More than 52 people were killed in a stampede in central Ethiopia after police fired warning shots at a holy festival Sunday, Communications Minister Getachew Reda said. “Troublemakers” at the Oromo ...

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 ...

Addis Abeba, August 12/2020 - In the Ethiopian popular imagination, emperors and rulers are glorified, lionized and monumentalized while the stories and histories of those who resisted their ...

In Memoriam for the great Oromo artist, Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, assassinated on June 30, 2020. Oromo music has played a central role in providing alternative spaces for enunciating ‘the Oromo question’.

ADDIS ABABA, ETHI­O­PIA — Dozens of people died Sunday at a festival after security forces fired tear gas into a crowd during a political protest and provoked a stampede. Opposition leaders estimated ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — More than 52 people were killed in a ...