"This is what caused me to re-name myself," he said. For many Oromo children growing up over the last 30 years - following the fall of the Marxist regime - there has been a hybrid form of naming.

This could go as far as avoiding speaking their language, Afaan Oromo, in public for fear of being criticised for not adhering to a national identity. But an increasing political assertiveness ...

women and children is a daily occurrence in what constitutes a genocidal campaign of hate Uniformed thugs, federal and regional, as well as Oromo militia (Oromo Liberation Army or Shene), carry ...