Bate Urgessa, a charismatic and outspoken political officer with the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) – a political organisation established in 1973 by Oromo nationalists to lead the national liberation ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Talks between the Ethiopian government and rebels from the Oromiya region have started in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania, a spokesman for regional Africa group ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Intense fighting between Ethiopian government forces and Oromo Liberation Army rebels in the country’s Oromia region has led to “several dozen” casualties in the past week, ...

The Oromo people have been engaged in a relentless struggle to liberate itself from the bond of colonialism since its subjugation by Abyssinian colonizers at the turn of the 19th century. At its ...

The formal launch of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in September 2025 made news across the world. There was pomp ...

Five senior members of an opposition party representing Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, have been detained in a wave of political arrests following protests last week which left at least ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, have long complained of their exclusion from political power. Many welcomed the 2018 appointment of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed but now ...

The tragedy became a catalyst for political upheaval, ultimately paving the way for the rise of Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia's first Oromo prime minister. Empowerment and escalating criticism Prime Minister ...

The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency on 4 August 2023 and sent the military into the Amhara region to engage the Fano, a local armed militia. Some suggested that Ethiopia risked ...