Podcasts about hachalu hundessa

In this episode, Ethiopia Insight Election Project's Martha Kuwe Kumsa asks Ermias Tasfaye, Ethiopia Insight administrator and reporter focused primarily on Oromia, to reflect on issues he raised in the EIEP's 'EIEP: Prosperity Party's win is a loss for Oromia—and Ethiopia'.

Media outlets in the United States face a reckoning as they struggle to break up with Donald Trump.Contributors:Murtaza Hussein - reporter, The InterceptMaria Hinojosa - founder, Futuro Media GroupMatt Taibbi - author and journalistAshton Lattimore - editor-in-chief, Prism ReportsOn our radar:Ethiopia erupts. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Johanna Hoes about Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's order to send troops into the northern region of Tigray while completely cutting off any forms of communication - barring journalists and banning the internet.Autopsy of an Ethiopian interview: Who killed Hachalu Hundessa?The last ever interview with Ethiopian singer, Hachalu Hundessa - and why everyone is poring over that tape, looking for clues in their search for who killed him.Contributors:Guyo Wariyo - former presenter, Oromia Media NetworkBruh Yihunbelay - COO, Tirita FM RadioTsedale Lemma - editor-in-chief, Addis StandardAlula Solomon - CEO, Tigrai Media House00:00 Intro02:00 Life After Trump11:42 Latest from Ethiopia14:14 Who killed Hachalu Hundessa?24:22 Bye Bye Donny-- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

Assistant Professor of Communications at Hamline University, Endalkachew Chala joins the WBI Show to share his research on digital surveillance, content moderation and mis/disinformation in Ethiopia. Transcript Linked Here**This interview was conducted in August 2020 as part of an deeper investigative look into the history and political climate of Ethiopia as it intersects with data and tech policy. In particular, We Be Imagining is concerned about the role of mis/disinformation on social media platforms like Facebook which fail to provide adequate content and context moderation. However, the slow scholarship this requires was outweighed by the urgency of the current political moment so we are sharing some of the stories recorded then. Please note, inclusion in this series in now way indicates agreement among each interviewee or is fully comprehensive of the political history, we simply aim to provide more nuanced and thoughtful insight given the dearth of coverage. Links and notes are subject to change.Host: J. Khadijah AbdurahmanMusic: Drew LewisLinks for the Episode:How the murder of musician Hachalu Hundessa incited violence in Ethiopia: Part IIIn Ethiopia's disinformation epidemic, the crumbling ruling coalition is the elephant in the roomHow Ethiopia's ruling coalition created a playbook for disinformation

Berhan Taye, the Africa policy manager at Access Now, a digital rights group that has been following the situation, says Facebook posts have played a key role in whipping up public anger. Africa's largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, has announced a special Covid-19 medical insurance plan for travelers on its international flights. We find out how it works. We speak to the young Malawian winner of Unicef’s Covid-19 Youth Innovation Challenge. Sam Masikini, 23, is bringing digital education even to those who don't have internet access. (Photo: Members of the Oromo community march in a demonstration during a protest after the death of musician and revolutionary Hachalu Hundessa. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

This is a conversation with Ethiopian journalist Zecharias Zelalem on his recent investigation into the horrific living conditions that Ethiopian migrants are living in in Saudi detention centers, as well as his overview of the recent protests in Ethiopia following the murder of popular Oromo singer Hachalu Hundessa. Additional links on TheFireThisTi.Me You can follow the podcast on Twitter @FireTheseTimes. You can follow the other project, Hummus For Thought, on Twitter @LebInterviews. If you like what I do, please consider supporting this project with only 1$ a month on Patreon or on BuyMeACoffee.com. You can also do so directly on PayPal if you prefer. Patreon is for monthly, PayPal is for one-offs and BuyMeACoffee has both options. If you cannot donate you can still help by reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. The Fire These Times is available on Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Breaker, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Radio Public, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Castro and RSS. If it is not available wherever you get your podcasts, please drop me a message! Music by Tarabeat. Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash

