• One Song, Five Messages 2026-04-21 @ 0:00 by Elemoo Qilxuu In just days, one song by Tewodros "Teddy Afro" Kassahun has ignited a firestorm—revealing not unity, but multiple Ethiopias speaking past each other. What appears as controversy is, in truth, a deeper collision of meanings shaped by power, history, identity,… 🡺 continue reading
• Much Ado About Nothing—The Illusion of Elections in Oromia and Ethiopia 2026-03-23 @ 0:00 by Kumaa Daadhii The forthcoming Oromia and Ethiopia elections are being presented as competitive democratic contests, complete with debates, campaigns, and political messaging. Yet beneath the spectacle lies a political reality many already understand: elections that confirm power rather than contest it. But… 🡺 continue reading
• Elite Integration Without Institutional Consolidation 2026-03-20 @ 0:00 by Dereje Hawas Elite Integration has repeatedly appeared in Oromo political history as a rational response to fragmentation, weak internal authority, and expanding centralized power. This essay argues that the “Gobana Pattern” is not a story of regional betrayal or personal defect, but… 🡺 continue reading
• Can Recognizing a Moral Asymmetry Bridge Ethiopia’s Worlds-Apart Historical Narratives? 2026-03-15 @ 0:00 by Elemoo Qilxuu Ethiopia’s debate over Menelik II reflects far more than disagreement about a ruler’s legacy. It reveals two historical memories occupying the same political space yet interpreting the same events in radically different ways. This essay introduces the concept of moral… 🡺 continue reading
• Oromos and the Architecture of Authority 2026-03-10 @ 0:00 by Dereje Hawas Calls for unity within the Oromo political sphere have become increasingly frequent, yet unity alone does not produce strategic effectiveness. This article argues that the deeper problem is the lack of an effective architecture of authority capable of assigning roles,… 🡺 continue reading
• When a Just Cause Is Made to Fail: Oromo Fragmentation, Elite Proliferation, and the Cost of Permanent Politics 2026-02-10 @ 15:00 by Dereje Hawas Oromo Fragmentation is not a sign of political maturity or ideological diversity; it is the visible cost of elite proliferation detached from existential survival. As land is taken and communities are displaced, the struggle splinters into competing parties, fronts, and… 🡺 continue reading
• The Policy of Lying: How Power Is Sustained by Fabrication 2026-02-06 @ 0:00 by Elemoo Qilxuu Ethiopia has crossed a moral and political threshold. Lying is no longer an occasional deviation but a governing method. From the fabricated pretext of the Tigray war to the attempted rewriting of Eritrea’s role—publicly rebutted by Gedu Andargachew—the pattern is… 🡺 continue reading
• The PP Regime Now Has the Accolade: No Other Ethiopian Regime Has Acted Against the Oromo People So Intensely in Such a Short Time 2026-02-02 @ 0:00 by Kumaa Daadhii 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… 🡺 continue reading
• Lidetu Ayalew, Finfinnee, Oromia, Federalism, and the Perils of Principle-free Politics 2026-01-16 @ 0:00 by Elemoo Qilxuu 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… 🡺 continue reading
• OROMIA TODAY – Basic Politics Lessons 101 2026-01-09 @ 0:00 by Malkkaa Beenyaa 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… 🡺 continue reading
• Getachew Reda and the Corrosive Politics of Ethiopia 2025-11-26 @ 0:00 by OT Editorial Getachew Reda’s dramatic shift—from accusing Abiy Ahmed of genocide in Tigray to serving within his administration and now failing to acknowledge his own words—exposes the moral decay embedded in Ethiopian politics. His reversal is not subtle; it is documented and… 🡺 continue reading
• Why Oromia’s Future Demands Clarity: Independence vs. “Democritizing Ethiopia” 2025-11-24 @ 0:00 by Yadessa Guma This article examines the evolving debate over Oromo self-determination any time soon, contrasting the independence path with the argument for democratizing Ethiopia’s federation. Grounded in constitutional analysis, human rights reporting, security trends, and long-term governance patterns, it evaluates which option… 🡺 continue reading
