Fighters had been operating in East Wollega Zone and laid down their arms following negotiations with local administrators, ...

November 14, 2005 — As has been widely reported over the past week, the Oromo people are engaged in a nation-wide protest against the Ethiopian repressive government. The popular uprising is ignited ...

Ethiopia's prime minister has threatened to crush secessionist forces accused of stoking protests in the Oromia region, where security forces have reportedly killed hundreds of demonstrators. Protests ...

In its annual report this month, the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission urged officials to pay closer attention to the tensions and violence in the Oromia region. The commission said ...

Soon after the talks ended on 3 May, the OLA – an outlawed splinter group of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) opposition party – accused federal authorities of launching a renewed offensive. Merera ...

Nov 18, 2005 — The flame of Oromo people’s struggle against tyranny is picking momentum by the day, engulfing the entire Oromia state. On the 16th of November, Oromo students in Arsii Zone, Qoree town ...

At least 50 people died in ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s Oromia region this month, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Wednesday. The state-affiliated but independent human rights ...

As one deadly conflict in Ethiopia begins to calm, another is growing, challenging a government that’s eager to persuade the international community to lift sanctions and revive what was once one of ...

The nature of this article is such that it violates restrictions placed on the media by the Electoral Commission of Ethiopia with effect on June, 17 under a four-day "Period of Silence". Prime ...

Minneapolis (MN) – This year’s eclectic cultural celebration in Little Oromia (Minnesota that is) is too colorful and too rich to report on in one piece. Every moment was like an epic plot in a good ...