For far too long, African youth have been told that democracy is something imported, something borrowed, something foreign to ...

Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Abiy Ahmed is the first member of the Oromo, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, to become President of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A prominent activist for Ethiopia’s Oromo ethnic group has announced that he’s joined an opposition party. Jawar Mohammed’s membership in the Oromo Federalist Congress party ...

Addis Abeba — In mid-January 2025, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published its overview of the human rights situation in Ethiopia for 2024. The report stated that human rights continue to be violated, ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, protested Saturday against the government and called for the release of jailed opposition figures as they gathered ...

The aim of these essays is to highlight the importance, variety and richness of the rituals and traditions of the Oromo people of Eastern Kenya. As such it continues the line of research started in ...

An automated feed of African news stories.But dozens of his allies have been expelled from parliament, and more than 100 MDC councillors were recalled in 2020 after the Supreme Court declared that Mr ...

BISHOFTU, Ethiopia, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Thousands of people from the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, celebrated their thanksgiving festival in Bishoftu city amid tight security on Sunday after ...