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Image 1 — This is how Somalis think about Oromos who associate with them
Image 2 — This is how Somalis think about Oromos who associate with them
Image 3 — This is how Somalis think about Oromos who associate with them
Image 4 — This is how Somalis think about Oromos who associate with them
Image 5 — This is how Somalis think about Oromos who associate with them
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This is how Somalis think about Oromos who associate with them

Source: https://www.somalispot.com/threads/oromo-girl-calls-out-community-for-being-docile-and-not-supporting-somalis.192548/

They have a one sided deep hatred for Oromos. I wonder if Oromos who live next to these Somalis, who share food and prayer with them at mosques, who intermarry with these very same people, are aware of this.

We have seen how these people have treated Oromo migrants in Somaliland. We can see daily how these people slander, harass, humiliate and slur our name/reputation all over the internet. From editing our wikipedia pages to blaming their own Ls (see Johnny Somali) onto us. Lying on our history, mentioning us unprovoked whenever they see a Somali do some degenerate stuff claiming that its an 'oromo'.

When are we going to see the enemy for what he is. Arent there like thousands of them in Finfinne? In Oromia? I am from East Wollega/North shewa. Tulama/Macha. We do not even border these people yet they talk about the entire Oromo nation. We are 50 millions. Twice as many as them. We never talk nor think about them.

There needs to be a great oromo awakening. Because if these people are united, they will be a great danger due to deep rooted oromophobia and one sided resentment. I believe in real life encounters we should show a clear line and dissassociate from these people.

Yes the habesha hegemonial identity as a danger as well but so are these 'fellow cushites'.

u/Particular_Debt_3850 — 3 days ago
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What do you think? Leaked/Proposed Prosperity Party Constitutional Reforms: What are your thoughts on these massive changes?

The Prosperity Party Central Committee has been convening for a meeting in Adama since yesterday. During this session, the party’s official stance regarding the upcoming National Dialogue was unveiled. The core positions are outlined as follows:

​1. Restructuring the Federal System: The current ethnically-based federal system is to be dismantled, and regions are to be restructured based on geographic proximity and economic integration. (This will amend Article 39 of the Constitution).

​2. Status of Charter Cities: Dire Dawa and Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) will be designated as fully autonomous, independent regional states. (This will amend Article 49 of the Constitution).

​3. Land Ownership Reform: The current constitutional clause declaring land as "the property of the public and the state" will be repealed, transitioning land into private ownership. (This will amend Article 40 of the Constitution).

​4. Transition of the Governance System: The system of governance will shift from a parliamentary model to a "semi-presidential" system. Consequently, the office of the Prime Minister will be dissolved, and the nation will be led by a President elected by Parliament.

​Furthermore, the creation of new regional states will no longer be determined through public referendums as previously practiced. Instead, such proposals will be submitted to Parliament and finalized solely upon the President's signature. This implies that if a specific zone within Oromia wishes to secede to form an independent region or merge with another state, the decision will be executed via a parliamentary vote and presidential assent, bypassing public consultation or popular vote.

​Note: You may have recently observed a document circulating online that outlines a plan to divide the Oromia region into six distinct "zones" or sectors. This move is widely seen as a preliminary step toward dismantling the existing federal structure.

u/LoveParticular8837 — 4 days ago
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Banned from Amhara subreddit lol

Now tell me how does commenting this gets you banned lol that subreddit is something else

u/Double-Positive-2605 — 6 days ago
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Mislabeling and Misuse of Oromo victims of Fano in Abe dongoro/Horo Guduru /East Wallaga

A bit old but haven’t seen anyone address it so..

Back in august during Fano’s invasion of Horro Guduru and Wallaga videos and reports from IDP’s and civilians started to come out about there actions in that area and one of those videos was this
>https://imgur.com/a/abe-dongoro-edited-PMlrD2p

This video was uploaded by Amhara/Fano activist pages and framing them as Amhara victims in wallaga. The video they used is one which was edited by them with a music overlay not the original unedited one and the way they edited the video with the music overlay was almost like they were trying to cut out all the parts where affan Oromo was being spoken and only leave in the parts where crying is heard in an attempt to i dont know maybe fool people?

But as you can see in the original unedited video here The people are clearly speaking affan Oromo :
>https://imgur.com/a/abe-dongoro-unedited-OG8S3du

u/Educational_Dance889 — 8 days ago
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Badrudin recalls restart of IFLO - OLF war (1994)

He describes it so well you can picture it.

He says they were shooting so many tracer rounds at each other that the sky was lit up. And the tracer rounds lit the grass on fire so the ground was lit up. The whole hill was just fire, sparks, light illuminating the night sky. For 30 minutes you couldn’t lift your your head up.

Background:

IFLO commander Seyful Islam orders the OLF unit to be disarmed and 2 camels-load weapons shipment seized. The unit resists and is killed. The weapons are divided up.

The OLF launches an immediate attack from their nearby base.

This is what the leaders of the bilisummaa movement were doing in the 90s while Meles was consolidating power.

u/Zealousideal_Lie8745 — 8 days ago
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There leaders have warned you of there plan years in advance - it’s your mistake for not taking them at there word

Don’t think Fano’s cause is only for protecting Amhara civilians Theres another dimension to there movement Land and Border expansion.

