3 February 2006(2006-02-03) (aged 81–82) Nairobi, Kenya
Buried
Bale Zone, Ethiopia
Allegiance
Bale Rebel Movement United Oromo People Liberation Front
Years of service
1960–1969
Battles/wars
Bale Revolt Ethiopian Civil War
General Waqo Gutu Usu (1924 – 3 February 2006) was an Ethiopian revolutionary and leader of one of the earlier Oromo resistance fighter movements; the Bale Revolt, which in the 1960s had fought against the feudalistic system in place in the Ethiopian Empire. He was elected chairman of the United Liberation Forces of Oromia in 2000. In 2006, Gutu died in a Nairobi hospital, survived by 20 sons and 17 daughters.[1][failed verification]
^Lemi Kebebew, "The Father, Leader of Oromo Struggle Passes Away" (Oromia State Government website, accessed 6 October 2006)
General WaqoGutu Usu (1924 – 3 February 2006) was an Ethiopian revolutionary and leader of one of the earlier Oromo resistance fighter movements; the...
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government thus formed alliances with Somalia. Sheikh Hussein, Islamic Scholar WaqoGutu, Leader and revolutionary Hussein Bune, revolutionary and Leader Hussein...
men, who left for Somalia three months after arriving at Filtu, led by WaqoGutu, returned the next year to play an important role in the Bale revolt....
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