1. Continuing our conversation about Oromo activists in Ethiopia, we speak to 4 women scholars and artists about growing up Oromo and what is happening in Ethiopia following the killing of the beloved artist: Hachalu Hundessa. Guests are: Alby Ungashe; Marii Beshir; Eden Daniel. 2. Political Organizer and Revolutionary Mother, Moya Mzuri Nana Yaa Offeibea Pambeli  is a member of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) and is currently serving on the Central Committee of the A-APRP as the Coordinator of the All-African Women’s Revolutionary Union (A-AWRU) for the U.S. Region of the A-APRP. Sister Mzuri is a long time activist and coalition builder. Some of her coalition work has included the Black August Los Angeles coalition (Political Prison Campaign), the Pan-African Diaspora Union (PADU) – Sixth Regional representing the African Diaspora, preparing to join the African Union.  3. We close out with libations for Jonathan Jackson (17) who tried to set his elder brother free at the Marin Courthouse 50 years ago. We speak to Nathaniel Moore, educator and archivist at Freedom Archives and UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library. Freedom Archives has pulled together recorded material and visual documents commemorating this historic day. 

This month we had a conversation with Gutu Olana Wayessa a University Lecturer in Development Studies at University of Helsinki. He is a member of the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) and the Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ). His scholarly work has looked at resettlement and displacement, and livelihood implications of government sponsored movement from place to place. More recently he has been interested in social movements and scholarly activism. His recent research examines large-scale land leasing in Oromo Region, Ethiopia. Land has been one of the few questions that has shaped the political economy of the country for the last fifty years. In Ethiopia the land belongs to the state and the people, but in practice the people using the land can be nominal in the face of large-scale land leasing. The lands are often characterized as “under-utilized” on paper, but often they are in alternative or customary uses. These are usually long-term, large scale, international companies that are participating in these land deals, and the people using the land are not able to effectively assert their rights to the land. Often these foreign investors are trying to develop industrial agricultural projects on the land that are ill-suited to the land and the land ends up degraded and unusable for the alternative and customary use. Gutu walks us through the case studies from one of his recent articles, which are a living example of the impacts and effects of agricultural extractivism happening on these leased lands. Shortly after the recording of this conversation, Oromo activist and pop singer Hachalu Hundessa, whose songs were anthems of anti-government protests, was assassinated. This sparked off waves of protests in which at least 166 people have been killed. It is angering and upsetting to learn that such an important figure to Ethiopian and Oromo culture and politics was killed, and of the ongoing violence by the state against the people protesting this injustice. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53238206 If you would like to learn more about these topics, Gutu invites anyone who is interested to send him an e-mail (gutuolana (at) gmail .com) or through his University of Helsinki e-mail (firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi). Please find his profile through the University of Helsinki portal https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/gutu-wayessa --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exalt-initiative/message

Hachalu Hundessa was the man many Ethiopians credit with composing the soundtrack of a movement. His uptempo pop songs filled with political references gave voice to the marginalized Oromo ethnic group. His recent death has prompted a political flashpoint that highlights the country's simmering ethnic tensions.In this episode:Ayantu Ayana, phD student from Ethiopia; Mohammed Adow, Al Jazeera journalist.For more:More than 160 killed in Ethiopia protests over singer's murderHow Hachalu Hundessa's murder reveals Ethiopia's political divideConnect with The Take: Twitter (@ajthetake), Instagram (@ajthetake) and Facebook (@TheTakePod).

Entrevista Con Jordi Reo (Miembro del Cuerpo de Voluntarios de la Unión Africana) y un servidor Nsang Cristià Esimi Cruz a.k.a. Okenve. Tras el asesinato del cantante y activista Hachalu Hundessa más de 166 personas han muerto durante los disturbios y el levantamiento del pueblo Oromo. - ¿Cuál es el desarrollo tecnológico de Etiopía? - ¿Qué ha acontecido estas últimas semanas y por qué? - ¿Quiénes son los actores principales? - ¿Cómo se articula e implementa un estado federal? - ¿Qué papel juega la Unión Africana en dicho conflicto? - ¿Cuál es la solución?

