Addis Abeba — On August 6, 2022, the Eighth Circuit ended a lawsuit against non-profit media organization Oromia Media Network ("OMN"), affirming the dismissal of claims brought against the ...

The state of emergency in effect in Ethiopia since October 8 is being used broadly to silence critical media voices and lock up suspected dissidents, according to a range of reports coming in from the ...

He later moved to the US to study political science at Stanford University and Human Rights at the Columbia. "I came here as a student, not as a refugee. But right now, I am probably the most wanted ...

Jawar Mohammed, the Ethiopian media mogul-turned-opposition politician facing trial on terror charges, is no stranger to sparring with the government. When a protest ...

Since November, state security forces have killed hundreds of protesters and arrested thousands in Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest region. It’s the biggest political crisis to hit the country since the ...

Editor’s note: This is a two-part analysis on Hachalu Hundessa, a popular Oromo musician whose murder incited ethnoreligious violence fueled by disinformation online. Read Part II here. Iconic ...

The shooting dead of Kitilaa Guddata has left his family in shock. The 32-year-old high school teacher was among the latest casualties in the conflict between government forces and rebels in ...

Ethiopia's prime minister has threatened to crush secessionist forces accused of stoking protests in the Oromia region, where security forces have reportedly killed hundreds of demonstrators. Protests ...