Somalis will not kill Oromos delibrately. If they did, it was mistake.Oromo is our brothera and sisters. You can live and work in Somalia peacefully and respect. But if you call yourself Ethiopian(Abbysinian)of course you will get kill because Somalis do not like Abbysian. Oromo people need to take army and fight the perpetrators like Zanawi. Otherwise you and your children will be under this condition(slavery) forever. Change does not come it self, you have to fight for it. Good lock

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Added: April 01, 2009. 04:21 PM GMT

Down with Ethiopia!!
Long Live Oromia!!!!

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Added: March 30, 2009. 08:09 AM GMT

mother f**ker alshabab

Alshabab doesn't understand the politcs of Hon of Africa. if so, they shouldn't kill Oromos. how they consider Oromo as Ethiopia. we the oromo people never reprsent Ethiopia and we the oromo people are the big enemy of Habesha. we it is must to live with someone, we prefer to live with Somali than Amhar. so, what a hell is wrong with somalian? why they are torturing oromo?

Cabaqa Gurre

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Added: March 29, 2009. 06:19 PM GMT

Funny!

who are calling yourselves we, Oromos am not sure. You don't even undertand in what situtation the Oromo people are now and of course all the rest in the Empire. Do not attempt to play an Oromo concerned about his future but tell the truth that you are the woyane-Buchilla who wants to create confusion and let the woyane rule longer more.

The Pro ethiopian Parties are not planning to go for a war against oromos but they want to achieve this goal by democratic means, why not if they get support from the majority in Oromiya? But i personally donot believe that they will succed because i vote first for freedom and tell every brother to do so, and even you, if you are an Oromo , but first let us get rid of woyanes by any means and build a democratic and peaceful neighbourhood which may acoording to it's benefit form a sort of "union" like EU or USA etc, we must learn from our past and from others too,

But no apologies for this criminals assasinating us ,tell you they 'll pay for it any time not so far

Saar Safar

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Added: March 29, 2009. 03:07 AM GMT

the amhara/qinijit federalism policy in Oromia is always to weaken oromia so they can divide us into tiny provinces to prey on us and replace tigre tyranny with amara tyrany

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Added: March 28, 2009. 09:28 PM GMT

Oromos need to take care of Amharas more then the current ruling Weyanes. Article 39 of Weyane's constitution is accused for its "intention" to dismember Ethiopia. Amhara parties like AEUP, EDP, EDUM, EPPF, EPRP, G7M and UDJ, who do accuse Weyane for this intention have got their own §39, which they want to use to dismantle Oromia. It is stated as follows:

"Establishing a federal system based on historical and cultural ties, language and geographic characteristics, administrative suitability and potential for development. It opposes administrative divisions based on ethnicity and language."

With this article, their intention is to dismantle Oromia and build mini Oromo federal states like Borana, Arsi, Hararge, Wellega....etc. This attitude of them is the main obstacle for the formation of durable alliance between Amhara forces and Oromo fronts. That is why the opposition against fascist Weyane is basically devided in to two blocs:

- NBF (Nation-Based-Federalists) which include parties like ATSD, OFDM, OPC, SDFC, SEDC, OLF, ONLF and SLF , who want to have as the minimum compromise solution autonomous national areas of each nation in Ethiopia in a form of Oromia, Ogadenia, Tigrai, Amhara...etc

- RBF (Region-Based-Federalists), all being Amhara parties as listed above in the first paragraph, want to forge federal Ethiopia based only on geographical suitability. With that they target specially Oromia, which they want to devide in to pieces!!

I just suggest that all Amhara parties intending to dismantle Oromia should not be allowed to run in any sort of election in Oromia. Caffee Oromia should foster a law to make them illegal in Oromia!!!

Lewux

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Added: March 28, 2009. 08:12 PM GMT

what is the benefit of killing Oromos? we are not ethiopians and we don't represent the habsha regime in finfinne! please stop the violence!!

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Added: March 28, 2009. 05:39 PM GMT

AFDist,

you put it out of order. it does not start from DJ but Asmara (ASS) and flies to WG (wallaga) and then AD and FF

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Added: March 28, 2009. 03:54 PM GMT

So, our liberation journey will be from Djibouti (DJ), a metaphor for slavery under the empire, which our "friends" in OPDO try to keep:

- 1st to Diredhawa (DD), a symbol for the goal (Kaayoo) of OFC aka decenteralization of the empire so that Oromia will have more autonomy,

- then 2ndly to Adama (AD), a metaphor for the goal set by ULFO aka poletically, economically and socioculturally Independent Oromia. Such Independence (Walabummaa) is very mandatory before talking about UNION,

- finally or 3rdly to Finfinne (FF) the END of our liberation journey, a symbol for the goal (Kaayyo) of OLF aka self-determination of Oromo people which is an excercise of our democratic right on the issue of NO or YES to the suggested Union of Independent Nations with our neighbours in the region!!!

AFDist

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