The internet shutdown in Ethiopia has been in place for 2 weeks now. The Ethiopian Government cut internet connectivity following protests over the killing of singer and activist Hachalu Hundessa. The civil society group NetBlocks monitors connectivity around the world. Their Executive Director Alp Toker explains how by controlling mobile telecoms Ethiopian authorities are able to keep a tight grip on internet access. Researchers at Queen Mary University looked at the network traffic data generated by internet-connected home security cameras. Their work flagged up that hackers can get information about your daily routine without looking at any video content from the cameras. Dr Gareth Tyson, lead author of the study, explains how the rate at which cameras upload internet data can predict whether a house is occupied or not. BBC series Springwatch has been using automated wildlife cameras to record animals in areas of interest, such as Woodpecker nests across the UK. They have been training machine learning systems to only recognise when an activity is happening with a particular animal. Gareth speaks to senior BBC Research engineer, Robert Dawes to find out more. (Image:Getty Images) Producer: Julian Siddle

Theresa Robbinson, Matthew Schneeman, Jasmin Smith, and Emily Scott discuss the violence at the Occupy City Hall protests in NYC; coronavirus in California prisons; the response to China's human rights abuses against Uighurs; the killing of Ethiopian singer and activist Hachalu Hundessa and the protests it has sparked; and the long-overdue removal of the Confederate symbol from the Mississippi state flag.

Yesterday, Ethiopia's minister for democratisation accused the Tigray People's Liberation Front of being behind the killing of Hachalu Hundessa. Today we hear from Getachew Reda, a spokesman for the TPLF. What has been the reaction in Ivory Coast after the sudden death of prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly? We speak to a young Ivorian citizen in Abidjan. Plus South African singer Sho Madjozi, one of the most exuberant stars in African music right now.

Ethiopia's minister for democratisation claims that the TPLF could have had a hand in the killing of the Oromo singer and activist, but everything is under control. We hear from sesame seed farmers in southern Tanzania and how they have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. A network of giant internet-enabled balloons from Google's sister firm Loon is to provide internet access to remote areas of Kenya.

In Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been addressing Parliament after a week of protest and tension following the killing of the Oromo singer and activist Hachalu Hundessa. The Trump Administration has announced that foreign students who are now taught online only may have to leave their courses and return home from the United States. A Nigerian student tells how he might be impacted. Today we say goodbye to Jenny Horrocks, queen of Fast track and a dear colleague known to BBC Africa listeners for many years.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ayantu Ayana, PHD Student and Oromo Community member, to talk about the killing of popular Oromo artist Hachalu Hundessa, the massive outrage sparked by his killing, and how the Ethiopian government's crackdown on the Oromo community has led to the deaths of over 160 people and brought the country to the brink of a political crisis.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Monica Johnson with The Party for Socialism and Liberation in Atlanta to talk about Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's activation of the National Guard, and how the police, city government, and mainstream media are attempting to exploit the tragic killing of 8 year-old Secoriea Turner to manufacture a public demand for a crackdown on protesters.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jason Dzubow, an immigration attorney, partner at Dzubow & Pilcher, PLLC and blogger at www.asylumist.com, to talk about the announcement by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement that international students whose schools switch to online classes will be subject to deportation, what this means for those who study abroad in the US and the higher education system more broadly, and the growing body of evidence that the Trump administration is using the pandemic as a pretext to implement racist immigration policy.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ayantu Ayana, PHD Student and Oromo Community member to talk about the killing of popular Oromo artist Hachalu Hundessa, the massive outrage sparked by the slaying, and how the Ethiopian government's crackdown on the Oromo community has led to the deaths of over 160 people and brought the country to a political crisis. Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jamal "DJ One Luv" Muhammad, host of the "Love Lounge" radio show on Square1Radio.com, to talk about attempts to use this weekend's spike in violence to justify the function of the police, how to balance calls for abolition of the police with the need to hold racists to account, and how settler-colonialism undergirds President Trump's Twitter tirade about the possibility of sports teams moving past their racist imagery.

