Omar Arter Ghaleb, a habr awal isaak member of somalia's former parliament, supported the oromo cause
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 2:54 pm
''Almost all groups in the Horn of Africa with a political ambition have always recognized the decisive nature of Oromo politics in shifting the balance of force in one direction or another.
The new Somali state of the 1960s was one of them. The eminent Somali politician, Omer Arter Ghaleb, once addressed the Somali Parliament at the height of the Macha-Tulama movement advising that Somalia create a common cause with Oromos.
He was Somalia's Ambassador to Ethiopia at the time. He reported that this was turned down because it was perceived to be in the long run contrary to Somalia's ambition to lay claims to all the Oromo inhabited areas East of the Rift Valley.''
[Oromo Nationalism and the Ethiopian Discourse
Book by Asafa Jalata, Pages 144-145]
The new Somali state of the 1960s was one of them. The eminent Somali politician, Omer Arter Ghaleb, once addressed the Somali Parliament at the height of the Macha-Tulama movement advising that Somalia create a common cause with Oromos.
He was Somalia's Ambassador to Ethiopia at the time. He reported that this was turned down because it was perceived to be in the long run contrary to Somalia's ambition to lay claims to all the Oromo inhabited areas East of the Rift Valley.''
[Oromo Nationalism and the Ethiopian Discourse
Book by Asafa Jalata, Pages 144-145]