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The Struggle

From: Anton Foek
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A story of a neglected and forgotten war in Africa Read the full description.
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The Struggle
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Default-piece-image-2 The Minnesota administration has welcomed the largest number of the Oromo people in the U.S. of America possibly in the whole world. The Oromo an indigenous group of 40 million people living in more than 30% of Ethiopia with the most valuable resources. They want their liberation from Ethiopia, a country that opresses them and their ambitions brutally. The government in Addis Abeba is not open for negotiations, conceals their efforts and annihilates them, a fact unknown to the general public. The Oromo have been executed, detained and tortured and Amano Dube is one of the freedom fighters who came to Minnesota in exile and as a political refugee to start a new life in freedom. He tells his story of the suffering and the pain to have lived in the equivalent of the Middle Ages and the story of where home has become and where it is.

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The Minnesota administration has welcomed the largest number of the Oromo people in the U.S. of America possibly in the whole world. The Oromo an indigenous group of 40 million people living in more than 30% of Ethiopia with the most valuable resources. They want their liberation from Ethiopia, a country that opresses them and their ambitions brutally. The government in Addis Abeba is not open for negotiations, conceals their efforts and annihilates them, a fact unknown to the general public. The Oromo have been executed, detained and tortured and Amano Dube is one of the freedom fighters who came to Minnesota in exile and as a political refugee to start a new life in freedom. He tells his story of the suffering and the pain to have lived in the equivalent of the Middle Ages and the story of where home has become and where it is.

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This is the personal story of Amano Dube, an Oromo freedom fighter who has found a new home in the US of America. It is the story of a forgotten and neglected part of Africa.

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