In Etiopia è stato assassinato il cantante Hachalu Hundessa una delle voci più ascoltate. E la storia dello studente Giorgio Marincola, il "partigiano nero" morto combattendo nella resistenza

Der prominente Sänger Hachalu Hundessa ist in der Hauptstadt Addis Abeba erschossen wurden. Nun gibt es Unruhen und Proteste. Auch der Regierungsstil von Abiy Ahmad, der biSslang viel bewegt hat, steht in der Kritik.

Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Samstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.Lange Haft für französischen Dschihadisten Wegen Verbrechen im Bürgerkriegsland Syrien ist der französische Islamist Tyler Vilus zu 30 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt worden. Davon müsse Vilus mindestens 22 Jahre absitzen, bevor er eine vorzeitige Haftentlassung beantragen könne, entschied ein Pariser Gericht. Vilus wurde in allen Anklagepunkten schuldig gesprochen. Unter anderem ging es um seine Beteiligung an der Ermordung von zwei Gefangenen und der Führung von Kämpfern der Terrororganisation "Islamischer Staat". Die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft bezeichnete den 30-Jährigen als Schlüsselfigur der französischsprachigen Dschihadistenszene. Soldaten geraten in Mali in Hinterhalt In Mali haben bewaffnete Angreifer mindestens sieben Soldaten getötet und zwei verwundet. Drei weitere würden noch vermisst, teilten die Streitkräfte des westafrikanischen Landes mit. Die Patrouille war in der Region um Mopti unterwegs, als sie bei Gouari unter Feuerbeschuss geriet. Die Angreifer seien auf Motorrädern und in Fahrzeugen aufgetaucht, hieß es. Nach dem Massaker an Dorfbewohnern vom Mittwoch, bei dem etwa 30 Menschen getötet worden waren, hatte die Armee die Soldaten entsandt. Wer hinter dem Angriff steckt, ist bislang unklar. In der Region sind etliche bewaffnete Gruppen aktiv. Regierungschef reagiert auf Proteste in Äthiopien Eine Woche nach Beginn der landesweiten Proteste in Äthiopien hat Ministerpräsident Abiy Ahmed von gezielten Versuchen gesprochen, das Land zu destabilisieren. Bei einem Treffen mit Regierungsvertretern kündigte Abiy an, die an den Unruhen Beteiligten und deren "Hintermänner" würden zur Rechenschaft gezogen. Die Proteste waren durch die Ermordung des beliebten Sängers Hachalu Hundessa am Montagabend ausgelöst worden. Hachalu gehörte den Oromo an, der größten Volksgruppe in Äthiopien. In seiner Musik ging er auf das Empfinden der Oromo ein, wirtschaftlich und politisch benachteiligt zu werden. Türkei geht wieder gegen PKK im Nordirak vor Türkische Kampfjets haben im Nordirak abermals Stellungen der verbotenen kurdischen Arbeiterpartei PKK bombardiert. Es seien Ziele in den Regionen Avasin und Baysan zerstört worden, meldete die Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu. Die Türkei hatte Mitte Juni eine Luft- und Bodenoffensive gegen die PKK begonnen, die in den nordirakischen Kandil-Bergen ihr Hauptquartier hat und in der Türkei, Europa und den USA als Terrororganisation gilt. Das irakische Präsidialamt warf der Regierung in Ankara vor, mit der Militäraktion die staatliche Souveränität des Iraks zu verletzen. Selbstmordversuche auf "Ocean Viking" Die Besatzung des im Mittelmeer umherirrenden Rettungsschiffs "Ocean Viking" hat den Notstand ausgerufen. Die Situation habe sich derart zugespitzt, dass die Sicherheit der 180 Geretteten und der Besatzung nicht mehr gewährleistet sei, so Geschäftsführerin von SOS Méditerranée Deutschland, Verena Papke. Es habe sechs Suizidversuche gegeben, die Migranten hätten einen Hungerstreik begonnen. Viele der Überlebenden befänden sich in großer seelischer Not und litten unter Depressionen. Italien und Malta lehnten Anfragen auf Zuweisung eines Hafens ab, wie Papke weiter mitteilte. Commerzbank-Chef Zielke schmeißt hin Im Streit mit dem Commerzbank-Großinvestor Cerberus um die künftige Strategie des Geldhauses kommt es an dessen Führungsspitze zu einer überraschenden Veränderung. Vorstandsschef Martin Zielke hat dem Aufsichtsrat seinen vorzeitigen Rückzug angeboten. Als Grund nannte er eine unbefriedigende Geschäftslage. Er wolle den Weg freimachen für einen Neuanfang. Seit Jahren befindet sich die Commerzbank auf einem strengen Sparkurs. Trotz eines massiven Stellenabbaus und zahlreicher Versuche, das Geschäft neu aufzustellen, schaffte der Konzern bis zuletzt nur eine magere Rendite. Corona-Lockerungen in England Nach mehr als drei Monaten Schließung wegen der Corona-Pandemie öffnen heute in England wieder Hotels, Bars, Restaurants und Pubs. Damit die nach wie vor geltenden Abstandsregeln und andere Corona-Auflagen erfüllt werden können, hatte die britische Regierung im Vorfeld die Lizenzerteilung für den Verkauf von Getränken und Essen im Freien vereinfacht. So dürfen Gäste unter anderem auch auf Parkplätzen bedient werden. In anderen Teilen des Vereinigten Königreichs - Schottland, Wales und Nordirland - gelten die Lockerungen nicht. Großbritannien hat in Europa die meisten COVID-19-Toten.

