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It also acknowledged the need to train more Afaan Oromo speaking priests and agreed to ordain more ethnic Oromos among high ranking clergy, it said in a statement.

From Reuters • Feb. 16, 2023

Al-Shabab has trained several thousand fighters for its Ethiopian “command,” mainly ethnic Somalis and Oromos inside Ethiopia, Bryden asserted.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Those protests were stoked by Oromos who felt that they had been sidelined politically and economically, even though they were Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

What spurred him into action was an advert in the Oromia region, where most Oromos live as the country is divided into ethnically based states.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2022

The Oromos - Ethiopia's largest group - long felt marginalised.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2021