• The Politics of Spite—How Oromia’s Foundations Expose the Empty Ambitions of a Troubled Region 2025-11-12 @ 0:00 by Elemoo Qilxuu 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… 🡺 continue reading
• The Final Goal of Fano Led-Amhara Elites and the Resistances They May Face 2025-09-18 @ 12:00 by Leemman Leeqaa Introduction The ultimate objective of the Amhara political elite appears to be the restoration of a centralized, unitary Ethiopian state, effectively dismantling the current multinational federal arrangement and overturning the existing constitution. However, this vision is neither straightforward nor uncontested.… 🡺 continue reading
• Intellectual Capital Deficiency in Governance 2025-08-09 @ 9:00 by Malkkaa Beenyaa This article is coming up. 🡺 continue reading
• The Oromo Struggle Is Not About Abiy: Strategic Clarity for a Lasting Liberation 2025-08-04 @ 0:00 by Itansaa Barii Introduction The Oromo struggle for self-determination is once again at a critical crossroads. As anger intensifies toward Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s authoritarian consolidation of power, many Oromo activists have increasingly defined the movement’s primary objective as bringing down Abiy. While… 🡺 continue reading
• 10 Compelling Reasons Shimelis Abdissa Is Not Effectively Governing Oromia 2025-07-30 @ 0:00 by Editorial Team 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… 🡺 continue reading
• The Idea of Oromia Shall Never Be Extinguished 2025-07-12 @ 15:00 by Yadessa Guma The idea of Oromia is more than a place—it's a vision of justice, dignity, and identity. Despite repression and new threats cloaked in legality, this enduring ideal lives on in Oromo resistance, culture, and memory. Now more than ever, Oromia… 🡺 continue reading
• The Gentleperson Code: Part II—When the Moral Compass Shatters 2025-07-08 @ 0:00 by Malkkaa Beenyaa This is Part II of The Gentleperson Code, continuing from Part I—A Cross-Cultural Compass for Modern Dignity. In this installment, we examine how leadership failures, social media, and shifting community values have shattered society’s moral compass. From the quiet erosion… 🡺 continue reading
• The Gentleperson Code: Part I—A Cross-Cultural Compass for Modern Dignity 2025-07-07 @ 0:00 by Olii Boran Excerpt Across cultures, the gentleperson embodies timeless virtues: respect, integrity, empathy, and self-restraint. More than a gendered label or social rank, a gentleperson is a moral compass in action—graceful under pressure, humble yet firm, protective of others. In today’s noisy… 🡺 continue reading
• Let the River Flow: How the GERD Dams Colonial Hegemony, Not the Nile 2025-07-05 @ 0:00 by Tullu Waqjira, Caalaa Dabalee, et al. The GERD is not obstructing the Nile—it’s obstructing injustice. Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam harnesses the river’s flow for energy, not for control. Yet Egypt resists, clinging to colonial-era water dominance. This article unpacks why GERD symbolizes not just a dam,… 🡺 continue reading
• Ethiopia's Elites Crisis: Fragmentation, Failure, and the Path to Relevance 2025-06-30 @ 0:00 by Abba Sooqee Ethiopia’s elites crisis runs deeper than disunity—it is a collapse of legitimacy. Fragmented, distrusted, and internally divided, no elite figure today commands a unified mandate. Peace will remain a mirage until the elites reconcile with their own constituencies and confront… 🡺 continue reading
• What Is Humanity If Even the Faarseebulaas Mock the Truth? 2025-06-29 @ 0:00 by Kumaa Daadhii Empires and regimes fall. Tyrants vanish. And when the reckoning comes, Betelhem Tafese and the Faarseebulaas will face the truth they mocked. Will they eat back the contemptuous lies they vomit today against the truth-tellers, freedom fighters, and human rights… 🡺 continue reading
• The Amhara Elite Racist Worldview: Collective Unconscious and Historical Hegemony 2025-06-27 @ 0:00 by Turaa Jaarsoo Excerpt This article examines the enduring racist worldview propagated by sections of the Amhara political elite in Ethiopia, with specific reference to a recent video conference led by Professor Getachew Begashaw. It explores how dehumanizing ethnic slurs, territorial revisionism, and… 🡺 continue reading
