As Ethiopian troops withdraw from
Somalia, the Ethiopian government has released a statement saying its mission
in Somalia has been accomplished. It says Ethiopian forces, during their two
year occupation, have eliminated a clear and present danger. However, Ethiopia
leaves behind a country in turmoil and one of the world’s worst humanitarian
crises
In the heart of the Ethiopian community here, a group of friends
gathered after work in an office to chew on dried khat leaves before
going home to their wives and children. Sweet tea and sodas stood on a
circular wooden table between green mounds of the plant, a mild
narcotic grown in the Horn of Africa.
Ethiopia has started pulling its troops out of Somalia, where they have
been helping the Western-backed government fight an Islamist insurgency
for the past two years, a senior official said on Friday. A convoy of
trucks laden with Ethiopian soldiers, mattresses and other equipment
left Mogadishu earlier, although some troops remained in Somalia's
capital, witnesses said.
Understanding what is meant by the "Qubee generation" is not complex.
Simply, the "Qubee Generation" is a new generation in the Oromo
struggle that has came into being since 1991 with the adaptation of
Qubee, a Latin alphabet, as Oromo's writing script and thereafter...
Until last year, Kemer's fan base had been Oromo exiles, including
members of the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front. While many Oromo people
have turned toward federalism in recent years, a separatist movement
continues and many exiles hang on to old resentments.
"I want
to concentrate on cultural things," Kemer said in an interview. "Once
you get into politics some people love you and some people hate you.
Now, even if people don't love me they don't hate me."
At the time, Kidest (whose name in Oromo means "the blessed child regardless of her bad circumstances") was attending a Seventh-day Adventist school. ...
Out of the 80 ethnicities in Ethiopia, the number of ethnic Oromo is
about 25.5 million (33.5 %) while ethnic Amhara is about 19.8 million
(26%), Somali 4.5 million (6.2 %) and Tigre 4.4 million (6%). The
Oromo population increased from the previous 32.1% while the Amhara
decreased from the previous 30.1%
