Armed conflict continues between the Ethiopian army and the rebel Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in several areas of the Oromia region. Facebook posts claim that two major opposition parties from the ...

The Oromo are a large portion of Ethiopian immigrants to America, said Abdissa Loke, OCIM’s executive director. Oromo people have settled in Minnesota since the late 1970s, said OCIM President Grima ...

the army has been fighting rebels from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) since 2018, while in Amhara, they have been battling Fano rebels since July 2023. On January 24, 2025, the Ethiopian Human ...

Some powerful Oromo activists are publicly criticising Abiy, accusing him of pushing his new pan-Ethiopian Prosperity Party at the expense of Oromo interests. In October, Oromo youth demonstrated ...

The Great Ethiopian Famine alone, which spanned from 1888 to 1892, is estimated to have killed up to one-third of the population and is commonly referred to as kifu qan or “evil days.” ...

For example, the June 29, 2020 assassination of Oromo singer and activist Hachalu Hundessa dominated Ethiopian news and conversation, and resulted in a two-week internet shutdown. Similarly, modes of ...

(JTA) — Long Island Republicans selected Mazi Melesa Pilip, an Ethiopian Jewish Nassau County legislator, to run in the special election to replace George Santos, who was expelled after he was ...

MOSCOW, September 23. /TASS/. Russian top diplomat Sergey Lavrov and Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen discussed preparations for the second Russia-Africa summit on ...

However, the claim that Oromo opposition parties held peace talks with the ruling Prosperity Party in Addis Ababa is false. Joint conference The opposition OLF and OFC parties, along with civil ...