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| By: Rory Linnane /The Daily Cardinal Rory in traditional dress with her host brother after his graduation from kindergart |
Daily Cardinal - Madison,WI,USA
While we were never given an official reason for our deportation, many of us believe it had to do with the ethnicity of the students we were teaching: Oromo. Every Oromo person I talked to felt that the government actively oppresses the Oromo ethnic group as a means of maintaining power. The ruling party of Ethiopia, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, has proven it will go to great lengths to protect its power. After the 2005 national elections threatened the party’s majority in parliament, Ethiopians accused the party of intimidation at the polls and forging ballots. Hundreds were injured, killed or arrested. ...read more
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