Rebels from Ethiopia's Oromiya region accused the government on Wednesday of launching a military offensive against them after a first round of peace talks ended earlier this month without a deal.

Fekade said in the interview that he joined the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in 2000, when he was 18. About a decade later, he received roughly six months of military training in Eritrea, Ethiopia ...

The Ethiopian government has once again failed to reach an agreement with Oromo rebel forces, with peace talks in Tanzania reaching an inconclusive end Tuesday.

An armed group killed several hundred Amhara civilians in western Oromia in June 2022 while Ethiopian security forces did little to protect them. Nearly three months later, the Ethiopian ...

The Oromo are almost equally divided between Christians and Muslims. ... Micha, wearing a tie striped in Oromo colours, remembered when Irreecha resumed in the late 1990s after the fall of the ...

Ethiopia's Oromo rebels accuse govt forces of offensive. Addis Ababa (AFP) – Rebels from Ethiopia's Oromia region on Wednesday accused the government of launching a large-scale military ...

Similarly, Abiy could use Oromo and non-Oromo military generals to meet his political dream of becoming a dictator. For that matter, Abiy has largely used Amhara regional forces to invade Tigray.

The Ethiopian government blames a rebel group, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), for the violence. But the commission said the response of government forces has also resulted in rights abuses.

Many events lack Oromo translators, which can make understanding difficult for people of Oromo heritage, Hassen said. The new survey looks to count Oromo people to bolster recognition, he said. Loke ...

In February, church officials said at least 30 people were killed and hundreds wounded after rebel bishops from the southern Oromia region, home to the Oromo ethnic group, tried to install new ...

Its military wing is the Oromo Liberation Army. They wanted national self-determination and democracy, and participated in the failed revolutions of 1974, 1991 and 2018.

Rebels from Ethiopia's Oromia region on Wednesday accused the government of launching a large-scale military offensive against them after peace talks between the two sides ended without agreement.