Kenya: Ethiopian clashes blamed for spate of killings in Garissa

BY KIPCHUMBA SOME

August 25, 2014, GARISSA COUNTY (Standard Digital News): On the afternoon of June 9, an unlikely incident in Garrissa helped to reveal the faces and reasons behind a spate of mysterious killings that have rocked the county. That afternoon, a man approached Hassan Yusuf Intabur in his shop on Guled Street in Garissa Town, pulled out a gun concealed in his right hip, and shot him in the head. The gunman then pumped seven more rounds into Intabur’s body until his gun jammed. When this happened, members of the public who had taken cover spotted an opportunity to apprehend the suspect. But the attacker had another weapon. From a plastic paper bag he was carrying, he fished out a grenade, removed the pin and hurled it towards the crowd that was surging towards him. However, his backup failed him, too. The grenade landed softly in the soil, and failed to detonate. With nothing left to thwart the mob, the attacker took off on foot, with wananchi hot on his heels. There was pandemonium in the town as the crowd pursued the attacker who, though fleet-footed, seemed a stranger to the town since he did not know seem to know where to escape to. They eventually caught up with him, tackled him to the ground, and gave him a thorough beating before the police arrived to save him from imminent death. With his capture, the police achieved a rare breakthrough in solving a string of killings that had rocked Garrisa since June. Furthermore, the breakthrough uncovered a vicious war of attrition being fought by the Ethiopian government against one of its secessionist movements. Garissa, a small sand-swept town 350 kilometres east of Nairobi, had become the unlikely hunting ground for Addis Ababa’s special forces against the separatists. When questioned by the police, the attacker, who neither spoke English nor Kiswahili, identified himself through an interpreter as Abdirahman Mohammed Hajir, a chief inspector of police in the Somali regional government of Ethiopia. This is a southern part of Ethiopia dominated by ethnic Somalis. A rebel movement from the area has been fighting to secede from Ethiopia since 1984. The region is also alternately known as Ogaden, or Western Somalia, and the main rebel group is the Ogaden National Liberation Front ( ONLF).

REVENGE MISSION For years, Addis Ababa has sought to destroy the group through brutal repression, resulting in the scattering of the movement’s members to neighbouring countries and beyond. Hajir told the Kenyan police that he was a member of the Special Police Force, or the Liyu in Amharic, a feared paramilitary unit mainly dedicated to fighting the separatists. This force was once headed by Abdi Mohamoud Omar, the current president of the Somali Regional Government, and who is staunchly against ONLF. Also known as Abdi Ilay, he is a prominent member of Ethiopian Somali People Democratic Party (ESPD), and longtime close ally of former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Although he never implicated any of his superiors, Hajir said he had been given orders to carry out a revenge mission for the killing of one of their supporters in Garissa. “It was an incredible tale, almost too difficult to believe,” said Musa Yego, the North Eastern regional director of the Criminal Investigations Department. “For a long time, we were at a loss on what was happening. We thought it was Al Shabab, but the killings seemed targeted, and it was unlike the group to carry out attacks in broad daylight.” The pressure from the Government to find an answer to the killings was mounting with each attack in the county. Garissa has been the worst hit by a spate of terrorist attacks and unexplained killings that have claimed tens of lives. “We have already done much to battle insecurity here. But because these attacks happened almost at the same time as the ones in Lamu, we were under great pressure to bring the culprits to book,” Yego said.

The genesis of the situation they were trying to resolve goes back to the evening of June 1, when an unknown gunman shot Sheikh Abdi Rashid in Garissa. The elderly furniture businessman was coming from evening prayers when his life was snuffed out by five bullets to the chest. He was among the well-known scholars of Muslim sacred law and theology in the county, and he sometimes preached at Jamia Mosque in Garissa during Ramadan. But Rashid was something else besides being a preacher and a businessman; he was a staunch supporter of the pro-Addis Ababa regional government in Ogaden. He was a founder member of the Union of Western Somali Liberation Front (UWSLF), which supports the Ogaden government, and is said to have moved to Garissa in 1996. Furthermore, he was a distant relative and a close friend of Ogaden’s President Abdi Mohamud Omar. Rashid apparently never cut ties with his original home. The ONLF leadership accuses him of being behind the arrest and harassment of their members and sympathisers in Garissa and other parts of the former North Eastern Province. “He was responsible for inciting the Kenyan police to arrest many of our members in Garissa in 2011,” said Ahmed Farah Mohamud, a member of ONLF and the president of the Ogaden Refugee Council based in Nairobi. “He was a hardliner who took much joy in harassing our members and betraying them to the Ethiopian forces just to please his paymasters,” said Mohamud.

