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  • PP Regime
    Article | Opinion | Politics | ⏭

    The PP Regime Now Has the Accolade: No Other Ethiopian Regime Has Acted Against the Oromo People So Intensely in Such a Short Time

    By Kumaa Daadhii (PhD, Political History) and Olii Boran (PhD, Sociology) Posted on2026-02-022026-02-01
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    The inauguration of the Shebele Resort near Jijigaa under the PP regime of PM Abiy Ahmed is more than a development event; it is a political statement. Held without Oromo representation in an Oromo city, and amid ongoing violence in eastern Oromia, the ceremony signals the normalization of exclusion and the quiet ratification of a long-contested administrative arrangement. What was once presented as a temporary “loan” of Jijigaa has now hardened into permanent political appropriation, with profound consequences for constitutional order and regional stability.

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  • Aabbuu Seeraa
    Article | Campaign | Human Rights | Politics | ⏭

    Aabbuu Seeraa: Building Progress on Indigenous Erasure

    By OROMIA TODAY Posted on2026-01-302026-01-24

    In Aabbuu Seeraa, thousands of indigenous Oromo families are being displaced to build a flagship airport. Model houses are showcased to project “modernization,” while most households remain without shelter, land, or livelihood—and those who protest face detention. This is not opposition to development; it is a demand for development as a social contract. Minimum conditions are proposed for legitimacy, including housing, livelihood restoration, heritage and environmental protection, demographic sensitivity, perpetual stakeholding, and independent international assessment.

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  • Lidetu Ayalew
    Article | Opinion | Politics | ⏭

    Lidetu Ayalew, Finfinnee, Oromia, Federalism, and the Perils of Principle-free Politics

    By Elemoo Qilxuu (MA, Political Science) Posted on2026-01-162026-01-15

    When politics loses its grammar, words stop meaning what they mean and power begins to masquerade as principle. In critiquing Lidetu Ayalew, this piece is not about personal disappointment but about a deeper political failure: the refusal to accept irreversible facts of federalism, Oromo self-rule, and historical reality. Denial is not argument. Semantic inversion is not moderation. And restoration politics, however eloquent, cannot substitute for credible, principled leadership.

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  • Politics Lessons
    Article | Opinion | Politics | ⏭

    OROMIA TODAY – Basic Politics Lessons 101For members of political parties in general and the Prosperity Party in particular

    By Malkkaa Beenyaa (MA, Social Psychologist) Posted on2026-01-092026-01-09

    It has become increasingly clear that many party members lack even a basic understanding of the norms, limits, and responsibilities of political life. A dangerous assumption has taken root: that once a party forms a government, it automatically owns the state. This false belief is where criminality begins, now an everyday occurrence under the Prosperity Party. Written as Politics Lessons for reflection rather than insult, this article helps members identify where political participation ends and personal liability begins, concluding with Safuu as a moral anchor in public life.

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  • Amharic
    Article | Language | Research | ⏭

    Amharic Language Shift Among Agaw, Qimant and Oromo CommunitiesAnd Why These Amount to Ethnocide and Must be Reversed

    By Yadessa Guma (PhD, Anthropology) Posted on2026-01-042026-01-02

    This article synthesizes sociolinguistic research on language shift among Agaw, Qimant, and Oromo communities in northern Ethiopia to explain why Amharic replacement is best understood as a long-term institutional process rather than a sudden loss. Drawing on comparative evidence, it argues that “Amhara” functions historically as a linguistic–social formation shaped by schooling, administration, and mobility incentives, while showing how minority languages can persist, decline, or revive depending on intergenerational transmission and institutional support.

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  • fringe party
    Article | Op-Ed | Politics | ⏭

    Erasing Oromia: How a Fringe Party Exposed the Complacency and Paralysis of Oppressed Nations and Nationalities of the Ethiopian Empire

    By Elemoo Qilxuu (MA, Political Science) and Olii Boran (PhD, Sociology) Posted on2025-12-072025-12-06

    A fringe party’s audacious proposal to erase Oromia and other regions of the oppressed nations and nationalities has exposed a deeper crisis: the entrenched complacency and political paralysis of the majority. This is not merely the aggression of a fringe party attempting to erase Oromia and other regions; it is the predictable outcome of a majority conditioned to tolerate the intolerable. Ethiopia’s tragedy persists because boldness from the few meets silence from the many.

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  • Politics of Spite
    Article | Opinion | Politics | ⏭

    The Politics of Spite—How Oromia’s Foundations Expose the Empty Ambitions of a Troubled Region

    By Elemoo Qilxuu (MA, Political Science), Kumaa Daadhii (PhD, Political History) and Olii Boran (PhD, Sociology) Posted on2025-11-122025-11-09

    Oromia now faces a widening expansionist push—driven by local opportunists, reinforced by external actors, and carried along by a region long caught up in the politics of spite that has defined the Horn. These forces promote territorial fantasies that collapse under scrutiny. The article argues that only a free, self-determined Oromia can break this cycle, restoring stability to the Horn and creating the conditions for a genuine synergy of prosperity with its neighbors.

