In the opening pages of “Oromo Witness,” author Abdul Dire drives from engineering classes at the University of Minnesota to a restaurant on Minneapolis’ Lake Street to pick up his uncle, Hangasu Wako ...

The Oromo and other long-suffering communities do not want independence but to be treated as citizens of the state. Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Father Eskedar Getaneh stepped out of his house on April 12 to screams from surrounding neighbors in the village of Arkumbi Kebele in the Oromo region of ethnically divided Ethiopia.

Can Ethiopia’s first Oromo prime minister pull the nation back from the brink of civil war? Abiy Ahmed has come to power following a period of intense unrest and violence. By Martin Plaut For months ...

Fighting continues in Ethiopia, where rebel groups are advancing on the capital Addis Ababa. While much has been said about the northern front, where the army is at war with the Tigray Defense Forces ...

Barely a year after the Tigray War ended with a peace agreement, militia fighting is now raging in the Amhara region. Experts warn that this could lead to a new war. The situation in Ethiopia is ...