Oromos

Radical Oromos, a southern group that makes up about a third of Ethiopia's people, often fall under suspicion.

Alemayehu G. Mariam: Thugtatorship: The Highest Stage of African Dictatorship Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011

Radical Oromos, a southern group that makes up about a third of Ethiopia's people, often fall under suspicion.

Alemayehu G. Mariam: Thugtatorship: The Highest Stage of African Dictatorship Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011

This is why when I testified I said I was not there not only for the Anuak, but also for the Tigrayans who disagreed with the cruelties of the Meles regime, the oppressed Oromos, the Somalis, the Afar and the other ethnic groups throughout Ethiopia who have been targeted by this regime.

Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: The Anuak's Forgotten Genocide Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010

This is why when I testified I said I was not there not only for the Anuak, but also for the Tigrayans who disagreed with the cruelties of the Meles regime, the oppressed Oromos, the Somalis, the Afar and the other ethnic groups throughout Ethiopia who have been targeted by this regime.

Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: The Anuak's Forgotten Genocide Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010

The Ancient Ethiopians (also called Kushites and Meroites – from Meroe their last Pre-Christian capital in the area of today's Bagrawiyah in Sudan) were Kuhites – associated with the Modern Kushites of the Horn of Africa, the Oromos, the Sidamas, the Somalis, and also with the Berbers of Kabylia (Algeria), the Tuareg, and the Fulani and Hausa speaking nations of Western Africa.

Open Letter to H. E. Mr. Gurjit Singh, Ambassador of India in Abyssinia (Fake 'Ethiopia') 2008

He used more than $10 billion in Soviet military aid to put down uprisings among his own people: Eritreans, Tigrayans and Oromos.

Downfall Of The Dictator 2008

The Oromos, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, want self-determination.

Downfall Of The Dictator 2008

At the epic moment of the Indian Rebellion (1857), when Hindu and Muslim Indian soldiers accused the East India Company of mass conversions of Hindus and Muslims to Christianity, the Oromos of Shoa had rebelled against the Abyssinian 'king' Tewodros, a coarse vagabond whose real name is Kassa Haile, because he intended to invade and annex their lands, and imposed his nation's religion, culture and language – which all were totally alien to them.

Open Letter to H. E. Mr. Gurjit Singh, Ambassador of India in Abyssinia (Fake 'Ethiopia') 2008

The camps are housing detainees from 19 countries, including Sweden, France, and Canada and a number of Ethiopian opposition members, including ethnic Oromos, Ogadenis, and other minority groups.

Washington Post Equates Imus's Racist Remarks with When He Called Cheney a "War Criminal" 2007

Despite being Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, Oromos have long been discriminated against.

Special Report: The Axum Obelisk Returns, but Some Still Grumble 2005