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The Happy Tears of One, the Anguished Tears of Thousands
ByOT Editorial Posted on2025-09-092025-09-09

Ethiopia today elevates the happy tears of an autocratic ruler above the anguished tears of thousands. As Oromia bleeds from years of massacres, displacement, and proxy wars, state media buries the truth — while in grotesque contrast, the ruler’s tears of joy receive wall-to-wall coverage. History warns us: ignored anguish always erupts into tragedy. The world must act now, before Oromia’s tears ignite into an irreversible fire.

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The Sinister Dirty Game of the PP Regime with Moyale
ByOT Editorial Posted on2025-08-052025-08-04

The Moyale annexation saga is no accident — it is the latest chapter in the OPDO/PP regime’s betrayal of Oromia. While the Somali parliament claims Oromo land, Abiy Ahmed and Shimelis Abdissa remain shamefully silent. From orchestrated ethnic tension to psychological fear-mongering, the regime is using Moyale as a pawn not only to manage narratives but also to cling to power ahead of the 2026 elections. But the Oromo people are no longer fooled. The betrayal is exposed. And Oromia is no longer silent.

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Opinion | Politics

The Idea of Oromia Shall Never Be Extinguished
ByYadessa Guma Posted on2025-07-122025-07-12

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 must be defended, revived, and reimagined for the future it promises.

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Opinion

Ethiopia's Elites Crisis: Fragmentation, Failure, and the Path to Relevance
ByAbba Sooqee Posted on2025-06-302025-06-30
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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 the vertical fractures within. Without grassroots credibility, national dialogue is empty performance—and irrelevance is the best they can hope for.

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Editorial | Politics

Amhara Fano's Expansionist Vein Disguised as PeaceA Comparative Reading of Responses to the U.S. Call for Negotiation
ByOT Editorial Posted on2025-05-282025-05-27

Amhara Fano’s response to the U.S. call for negotiation reveals an expansionist agenda cloaked in grievance. Their demand to “return” disputed regions like Wolkait and Raya signals territorial revisionism. In contrast, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) emphasizes accountability and genuine dialogue. As journalist Sajid Nadeem noted in his May 24 podcast, Fano’s maximalist tone risks undermining peace. Negotiation must be rooted in inclusivity—not in reclaiming imperial boundaries through the language of justice.

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The Abject Poverty of the Indigenous Oromo
ByOT 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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Campaign | Editorial | ⏭

A Coward's Policy in Oromia: The Maize Ban That Threatens Food Security
ByOT Editorial Posted on2025-05-152025-05-13

When maize becomes a threat and feeding your people a crime, governance has failed not only in courage—but in conscience. The senseless maize ban just imposed across Oromia’s Rift Valley belt is yet another tragic episode of hapless leadership—one that shuns dialogue in favor of desperate, random firefighting, even if it means starving its own population in the months ahead.

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A New Abyssinian Alliance in the Making and What it Means for Oromia
ByOlii Boran Posted on2025-03-192025-03-19

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 made the realization of Oromia’s self-determination—a cause championed for decades—an even more daunting challenge. Today,…

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Editorial | Opinion | Politics | ⏭

Decoding Prosperity Party Regime's Farcical Four-Day Meeting on Oromia
ByOT Editorial Posted on2025-02-232025-05-13

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,…

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Article | Human Rights | ⏭

Not Poor But Dispossessed
ByOlii Boran Posted on2024-12-012025-01-21

Excerpt: She is not poor but dispossessed. The tear-streaked face of an Oromo woman from northern Oromia, captured in a single haunting photograph, tells a story of systemic betrayal. Her sadness is not born of fate but of deliberate cruelty—of a government that abandoned her, of militias that stole her land, and of institutions that…

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Article | Politics | ⏭

Oromia PP-Speak Decoded: Peace as Surrender in Oromia, plus One Defector, One Photo Op
ByOT Editorial Posted on2024-12-012025-01-21

The Oromia administration just staged a fake negotiation in the form of Peace as Surrender by a lone defector, Obbo Sanyii Nagaasaa.

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Ten Profound Contrasts Between OLA and Amhara Fanno
ByElemoo Qilxuu Posted on2024-03-05

1. Origins and Structure: The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) traces its roots to the organized structure of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), forming a cohesive freedom fighter organization. In stark contrast, AMHARA FANNO constitutes a conglomerate of loosely organized paramilitaries driven by the mission to address the grievances of the Amhara elites. Even the origin…

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