In our news wrap Friday, a trial is underway in Istanbul for 20 Saudis charged in the October 2018 slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. None of the accused were in court, as Saudi Arabia rejected demands for their extradition. Also, Ethiopia's prime minister called out protesters for refusing to end a week of violent unrest following the shooting death of singer Hachalu Hundessa. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Moçambicanos evitam ir a hospitais por medo do novo coronavírus. Avanço da mineradora irlandesa Kenmare preocupa residentes da província moçambicana de Nampula. Etiópia vive série de protestos violentos devido o assassinato do cantor e ativista Hachalu Hundessa.

Abrimos com LE MONDE que titula, Macron separa-se de Édouard Philippe. O primeiro ministro apresentou hoje a sua demissão e não será renomeado nas funções. Com a saída de Édouard Philippe, o chefe de Estado vira uma página que durou 3 anos.  Numa entrevista à imprensa regional, Macron, disse que ia formar uma nova equipa para os próximos dois anos do seu mandato. Ao apresentar as grandes linhas do novo caminho que pretende seguir para relançar o país, Macron advertiu que o novo ano político será difícil e que temos que nos preparar, acrescenta, LE MONDE. Macron quer manter a rota do seu mandato, replica em título, LE FIGARO. Foi o último acto hoje do mandato com Macron a querer um novo caminho que almeja traçar até 2022. Na entrevista à imprensa reigional tira lições da epidemia do coronavírus e adverte que o ano será difícil no plano económico, sublinha, LE FIGARO.  Por seu lado, L'HUMANITÉ, titula sobre a escola que já está sob pressão antes mesmo do novo ano lectivo. O encerramento, a continuidade pedagógica e depois o desconfinamento caótico agravaram as falhas do sistema. Um sistema que tem de ser repensado para continuar a assumir a sua missão de educar os  nossos filhos. No seu editorial intitulado pedido de renovação, L'HUMANITÉ, nota no tocante ao vector económico que os detentores do capital desdobram-se em esforços para golpear o mundo do trabalho numa altura em que a sociedade é convidada a reflectir sobre o seu futuro por causa da crise sanitária.    No internacional, LE MONDE, destaca a conivência entre a chanceler alemã, Angela Merkel e a presidente da Comissao europeia, Von der Leyen que querem lançar um plano de recuperação económica europeia já a partir deste verão. As duas dirigentes têm o mesmo objectivo que é de fazer tudo para que seja aprovado o plano de 750 mil milhões de euros lançado pela Comissão europeia em maio  inspirando-se do plano proposto pela França e Alemanha, acrescenta, LE MONDE. Sistema totalitário chinês alargado a Hong Kong  Hong Kong, o medo, é o título, do LIBÉRATION. Centenas de prisões e uma redução drástica das liberdades, com a entrada em vigor na terça-feira da nova lei de segurança imposta pelo partido comunista chinês, matando assim o princípio de um país, dois sistemas estendo assim ao arquipélago o sistema totalitário chinês. É uma viragem histórica pondo fim à autonomia do território de Hong Kong em relação a Pequim, nota, LIBÉRATION.  Santa Sofia o combate de Erdogan, é o título do jornal, LA CROIX. A Justiça estudou ontem a reconversão em mesquita da antiga basílica respondendo a um pedido de longa data do presidente turco. É o sonho de Erdogan que quer mudar o estatuto da basílica e apagar a herança laica de Mustafá Kemal. O Supremo tribunal administrativo deve dar a sua decisão dentro de 15 anos, sobre esta questão religiosa explosiva, sabendo que a basílica de Santa Sofia foi no passado uma mesquita e tem sido agora um museu, nota, LA CROIX.   Em relaçao à Áftrica, LE MONDE, destaca a morte de um  cantor oromo põe a Etiópia a ferro e fogo. Cerca de 100 pessoas foram mortas após o assassínio de Hachalu Hundessa. Era um cantor mlitante numa Etiópia impaciente de sair do sistema do autoritário e esgotado. Mas também um intérprete que cantava a música mais bela e pura do país ou do desejo do povo oromo de querer um novo destino para a Etiópia. Hachalu Hundessa, foi assassinado aos 34 anos na segunda-feira em Adis Abeba. Desde então a sua região Oromia entrou em convulsão e ainda ontem dia do seu enterro ficou marcado pela violência, acrescenta, LE MONDE.  