• OLF-OLA, the Northern Alliances, and the Oromo Cause: Tactics vs. Principles 2025-06-26 @ 0:00 by Turaa Jaarsoo As Ethiopia fractures under war and repression, the OLF-OLA faces a defining choice: whether to enter tactical alliances with northern forces like the TPLF or Fano. While such coalitions might pressure the regime, they risk undermining Oromo self-determination. Ideological incompatibility,… 🡺 continue reading
• Safuu Is Not Lost—It Was Never Yours to Lose 2025-06-12 @ 0:00 by Kumaa Daadhii Safuu—the Oromo moral compass—demands dignity and restraint, not ethnic appropriation. The uproar over beauty queen Hasset Dereje reveals a deeper sickness: the need to monopolize excellence. When Oromo silence is mistaken for indifference, remember—it’s Safuu, not passivity. A society that… 🡺 continue reading
• Jawar Mohammed: From Oromo Icon to PP Sympathizer? 2025-04-29 @ 6:00 by Abbaa Gaatoo Preview: A Revolutionary Spirit in Question Once the fearless voice of Oromo freedom, now sounding like a Prosperity Party (PP) loyalist? Jawar Mohammed’s latest interview on Kush Media Network (KMN) left many shocked — and some wondering: Has the revolutionary… 🡺 continue reading
• When Lawmakers Fan Dangerous Flames: The Case of Dr Sisay Mengiste 2025-04-18 @ 0:00 by Olii Boran 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… 🡺 continue reading
• When Language Colonizes: The Amharic Illusion of Progress 2025-04-13 @ 0:00 by Kumaa Daadhii When Language Colonizes In the landscape of African colonization, one recurring justification for conquest and domination has been the civilizing mission—carried out not just through force, but through language. From the French mission civilisatrice to the British insistence on "English… 🡺 continue reading
• A New Abyssinian Alliance in the Making and What it Means for Oromia 2025-03-19 @ 0:01 by Olii Boran Excerpt The crisis of Oromia can be summed up in a single, stark sentence: Oromia’s greatest hazard is its own wealth. The sheer abundance of its resources has drawn in competing forces, each vying for control. This relentless scramble has… 🡺 continue reading
• Civility Costs Nothing, Obbo Hailu Adunya 2025-02-26 @ 21:00 by Staff Editor Public office is not a playground for personal arrogance, nor is it a stage for hurling insults at those with differing perspectives. It is, above all, a responsibility—a duty to conduct oneself with dignity, reason, and respect. Obbo Hailu Adunya,… 🡺 continue reading
• Decoding Prosperity Party Regime's Farcical Four-Day Meeting on Oromia 2025-02-23 @ 11:58 by OT Editorial   ­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… 🡺 continue reading
• Urbanizing the People, the Land, and the Government: A Bold Statement by Shimelis Abdissa 2025-02-22 @ 12:00 by Roobaa Hawaas Introduction Shimelis Abdissa, the President of Oromia, has introduced a new term—possibly a novel entry into the Afan Oromo lexicon—magaalomsuu, derived from magaalaa, meaning town. The term magaalomsuu is intended to mean "to urbanize," and it resonates deeply in the… 🡺 continue reading
• The Immutable Standard: The Politician Who Stands Like a Mountain 2025-02-20 @ 21:47 by Olii Boran There exists, in the crumbling, treacherous landscape of modern politics, a rare and nearly mythical figure—the Politician of Unyielding Principle. Unlike the fair-weather careerists who slither from one political feast to another, sniffing for power like a desperate hound at… 🡺 continue reading
• Why Is No One Talking About the Dissolution of the Ethiopian Empire? 2025-02-20 @ 21:00 by Yadessa Guma The Elephant in the Room The Ethiopian Empire, as it stands today, is a product of the late 19th century “Scramble for Africa,” when European colonial powers carved up the continent among themselves. Unlike most African countries, Ethiopia managed to… 🡺 continue reading
• Why the Oromia Opposition Parties Never Ever Learn 2025-02-19 @ 12:00 by webmaster A famous intelligent person once said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” That is precisely the dilemma Ethiopian opposition groups and liberation fronts find themselves in today. Despite repeated betrayals, failed negotiations,… 🡺 continue reading
