Ethiopia’s government on Friday announced an amnesty for some of the country’s most high-profile political detainees, including opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and senior Tigray party ...

Those to be released included Jawar Mohammed, a prominent critic of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was arrested in July 2020 during popular protests in which hundreds of demonstrators were killed.

World Ethiopia’s Jawar Mohammed: From Abiy ally to terror trial ...

Above, Jawar is photographed during an interview in Addis Ababa on Oct. 25, 2019. The Ethiopian government announced it would grant amnesty to several political detainees, including Jawar Mohammed.

SEATTLE – Hundreds of people are protesting controversial figure Jawar Mohammed outside of the Filipino Community Center in South Seattle Sunday. Tensions are rising outside of the center, with ...

Ethiopia’s most prominent opposition figure, Jawar Mohammed, and 23 other people have been charged with terrorism-related offenses, telecom fraud and other criminal activities, the attorney ...

Jawar and Gerba belong to the ethnic Oromo group. Despite being the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, Oromos have historically faced political and economic marginalization. Jawar and Gerba actively ...

Ethiopia's recent changes are due largely to an uprising by young men from the largest ethnic group, the Oromo. Their inspiration: Jawar Mohammed, who created a media network in exile in Minnesota.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, now faces an influential competitor — Jawar Mohammed, the founder of a media network and a former ally.

Arfasse Gemeda is worried about whether she will see her husband again. Jawar Mohammed, a media influencer turned politician, traveled from Minnesota to his native Ethiopia in 2019 to help rebuild ...

Ethiopia has filed terrorism charges against a prominent media mogul and opposition politician from the Oromo ethnic group, Jawar Mohammed, the attorney general's office said on Saturday.