Feyisa Lilesa: Oromo People Are Still Suffering in Ethiopia and the World Must Do More to Help Them. Published May 08, 2017 at 4:36 AM EDT Updated May 13, 2017 at 5:16 AM EDT.

The Oromo make up well over a third of Ethiopia’s 100 million people. Historically, Oromos have been pushed to the margin of the country’s political and social life and rendered unworthy of ...

Young people don’t see learning the language as useful, so knowledge of Oromo culture has waned among those younger than 40, he said. “There’s concern about our children,” he said.

The Oromo are the single largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and East Africa, comprising more than 35 percent of Ethiopia’s 100 million people.

Formed, according to their website, in 1973 by “Oromo nationalists to lead the national liberation struggle of the Oromo people against the Abyssinian colonial rule.” ...

Oromo people mourn a suspected protester who was allegedly shot dead by Ethiopian security forces, Oromia region, Ethiopia, December 17, 2015.

The building was emptied of other staff, attendees handed in their phones, and documents were collected at the end of each session, these people said. Abiy’s father is Oromo and he owes his ...

Many celebrating at Irreecha were at pains to avoid discussing the thornier issue of politics but echoed wider concerns about Oromo identity and their place in Ethiopia. “We can’t say the question of ...