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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 in the capital for their annual ...

Officials have acknowledged that more than 170 people were killed during the protests Ethiopian security forces killed more than 400 people in the recent wave of anti-government demonstrations, ...

Ethiopian security forces arrested a prominent opposition politician when he returned to the country after speaking to the European Parliament in Brussels about the country's political crisis. Merera ...

Officials said last month that five people and an undisclosed number of security personnel had died in the protests Ethiopia's government is set to abandon plans to expand the boundaries of the ...

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The Ethiopian army says that it has "completely annihilated" forces loyal to the armed separatist movement, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). The OLF is not occupying or controlling any area in ...

A surge in ethnic pride among Ethiopia's Oromo community, the country's largest ethnic group, is leading some, like Moti Begi, to change their names. The 40-year-old used to be known at Dereje Begi.

Rebels from Ethiopia's Oromiya region said Monday they were in Tanzania for a second round of talks with the Ethiopian government to try to end decades of fighting. The negotiations come more than six ...

In recent months, Ethiopia has seen its worst unrest in a decade. Members of Ethiopia’s Oromo ethnic group, which feels left out of the country’s booming economy, have taken to the streets in protest.

Conflict between the federal government and rebel TPLF forces in Ethiopia threatens the very fabric of the state, with hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of starvation. But while the focus ...