"Everyday I walk in this city, I know I walk alongside death," singer Hachalu Hundessa said just days before he was shot dead in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on 28 June. We hear how the 34-year old protest singer became the voice of the Oromo ethnic group. "He was the soundtrack of the 2018 revolution that brought change to Ethiopia" Awol Allo told RFI.   The murder of Hachalu Hundessa last Monday sent thousands of Oromo out onto the streets in protest. More than one hundred have died in the unrest. There have been protests and mourning not just in the capital Addis and elsewhere in Ethiopia, but also in Minnesota, US, where a large Oromo diaspora settled after fleeing political repression and discrimination back home. Like many Oromo artists, Hachalu could have fled, but chose to stay. Prophetically, just a week before his death, he told journalists he was well aware of the risks he was taking. "He said: ‘What I am afraid of is a meaningless death, a death that has no purpose. I’m not afraid because I have a clarity of purpose in terms of what I want to achieve’," UK-based academic and Oromo rights activist Awol Allo told RFI. Hachalu’s main focus as a singer was highlighting and defending the Oromo cause and it earned him many enemies. "One of the things that makes it so complex, so painful, is the fact that Oromo is a majority group (in Ethiopia) but subordinated economically, marginalised culturally and repressed politically," Allo continued. Hachalu used "his incredible imaginative power, verbal invention and poetic expression to very ably articulate some of those issues". "It’s almost impossible to think of anyone else who has used the power of art, the power of music (like he did) to push a transformative political agenda forward." Romantic and deeply political songs Hachalu began writing songs aged 17 when he was imprisoned for five years for his political activities. He released his first album Sanyii Mootii (Race of the King) in 2009, a year after leaving prison. The title track is about falling in love with an Oromo woman who is proud of her identity and prepared to die for it. His second album Waa’ee Keenya (Our Plight) came out in 2013 while he was touring the US and became a top African seller on Amazon. Soundtrack of a revolution Hachalu played a key role in the Oromo protests from 2015 to 2018 which led to the fall of the Ethiopian government. "He was one of the most important voices in the Oromo protests and ultimately forced the resignation of the then prime minister [Hailemariam Desalegn] and the appointment of the current prime minister Abiy Ahmed," Allo said. "From that point of view he was basically the soundtrack of that revolution that brought change." The soundtrack began with his first big hit Maalan Jira? (What existence is mine?) in 2015. "It’s essentially a song about dispossession and the government’s policy of land grab around the city of Addis Ababa," said Allo, "displacing hundreds of thousands of farmers. "What the video to the song shows is the gradual displacement and eviction, one by one, of young people who live there with their families then ultimately becoming day labourers on their own land." By 2017 the political situation was evolving and his following hit, Jira (We are here), reflected that growing sense of hope. While the song was written just before Abiy Ahmed, an Oromo, became prime minister in 2018 "the message was that ‘we have come so far, things have changed so much on the ground and this is a moment of hope’". Art and music - a repository for Oromo history Protest song has always been a part of Oromo culture. "As a community that has been historically marginalised and subordinated and denied the opportunity to receive modern education, Oromo art has always served as a repository of Oromo experiences and history", Allo explained. "So if you really want to learn about the history of the Oromo you go into these songs, songs of resistance," Allo continued. "It’s in the reservoir of these songs that you find the true and authentic experience of the Oromo people. It’s not in the official archives, in the history and geography books of the Ethopian state." Oromo artists make ready use of a style known as geerarsa, a kind of flow, not unlike rap, which is used to whip up an audience. "Geerarsa is a kind of free style narration of certain experiences, mainly used to mobilise people, to galvanise support for a particular cause. It’s a deeply-entrenched part of our culture," Allo explained. The now legendary ‘Millenium’ benefit concert Hachalu gave in Addis December 2017 for the rehabilitation of some 700,000 internally displaced Oromo shows his ability to set audiences alight. He paces the stage chanting: ‘You can no longer pin us down, we are too big, too hopeful, too resilient, too fired up’. Crying for Oromo unity Hachalu also had an extraordinary capacity to unite the huge and politically heterogenous Oromo community. "We’re a very large community of 50 plus million people so you obviously have a lot of views about how people should organise and mobilise, there are differences," Allo said. "But the thing for which Hachalu is credited the most is that he’s preaching unity, crying of Oromo unity. It’s almost impossible right now to think of somebody who could fill his shoes."  

