Opinion

Extending the Oromo suffering as long as possible and by all means necessary is the way that Oromo elites stay relevant.

The Oromo nation must find a way to force a lazy and complacent elite to meet its popular demands.

Oromia, unlike Somaliland, is diverse in population, has the potential to become a middle-income economy.

I witnessed this practice of decentralization while attending my own tribe Caffee both as a witness and as a representative of my own family.

I recently listened to an interview given by Getachew Reda, the spokesperson of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in which he spoke about...

In order to dismantle the lie that is #EthiopiaPrevails, we have to divest ourselves of “prevailing”.

This man, regarded almost as a messiah by some and admired by many, is now as divisive as the TPLF.

Soon after receiving the award, Abiy began to write the darkest chapter of his legacy.

I don’t think that even in the time of Menelik, we have experienced such humiliation. 

The armed movement of the Oromo has never fully subsided because the colonial nature of Ethiopia, albeit glimpses that the empire might transform into a democracy, has endured.

Is there any real possibility for the Oromo nation to achieve enduring peace and prosperity within Ethiopia? If facts of both the past and the present are to be taken as indicators, the answer is quite firmly, no.