Each level plays a different but related role in the violence and instability in Western Oromia. At the macro level, the Ethiopian federal government, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and the ...

Armed conflict continues between the Ethiopian army and the rebel Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in several areas of the Oromia region. Facebook posts claim that two major opposition parties from the ...

Lema Tefera's voice broke as he described losing four children to malaria in just one month -- deaths that could likely have ...

Experts say the situation is worsening in Ethiopia's most populous region, Oromia, where a conflict has been raging between the government and a rebel group -- the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA ...

Ethiopia's Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The strongest, with a magnitude of 5.7, struck on 4 January.

in Qellem Wollega in the west of Oromia, the largest and most populous region of Ethiopia. It said the killings began at dawn and lasted several hours. A survivor quoted by the regional state-run ...