• The Unshakable Truth: Finfinnee is an Oromo City 2025-02-18 @ 8:00 by Elemoo Qilxuu Ignorance is our enemy. When we are devoid of facts and logic, all we have is raw emotion. Emotion alone won’t do it. Rewriting fake history, like the fabricated narrative of Barara, won’t change reality. No amount of rhetorical flourish… 🡺 continue reading
• The Anatomy of an Unforced Error: When Leadership Blunders Cross the Line 2025-02-14 @ 9:00 by Elemoo Qilxuu Some mistakes are mere slip-ups, while others leave the world scratching its head. The latter category—unforced errors of a daft kind—carries a special weight, often revealing deeper flaws in leadership, judgment, and strategic thinking. These aren’t the minor lapses of… 🡺 continue reading
• When Those Who Should Protect You Become the Perpetrators 2025-02-02 @ 7:00 by Elemoo Qilxuu This article was part-featured in Ethio Forum's news documentary: የሽመልስ አብዲሳ የምስጢር ሠራዊት፤ ነጌኛዎቹ ወታደሮች (5 Feb 2025). What Do You Do When Power Becomes the Criminal? How do you describe the indescribable? How do you find words for a… 🡺 continue reading
• Glory to Gloom: The Rise and Fall of Jawar Mohammed 2025-01-15 @ 0:00 by Yadessa Guma Jawar Mohammed’s journey from celebrated activist to a controversial figure in Oromo politics reflects a turbulent trajectory shaped by hidden ideologies, contentious alliances, and fractured loyalties. Once a key player in both the Oromo and Ethiopian political landscapes, his career… 🡺 continue reading
• On PM Abiy Ahmed's Mockery of the OLF’s Fifty-Year Struggle 2024-11-28 @ 18:01 by Elemoo Qilxuu by Elemoo Qilxuu “Look at the OLF—fifty years. In those fifty years of OLF struggle, what have the Oromo people benefited? It’s time to sit down and review. Exhaustion!, exhaustion.” "ተመልከቱ ኦነግን ሀምሳ አመት፤ ሀምሳ አመት በኦነግ ትግል የኦሮሞ ህዝብ… 🡺 continue reading
• The Psychology of Fear and Blame: Oromia PP Administration's Obsession with OLA 2024-11-26 @ 12:00 by Olii Boran Psychology offers a lens through which we can understand human behavior, particularly what individuals or institutions focus on and fear the most. This is often encapsulated in phenomena such as the Freudian slip, where underlying anxieties surface unintentionally. In the… 🡺 continue reading
• How the Educated Elites Lost the Plot as the Tide is Turning: Using Education to Inflame Rather Than Heal 2024-11-13 @ 0:00 by Elemoo Qilxuu by Elemoo Qilxuu When I saw these three people, the screen characters from The Three Stooges came to mind, albeit in a darker way. The Three Stooges evoke a mix of slapstick chaos, quick wit, and timeless, absurd humor that… 🡺 continue reading
• The Comedy of Errors 2024-11-03 @ 9:06 by Elemoo Qilxuu Introduction Look no further! I’m not talking about Shakespeare’s play. I’m simply borrowing its title as a metaphor. A "comedy of errors" typically describes a situation marked by a cascade of mistakes, misunderstandings, or coincidences that spiral out of control,… 🡺 continue reading
• Battee Urgeessaa Is Gone, Who Will Be Next For Koree Nageenyaa's Gestapo? 2024-04-11 @ 0:11 by Elemoo Qilxuu An accomplished Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) political figure was assassinated last night. His assassination was made to coincide with one of the major religious holidays, Ramadan, presumably calculated to bury the news amidst the celebratory atmosphere. The cruelty of the… 🡺 continue reading
• Remembering our Heroines and Heroes 2023-04-15 @ 0:01 by OT Editorial 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… 🡺 continue reading
• Lessons to be Learnt from the Recent Attempt to Form Oromia Orthodox Synod 2023-02-16 @ 17:00 by Itansaa Barii read this article with audio player Background The announcement of the formation of the Oromia Orthodox Synod on 22 January 2023 was widely welcomed among the Oromo nationals with an overwhelming degree of positivity. It was felt as though that… 🡺 continue reading
• The Ethiopian Orthodox Church: Amhara's Weapon of Mass Confusion 2023-01-28 @ 9:51 by Abbaa Torbban The Ethiopian Orthodox Church's focus should have been on theology instead of being an economic and political instrument that provides a way of life. In the name of religious teaching, the Orthodox Church made it possible for the Amharic language… 🡺 continue reading
