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  • Just Cause
    Op-Ed | Opinion | Politics

    When a Just Cause Is Made to Fail: Oromo Fragmentation, Elite Proliferation, and the Cost of Permanent Politics

    By Dereje Hawas (PhD, Elec Eng) Posted on2026-02-102026-02-10

    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 narratives that drain energy without building power. Fragmentation shields elites from accountability while leaving ordinary Oromos without leverage, unity, or an effective defense against dispossession and erasure. This op-ed argues that moral unanimity must precede politics if a just cause is to survive.

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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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  • Oromia Administration
    Editorial | Politics | ⏭

    The Oromia Administration: Silence, Not Governance

    By OT Editorial Posted on2026-01-282026-01-28

    The Oromia Administration is conspicuously absent as Oromia faces multi-front aggression, mass dispossession, and deepening corruption. From Somali regional incursions in the east—politically encouraged by president Mustafe Mohammed Omer—to Amhara Fano violence in the west and north east, and forced evictions in central Oromia, silence has become policy. This editorial argues the Oromia Administration is not merely failing, but enabling a proxy-war strategy in which Oromia must be weakened for the Ethiopian empire to endure.

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  • Indigenous Oromo
    Editorial | ⏭

    The Abject Poverty of the Indigenous Oromo

    By OT Editorial Posted on2025-05-242025-05-24

    The Indigenous Oromo remain deeply impoverished despite living on some of the most fertile land in Ethiopia. This article unpacks how systemic exclusion, political betrayal, and false narratives like “Baale Giize” continue to marginalize the Indigenous Oromo while others prosper at their expense.

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  • Oromo Dispossession
    Campaign | Editorial | Politics | ⏭

    Legal Path to Further Oromo Dispossession? The Oromo People Must Reject the Draft Property Ownership Proclamation

    By OT Editorial Posted on2025-05-022025-05-02
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    Excerpt: A dangerous new draft law in Ethiopia threatens to legalize a deeper level of Oromo dispossession by allowing foreign nationals to own immovable property—including ancestral lands in Oromia. More than just an economic shift, this proposed legislation risks permanently severing the Oromo people from their land, culture, and identity. What’s at stake is not...

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