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The Oromo people (pron. / ˈ ɒr əm oʊ / ORR-əm-oh [11] Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya. [12] They speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. [12]
In just one day, dozens were killed and many more injured. Every year, millions of Oromos, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, gather in Bishoftu for this annual celebration. However that year Ethiopian security forces responded to peaceful protests by firing tear gas and live bullets at over two million people surrounded by a lake and cliffs.
On July 4, 2022, alleged Oromo Liberation Army militants killed hundreds of civilians in Kelam Welega Zone, Oromia in Ethiopia. [5] The massacre sparked condemnation from Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed, and was the second mass killing in Oromia region after the Gimbi massacre just a week prior. [6] Qelem is also known as Kellem.
(Bloomberg) -- The Ethiopian military has begun an offensive against rebels accused of killing civilians in the west of the country last week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. Most Read from ...
While the OLA insurgency was relatively minor and relegated to small rural pockets before the Tigray war, Ethiopian troops were forced to move north and leave a security vacuum in Oromia, allowing the OLA to expand in 2021. [3] A conflict broke out in eastern Amhara Region and western Oromia between ethnic Amhara and Oromo civilians. Much of ...
During the onset of the war in April 2023, the Fano militia also speculated to carried out cleansing of ethnic Oromos within their territory. In March 2021, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) militants began offensive targeted to ethnic Amhara occupied zone in Oromia, forcing Amharas to leave Oromia. As of June 2022, about 200 Amharas killed in ...
This conflict is often viewed as an unfair conflict as the Somali Liyu police force, which was founded in 2009, [10] and was receiving aid from the ruling government of Ethiopia the TPLF against pastoralist Oromos inhabiting their homeland in the Somali Region. Somalis and Oromos clashed over Oromo lands.
Oromo elites and nationalists accused the Ethiopian Empire rule of subjugating and oppressing the Oromos during the late 19th and early 20th century. [3] Notable among such assertions is the Aanolee massacre on 6 September 1886, in which the army of Emperor Menelik II massacred against Arsi Oromos in one day, cutting breasts and men's hands. [4]