Soon after the talks ended on 3 May, the OLA – an outlawed splinter group of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) opposition party – accused federal authorities of launching a renewed offensive. Merera ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s state-appointed rights commission on Wednesday called for an investigation into the killing of a prominent opposition figure recently released from prison. Bate Urgessa was ...

Ethiopia has said some 1,000 fighters with the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) rebel group have given up arms and entered rehabilitation camps, according to state media. Popular among the largest ethnic ...

Where there is division there will be conflict. In a country such as Ethiopia with dozens of ethnic/tribal groups, the need for tolerance, cooperation and unity is essential if there is to be peace ...

A rebel group popular with Ethiopia's largest ethnic community on Friday accused the government of breaching a historic peace deal aimed at encouraging the organisation to return to the political fold ...

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Amnesty International on Thursday called on Ethiopian authorities to investigate allegations of sexual violence and torture committed by fighters of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in the country’s ...

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. The ...

Teacher stabbed in the eye with a bayonet during detention Hot coals poured over young girl while detained in a military camp Dozens of actual or suspected dissenters killed Thousands of people from ...