Five ethnic Oromo political parties (Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), United Oromo Liberation Front (UOLF), Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), Oromo Liberation Unity Front (OLUF) and Oromo Democratic Front (ODF)) issued a statement on September 25, 2018, to condemn what they claim to be an “attack on Oromo identity.

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