Minneapolis (Oct, 23) - Enthusiastic members of Oromo Youth in Minnesota turned out in large numbers at the Obama/Dayton Rally. President Obama was making a last campaign stop in Minnesota to support DFLer Mark Dayton. Mark Dayton, a former US Senator, is the DFL gubernatorial candidate.
The Unity and Reconcilliation Forum held on September 25, 2010, organized by Oromo Artists Assoction, was concluded with the signing of a unification agreement between the two main factions of Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). Leading OLF founding members, Obboos Ahmed Hussen, Xaha Abdi, Leencoo Lataa and Diimaa Nagoo, spoke at the event.
Speaking to some of the issues that are undermining the Oromo struggle, Obboo Ahmed Hussein stated, "religion is pulling the Oromo struggle back." He cautioned that the Oromo Diaspora communities are abandoning the struggle and turning to churches and mosques. Calling on all Oromos to reevaluate their current role in the advancement of Oromo struggle, he stressed the notion that religion is a personal matter, while Oromummaa is a collective identity.
By Oromsis Adula*
Minneapolis (MN) – This year’s eclectic cultural celebration in Little Oromia (Minnesota that is) is too colorful and too rich to report on in one piece. Every moment was like an epic plot in a good movie that sends one into a state of thrills and evokes a feeling of homesickness.
By Oromsis Adula*
EPRDF, Ethiopia's ruling junta, has just concluded its 8th organizational conference held in Adama town, Oromia from September 15 – 17, 2010. The conference was purportedly aimed at “rejuvenating the party (or more bluntly tightening the grip on power) and implementing an optimistic five-year economic plan (or its pet name, Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP))”.
By Oromsis Adula*
I learned about the invitation of Mr. Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia to “World Leaders Forum” with a shocking disbelief. As the world's most important research center and top academic institution, Columbia University has a long tradition of engaging world leaders on the multifaceted issues facing our global world.
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