COUNTER-ATTACKS In 2012, Rashid survived an attack outside Guled Hotel in Garissa, which claimed the lives of two men. He escaped with a gunshot wound. Despite their obvious hatred of him, Mohammud said ONLF did not kill Rashid. Instead he accused the Ethiopian government of taking him out to justify a renewed reprisal against rebels in the diaspora. “The government drew up a list of 27 ONLF members it wanted eliminated. I am among those listed for elimination. The government needed an excuse to roll off its plan and it got one through the death of Sheikh Abdi Rashid,” claimed Mohamoud. Whatever the truth might be, the fact is that Rashid’s death unleashed a wave of counter-attacks that briefly confounded security officials and scared the people of Garissa. On the hot afternoon of June 17, another bizarre incident took place at Tawfiq Hotel, opposite Midnimo Supermarket on Guled Street. Midnimo means ‘unity’ in Somali. Â An ONLF sympathiser, Abdirashid Ali Bashir alias Gelkat, a taxi driver in Garissa, was having his meal at the hotel when three people walked in. One of them was Mohammed Dek, a first cousin of the slain Sheikh Abdi Rashid.

Gelkat did not know the other two people and quickly became suspicious On an impulse, he grabbed Dek as gunshots broke the noontime calm. One of the two unidentified men was shooting at them while Gelkat used Dek as a human shield. At the end of the incident, Gelkat had been shot eight times in the abdomen while Dek, had been shot in the buttocks several times. Their attacker took off into the town’s alleyways but not before accidentally dropping personal documents that identified him as Idriss Ali Qoys, a Liyu officer from Ogaden. The two injured men were taken to Garrisa General Hospital then airlifted by police helicopter to Nairobi for specialised treatment at Kenyatta National Hospital. Fearing further attacks on their man despite the heavy police presence, ONLF leaders in Nairobi moved Gelkat to the Aga Khan Hospital.

Both men survived to tell their tales. Dek told the police he was alone, contrary to claims made by Gelkat, while the latter said when he saw his ‘enemy’ with strangers, he concluded that they were up to no good. On the evening of the day of the attack, Khader Ismail Mohammed Guhad, also a taxi driver and ONLF sympathiser, was arrested after members of the public spotted blood in his car. He told detectives that he was the one who took the two injured men to hospital. The police remanded him for further investigations until July 1, when he was released on bond. Guhad was shot dead by an unknown assailant that same evening outside Gateway Hotel, along Kismayo Road in Garissa. Investigators believe that two separate parties from the Liyu police carried out the attacks. The first one was a three-man team led by Idriss Ali Qoys. However, no one in this group was ever captured. LOST TRAIL Dek was in Ethiopia when his cousin Sheikh Abdi Rashid was killed, and he is believed to have come to Garissa with the hitmen. The Qoys group is said to have been behind the botched attempt to kill Gelkat. It is believed that they went underground after the botched operation and waited to ‘redeem’ themselves. They did so on July 1, by killing Guhad, and then left the town. Hajir told investigators that he travelled from Ethiopia through the Kenyan border at Moyale on June 28, with two other colleagues from the Liyu unit. He told CID officers in Garissa that he arrived in Eastleigh, Nairobi, on July 1, before proceeding to Garissa for the mission. He said he was hired in Ethiopia to execute the revenge mission for $800 (about Sh70,000) by people he said he did not know. He had been paid $200 (Sh18,000) for food and travel expenses. He was to be paid in full in Garissa after the hit, at one of the informal Somali money transfer shops known as hawala. Police officers later raided the shop and closed it down.

For the better part of the last two weeks, detectives have been tracking down a man who is said to have travelled from Ethiopia for another revenge attack. He is said to have entered the country through Moyale, like Hajir, and was in constant communication with four other men in Eastleigh. But investigators said that they lost trail of the suspect after laying an ambush for a week. “Somebody seems to have tipped him off on the fact that we were monitoring his calls,” said Yego. On August 3, at around 1:30am, the Kenya police arrested a chief of inspector of police with the Liyu unit called Abdi Abdullahi at a hotel in Eastleigh. ONLF members accuse him of killing one of their top officials, Abdirazak Mohammed Abdi, at the Dadaab refugee camp in August 2011. He was released the next day. Although the police have a total of five people in custody over the attacks, they say they can only charge Hajir with murder and the rest as accessories. The Ethiopian embassy in Nairobi has not responded to requests for a comment.

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1. In too much topics says:

   26/08/2014 at 4:03 am

   Though it is too much other topics posted in this ayyaantu website than to focus on a relevant topic like this one:”Breaking News:- AMBO….”, let focus on the relevant topic.

   I learned that at this time no single student is allowed to go outside Ambo University. The University is fenced with Agazi.

   What surprising is member of OPDO are leading the meeting. They also fire a number of Oromo students stating that being a member of ABO. Students are often divided into 4 groups: 100 students per group and the orientation is given by ordinary OPDO members from a district. Sometimes, they mix up all students together and OPDO of the region or zone gives the orientation.

   It appears that OPDO is a strong agent of TPLF and EPRDF to colonize Oromo and Oromia. They fire Oromo students. They forced students against their to attend the assembly. They deprived students free movements and confined them in the University compound. They separate all students from meeting people outside of the University compound.

