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Resolutions of the OLF Executive Committee
September 29, 2006 (OLF) - The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) Executive Committee has successfully conducted its regular meeting from September 25 to 29, 2006.Full Story

  Meles’s Secrete Meeting with Local SPLA leaders from Pochalla County in Gambella
September 28, 2006 (Gambella) - Tyrant Meles Zenawi and his loyal parliament members are traveling to Gambella for the first time to have a secret meeting with SPLA leaders from Pochalla County.
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  Ten government journalists defected!
September 28, 2006 (EMF) - More than ten government journalists had defected to the US, Europe and Asia fearing persecution, subsequent to refusing orders to produce false stories about opposition parties, source said. Full Story

THE TPLF GOVERNMENT BROKE INTO THE OFFICE OF THE OROMO NATIONAL CONGRESS AND CONFISICATED ITS PROPERTIES
September 28, 2006 - The predatory regime continues to engage in evil activities whilst pretending to be a democratic government, by allowing few political organisations to function legally but dismantling the same organisations covertly or indirectly.Full Story

Ethiopia "Allowed To Defy International Law"
September 27, 2006 (NY) - Ethiopia has been allowed to defy international law for four years and reject the binding decision on the demarcation of its border with Eritrea because the Security Council has chosen to encourage and support its conduct, Eritrean Health Minister Saleh S. Meky told the General Assembly today.Full Story

Meles's former chief of protocol defects
September 24, 2006 (ION ) - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi‘s former head of protocol, who had accompanied him on several international State visits, has defected.Full Story

Brig. General Kemal Gelchu Interview with Eritrean TV August 10, 2006 in English (pdf format)
September 24, 2006 - His interview with Eritrean Television reveals the reasons for his abandoning the government, the plight of the Oromo people and soldiers in the military, and his commitment to the struggle against the government. Full Story

Interview with Gen. Hailu and Col Gemechu in English (pdf format)
September 24, 2006 - Brig. Gen. Hailu Gonfa and Col. Gemechu Ayana Interview with EriTV September 15, 2006. Full Story

Ethiopian officer defects to Germany
September 24, 2006 (Berlin ) -Defections in the Ethiopian armed forces continue unabated. The latest to defect is Maj. Tesfaye Yemane, an officer in the Ethiopian army, the opposition Ethiopian Review website reported. Full Story

Shooting broke out between Ethiopian soldiers in western Oromia
September 21, 2006 (Oromia ) - News reaching us from the region confirmed that fierce gun battle occurred between soldiers of Oromo origin and TPLF soldiers over the last weekend in the vicinity of Naqamtee, western Oromia.Full Story

A dignitary goes shopping in Paris
September 18, 2006 (Asmara ) - Indian Ocean Newsletter N° 1194 16/09/2006 -- An official of the governing coalition EPRDF and member of the central committee of the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF, the dominant party in Addis Ababa) went shopping in the luxury stores in Paris this week.Full Story

Serving the repressive TPLF regime is a historical crime 
September 18, 2006 (Asmara ) - Two senior Ethiopian Army officers who recently joined the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) abandoning the TPLF regime said that serving the repressive regime is a historical crime. Full Story

12 Ethiopians seek political asylum in South Korea  
September 14, 2006 (The Associated Press ) - SEOUL, South Korea A dozen Ethiopians sought political asylum in Seoul on Thursday while on a trip to mark the opening of a museum commemorating the African country's participation in the Korean War, a veterans' group said.Full Story

Geri Moti, American born wife of Tassisa Moti of Minneapolis, Minnesota ( USA) died on Monday, September 11, 2006.
Septebmer 12, 2006 (USA) - Geri stood by the Oromo people for over three decades, sharing all their trials and tribulations as well as the joys and agonies. She was an ardent supporter of OSA and contributed a tremendous time and effort as a member of OSG, distributing its newslettes and tirelessly advocating for human rights. Full Story

Brigadier General Hailu Gonfa and Colonel Gamachu Ayana Join the OLF
September 15, 2006 - Statement by Brigadier General Hailu Gonfa and Colonel Gemechu Ayana. Full Story

Protest Against Persecution September 10, 2006 (Adama) - The TPLF/EPRDF government has continued to use its own mischievous and illegal activities at the Adama University, as a pretext to detain and harass Oromo students, some of whom were not even present at the time of the acts. Full Story

20 journalists jailed in Ethiopia in August
September 11, 2006 (EMF) - "In the past few months journalists working in Africa have been charged with espionage, murdered, harassed by government officials, and jailed for defamation and for publishing 'false news'," said a statement.
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Ambassador Hanfare Alimirah defected
September 11, 2006 (EMF) - September 11, 2006 (EMF) - Son of the renowned Afar spiritual leader Sultan Alimirah, Ambassador Hanfare Alimirah has defect to America making the total number of defectees to Sixty-three, Sources said. Full Story

Oromo Students Expelled From Haramaya University
September 10, 2006 (Oromia) - It has been reported that Oromo students have been expelled from their studies simply because they protested against being called by a derogatory name given to the Oromo by successive minority Habasha ruling cliques, and demanded respect for their human rights. Full Story

AFD New Year Message (Amharic version)

OLF Press Release:- Falsely accusing OLF will not save TPLF from its imminent and inevitable demise
September 8, 2006 (Oromia) - The Oromo liberation struggle is gaining momentum from day to day demonstrating greater maturity, scope, capability and sophistication. The phenomenal growth and advance of this struggle is making the minority regime in Ethiopia even more desperate. Full Press Release

Rising Tensions: Regional Presidents residence searched
September 7, 2006 (Oromia) - A day after troops on machine gun mounted pickup trucks patrolled major roads and intersections in Addis, security forces last night searched in and/or around the house of General Abba Dula Gammada, the butcher of Oromia and the person who, as defense minister, ordered the killing of pro-democracy protesters last June. Full Report

T he TPLF Government Continues to Rob Food Aid
September 7, 2006 (OLF - Press Release) - It is a public secret that more than 10 million people are starving in Ethiopia. This is mainly the result of TPLF’s failed economic policies and lack of personal freedom. On the other hand, the government is using starvation as a weapon to silence the poor people and making them to focus on their daily bread than on the larger problem that the country is facing .Full Press Release

Dismissal of Oromo Students from universities continued; several have disappeared
September 6, 2006 (Oromia) - The condition at Haramaya University is deteriorating. A few among the over 60 students on the lookout list by the Federal police have reportedly been arrested. Many others are still in hiding.Full Report

Rising Tensions: Addis Patrolled by Heavily-armed troops
September 6, 2006 (ET) - Thousands of heavily armed troops on pick up trucks mounted with machine guns patrolled all major roads and intersections in Addis today .Full Report