In recent years, Ethiopia has witnessed the revival of a disturbing movement—an attempt to restore the oppressive legacy of the Solomonic dynasty under the banner of Amhara nationalism. This modern iteration, often referred to as the Neo-Menelik Movement, seeks to rewrite history and return to a centralized, monarchy-inspired rule where Amhara elites dominate, sidelining the […]
Ethiopia and Eritrea: A War That Should Never Happen
The Horn of Africa has been a region plagued by conflicts for decades, and now, tensions are rising once again between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The signs are alarming: the drums of war are being beaten by the autocratic Eritrean government, which has neither held elections nor established a functioning justice system or parliament for nearly […]
A Proposal for Topic Inclusion in National Dialogue
Dear National Dialogue Committee, I am writing to express my concerns and propose a topic of discussion that is critical for fostering unity and resolving long-standing divisions among the Oromo people and within Ethiopia as a whole. The Oromo people, one of the largest and most significant groups in Ethiopia, have been deeply divided along two […]
The Oromo People
Origin:- A brief look at the early history of some of the peoples who have occupied north-eastern Africa sheds some light on the origin of the Oromos. The Oromo belongs to the Eastern Cushitic language subfamily which in turn belongs to the Afro Asiatic super family that occupied most parts of northeastern Africa. The Cushitic […]
The Brewing of a Barbaric Terrorist Group in Northern Ethiopia
What kind of human being can do such an appalling thing to another fellow human being? How someone claims to know God, proud Christian, peaching day and night to create a united country do such a terrific and an evil crime his countrymen? How one can rate the mind and personality of someone who burns a person alive? How can one rate a person’s mind who kills and burns, and take selfie with the burning body?
Is it possible at all for someone to have the same country and citizenship with such group of people? What kind of justice can be served for such criminal minded people? Above all, who is behind a such notorious group of killers? How should the people who are at the center of such evil act protect themselves? Time will tell!
Oromo Gada System
Oromo society was structured in accordance with this Gada system. The Oromo society was structured into two distinct but cross-cutting system of pear group. One is the system in which the members of each class are recruited strictly on the basis of chronological age which the anthropologists call Age Sets. The second is a system […]