Oromia - Horro Guduru, East Wallaga, Dera, etc.

Tigray - Welkait, Raya

Benishangul Gumuz - Metekel

Sudan - Al-Fashaga

Etc.

u/Educational_Dance889 — 8 days ago
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Western Galla Confederation

During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Oromos were attempting to establish a state encompassing Jimma, Illubabor, Wollega and parts of Gojjam.

If nationalism is understood as the organized effort of a people to achieve self-determination, then the Western Galla Confederation/WGC deserves serious consideration. The WGC sought to pursue Oromo political autonomy and reportedly attempted to engage the League of Nations in pursuit of international recognition under contemporary principles of international law.

Abba Jobir was also in communication with WGC leaders.

u/Ok-Asparagus8239 — 11 days ago
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another r/Amhara mod casually dropping racist words

https://preview.redd.it/56iv1tukq99h1.png?width=571&format=png&auto=webp&s=a8cee3e7e00d3067b8621459ef8c3310f646d8da

the guy is Amhara is labeled as oromo just b/c he disagreed with them, remember guys this is the sentiment most of them hold. I think we should report this subreddit to r/reddit team.

surprise supposedly the mod is half tigre, damn this northerners are something different. here is the link to the conversation

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u/Foreign-Pause7192 — 11 days ago
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The founders and rulers of the Gojjam Kingdom were Mecha Oromos.

Zewde, who was born from the Mecha Oromo, fathered Ras Goshu. Ras Goshu was a nobleman who elevated the ruling dynasty of Gojjam to a very high status.

Furthermore, Goshu was a prince of Gojjam who grew up among the Oromo with Oromo ancestry and spoke Afan Oromo well. Goshu fathered Tesema, and Tesema in turn fathered Adal, who later became known as King Tekle Haymanot, the ruler of Gojjam.

This appears to be the historical tradition that is cited as evidence for the claim that the ruling dynasty of Gojjam was of Oromo descent. This was narrated by Goshu himself to the French traveler and scholar Antoine d'Abbadie.

(In addition to gojjam, mecha oromos founded the five gibe kingdoms and two kingdoms located in wollega)

u/Ok-Asparagus8239 — 11 days ago
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The Diaspora law of dating

In the community I grew up in, there weren’t many Oromos. But the small number of families lived in the same area and saw each other frequently. We all knew each other and referred to each other as cousins. Even tho we weren’t really cousins. Our parents’ Oromo friends were the uncles and aunties we knew.

So by the time we got to dating age, there was no way we were going to date an Oromo from our city. I had a crush that I could never bring myself to approach in that way.

One time one of my fob friends challenged me on this. He said while you’re snoozing talking about this cousin stuff “alagaan dhukkee irraa khaafti”. Which was a very compelling statement. And he was right. But it couldn’t overrule the diaspora law of dating.

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u/Zealousideal_Lie8745 — 10 days ago
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Identity struggles as a diaspora

I’m part of the Oromo diaspora, and lately I’ve been wondering if anyone else feels this way.
I almost feel like I don’t fully belong anywhere. I’m Oromo, and I can somewhat speak Afaan Oromo though not fluently , but I don’t feel completely connected to Oromo culture or community. At the same time, I don’t really identify with the version of Ethiopian identity that’s often associated with Habesha culture either so it doesn’t feel natural to call myself Ethiopian I somewhat cringe at the label.

I was raised in the West, so culturally I’m probably more Western than anything else. But no matter how Western you become, it can still feel like you’ll never be fully accepted as one of them. Sometimes it feels like being stuck between two worlds without fully belonging to either. Does anyone else in the Oromo diaspora feel this way?

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u/Difficult-Farm7758 — 12 days ago
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Former IFLO child soldier recalls life in the bush

Badrudin recalls joining the IFLOs Imam Ahmed brigade in 1993 as a 12 year old, and the deputy leader Falmata becoming a father figure to him.

In 1994 Falmata led a mutiny against Jaarraa by attempting to take over the armed wing including the Imam Ahmed brigade and form his own organization.

But he fronted his move and was intercepted by Jaarraa loyalist commander Seyful Islam. Instead of fighting he attempts to reconcile with Seyful Islam. He ends up being arrested and his loyalists surrender to the government to avoid rebel justice.

Amidst this internal chaos Seyful Islam starts another round of fighting with OLF by seizing their weapons shipment and trying to disarm the OLF unit transporting it.

Badrudin says Falmata even while being arrested pleaded with Seyful Islam to let the OLF weapons shipment pass, but Seyful Islam said “no, we haven’t forgotten when they seized our weapons at such and such place etc.”

Falmata felt the IFLOs war with OLF was very low IQ and had to stop. One of the many grievances which led to his mutiny.

And Badrudin was just a child soldier in the midst of the rebel madness.

He tells one story of his group being ambushed by the OLF, he woke up and ran into the bush right into the attackers hands. He said this fat dark skin OLF soldier forces him to the ground from the flying bullets, then turns around and dumps more shots at the IFLO guys. Badrudin realized he was in the enemies bunker and jumped up and ran away.

A child born into the Oromo madness. 🙆🏽‍♂️

u/Zealousideal_Lie8745 — 13 days ago