At least nine students have died during days of protests in Ethiopia's Oromia state, the government has said. However, a witness told the BBC that 47 were killed by the security forces. She said the ...

Protests throughout the Oromia region of Ethiopia are now four months old, and despite the cancellation of a plan to expand the limits of the capital city, Addis Ababa, and government claims that all ...

Addis Abeba — An attack on 31 August, 2024, in Kiremu district, East Wollega zone of the Oromia region, resulted in the deaths of three individuals and left one person injured. Residents interviewed ...

Addis Abeba — A new attack allegedly perpetrated by the non-state Fano militia operating in the neighboring Amhara region has killed three civilian people, injured one, in the Darra district of North ...

Ethiopia’s prime minister said Tuesday his administration is attempting talks with an outlawed rebel group operating mainly in the restive Oromia region. Abiy Ahmed’s comments to lawmakers on outreach ...

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Ethiopian government forces killed four people and wounded 18 others Thursday in the town of Soddo in the restive Oromia region. Residents of Soddo and surrounding villages stopped eight trucks ...

Streets were deserted with shops and businesses shut down in parts of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and in towns in the surrounding Oromia region, a hotbed of anti-government dissent since 2015.

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 ...

Oromo-speaking gunmen massacred hundreds of unarmed civilians in Ethiopia’s Oromia region on 18 June – part of a broader cycle of ethnic-based killings in the country’s western periphery, whose ...

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 ...

Clashes this week between different ethnic groups in Ethiopia‘s Oromia region have killed at least 61 people, according to local officials. The Ethiopian government said on Monday it was investigating ...