5 October 2019 Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49945694 Huge crowds turned out in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, as it hosted for the first time in more than a century the annual Irreecha thanksgiving festival of the Oromo, the country's largest ethnic group. In one Irreecha tradition, freshly cut grass and flowers are placed in water to thank God...
First published August 9, 2018 | by Assefa Tefera Dibaba In the past, on another platform (at OSA Conference, July 2016, Washington DC), I put forward three scenarios for the escalating Oromo civil resistance to bring about a systemic change, and not just a reform: a) If it obtains a degree of support from the...
OCTOBER 5, 2019 / 9:46 PM ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopia's largest ethnic group celebrated in Addis Ababa on Saturday at the start of an annual thanksgiving festival which was marred by violence in 2016. Security was high for Irreecha, which is celebrated by the Oromo people to mark the start...
