Tag: Oromo
Death toll from clashes between Ethiopian Amhara, Oromo groups rises to...
The death toll from violence last week in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region has risen to at least 50, residents said on Tuesday, amid tensions...
Ethiopia’s Oromo celebrate tense thanksgiving amid tight security
Thousands of people from the Oromo, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, celebrated their thanksgiving festival in Bishoftu city amid tight security on Sunday after the...
Ethiopian protests marred by ethnic violence
Much of the fighting during protests in Ethiopia was ethnically tinged, eyewitnesses said, describing attacks by young Oromo men against people from other ethnic...
Call for calm after Ethiopia killings
Prominent Ethiopian activist Jawar Mohammed called for calm amid protests that killed 16 people and are challenging Nobel Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in...
A problem for the Ethiopian leader: the young men who helped...
They were tortured for their political beliefs. They saw friends shot dead by security forces. They were forced to cut their hair...
Ethiopian opposition leader released
Ethiopia freed a senior opposition leader, advancing efforts to calm political turmoil after violence and mass protests shook the country in 2015...
