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1.2.1.1 Three stages of Oromo movements. 1.2.2 ... the earliest Oromo expansion occurred under ... The greater part of the Adal Muslim population were ...
The Oromo people (Oromo: Oromoo, pron. / ˈ ɒr əm oʊ / ORR-əm-oh [11]) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya. [12] They speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. [12]
However, the density of population was not even; Eritrea had an area of 99,000 square miles with 1,500,000 population, a density of 16.6 per square mile, Ethiopia with an area of 305,000 square miles, 9,450,000 population and 31.0 population density, and Somaliland with an area of 270,000, 1,150,000 population and 4.2 population density. [16]
Shewan expansion had started before Menelik, as rulers of the region had started a southward thrust against the Oromo in the early part of the 19th century. [27] During the first half of the 1880s, then king of Shewa Sahla Selassie conducted numerous military expeditions against the Oromo people residing on the Shewan plateau. [28]
The latest Oromo and Amhara clashes between Friday and Sunday were over farmland in Mesno town in the Oromiya Special Zone, which has a majority Oromo population, two residents said.
The Oromo conflict or Oromia conflict is a protracted conflict between the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ethiopian government. [17] [18] The Oromo Liberation Front formed to fight the Ethiopian Empire to liberate the Oromo people and establish an independent state of Oromia.
Archaeological evidence suggests that the population of the city of Aksum began to diminish in the 7th century. ... "The Muslim-Christian Wars and the Oromo Expansion ...
Scattered amongst them are the straw huts of the Ala Galla, who form the greater part of the population of today." Under the new government of Ethiopia, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front , ushered in the early 90s the Argobba obtained regional political power after launching Argoba Nationality Democratic Organization .