"Everyday I walk in this city, I know I walk alongside death," singer Hachalu Hundessa said just days before he was shot dead in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on 28 June. We hear how the 34-year old protest singer became the voice of the Oromo ethnic group. "He was the soundtrack of the 2018 revolution that brought change to Ethiopia" Awol Allo told RFI.   The murder of Hachalu Hundessa last Monday sent thousands of Oromo out onto the streets in protest. More than one hundred have died in the unrest. There have been protests and mourning not just in the capital Addis and elsewhere in Ethiopia, but also in Minnesota, US, where a large Oromo diaspora settled after fleeing political repression and discrimination back home. Like many Oromo artists, Hachalu could have fled, but chose to stay. Prophetically, just a week before his death, he told journalists he was well aware of the risks he was taking. "He said: ‘What I am afraid of is a meaningless death, a death that has no purpose. I'm not afraid because I have a clarity of purpose in terms of what I want to achieve'," UK-based academic and Oromo rights activist Awol Allo told RFI. Hachalu's main focus as a singer was highlighting and defending the Oromo cause and it earned him many enemies. "One of the things that makes it so complex, so painful, is the fact that Oromo is a majority group (in Ethiopia) but subordinated economically, marginalised culturally and repressed politically," Allo continued. Hachalu used "his incredible imaginative power, verbal invention and poetic expression to very ably articulate some of those issues". "It's almost impossible to think of anyone else who has used the power of art, the power of music (like he did) to push a transformative political agenda forward." Romantic and deeply political songs Hachalu began writing songs aged 17 when he was imprisoned for five years for his political activities. He released his first album Sanyii Mootii (Race of the King) in 2009, a year after leaving prison. The title track is about falling in love with an Oromo woman who is proud of her identity and prepared to die for it. His second album Waa'ee Keenya (Our Plight) came out in 2013 while he was touring the US and became a top African seller on Amazon. Soundtrack of a revolution Hachalu played a key role in the Oromo protests from 2015 to 2018 which led to the fall of the Ethiopian government. "He was one of the most important voices in the Oromo protests and ultimately forced the resignation of the then prime minister [Hailemariam Desalegn] and the appointment of the current prime minister Abiy Ahmed," Allo said. "From that point of view he was basically the soundtrack of that revolution that brought change." The soundtrack began with his first big hit Maalan Jira? (What existence is mine?) in 2015. "It's essentially a song about dispossession and the government's policy of land grab around the city of Addis Ababa," said Allo, "displacing hundreds of thousands of farmers. "What the video to the song shows is the gradual displacement and eviction, one by one, of young people who live there with their families then ultimately becoming day labourers on their own land." By 2017 the political situation was evolving and his following hit, Jira (We are here), reflected that growing sense of hope. While the song was written just before Abiy Ahmed, an Oromo, became prime minister in 2018 "the message was that ‘we have come so far, things have changed so much on the ground and this is a moment of hope'". Art and music - a repository for Oromo history Protest song has always been a part of Oromo culture. "As a community that has been historically marginalised and subordinated and denied the opportunity to receive modern education, Oromo art has always served as a repository of Oromo experiences and history", Allo explained. "So if you really want to learn about the history of the Oromo you go into these songs, songs of resistance," Allo continued. "It's in the reservoir of these songs that you find the true and authentic experience of the Oromo people. It's not in the official archives, in the history and geography books of the Ethopian state." Oromo artists make ready use of a style known as geerarsa, a kind of flow, not unlike rap, which is used to whip up an audience. "Geerarsa is a kind of free style narration of certain experiences, mainly used to mobilise people, to galvanise support for a particular cause. It's a deeply-entrenched part of our culture," Allo explained. The now legendary ‘Millenium' benefit concert Hachalu gave in Addis December 2017 for the rehabilitation of some 700,000 internally displaced Oromo shows his ability to set audiences alight. He paces the stage chanting: ‘You can no longer pin us down, we are too big, too hopeful, too resilient, too fired up'. Crying for Oromo unity Hachalu also had an extraordinary capacity to unite the huge and politically heterogenous Oromo community. "We're a very large community of 50 plus million people so you obviously have a lot of views about how people should organise and mobilise, there are differences," Allo said. "But the thing for which Hachalu is credited the most is that he's preaching unity, crying of Oromo unity. It's almost impossible right now to think of somebody who could fill his shoes."  

