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  • Mono Perspective
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    The Ethiopian Perspective Gap: Why Some Voices Sound Like Truth—and Others Like Rebuttal

    By Roobaa Hawaas (MA, Psychology) Posted on2026-04-232026-04-22

    This op-ed explores how mono perspective sociopolitical views shape both art and politics, often presenting particular experiences as universal truths and thereby constraining meaningful dialogue. It argues that progress requires moving beyond such narrow vantage points—particularly among politicians, who are uniquely positioned to resolve complex sociopolitical issues. To do so, they must step outside mono perspective, engage competing realities with discipline, and adopt a genuinely multi-perspective approach capable of addressing long-standing tensions with clarity and fairness.

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  • invasion
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    The Real Invasion: Setting the Record Straight on Irreechaa in Finfinnee

    By OT Editorial Posted on2025-10-052025-10-05
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    When Amhara journalist Mesay Mekonnen called the Oromo people’s Irreechaa celebration in Finfinnee an “invasion,” he inverted history itself. Finfinnee was founded through the blood of Tuulama Oromos — victims of the real invasion under Menelik II’s empire. To call their thanksgiving trespass is to mock truth and morality. Irreechaa in Finfinnee is no invasion; it is a people’s dignified reaffirming of the center of their own homeland, culture, and memory.

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  • Irreechaa
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    Much Ado About Irreechaa: Psychology Behind the Criticism of Oromo Thanksgiving

    By OT Editorial Posted on2025-09-302025-09-30

    Irreechaa is not a religion—just as American Thanksgiving is not. It is a thanksgiving rooted in Oromo tradition yet embraced across faiths and nations. Critics, some even using AI to caricature Oromos, miss the joy, colour, and harmony it embodies. At its heart, Irreechaa is not dogma but a universal celebration of gratitude, diversity, and humanity.

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  • An Open Letter to the Caffee Oromia
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    An Open Letter to the Caffee Oromia: Fulfill Your Sacred Mandate

    By OT Editorial Posted on2025-05-152025-04-29

    An Open Letter to the Caffee Oromia: This is a plea wrapped in pain and principle. As the Oromo people endure loss, disillusionment, and unanswered sacrifices, the silence of their elected house grows louder. This letter calls on Caffee Oromia to rise — not just as an institution, but as a conscience.

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  • A Prerequisite for the Abbuu Seeraa Airport Project
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    The Oromo People Demand a Prerequisite for the Abbuu Seeraa Airport Project

    By OT Editorial Posted on2025-04-272025-04-26

    Prefer listening? Play the audio of full article. The Tranquil Indigenous People Before colonization and forced annexation, indigenous peoples thrived across the globe — civilizations, cultures, and ways of life intricately woven with their environments over thousands of years. They were not waiting to be "discovered"; they were living fully, imagining, governing, trading, and sustaining...

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  • The Tragedy Behind the Abuu Seeraa Airport Deal
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    Development Draped in Dispossession: The Tragedy Behind the Abuu Seeraa Airport Deal

    By OT Editorial Posted on2025-04-232025-04-23

    “That is what prosperity looks like,” boasts a Prosperity Party (PP) regime loyalist in his Facebook repost, proudly sharing a photo announcing a $7.8 billion agreement between Ethiopian Airlines and the African Development Bank to build Africa’s largest airport in Abuu Seeraa, near Bishoftu town in Oromia. A gleaming model aircraft in the hands of...

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