   They also promised students to give 14 birr per day and 200 birr lump sum finally.

   When students are asking as to whereabouts of other Oromo students, OPDO states as if other Oromo students were sent to their family being a member of ABO.

   Obviously, Oromo means ABO and ABO means Oromo.

   The terse of the training is about to criticize the past regime, appreciate the current regime of TPLF which is of course colonized Oromo and Oromia, and to plan how further strengthen this colonization.

   So then what?

   1) It is better to focus on a person who claim to represent Oromo and Oromia at a top level but coordinate colonization. Muktar Kadir!

   2) It is better to focus on TPLF and EPRDF main leaders including PMDH!

   3) peaceful demonstration and protests against the mercenary TPLF and its Tigree has less significance. It is better to focus on actions: eye for an eye on Tigree wherever it might be.

   4) Diaspora shall immediately call up on third party investigation to release students that confined in the Ambo University.

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Diddaa Barattoota Oromoo Yuuniverstii Wallaggaa Hagayya 27 2014

BREAKING NEWS | Yuniversitiin Wallaggaa Dirree Waraanaa Taate. Wayyaaneen Humna Loltuu fi Meeshaa Waraanaan, Barataan Oromoo Ammoo Harka Duwwaa Walitti Bobba’an. Barataan Oromoo Tokkos Saba Isaaf Wareega Qaalii Kafale.

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Hagayya 27, 2014 | Naqamte | Qeerroo.org

Barattooti Oromoo Yuuniversitii Wallaaggaa eda hakan walakkeessaa irraa eegaluun hammeenyaa fi roorroo mootummaa abbaa irree Wayyaanee mormuu irraan FDG itti fufanii jiru. Gootonni barattooti Oromoo kun FDG Yuuniversitoota Oromiyaa keessatti qabsiifameen faana bu’uun diddaa roorroof jecha sagaleen jabaan dhageessifachuu itti jiru.

Mootummaan Wayyaanee dirqiin walgahii yaamee barattoota afaan fajjeessuuf kan saganteeffatee ture mormuun aanaa lee Horroo Guduruu, Qeellam, Gimbii, Arjoo fi Leeqaa keessaa walitti qabuun humnaan dirqanii amansiisuu kan jedhu imaamata godhatee jiru guutummaatti dura dhaabbatanii jiru. Mormii torbee tokkoo iliif deeme kana keessatti kan guyyaa har’aa haalaan jabaataa fi sagalee dheekkamsa jibba roorroon kan guutame yeroo ta’u dhadatnoon barattootaa keessa gariin:-

- Gaaffii mirgaa gaafachaa jirruuf deebiin nuuf kennamuu qaba;
- Hidhaan, ajjeechaan, barnoota irraa arii’atamuun nurraa dhaabbachuu qaba;

- Oromiyaan ofiin of bulchuu qabdi, bittaa mootummaa abbaa irree;
- Habashaa TPLF/EPRDF jalaa ba’uu qabna;
- Humni waraanaa rasaasaan nu reebaa jiru seeraatti dhiyaachuu qaba;
- Gaaffiin keenya gaaffii mirgaati, gaaffii bilisummaa uummaata Oromooti;
- Oromoo bakka jirtuu harka walqabadhuu ka’ii!
- Oromoo qe’ee fi qabeenyaa irraa buqqisuun dhaabbachuu qaba;
- Mootummaan EPRDF/TPLF wayyaaneen walaaltuun uummata keenyaa irratti waraana bobbaasuun rasaasaan nu ajjeessaa jirtu nu hin bulchitu;
- Walaga’ii humna waraanaan dirqamnee taa’uu hin barbaadnu, Wayyaaneen nu ajjeesaa walga’ii nu teesiftuu kun uummataa Oromoo hundaaf hirmiidha, walga’ii wayyaanee hin fudhannu;
- Gaaffiin mirgaa abbaa biyyummaa uummaata Oromoo kabajamuu qaba;
- Oromiyaan bilisoomuu qabdi;
- Nuti haqaaf falmannaa, nuti bilisummaa keenyaaf falmanna;
- Hidhaa fi ajjeechaan bilisummaa keenyaaf falmachuu irraa duubatti nuhin deebisu;
- Finfinneen kan Oromooti, faayidaan Finfinnee irraa Oromoon argatuu nuuf eegamuu qaba;
- Master Planiin Finfinnee guutummaatti haqamuu qaba, Nuti Oromoon biyyaa keenyaaf falmanna, bilisummaa keenyaaf falmanna;

jechuun dhaadannoo sagalee guddaa of keessa qabu dhageesisuun walga’ii wayyaanee irratti FDG guddaa qabsiisan.
Mootummaan abbaa irree wayyaanee sochii FDG gootota dargaggoota qeerroo Oromoo kana dhaabsisuuf humna waraanaa guddaa loltoota Agaazii jedhamuun beekaman mooraa Yuunibarsiitiitti ol galchuun doormii barattootni keessa bulan irratti dhukaasa guddaa banuun Yuunibarsiitiin Wallaggaa dirree waraanatti jijjiiramtee jirti, Magaalaan Naqemtees dirree waraanaa fakkaatti.

