New: Ethiopia’s Oromo diaspora uses Web to dissent, debate in absence of press freedom
As separatists in Ethiopia disarm, a new chapter for D.C.’s Oromo community
By Emily Wax, Published: April 1
On a windy Saturday afternoon at a small Petworth cafe, Taha Tuko orders a round of celebratory macchiatos for three of his countrymen and tells them their 38-year armed struggle for secession from Ethiopia is over — fighters back in Africa have laid down their arms.
The dream of an independent Oromia long cherished by Tuko and other Oromo Ethiopians might never be realized. Their revolution is being repurposed with a new goal: uniting with other Ethiopian opposition parties in the Washington region against the regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, which they all accuse of being autocratic and corrupt.
Read more at The Washington Post.