The Oromo Cultural Institute of Minnesota began a survey this month to determine how many Oromo people — the largest ethnic group in the Horn of Africa, especially Ethiopia — live in Minneapolis’ ...

Abdissa Loke is tired of being mistaken for Somali. Loke and thousands of other Oromo people in Minnesota are often lumped into the same group as people from Somalia, despite coming from a ...

Lilesa became a local hero among Oromo people last month after flashing a well-known protest sign against his country’s government at the finish line. The move prevented him from returning home ...

the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia [Reuters] November 12 marked the first anniversary of the Oromo Protests, a non-institutional and anti ...

The Ethiopian government announced later in January that it was abandoning the Addis expansion plans after the Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO)—the ruling party in Oromia and a ...

In a rare and lengthy telephone interview just before they began, he said he is fighting for the rights of the Oromo people against discrimination by the central government and by Amhara militias.

From storytelling to young ones to teaching traditional practices, passing down the knowledge, values, and customs of the Oromo people to the next generation as well as ensuring that the rich ...

Representing around a third of Ethiopia’s 120 million people, the Oromo are the largest of 80 distinct groups that make up the vast and ethnically diverse nation in the Horn of Africa. “The Oromo ...

The building was emptied of other staff, attendees handed in their phones, and documents were collected at the end of each session, these people said. Abiy’s father is Oromo and he owes his ...

It denies the allegations and says it is fighting for greater autonomy for the Oromo people, Ethiopia’s biggest group, who claim a historical sense of marginalization within the country’s ...

Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians celebrated the annual Irreecha seasonal festival Saturday amid ongoing conflict in parts of the country. Irreecha, the ‘thanksgiving festival,’ is ...