Dhukaasaa guddaa loltootni Wayyaanee doormii barattoota irratti bananiin barataan Oromoo tokko rasaasaan rukutamee reeffii isaa illee halkan kanaan eessa buuteen isaa dhabamee jiraachuun ittumaa gootota barattoota Oromoo FDGf kan kakasee ta’uun ibsamee jira. Yeroo ammaa kanattis goototni barattootni Oromoo doormii warri Wayyaaneen maqaa walga’iin kennaniif gadi lakkisuun mooraa Yuunibarsiitii keessaa naanna’uun dhaadannoo guddaa dhageesisuun, walleelee warraaqsaan ABO fi qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo ABO gaggeeffamu faarasan, ABO’n dhaaba dimookiraataawaa kallacha qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo ta’uun gootota dargaggoota qeerroo barattoota Oromoon leellifamee jira. Mootummaan Wayyaanee shororkeessituu fi abbaa irree itti gaafatama jalaa ba’uu hin dandeenye ta’uu barattootni Oromoo waraana Wayyaanee dura dhaabbachuun ibsan. Haalumaa kanaan yeroo amma kanatti FDG guddaan qabsiifamee mooraan Yuunibarsiitii Wallaggaa dirree waraanaa guddaa fakkatee argamtii, haalli kun keessattuu halkan edaa kana gara barii halkan keessaa sa:atii 9:00 irraa eegaluun FDG guddaan mooraa Yuunibarsiitii Wallaggaa keessatti jabaachuun yeroo ammaa kana sagaalee dhaadannoo guddaa fi dhukaasaa loltoota wayyaanee wal irraa hin citneetu dhagaa’ama jira.

- Qeerroo.org

Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi’s shadow still hangs

Died in 2012, the first former minister is more present than ever. Economic programs and political mores of the country bear his mark.

By OUR CORRESPONDENT IN ADDIS ABABA, JUSTINE Boulo

Ethiopia today follows the economic and political path that drew him Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister for twenty-one years, died August 20, 2012

August 24, 2014 (Le Point Afrique – Google Translation) — Many said of him that he was the “last emperor” of Ethiopia. Came to power by force after the fall of the communist regime, Meles Zenawi has ruled with a rod of iron twenty-one years. Two years after his death August 20, 2012, in the streets of Addis Ababa, on school walls, behind the offices of officials, his picture is everywhere.

An unusual course

At 20 years old, medical student leaves the university and joined the People’s Liberation Front Tigray (TPLF). He takes up arms and led a guerrilla war against the Marxist government of Mengistu Haile Mariam. In 1989, he became president of the TPLF and the Revolutionary Democratic Front Ethiopian People (EPRDF). Two years later, the military junta of the Derg is scanned and it is natural that Meles Zenawi took power in the state. Power he held for twenty-one years. In Ethiopia, it is the man who pulled the country out of starvation. He boosted the industry to achieve double-digit growth in the 2000s icing on the cake: he managed to wear the habit of leading the fight against terrorism in the Horn of Africa. At the time, President Bill Clinton saw in Meles Zenawi one of the “leaders of the African renaissance.” Ask an Ethiopian name his prime minister, he never answer Haile Mariam Dessalegn, yet in the position for two years.

A real sense of anticipation

Meles Zenawi had everything. He had made his runner Haile Mariam Dessalegn since 2010, Article 75 of the Ethiopian Constitution provides that the Deputy Prime Minister “is acting on behalf of the Prime Minister in his absence.” Without consulting the opposition, the EPRDF, the largest component of the ruling coalition, plans Haile Mariam Dessalegn the highest office of state. At first glance, all opposed to his mentor. Dessalegn is a technocrat, a Southerner, discreet and Protestant confession, unlike the leaders of the party, all Tigrayans (ethnic group in the north). But analysts doubt that the elite waives run the country. Some see Dessalegn a puppet of the party.

GTP, the economic will is followed to the letter

Meles Zenawi had foreseen indeed. For 2010 as he launched the GTP – Growth and Transformation Plan. A five-year plan that lays the political guidelines. A bequest that the current government is following to the letter. Industry, education, agriculture, infrastructure, international trade, all sectors are scrutinized to place Ethiopia in mind the dominant economies of the continent. Major projects are gradually made ​​roads, interchanges, railway lines … The train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti is on track and the dam of the Renaissance, built on the Blue Nile, out of the ground. Come see what serenely 2015, an election year in which the opposition hopes to achieve in a year of change. But nothing is less certain with the developmental state (“developmental state” presiding instead of Meles era, regarded as the era of “enlightened despotism”). Along with the gradual democratization, there is the developmental state based on the principle advocated by former Prime Minister himself, inspired by Asian economies. More clearly, it is a liberal based on capitalism but state-controlled economy.

