most modern Oromos are Muslims and Christians, about 3% practice Waaqeffanna, the native ancient Cushitic monotheistic religion of Oromos. Historical...
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The Oromo attacks on the Harar plateau did not let up in 1572, as recounted in a Harari chronicle. While Amir Muhammad was away on campaign the Oromos devastated...
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the Oromo, the Irreecha cultural thanksgiving festival. In just one day, dozens were killed and many more injured. Every year, millions of Oromos, the...
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note: Oromos, the Oromo Liberation Front and the Oromo Liberation Army, Ethiopia, March 2022 (Accessible)". "Country policy and information note: Oromos, the...
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Oromo may refer to: Oromo people, an ethnic group of Ethiopia and Kenya Oromo language, an Afroasiatic language All pages with titles containing Oromo...
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entroubled OPDO. The OPDO is known to be dominated by Christian Oromos. The Muslim Oromos expressed their discontent during the 2005 Ethiopian general election...
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versions of the Latin-based orthography had been used previously, mostly by Oromos outside of Ethiopia and by the OLF by the late 1970s (Heine 1986). With...
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the TPLF against pastoralist Oromos inhabiting their homeland in the Somali Region. Somalis and Oromos clashed over Oromo lands. Even though there was...
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lands. In 1935, Raya Azeboos Oromos attacked the Abyssinian armies during the Battle of Maychew. Also, in 1936, Oromos in Jimma expelled Amharas officials...
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anti-Oromo sentiment is a complex topic. Oromo elites and nationalists accused the Ethiopian Empire rule of subjugating and oppressing the Oromos during...
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