A prominent political officer of Ethiopia’s Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) was fatally shot in the sensitive Oromia region, local media reported Wednesday. According to a family member ...

In recent years Ethiopia has seen an increase in the killing of political and cultural figures. Mr Bate was a senior official of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) - one of the biggest political ...

He was a symbol for the Oromo people who spoke up about the political and economic marginalisation that they had suffered under consecutive Ethiopian regimes. In one of his most famous songs ...

Ethiopia's rights watchdog said on Thursday it was investigating the killing of 48 people in the restive Oromia region and ...

[AFP] 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 ...

They lived peacefully there until the past three years. The OLA split from an Oromo political organization and reportedly began targeting Amhara, at times as revenge for its losses to government ...

The 34-year-old had emerged as a powerful political voice of the Oromo ethnic group, and had made many enemies during his musical career. Two suspects were arrested after he was shot dead while ...

The ambush by the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which is designated ... is racked by numerous conflicts including political schisms, land disputes and ethnic strife. The OLA is accused by the ...

Genealogy, Vol. 8, Issue. 3, p. 120. Reframes the story of modern Ethiopia around the contributions of the Oromo people and the culturally fluid union of communities that shaped the nation's politics ...