The funeral has been held for Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa as unrest over his death has spread from the Oromia region where he was seen as a hero. Mystery surrounds the "completely unprecedented" deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months. Some brands selling skin lightening creams have chosen to change the names of their products after coming under scrutiny.

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Dozens of people held a peaceful protest through downtown Sioux City after unrest in the county of Ethiopia. Siouxland Public Media’s Mark Munger reports. Members of Sioux City’s Oromo community carried signs saying “Oromo Lives Matter” today to bring attention to the violence against Oromo people in Ethiopia. Protestors there took to the streets following the killing of Hachalu Hundessa, a popular, political, Oromo singer. Local protestor Falmata Gishe: We’re basically just asking the US government to not aid the Ethiopian government. They are using that money to torture our people, basically gunning them down for doing a peaceful protest. It is reported that 50 protestors have been killed. The Ethiopian government has shut down the internet, making communication and coverage difficult. And we have not heard anything from our families, so that’s why we are very concerned, and that’s why we wanted to be a voice for our people. You know, we are Iowa’s residents, and we want our

durée : 00:03:23 - Les Histoires du monde - Le chanteur, Hachalu Hundessa, a été assassiné par balle en plein Addis Abeba. C'est la jeunesse - les qeerroo - oromo qu'on veut briser.

durée : 00:03:23 - Les Histoires du monde - par : Anthony BELLANGER - Le chanteur, Hachalu Hundessa, a été assassiné par balle en plein Addis Abeba. C'est la jeunesse - les qeerroo - oromo qu'on veut briser.

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Tens of thousands of people are staging demonstrations in towns and cities across Sudan to press for greater political reform. The popular Ethiopian singer and activist, Hachalu Hundessa, has been shot dead in the capital, Addis Ababa. King Philippe of Belgium has expressed his profound regret for the crimes committed during the Belgian colonisation of Congo, including the private fiefdom of his ancestor, Leopold the Second.