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Global Odaa Nabee Association (GLONA)
Putting Communities First: A Call for People-Centered Development
Help Stop the Uprooting of the Tulama Oromo
For over 150 years, the Tulama Oromo—one of the largest indigenous people in Oromia, Ethiopia—have been uprooted incessantly from their ancestral lands. Today, the proposed Aabbuu Mega Airport threatens to displace over 15,000 people from six villages of Aabbuu in Central Oromia. This is not development—it’s erasure of identity, cultural heritage, and history.
A Legacy of Dispossessio
The Aabbuu Mega Airport Crisis
Location
Aabbuu Sub District, 40 km southeast of Addis Ababa/Finfine
Initial Land Require
3,500 hectares (8,648 acres) of farmland
Initial Impact
~15,000 people from six villages. Aabbuu Aciro, Aabbuu Garbi, Aabbuu Kombolcha, Aabbuu Loyya, Aabbuu Lugna, and Aabbuu Sarkama
Who We Are and Our Vision, Mission, and Value
About Us
The Global Oda Nabe Association (GLONA) is a not-for-profit civil society organization establishd by natives of Central Oromia, in the diaspora.
Registered in the State of Minnesota, USA, under the United States Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3), GLONA advocates for the rights of Oromians – especially the Tulama Oromo -facing ongoing mass eviction from their ancestral land and its dire effects, including political marginalization, economic deprivation, social and cultural erosion, and environmental degradation.
Our Vision:
Our Mission: To protect the human rights, ancestral lands, and cultural identity of the Tulama Oromo through advocacy, education, and international solidarity.
Our Values: Justice. Dignity. Survival. Self-determination.
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