Soon after the talks ended on 3 May, the OLA – an outlawed splinter group of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) opposition party – accused federal authorities of launching a renewed offensive. Merera ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s state-appointed rights commission on Wednesday called for an investigation into the killing of a prominent opposition figure recently released from prison. Bate Urgessa was ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Intense fighting between Ethiopian government forces and Oromo Liberation Army rebels in the country’s Oromia region has led to “several dozen” casualties in the past week, ...

A rebel group popular with Ethiopia's largest ethnic community on Friday accused the government of breaching a historic peace deal aimed at encouraging the organisation to return to the political fold ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians gathered on Saturday to welcome returning leaders of the once-banned Oromo Liberation Front amid sweeping reforms to bring opposition groups ...

November 14, 2005 — As has been widely reported over the past week, the Oromo people are engaged in a nation-wide protest against the Ethiopian repressive government. The popular uprising is ignited ...

Mar 15, 2006 (ADDIS ABABA) — The Oromiya police said it has arrested a number of rebels of Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) along with their 1,124 arms and 42 hand grenades. In a press statement to the ...

Regardless of the never-ending blame game, the war’s devastating effects are unquestionable. The late March truce, while a step in the right direction, has been slow to produce results, with woefully ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Ethiopian supporters are the loudest in the stadium at the track world championships — because they’re trying to drown each other out. As Ethiopian runners clean up on the track ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians gathered on Saturday to welcome returning leaders of the once-banned Oromo Liberation Front amid sweeping reforms to bring opposition ...