And in this respect, the guideline given that Meles is: export and attract foreign investors. In 2011, he invited the CEO of Huajian, Chinese shoe giant, Ethiopia. Meanwhile, Meles knocking the French Castel and urged him to make wine “made in Ethiopia”. Two years after his death, two plants Huajian suburb of the capital in full swing and the first bottles Castel (1.2 million) are already on the shelves and half is sold abroad.

After the economic continuity, policy continuity

The State encourages. The state controls. No matter the man who runs it. Meles dictated the rules. According to Jean-Nicolas Bach, a researcher at the Institute of Political Studies in Bordeaux, “the state does not admit any dialogue or compromise.” Meles Zenawi did not trust that in his entourage, even to himself, to orchestrate the entry of Ethiopia in 2025 in the community of middle-income countries, “he said. And of He added: “the autocratic rule of Meles Zenawi has been the cost to date to implement the announced development.” In the 2010 elections, his victory was overwhelming with 99% of votes.

In the era Dessalegn few changes that side. In 2012, the International Crisis Group wrote: “In recent years, Meles had relied increasingly on repression to quell growing dissent His successor will struggle to manage the increase in these disorders..” And indeed, the Anti-Terrorism Act, introduced in 2009, continues to hold political opposition and media. In late April, new bloggers and journalists have been arrested and charged with terrorism. As members of opposing parties, they are regularly arrested. Last June, the opponent Andargachew Tsige was extradited from Yemen to Ethiopia, where he was convicted in absentia in 2009 and sentenced to death. This state continuity beyond the men who embody it gives the famous phrase “The king is dead, long live the king” a particular resonance.

Source: Le Point Afrique

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1. Duretti says:

   25/08/2014 at 8:22 am

   I wonder why Ayyaantuu News has to put up such article? We all know that TPLF and its former prime minster are terrorizing the Oromos and Southern Minorities in Ethiopia. What is the purpose of posting the ugly and brutal face on this website. Gimot 7 leaders such as Andargachew Tsige is not better than TPLF group. They are all our enemies and murderers. Please don’t waste the website to tell us about these people.

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Ebola Update: Ethiopia Airlines has said it will continue flights to West Africa

August 24, 2014 (All Africa) — WHO on Saturday said the Ebola virus has killed half of the 2,600 people affected. WHO further said closing borders is not the solution. “The fight against Ebola will take several months,” WHO asserted.

Meanwhile, Sierra Leone has made harbouring Ebola victims a crime punishable with two years in jail. A British national in Sierra Leone has tested negative for the virus. He has since left for UK.

Ivory Coast on Saturday closed all borders with Guinea and Liberia, “to protect its citizens”. Senegal last Thursday closed its borders with Guinea, and issued travel bans people living in Ebola-affected areas.

A Senegalese working with WHO in Sierra Leone reportedly contracted the disease

Gabon over the weekend also issued travel bans on all nationals of Ebola affected areas; Gabonese must also not go to the Ebola-affected areas.

In DR Congo, 13 people have died from Ebola, among them three medical officers. Ebola was first discovered in the DRC in 1976.

Russia over the weekend sent to Guinea eight medical doctors, medicines, and equipment including mobile laboratories.

Ethiopia Airlines has said it will continue flights to West Africa, including the Ebola-affected areas.

The UN has pledge to support Ebola-affected areas.

Source: All Alfrica

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List of Ebola outbreaks

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ebola outbreaks have been restricted to Africa with the exception of Reston ebolavirus. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses currently recognizes four species of the Ebola: Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV), Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV), Reston ebolavirus (RESTV), and Taï Forest ebolavirus (TAFV). One additional species or type of Ebola is often recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) or Ebola-Bundibugyo, following the outbreak in Uganda in 2007.

Transmission between natural reservoirs and humans is rare, and outbreaks are often traceable to a single case where an individual has handled the carcass of a gorilla, chimpanzee, or duiker. The virus then spreads person-to-person, especially within families, hospitals, and during some mortuary rituals where contact among individuals becomes more likely. Before outbreaks are confirmed in areas of weak surveillance on the local or regional levels, Ebola is often mistaken for malaria, typhoid fever, dysentery, influenza, or various bacterial infections which may be endemic to the region. Learning from failed responses, such as that to the 2000 Uganda outbreak, public health measures including the WHO’s Global Outbreak and Response Network were instituted in areas at high risk. Field laboratories were established in order to confirm cases, instead of shipping samples to South Africa.

