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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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Shabo Media's Masterclass Via Interview: Borana Elders' Wisdom Where Leaders Stay Silent
ByOT Editorial Posted on2025-09-022025-09-02

When leaders fall silent, elders rise. Shabo Media’s latest 105-minute interview with Borana elders is nothing short of a governance masterclass—clear, dignified, and unflinching. It tackles border grabs, unlawful killings, and Oromia’s bleeding wounds with a wisdom that dwarfs even the TED stage. A must-watch for activists, politicians, and everyday citizens alike.

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A Time Bomb Buried in Oromia and Somali RegionsThe Dangerous Games of Ethiopia's Prosperity Party Regime
ByOT Editorial Posted on2025-08-272025-08-27

The Prosperity Party regime of Ethiopia is playing a reckless game, redrawing boundaries and fuelling discord between Oromo and Somali peoples. History teaches us that injustice planted today never stays buried—it grows into resistance. Only the wisdom of brotherly nations, a united diaspora, and responsible foreign actors can defuse this potential time bomb before it explodes.

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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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10 Compelling Reasons Shimelis Abdissa Is Not Effectively Governing Oromia
ByEditorial 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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The Habesha Axis and the Horn's Tipping PointThe Case for Empowering the Oromo for Regional Stability
ByOT Editorial Posted on2025-05-292025-05-29
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The emerging Habesha Axis—an uneasy alignment of Amhara, Tigray, and Eritrean elites—reveals a deeper truth: historic rivals will unite to suppress Oromo political empowerment. Despite decades of hostility, these actors find common cause in opposing self-determination for Oromia. This convergence is not about unity, but about preserving an old imperial center. Naming it for what it is, the article argues that it is crucial to understanding why Ethiopia’s future hinges on justice for the Oromo and Oromia.

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Clapping for Lies in Ethiopian Politics: A Reckoning for Ethiopia's Belly-Politicians
ByOT Editorial Posted on2025-05-172025-05-17

Ethiopia’s parliament has become a theatre of false applause, where belly-politicians betray their people by clapping for lies in Ethiopian politics.

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When Even Death Commands No Dignity: Ethiopia's Moral Decay
ByOT Editorial Posted on2025-04-192025-04-29

There are moments that sear themselves into the soul—not because of their scale, but because of the depth of their inhumanity. Ethiopia never ceases to amaze—but with inhumanity. We’ve witnessed people burned alive, skinned while breathing, severed heads paraded on spikes. And now, as if in a grim sequel to past shock treatments, we…

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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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The Futility of Denial: How Historical Revisionism Undermines Inter-Ethnic Cohesion in Ethiopia
ByElemoo Qilxuu Posted on2025-02-172025-02-20

Excerpt Historical revisionism is no mere academic exercise—it is a powerful political tool that shapes memory, identity, and power. In Ethiopia’s modern politics, the deliberate use of imperial-era place names like “Nazareth” instead of “Adama” signals a deeper resistance to Oromo identity restoration. This article explores how such symbolic acts, like Dr. Desalegn Chanie’s recent…

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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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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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The Case Against President Shimelis Abdisa: When Admission Demands Resignation
ByRoobaa Hawwaas Posted on2024-11-282025-01-21

In any civilized political landscape, certain admissions of failure or culpability warrant an immediate and unambiguous resignation. The recent statements by Shimelis Abdisa, President of the Oromia Regional State, serve as a glaring example of such a moment. His admission—albeit cloaked in a desperate blame-shifting exercise—exposes a dereliction of duty so profound that any leader…

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