In the opening pages of “Oromo Witness,” author Abdul Dire drives from engineering classes at the University of Minnesota to a restaurant on Minneapolis’ Lake Street to pick up his uncle, Hangasu Wako ...

Learn the history of Oromo people from Ethiopia Tribe blog: “The Oromo are a native African ethnic group found in Ethiopia and to a smaller extent in Kenya. They are the largest single ethnic group in ...

Then, two starkly different stories are put forward as to who is responsible. Amhara activists claim that Amhara militias are fighting to defend their community in response to Oromo Liberation Army’s ...

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The Oromo people have been engaged in a relentless struggle to liberate itself from the bond of colonialism since its subjugation by Abyssinian colonizers at the turn of the 19th century. At its ...

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In search of recognition, a cultural group that feels like it’s been undercounted in Minnesota is looking to calculate its exact population in the state. The Oromo Cultural Institute of Minnesota ...

More than 52 people were killed in a stampede in central Ethiopia after police fired warning shots at a holy festival Sunday, Communications Minister Getachew Reda said. “Troublemakers” at the Oromo ...