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Special Pathogens Branch charter to study highly infectious viruses, many causing hemorrhagic fevers, has historically endowed it to closely follow Ebola outbreaks. Compiling scientific journals and public health announcements, the following list is from Known Cases and Outbreaks of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, in Chronological Order

Date	Country	Species	Reported human virulence			Description
			Cases	Deaths	Fatality
1976 Aug	Zaire	EBOV	318	280	88%	First recognition of Ebola virus disease. Occurred in Yambuku and surrounding areas. Disease was spread by close personal contact and by use of contaminated needles and syringes in hospitals/clinics.
1976	Sudan	SUDV	284	151	53%	Occurred in Nzara, Maridi and the surrounding area. Disease was spread mainly through close personal contact within hospitals. Many medical care personnel were infected.
1977	Zaire	EBOV	1	1	n/a	Noted retroactively in the village of Tandala.
1979	Sudan	SUDV	34	22	65%	Occurred in Nzara, Maridi. Recurrent outbreak at the same site as the 1976 Sudan epidemic.
1989	USA	RESTV	0	0	n/a	RESTV was introduced into quarantine facilities in Virginia and Pennsylvania by monkeys imported from the Philippines.
1990	USA	RESTV	4	0	n/a	RESTV was introduced once again into quarantine facilities in Virginia and Texas by monkeys imported from the Philippines. Four humans developed antibodies but did not get sick.
1989–1990	Philippines	RESTV	3	0	n/a	High mortality among crab-eating macaques in a primate facility responsible for exporting animals in the USA. Three workers in the animal facility developed antibodies but did not get sick.
1992	Italy	RESTV	0	0	n/a	RESTV was introduced into quarantine facilities in Siena by monkeys imported from the same export facility in the Philippines that was involved in the episodes in the United States. No humans were infected.
1994	Gabon	EBOV	52	31	60%	Occurred in Mékouka and other gold-mining camps deep in the rain forest. Initially thought to be yellow fever; identified as Ebola hemorrhagic fever in 1995.
1994	Ivory Coast	TAFV	1	0	n/a	First and thus far only recognition of TAFV. Approximately one week after conducting necropsies on infected western chimpanzees in Taï National Park, a scientist contracted the virus and developed symptoms similar to those ofdengue fever. She was discharged from a Swiss hospital two weeks later, and fully recovered after six weeks.
1995	Zaire	EBOV	315	250	79%	Occurred in Kikwit and surrounding area. Traced to index case-patient who worked in forest adjoining the city. Epidemic spread through families and hospitals.
1996 Jan–Apr	Gabon	EBOV	37	21	57%	Occurred in Mayibout area. A chimpanzee found dead in the forest was eaten by people hunting for food. Nineteen people who were involved in the butchery of the animal became ill; other cases occurred in family members.
1996	South Africa	EBOV	2	1	n/a	A medical professional traveled from Gabon to Johannesburg, South Africa, after having treated Ebola virus-infected patients and thus having been exposed to the virus. He was hospitalized, and a nurse who took care of him became infected and died.
1996 Mar	Philippines USA	RESTV	0	0	n/a	RESTV was introduced into a quarantine facility in Texas by crab-eating macaques from a monkey export facility in the Philippines. No human infections were identified.
1996–1997 Jul–Jan	Gabon	EBOV	60	45	75%	Occurred in Booué area with transport of patients to Libreville. Index case-patient was a hunter who lived in a forest camp. Disease was spread by close contact with infected persons. A dead chimpanzee found in the forest at the time was determined to be infected.
2000–2001	Uganda	SUDV	425	224	53%	Occurred in Gulu, Masindi, and Mbarara districts of Uganda. The three greatest risks associated with Ebola virus infection were attending funerals of Ebola hemorrhagic fever case-patients, having contact with case-patients in one’s family, and providing medical care to Ebola case-patients without using adequate personal protective measures.
2001–2002 Oct–Jul	Gabon Congo	EBOV	122	96	79%	Occurred over the border of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. This was the first time that Ebola hemorrhagic fever was reported in the Republic of the Congo.
2002–2003 Dec–Apr	Congo	EBOV	143	128	90%	Occurred in the districts of Mbomo and Kéllé in Cuvette Ouest Département.
2003 Nov–Dec	Congo	EBOV	35	29	83%	Occurred in Mbomo and Mbandza villages located in Mbomo district, Cuvette Ouest Département.
2004	Sudan	SUDV	17	7	41%	Occurred in Yambio county in Western Equatoria of southern Sudan. This outbreak was concurrent with an outbreak of measles in the same area, and several suspected EHF cases were later reclassified as measles cases.
2007	DR Congo	EBOV	264	187	71%	Occurred in Kasai-Occidental Province. The outbreak was declared over on November 20. Last confirmed case on October 4 and last death on October 10.
2007–2008 Dec–Jan	Uganda	BDBV	149	37	25%	First recognition of BDBV. Occurred in Bundibugyo District in western Uganda.
2008 Nov	Philippines	RESTV	6	0	n/a	First recognition of RESTV in pigs. Strain closely similar to earlier strains. Six workers from the pig farm and slaughterhouse developed antibodies but did not become sick.
2008–2009 Dec–Feb	DR Congo	EBOV	32	14	45%	Occurred in the Mweka and Luebo health zones of the Province of Kasai-Occidental.
2012 Jun–Aug	Uganda	SUDV	24	17	71%	Occurred in the Kibaale District.
2012 Jun–Nov	DR Congo	BDBV	77	36	47%	Occurred in Province Orientale.
2013–2014 Dec–present	Guinea Liberia Sierra Leone Nigeria	EBOV	2,615	1,427	64%	Main article: 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak The most severe Ebola outbreak recorded in regards to both the number of human cases and fatalities. It began in Guéckédou, Guinea and spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia, and to a lesser degree, Nigeria.
2014 Aug–present	DR Congo	SUDV	30	2	6%	Occurred in Equateur Province. Outbreak revealed 24 August 2014.

