Alemayehu Areda (PhD) is an experienced politician who played an active role in Ethiopian politics, beginning with the ...

Civilians are once again caught in the crossfire as renewed violence grips several woredas in the Metekel Zone of Benishangul-Gumuz regional state. The latest wave of insecurity, which began in May, ...

In recent years, there has been a growing push to introduce Ge'ez as a language subject in schools across the Amhara Regional State. This initiative has gained particular momentum after Prime Minister ...

Oromo people protest U.S. aid to Ethiopian government Although Burqa has called Sioux Falls home for over a decade, he's very concerned with what's happening in his home country. Recent protests ...

The role of women in the Oromo society is huge and multidimensional. Aside from their role as mothers and wives, and shaping the family and society, their contributions to the community are ...

Analysis - The Oromo are the largest ethno-national group in Ethiopia, accounting for over 40 million people or more than one-third of the population. However, they have been politically oppressed ...

Representing around a third of Ethiopia's 120 million people, the Oromo are the largest of 80 distinct groups that make up the vast and ethnically-diverse nation in the Horn of Africa.

The group says it is fighting against the marginalization of the Oromo people, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia who make up more than a third of the population.

Ethnic cleansing of Oromia is part of an OLF plan to create an independent Oromo nation (Oromia for the Oromo people), and reduce the overall number of Amhara in the country.