Politics

The international community's continued support for Abiy, despite the innumerable failures of his government, has only prolonged these challenges.

Abiy is an idiosyncratic Ethiopian nationalist first.

"Despite the pain and our mutual skepticism, everyone was engaged in conversation, carefully concealing our true emotions."

Maintaining stability in Oromia is necessary to ensure stability in the entire Horn of Africa.

Oromos must be represented by those they see fit to represent them.

In the absence of an open debate in Oromo Politics, people are left to build their own assumptions.

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

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

Ethiopia is now engaged in what is proving to be a prolonged civil war in Tigray and has again continued its historic crackdown on the south and especially the Oromo.

I thought Afaan Oromo would not be able to endure and that Wallo’s fate was looming up for all Oromiyaa. So, though I had no money for the project, I made up my mind to try to save my language from sinking into oblivion by recording at least part of its vocabulary on paper.

Have the Oromo been an internalized colony of the Amhara? Yes, but there are degrees of colonial status.

The fundamental paradox of Adwa is this: the very Ethiopia that inscribed with anti-colonial meanings after its victory over European colonialism was a colonizing state itself.