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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, protested Saturday against the government and called for the release of jailed opposition figures as they ...
Ethiopia Growth Clashes With Politics as Oromo Protests Rise More than 50 people killed while demonstrating, activists say Unrest shows conflict of authoritarian plans, ethnic rights ...
The Ethiopian government has once again failed to reach an agreement with Oromo rebel forces, with peace talks in Tanzania reaching an inconclusive end Tuesday.
Appropriating the political language of Oromo nationalists, they championed the Oromo demand for self-rule and protested the portrayal of Oromo nationalists as anti-Ethiopian, secessionist ...
The country is ruled by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, a coalition of four political parties that includes the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization.
In the early 2000s, Mohammed received a scholarship to study in Singapore, an experience that gave him a deep understanding of his Oromo identity and piqued his interest in politics.
Ethiopian security forces arrested a prominent opposition politician when he returned to the country after speaking to the European Parliament in Brussels about the country's political crisis.
As protests in Ethiopia over the rights of the country's Oromo people continue, journalist James Jeffrey considers if they are threatening the country's unity.
Reuters The Oromo in Ethiopia are campaigning for a new political and economic arrangement in the country. The Conversation Africa’s Samantha Spooner asked Professor Asafa Jalata about their ...