Articles

    Abstract The paper explains how Oromo leadership and organizational deficits, and the low and uneven development of Oromummaa or Oromo nationalism, have delayed the mobilization of a substantial number of...

By Asebe Regassa The political crises in Ethiopia are rooted in competing visions of state, identity, and citizenship. It is ingrained in the political contradictions between a colonial and a...

Book review Asafa Jalata. Baro Tumsa: The Principal Architect of the Oromo Liberation Front. Palgrave Macmillan, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland, 2024, pp. 289. Price $115. Format: Hard Copy Baro...

Jalqabbee Seenaa ABO fi Qabsoo Oromoo (The Beginning of the History of the OLF and the Oromo Struggle) is a powerful and detailed first-hand account of the Oromo Liberation Front’s (OLF)...

For decades, a fundamental question has shaped Oromo political discourse: Can the Ethiopian state be reformed from within, or must it be dismantled and replaced altogether? The stories of four influential Oromo...

Ethiopia’s Old Games, New Graves: The People Bleed While Powers Play Worku Burayu (PhD) Preface: A Call to Conscience This article is a moral plea that highlights the profound suffering...

Oromo Scholars and Professionals based in North America, Europe, and Australia send an open letter to President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea unequivocally denouncing his unprovoked attack on Oromo Identity Open...

Our health system remains chronically underfunded. Year after year, the health sector receives less than 4% of the national annual budget. This figure starkly contrasts with the minimum 15% target...

 By Bantii Qixxeessaa   President Isaias Afewerki’s address marking the 34th anniversary of Eritrean independence offers insight into Eritrea’s worldview—rooted in national resilience, suspicion of foreign powers, and a call...

Perezedaantiin Ertiraa Isaayaas Afawarqii kabaja guyyaa walabummaa Ertiraa waggaa 34ffaa irratti haasaa yommuu taasisan mootummaa Biltsiginnaa fi Oromummaa wal simsiisanii kaasuun ajandaa tibbanaa ta'eera. Mootummaan Biltsiginnaa ilaalcha 'Oromummaa kan Oromoo...