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Merera was detained at the Addis Ababa airport in
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under the direction of professors M.R. Doornbos and M.A.R.M. Salih, he completed his thesis, "Ethiopia: competing ethnic nationalisms and the quest for democracy, 1960-2000". As of 2009, Merera is an associate professor of political science at AAU. He participates in several scholarly conferences
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the co-official language of
Ethiopia to empower Oromo people politically, socially and economically. Regarding Oromia secession, he opposes the idea based on mutual strategic and national interest of Oromo and other peoples. Merera has also said Oromo people have historically participated in the
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OFC was also reported to have made an alliance with another Oromo opposition party named OFDM to form Oromo
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Merera believes in the self-determination of Oromo people and self-rule under
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