The last two sentences were not included in the altered TikTok video. On July 1, 2020, BBC Afaan Oromoo used a screenshot from the original video in a Facebook post about Abiy’s statement following ...
The 40-year-old used to be known at Dereje Begi. But he ditched "Dereje", an Amharic word meaning "augmented" in favour of "Moti", an Afaan Oromoo word meaning "king". In Ethiopia, first names are ...
Hachalu's funeral has taken place in his hometown of Ambo. BBC Afaan Oromoo's Bekele Atoma writes about the musician who was a thorn in the flesh of successive governments. Hachalu is survived by ...