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  • nuclear
    Article | Op-Ed

    A Reactor in a Tinderbox: Why Ethiopia’s Nuclear Ambition Demands Global Scrutiny

    By Biqila Bariso (PhD, Physics; MSc, Cognitive Sci.) Posted on2025-09-282025-09-28
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    Ethiopia’s push for nuclear power station is less about energy need than regime vanity, pursued by a leader who weaponize conflict, neglect citizens, and disregard safety. With a record of atrocities, proxy wars, and environmental neglect, entrusting such a volatile state with nuclear materials risks catastrophe not just for Ethiopia, but for the entire region.

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  • dead language
    Article | Op-Ed

    The Amhara Elites’ Monumental Failure in Insisting on a Dead Language for Primary Education

    By Olii Boran (PhD, Sociology) Posted on2025-09-182025-09-18

    The push to impose Ge'ez as a subject in Ethiopian primary schools in the Amhara region has reignited debate on the futility of elevating a dead language. Across history, such languages remain confined to liturgy or scholarship, never revived as mediums of modern schooling. Insisting otherwise is political miscalculation that risks alienation instead of cohesion.

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  • Intellectual Capital
    Article | Essay | Op-Ed | Politics | ⏭

    Intellectual Capital Deficiency in GovernancePart One — Why the Horn of Africa Is a Global Case Study

    By Malkkaa Beenyaa (MA, Social Psychologist) Posted on2025-08-082025-08-08
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    This article applies the Intellectual Capital framework—widely used in business and development—to the sphere of governance. Using the Horn of Africa as a case study, it explores how deficiencies in Intellectual Capital weaken state resilience, fuel instability, and block long-term solutions, while offering insights relevant to governance challenges worldwide.

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  • Shimelis Abdissa
    Article | Opinion | Politics | ⏭

    10 Compelling Reasons Shimelis Abdissa Is Not Effectively Governing Oromia

    By Editorial Team Posted on2025-07-302025-07-29
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    Shimelis Abdissa, nominally President of Oromia, has become emblematic of absentee leadership and quiet complicity in the face of tragedy, dispossession, and systemic betrayal. From his silence during national mourning to his role in dismantling Oromia’s autonomy and impoverishing its people, Shimelis serves not the Oromo nation but the pro unitary Ethiopia Prosperity Party (PP) regime. While we could come up with scores of reasons, for brevity and to get this to print, we chose 10 items that speak volumes.

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  • Eritrea and Ethiopia
    Article | Commentary | Op-Ed | Politics | ⏭

    Eritrea and Ethiopia: Regret, Rivalry, and the Search for a Permanent Settlement

    By Itansaa Barii Posted on2025-07-242025-07-24

    The troubled relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia has remained unresolved since independence in 1993. This essay explores whether Eritrea secretly regrets its separation, how President Afwerki's fixation on Ethiopian politics reflects deeper insecurities, and what the future holds. Is this a conflict frozen in time—or a struggle over imperial legacy and regional power?

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  • Faarseebulaa
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    Digital Serfdom in Ethiopia: Faarseebulaa, Propaganda, and the Politics of Praise

    By Olii Boran (PhD, Sociology) and Ed Chapman (Digital Forensics Researcher) Posted on2025-05-222025-05-22

    Faarseebulaa refers to Ethiopia’s emerging class of Digital Serfs—individuals who voluntarily serve authoritarian systems through online propaganda. Unlike historical peasants or proletariats who resisted oppression, the Faarseebulaa defend it for personal gain, low self-worth, and limited awareness. They are not rulers, yet they passionately safeguard the system that exploits the majority.

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  • A Chilling Assimilation Blueprint of 1933 for the Oromo
    Article | Editorial | Politics | Verifiable History

    Haile Selassie’s Chilling Assimilation Blueprint of 1933 for the Oromo: When ‘Unity’ Meant Erasure

    By OT Editorial Posted on2025-05-072025-05-07

    Excerpt This article unveils the Chilling Assimilation Blueprint of 1933 for the Oromo people, a calculatedly policy framework of Haile Selassie's regime. Drawing from historical documents and translated accounts, it exposes how forced identity erasure was justified in the name of "national unity". Far from being a relic of the past, the blueprint reveals patterns...

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  • Dr Sisay Mengiste
    Article | Commentary | Opinion | ⏭

    When Lawmakers Fan Dangerous Flames: The Case of Dr Sisay Mengiste

    By Olii Boran Posted on2025-04-182025-04-18

    Questions for Troubling Rhetoric Where does freedom of speech end, and the incitement of dangerous, ethnically charged propaganda begin? At what point does public discourse shift from a right to speak one’s mind into a reckless abuse of influence—especially when the speaker holds public office in a fragile, multi-ethnic society? These are not abstract questions....

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  • When Falsehoods Wear Fancy Fonts
    Article | Commentary | History | ⏭

    When Falsehoods Wear Fancy Fonts: The Absurdity of Manufactured Maps

    By Elemoo Qilxuu Posted on2025-04-172025-04-17

    There’s something truly ironic about attempts to rewrite history—how they often stumble on the very tools they try to wield. A case in point: a laughable “13th-century map of Abyssinia” now making the rounds. A single glance at its slick, pixel-perfect typography and digitally crisp outlines is enough to raise eyebrows. We are expected to...

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