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Ethiopia is plagued by armed conflicts in the country’s two most populous regions: Oromia and Amhara. Facebook posts claim Oromia Media Network (OMN), a US-based broadcaster, reported that a former ...
Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, Oromia, has been in the news following reports of a rise in kidnappings for ransom. The region is no stranger to war and strife. Its people have long ...
Ethiopia’s government frequently touts its achievements in ensuring the prevalence of peace and security in the country. In ...
The Oromia State has reaffirmed its commitment to becoming a premier investment destination by intensifying economic reforms, improving its business climate, and forging high-level investment ...
Five years ago, the Oromia State Government established the Agricultural Transformation in Oromia (ATO), an office in charge of overseeing and executing the agricultural production and productivity ...
With telecommunications often cut and residents often fearing retaliation if they speak out, the death toll in the violence in Oromia is unknown. Speaking to The Associated Press on condition of ...
At least 200 civilians are believed to have been killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region by rebel group the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) on Saturday, according to reports, a rights group and local ...
The massacre in Oromia, the nation’s largest region, came as the country grappled with a grueling civil war and the worst drought in decades. By Abdi Latif Dahir KIGALI, Rwanda — For decades ...
Yet, well before the conflict in northern Ethiopia, there has been widespread impunity for ongoing rights abuses in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, including in areas already suffering from conflict.
Residents and relatives say at least nine people were killed during an attack in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia region of Ethiopia on Thursday. Adebebu Workineh is a resident of the Shirka Woreda ...
The instability roiling Ethiopia is intensifying in Amhara, the second-largest region, which is following Tigray and Oromia by hosting rebels that threaten to oust the federal government in Addis ...
FILE - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a final campaign rally at a stadium in the town of Jimma in the southwestern Oromia Region of Ethiopia, June 16 2021. Even as Ethiopian Prime ...