Oromo elites need to embark on a soul-searching mission
The Oromo quest for justice goes back to the formation of the modern Ethiopian state in the last two decades of the 19th century, when Menilek II of Shewa launched a series of military campaigns that forcibly incorporated previously independent peoples—such as the Oromo—into his emerging empire. Many Oromos sacrificed their precious lives resisting this […]
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Oromo elites need to embark on a soul-searching mission
The Oromo quest for justice goes back to the formation of the modern Ethiopian state in the last two decades of the 19th century, when Menilek II of Shewa launched a series of military campaigns that forcibly incorporated previously independent peoples—such as the Oromo—into his emerging empire. Many Oromos sacrificed their precious lives resisting this […]
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