• Walabummaa! I'm Singing? 2023-01-20 @ 7:19 by Abbaa Torbban read this poem with audio player Through all the tumult and the strife,I hear that music ringing;Walabummaa echoes in my soul:Nothing can stop me from singing. When tyrants tremble sick with fearAnd hear their death knells ringing,When WBO rejoices both… 🡺 continue reading
• Andrew DeCort's Message of 'Cry Out for Peace' with regard to Atrocities in Oromia 2022-12-07 @ 15:30 by Staff Editor Andrew DeCort puts out a gripping exposé of "the horrifying escalation of violence in Ethiopia’s Oromia region" as he sets out his article on his Facebook page. A five-section article starts with "Ethiopia's “Other War” in Oromia" and wraps up… 🡺 continue reading
• Liberating The Land and Resources for The Development of Oromia 2019-04-18 @ 17:51 by Staff Editor   By: Itana Gammada April 18, 2019 Introduction A nation cannot survive, let alone develop and prosper, without having full control over its land, resources and the capacity to direct those resources towards economic development. An effective development plan requires:… 🡺 continue reading
• Barara is not Addis Ababa 2018-11-24 @ 22:39 by Staff Editor By Guluma Gemeda PhD University of Michigan-Flint 25.11.2018 Recently, unpublished, 49-page document entitled: ‘Addis Ababa is Barara, and Barara is Addis Ababa' has circulated on the internet. The name of the author(s) is not indicated but an organization called Amhara… 🡺 continue reading
• An Independent Oromia is Inevitable 2016-09-10 @ 11:39 by Staff Editor By Gumaa Guddaa This article was first published on Oromo Affairs blog site on September 10, 2010 and now republished on Oromia Today to honour the Oromo revolutionaries martyred for the liberation of Oromia since the November 2015 uprise. Introduction… 🡺 continue reading
• OLF is Oromo, Oromo is OLF 2016-06-07 @ 14:40 by mosis Oromo liberation movement originated from pain oppression caused to Oromo society. At a period when poverty, illiteracy, ignorance and physical and psychological abuse reached an intolerable level in Oromia social movements to ameliorate them started to show up and political… 🡺 continue reading
• Who are the Rulers of Ethiopian Empire? 2016-04-21 @ 9:56 by mosis When we talk of governance in Ethiopia we may not get a clear picture unless we separate the rulers and the ruled. The ruled are hardworking God fearing Africans. Though they were the ones that safeguarded rulers' pleasure with their… 🡺 continue reading
• The need for Oromo nationalists' unity to end Tigrayan genocide of Oromo people 2016-04-20 @ 1:28 by Falma By Leenjiso Horo The Oromo people have united more than ever before from width and breath of Oromia to end the colonial occupation in order to restore their full national sovereignty and independence. In unity, they have raised their flag… 🡺 continue reading
• Call for Oromo Political Organizations to form a Front 2016-04-16 @ 16:33 by mosis Time is creating tension and confusion. Almost twenty six years ago the strongest army in sub-Sahara Africa (except South Africa), the Darg suddenly collapsed. Soldiers started running away from battle fronts carrying their guns as if they were simple canes.… 🡺 continue reading
• Ethiopia is crumbling: Time to redraw the boundaries of the empire 2016-01-26 @ 14:14 by Leemman Leeqaa Ethiopia, an ailing empire, like others before it, is crumbling under its own weight. Recent events in Oromia have exposed the vulnerability and frailty of the 130 years old dilapidated empire. The bastions of the empire were totally surprised but… 🡺 continue reading
• Unrelenting attempt to annihilate a peace-loving people: the Oromo case in point 2016-01-21 @ 20:21 by Diro Dori Author: Falamata BiyaaBackgroundThe Oromo are one of the most ancient peoples on earth. Their history goes back to the time of the Pharaohs. They occupy an ancient historical land. They are the Cushitie people mentioned in the Bible. Not only… 🡺 continue reading
• Genocidal acts against the Oromo 2016-01-20 @ 23:22 by Leemman Leeqaa What is genocide?The term "genocide" did not exist before 1944. It is a very specific term, referring to violent crimes committed against groups with the intent to destroy the existence of the group. Is the international convention against genocide? The… 🡺 continue reading