Please Watch the Video Clip (81 sec) That Prompted this Editorial Before Proceeding. Thank You. The Tragic Death of a Young Artist The tragic death of young Oromo artist Qanani Adunya should have been a moment of collective mourning—a time for Ethiopia to grieve the loss of a bright, talented soul taken too soon. Instead,...
DISCLAIMER This editorial opinion of OROMIA TODAY has been formulated in consultation with opinion influencers. What Just Happened? Reportedly, delegates representing a broad spectrum of political, civic, and faith-based organizations—16 in total, as stated—convened to deliberate on the political and security situation in Oromia. While the stated purpose was to discuss these pressing issues,...
I am looking at a picture of two young girls—perhaps in their late teens or early twenties. Their beauty is undeniable, yet it is not the kind of beauty that comes from youth alone. It is the beauty of conviction, of courage, of defiance. They are not dressed for leisure, nor are they indulging in...
"Believe it or not, we did not torture a single person." These were the words spoken by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister just days ago. A bold statement. A lie so audacious, so detached from reality, that it serves as the mother of all lies. The truth is written in blood and suffering. The Oromia region alone...
Excerpt: Ethiopia cannot achieve true peace without dismantling its imperial framework and embracing a new foundation built on mutual respect and empathy. The current National Dialogue Commission lacks legitimacy, inclusivity, and historical honesty, rendering its mission futile. Real unity cannot arise from coercion and exclusion. Only when all nations and nationalities are treated as equal...
The last six years of Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party (PP) government have made one thing unmistakably clear—not just to core Oromo nationalists who have long recognized the Ethiopian regime's aversion to genuine peace, but also to the doubters. The oppressive yoke weighing on the Oromo people and other marginalized groups cannot be dismantled through peaceful...
The Oromia administration just staged a fake negotiation in the form of Peace as Surrender by a lone defector, Obbo Sanyii Nagaasaa.
In Dedication to Our Hero Jaal Damissee K. Sardaa (1945-2023) April is a month when Oromo communities all over the world remember their heroines and heroes (hereafter 'heroes'). Particularly, 15th April has a special place in the Oromo struggle for freedom. It is on this particular day, in 1980, that the Oromo people lost a...
Although no official region-based corruption index for comparison exists, based on the general sentiments of public outcry, Oromia is one of the most corrupt regions of Ethiopia, if not at the top of the league table. From minor traffic offences that can be settled by offenders for mere 100 to 200 Birr on-the-spot bribe, town...
The Oromo struggle for freedom is at the most critical crossroads and the stakes have never been so high. The 50+ years struggle has been getting a global attention it deserves only over the recent one year or so (at the UN Security Council, the AU, the EU, and the US State Department). This credit...
— OROMIA TODAY EDITORIAL The audacity is jaw dropping, the miscalculation is mind boggling; the insensitivity will only hasten the end of an empire that is already in tatters. Yes, colonel Abiy Ahmed, PM of Ethiopia, just followed in the footsteps of his role models, Menelik II and Haile Sellasee I, in appointing a transitional...
