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My thoughts on the displacement or eviction of Aabbuu Seeraa Oromo farmers in the name of a grand project called the Bishoftu International Airport building.

Development Without Justice Is Not Development

Why Evicted Oromo Farmers from #Aabbuu-Seeraa Must Be Compensated Fairly and Included in the Future

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Large-scale development projects are often presented as symbols of national progress. Airports, highways, and industrial zones are hailed as engines of economic growth, modernity, and global integration. However, when such projects are implemented at the expense of indigenous farmers—without fair compensation, meaningful consultation, or rehabilitation—development ceases to be a shared national achievement and instead becomes a source of injustice and exclusion.

In Ethiopia, Oromo farmers—particularly the Tuulamaa Oromo—have endured land dispossession in the name of “investment” and “development” for more than a century. Beginning with the Abyssinian expansion from the north into the south, vast numbers of Tuulamaa were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands. This process resulted not only in the loss of land and property, but also in mass killings, family disintegration, and the destruction of social and cultural systems.

Today, this historical pattern continues. The Aabbuu-Seedaa, a sub-clan of the Tuulamaa, are once again being targeted for displacement under contemporary development schemes. What is unfolding is not an isolated incident, but a continuation of long-standing structural injustice.

Across successive Ethiopian regimes, Tuulamaa communities have faced repeated eviction—first from their land, then from their identity, and now from their future. These policies are often justified through the language of capitalism, investment, and nation-building, echoing the state-building agenda initiated under Menelik II, which inflicted catastrophic violence on the Oromo people.

Today, Oromo farmers living near expanding urban areas—especially around Finfinnee—and in strategic project zones continue to face eviction from their ancestral lands in the name of “public purpose.” These farmers are not opposed to development. Rather, they reject a model of development that destroys livelihoods, erases history, and condemns their children to landlessness, urban poverty, and social marginalization.

This article argues that fair and adequate compensation is not optional. It is a legal, moral, and environmental obligation. Moreover, any large-scale development project that displaces farming communities must meet three non-negotiable requirements, grounded in national, regional, and international legal frameworks.

I. The Right to Compensation Is Guaranteed Under Ethiopian Law

The Ethiopian Constitution—particularly Article 40 (sub-articles 3–8)—explicitly safeguards the rights of peasants and pastoralists. While land is formally owned by the state, farmers possess constitutionally protected use-rights and livelihood rights.

Key constitutional principles include:

Farmers have the right to obtain land without payment and must be protected against arbitrary eviction.

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The stark reality of the relationship between the Oromo people and Ethiopia is depicted in a single image

While you listen to the Ilfes music, watch closely the picture I used as profile of the music too

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Itti fufiinsa dararaa, hidhaa, ajjeechaa fi jeequmsa jireenya bara 2025 keessa Bilxiginnaan uummata keenya irratti raawwachaa turte keesaaa hamma tokko

J/ Ayyaanaa Goobanaa Abbaa Maccaa Abbaa Qalbii, Dr Baro Keno fi Caalaa Haahiluu Abaataa tu marii taasise.

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DHALOOTA FINCILAA

Guddinni Qubee Afaan Oromoo (QAO)maalirra jira?

Birhaanuu Hundee tiin

Waggoota shantama dura, yeroo ”Afaan Oromoo raadiyoonii cabsa ”jedhamee dubbatamu sana, Afaan keenya haala sana keessaa bahee sadarkaa har’aa kanarra ni gaha jedhee eenyutu yaade? Afaan Oromoo barreeffamuun isaa hafee akka hin dubbatamneeyyuu dhiibbaan irra
gahamaa akka ture seenaatu ragaa ta’a. Galatni qabsaa’ota Oromootiif addatti immoo ABOf haa ta’u, kunoo Afaan keenya Qubee ittiin barreeffatus argatee; har’a Afaanota biroo wajjin Addunyaa kanarratti mul’atee jira.