Breaking News:- ABMBO Waraanni Agaazii Barattoota Oromoo 53 Irratti Miidhaa Guddaa Geessisuun Isaa Daran FDG Jabeesse.
Gabaasa Qeerroo Amboo Hagayya 24,2014 Goototni barattootni Oromoo Yuuniversiitii Amboo karaa nagaa mirgaa fi kan dimokraasiikaasuun gaaffii mirga abbaa biyyummaa sababa gaafataniif jecha mootummaan faashistii Wayyaanee(Itiyoophiyaa) Waraanaa Agazii Wayyaaneetiin ukkanfamani barattoota 230 mana hidhaa Wayyaanee galma mootummaa magaalaa Amboo keessatti argamutti hidhaman.

Sabboontootni barattootni Oromoo fedhii isaanii malee waraanaa Wayyaaneetiin dirqamanii akka walga’ii afaan faajjii mootummaa Wayyaanee ta’aan kan ta’ee kana irraatti barattootni Oromoo uummatni keenya Oromoon utuu jumlaan hidhamuu, qee’eef qabeenyaa irraa buqqifamuu , Ajjeefamuu, gara dabarfamuu, barnoota irraa Arii’amuu waraanaan doorsifamnee walga’ii Wayyaanee taa’uun hirmii nyaachuudha jechuun FDG guyyaa hanga guyyaa har’atti utuu wal irraa hin kutiin mormii guddaan sirna mootummaa Wayyaanee jala dhaabbachaa jiru.

Sabboontoti barattooti Oromoo 230 hidhaman keessaa waraana Wayyaaneen gara malee reebamuu fi miidhaan guddaa irra gahee hidhaa keessatti dararamaa jira keessaa gadiiti:-

1.Barataa Lammii Tarrafaa barataa Engineering waggaa 4ffaa
2. Barataa Firaa’ol Ajjamaa barataa Engineering waggaa 3ffaa
3. Barataa Firaaol Ayyaanaa barataa Enginering waggaa 3ffaa
4. Barataa Abbush Fiqaaduu barataa Engineering waggaa 2ffaa
5. Barataa Girmaa Caalaa barataa seeraa waggaa 3ffaa
6. Barataa Haptamuu Getachoo barataa Engineering waggaa 4ffaa
7. Barataa Fufaa Galataa barataa fayyaa waggaa 2ffaa
8. Barataa Tasfaayee Guutuu barataa fayyaa waggaa 3ffaa
9. Barataa Qaabataa Itichaa barataa seeraa waggaa 2ff
10. Barataa Misgaanaa Wadaajoo
11. Barataa Tulluu Balaachoo
12. barataa Dammanaa Tolasaa
13. Barataa dhugaasaa Tarreessaa
14. Barattuu Meetii Nagarii- reebamuun miidhaan irra gahe
15. Barataa Tafarii Abdiisaa
16. Barataa Mulgeetaa Baqqalaa
17. Barataa Mulgeeta Takkalaa
18. Barataa Mulunaa Lataa
19. Barataa Leencoo Ababaa
20. Barataa Lataa Kabaa
21. Barataa Lammii Dabalaa
22. Barataa Shukkaraa Cimdii
23. Barataa Beenyaa Caalaa
24. Barataa Obsinaan Iddeessaa
25. Barataa caalchisaa Faajjii
26. Barataa Abush Fiqaaduu
27. Barattuu Leensaa Hayiluu- reebicha irraan gahan
28. Barataa Hundee Uumaa
29. Barataa Mootummaa Abdiisaa
30. Barataa Daanyee Galataa
31. Barattuu Obsee Lalisaa — uccuu alaabaa uffatte jechuun reebicha irraan gahan
32. Barataa Taddasaa Dheeressaa
33. Barattuu Elzaabet Laggasaa barattuu reebichi hamaan irra ga’ee ilkaan lama irra caccabee jiru.
34. Barataa Roobsan Waaqumaa
35. Barataa waqumaa Rattaa
36. Barataa Lataa Kabbadaa
37. Barataa Olqabaa abdataa
38. Barataa Margaa Hundee
39. Barataa Fayisaa Birraa
40. Barataa Firoomsaa Sarbeessaa
41. Barataa Firrisaa Fajjii
42. Barataa Diinayas Daggafuu
43. Barataa Gammachiis Qalbeessaa
44. Barataa Dhaabaa moosisaa
45. Barataa iddoosaa Magarsaa
46. Barataa Hirphaa Gadaa
47. Barataa Darajjee Shambal
48. Barataa Dammanaa Tolasaa
49. Barataa Geetuu Beekii
50. Barataa Geetuu Humneessaa
51. Barataa Raggasaa Abdisaa
52. Barattuu Caaltuu
53. Barattuu Galaanee kanneen jedhaman kan keessatti argaman barattootni Oromoo 53 kun Hagayya 23,2014 Mana hidhaa keessaa fuudhamanii addatti miidhaan jabaa irra gahuu gabaasi Qeerroo addeessa.

