Jaal Falimatu became the universal face of the Oromo liberation and OLF after NTV's Yassin Juma featured her in the documentary:INSIDE REBEL TERRITORY which was acclaimed worldwide.
Jaal Falimatu sacrificed her university degree and joined the rebel group Oromo Liberation Front(OLF) to fight for her land,heritage and dignity.
The Journalist recently took to his facebook to announce that Jaal Falimatu may be no more according to her fellow fighters who only recently got their freedom following the election of the new Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr.Abiy Ahmed who has undertaken several measures to ensure human rights and freedom is entrenched in one of the most dictatorial countries in Africa.
Jaal Falimatu according to her fellow fighters is said to have been assassinated by the Ethiopian regime and her remains buried in an undisclosed location.
Yassin Juma was banned from setting foot on the Ethiopian soil and the then Foreign affairs minister even fired a letter to the Kenyan leadership in protest over the story shown on Kenyan media which caught the world attention on the grave human rights abuses being perpetrated by the Tigrayan Ethiopian regime.
Juma sought her(Jaal) out so that he could cover his new documentary ''Returning To Ethiopia'' nine years after the Ethiopian regime barred him from entering the country.
Reports say that a year ago, Jaal Falimatu settled in the hotbed of Oromo struggle, a place called Ambo and even gave birth. Shortly after,it is reported Ethiopian millitary dragged her from her house and has never been heard of since.
Experts familiar with how the Ethiopian regime works say that it would be futile to expect her alive as thousands of Oromo rebels or dissidents have been assassinated in the same manner.
Its heart wrenching to learn that after sacrificing so much for the struggle,she is not around to celebrate in the joys of freedom the Oromo people fought for for so long.
JAAL FALIMATU,WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU ARE REMEMBERED AS A LEGEND!!!!
SHINE ON YOUR WAY JAAL!!!!😢
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