Having invited the Oromo Liberation Front back home, Team Lemma is trying to work out how to retain control while also accommodating the popular movement.
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Several killed by police in Nekemte after protest over attacks on Oromo
Several people were killed on Nov. 5 by security forces in Nekemte, a major town in western Oromia, during a protest about more fatal inter-regional violence.
Rallies held in Oromia over threat to disarm OLF
Large rallies supporting the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and rejecting rumored government plans to disband OLA, its armed wing, have taken place across western Oromia.
Mob killings split Ethiopians as political fault lines test Abiy’s big tent
Fatal attacks in Addis Ababa area represent only the tip of recent violence, as local disputes flare during transition, and an ideological struggle heats up
Oromo political victory masks volatile region as liberation front presses claim
OLF seeks to capitalize on political opening in western Oromia OPDO needs to reassert control without provoking more unrest Challenge for Abiy is achieving both […]