In Ethiopia today, the Prime Minister is Oromo; the Defense Minister is Oromo, the army chief is Oromo, and the main capital city’s leader is Oromo; but xenophobia and alternative realities continue to fuel a crisis that paints a false portrayal of Oromos as victims. Despite Oromos being just one of 80 minority tribes making up only 35% of Ethiopia, their overrepresentation in federal government has not calmed tensions back home and abroad. This has led to diaspora Oromos, (many in Minnesota) to finance and encourage some of the most brutal crimes back home in Oromia. Thanks to social media, some of these criminal activities were again captured live as they happen.
The popular Oromo musician Hacalu Hundesa is now believed to be murdered by an anti-government network that includes OLF-Shane, according to officials. During his last interview, Hacalu criticized OLF-Shane and Jawar’s OFC while defending Abiy’s Oromoness. But Hacalu also made xenophobic statements about non-Oromos in Addis Ababa. So many anti-Abiy Oromo nationalists used Hacalu’s death and funeral as an opportunity to score political points against the moderate Oromo Prime Minister Abiy. Many of those anti-Abiy Oromos funding the OLF-Shane militant operations inside
Ethiopia live in Minnesota and diaspora; so their social media activity suddenly picked up at the end of June. They successfully organized protest rallies in Minneapolis and other western towns while posting disturbing nativist comments online promoting violence. Most Social media Oromo comments said
”Time to remove settlers from Oromia,” “burn them out,” “free Oromia,” “Abiy is traitor,” “Abiy must go,” “Kill all neftegnas (non-Oromos) in Oromia!” Etc
https://borkena.com/2020/07/03/ethiopia ... ings-live/