Young Oromos are leaving the region in droves, risking torture and death to cross the Red Sea in search of a better life.

Gardner’s account of the rise of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is essential reading for those interested in understanding how individual ambition and structural factors combine to mold a ...

Afaan Oromoo is spoken by more than 40 million people, predominantly in Ethiopia, where it serves as the native language of the Oromo ethnic group. It is also spoken by communities in northern ...

The OLA says it is fighting for the self-determination of Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo. It has been classified as a terrorist organisation by the federal parliament and operates in ...

Gada is a traditional system of governance of the Oromo people in Ethiopia developed from knowledge gained over generations. It regulates political, economic, social and religious activity serving as ...

The Fano insurgency is taking place in a territory three times the size of Tigray, stretching the army’s resources.

In search of recognition, a cultural group that feels like it’s been undercounted in Minnesota is looking to calculate its exact population in the state. The Oromo Cultural Institute of Minnesota ...

Abiy is of Oromo descent but the wider community, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, has long complained of marginalisation and their homeland is plagued by instability and armed violence.

Ethiopia was led by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, a coalition of four ethnic-based political parties representing Tigray, Amhara, Oromo, and Southern nations ...