This suited TPLF’s ideologues who have one foot in the Ethiopian State and one foot in the future Tigray nation. The extraordinary complex problem the country faces is manifested in all its complexity and ugliness in the Oromia state. Here, a conflict that pits Oromo against Oromo, Oromo against Amhara, Amhara against Oromo is raging outside the purview of the rest of the country. The OLF’s political success, as measured by Dawood Ibsa, was making the national question the Holy Grail that forces Oromo political leaders to take sides. What is clear is that the political divisions within Oromia political parties are not very easy to delineate.

Source: Ethiopian News January 26, 2023 00:52 UTC