Waliin Waliif – Together for Each Other

Background

Since 1991 the TPLF have predominantly controlled government power in the country resulting in over 40,000 Oromo’s being unjustly detained and their lives destroyed. Retired Oromo elders, mothers, teenagers and children with their families are among the thousands of innocent Oromo civilians unlawfully imprisoned for long periods, with many losing their lives in prison as the result of a lack of adequate treatment and torture. Other Oromo civilians, counted in thousands, including farmers, business people, teachers, students and professionals have had their properties confiscated, lost their jobs and risked uncertain life in their homeland. On top of all these atrocious situations, the systematic complication of due legal process- such as high lawyer costs, prevent the Oromo detainees from accessing lawyers and bringing their case to hearing in the court system. Thousands of Oromo released from years of prison have fled to different countries and suffer in various refugee camps. By taking all these factors into account, and to support these victims as much as possible this “Waliin-Waliif” – literally ‘ Together for Each Other’ project has been established.

Goals:

1. Assist Oromo detainees forgotten in prison for many years and still unable to access lawyers due to financial difficulties.
2. Provide close and devoted support to Oromo children, those whose parents are in detention, through sending them to school as well as encouraging them in dealing with their daily hardship.
3. Follow up and provide the necessary and possible support to Oromo detainee families suffering in the country.
4. Support Oromo detainees released from prison that have fled the country and are sheltered in various refugee camps in neighbouring countries.
5. Support those who have been physically injured or suffer illness from detention due to poor treatment.
6. Support Oromo girls and women in need of special and additional support in detention.

Objectives:

1. Continuously report the ongoing suffering of the Oromo community in Ethiopia, to members of the Oromo diaspora around the world.
2. Designating and engaging individuals living in various countries for the succession of ‘ Waliin Waliif’ Together for Each Other objectives.

To empower Oromo who have been released from detention (particularly Oromo ladies), to be the achievers and leaders

Waliin Waliif
Together for Each Other

8 comments - What do you think?
Posted by admin - 22/08/2014 at 7:53 pm

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1. Badhane Tussa says:

   22/08/2014 at 8:18 pm

   It is very good idea to start with and let me know I fully comply my duty as an Oromo thank you

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2. Bonni says:

   22/08/2014 at 9:40 pm

   This is great and noble idea that will keep our struggle alive, active stronger and eventually victorious. When we will be able to help the families of our fighters, imprisoned, wounded, refugees etc it indicates that we are getting closer to victory. We are not in that position now. But if we will work hard, slowly but surely we will get there soon. So, please work and develop the net work to make it practical. I promise to help in all what I could. Till victory, our church, mosque and waqefataa group should come together and discuss how to help the on going struggle. For those who are fighting and ready to die for our freedom back home in Oromia and in neighboring countries should not worry about money and their families. We should and could do that for them. But we need determined and dedicated organization. Therefore, this new organization could help us to move toward that goal.

   Thank you for this wonderful project and I wish you success.

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3. Barii says:

   23/08/2014 at 1:52 am

   Noble idea!

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4. Magarsaa says:

   23/08/2014 at 3:49 am

   VERY GOOD IDEA!! I support and be with! Please Address keessan nuu erga.

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5. amo says:

   23/08/2014 at 4:43 am

   yaadi kun eebbifamaa fi waan fudhatamaa dha.oromoon walii keenya malee hin qabnu akka jettan waaqayyo haa jedhu isin gargaarra jabaadha.

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6. Kun ebbifamadha says:

   23/08/2014 at 4:53 am

   THis is wonderfulproject and I am committed to support you financially, ideally and in everything possible. Please move ahead and let us know how I/we could support the project. Send us your bank account.

   Bilissumaaf lolaa

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7. Kallacha W. Kunee says:

   23/08/2014 at 8:45 am

   Great idea. Count me in. I will do what ever I can to make sure this project succeeds.

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8. Laloo says:

   23/08/2014 at 11:44 am

   I support 101%!!!!!!!!!

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