Seenaa saba Oromoo keessatti waan ta’e yoo yaadanne, Qubeen Afaan Oromoo (QAO)n akka Afaan barnootatti akka ittiin baratamuu fi barreeffamu beektotni fi hayyootni Oromoo bara 1991 murteessan. Waggaa tokko booda bara 1992 yeroo jalqabaaf Afaan Oromoo akka QAOtiin barsiifamu ‘seeraan’ murtaa’ee ilmaan Oromoo qubee afaan Oromoo tin barachuu eegalan.

Bu’aalee Qabsoon Bilisummaa Oromoo (QBO)n argamsiise keessaa inni guddaan tokkoyyuu Qubee Afaan Oromoo ti jechuun ni danda’ama. Kanaafuu QAOn mallattoo bilisummaa waan ta’eef kunuunfachuu fi guddisuun dirqama Oromummaa ti. Haa ta’u malee, umriin QAO umrii dargaggeessaa ta’us, waggoota 32 keessatti Afaan kun akka guddachuu qabutti guddatee jiraa? Hanqinoota maalfaatu jiru?Dhugaa dha, Afaan keenya bar-kurnee sadeen kana keessatti guddachuu akka qabutti hin guddanne. Maaliif? Sababni rakkoo kanaa hedduu ta’uu malu; qorannoollee barbaachisa ta’a. Garuu waanuma ijoo ta’an tokko tokko akka hubannoo dhuunfaatti ibsuuf:-

Tokkoffaa, wiirtuun Afaan Oromoo waaltessuu fi beekumsa oomishu itti hanqata. Wiirtuu Afaan Oromoo waaltessuu fi beekumsa oomishuun hanqina qofa osoo hin taane akka hubannoo kiyyaatti waanuma jiru natti hin fakkaatu. Kun Afaan keenya guddisuuf hiri’na guddaa dha.
Hanga Oromoon Abbaa Biyyummaa isaa goonfatee, mootummaa uummata isaatiif yaadu hin ijaarrannetti, rakkoo kanaaf furmaatni hin jiraatu. Dhugaa dubbachuuf, Afaan Oromoo Abbaa dhabe jechuun ni danda’amaa bar! Namootni dhuunfaadhaan tattaaffii godhuun akkuma jirutti ta’ee, guddinaa fi ayinaa (quality)Afaan kanaatiif kan dhimmamu fi irratti hojjetu dhaabbatni tokko ammatti hin jiru. Kun hir’ina guddaa dha.

Lammaffaa, QAO guddisuu fi akka barbaachisutti sirnaan itti fayyadamuuf Oromoota hedduu biratti hir’inni ni mul’ata. Fakkeenyaaf, irra caalaa namootni keenya kuun Afaan Ingiliziitiin (English) kuun ammoo Afaan Amaaraatiin barreessuu filatu. Kun dhugumatti nama ajaa’iba; nama gaddisiisas. Namootni kun Afaan keenyaan barreessuuf rakkina qabu moo Afaan kanaaf tuffii qabu laata? Afaan alagaatiin barreessuun baranee hammayyee (modern ykn civilised way)
ta’uu dha moo maali sababni isaa?

Sadaffaa, QAO sirnaan barreessuu dadhabuu dha. Warrumti barreessuu yaalanillee, sirnaan hin barreessan. Kun dhugumatti rakkoo hubatamuu qabuu dha(a serious issue). Yoo akkamitti akka barreessan hin beekne, seera barreessuu QAO barachuun baay’ee salphaa dhaa bar!!
Alagaanuu barachuu danda’a. Murannoo, kutannoo fi tattaaffii qofaa gaafata. Kan alagaarrattuu ni cichama kan ofii maaliif dagatama? Dogoggoraan barreessuun isaanii itti himamus, akka qeeqa ijaaraatti (as a constructive criticism) ilaaluu dhiisanii oftuulummaadhaan akkamittan sirreeffama jedhanii dallanu. Kanaafuu, Afaan keenya akka hin guddanne kallattiidhaanis ta’ee al-kallattiidhaan guumaacha goona jechuu dha.

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