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.

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.

(Nairobi) – Ethiopian authorities should immediately release seven Oromo opposition figures arbitrarily detained for around three years purely for their political role, Human Rights Watch said ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethi­o­pia — A top opposition politician from Ethiopia's Oromo ethnic group who criticized the country's state of emergency at the European Parliament has been arrested, the ...

The OLF evolved from a political party into an armed movement nine years ago, claiming that the rights of the Oromo people - who make up almost 40% of Ethiopia's 65 million - were not being respected.

Ethiopia's Oromo protest, demand freedom for jailed leaders Members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, are protesting against the government and have called for the release of jailed ...

Odaa Tarbii, a spokesperson for the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), said the group had taken Kemise, 325 km (200 miles) from Addis Ababa, and were engaging government forces.

Many Oromo people flee Ethiopia to take refuge in neighbouring states Ethiopia has "ruthlessly targeted" its largest ethnic group for suspected links to a rebel group, human rights group Amnesty ...

These clothes by Kush Design see traditional Oromo patterns and colours put in new places, such as the cuff and across the body. Photographer Elias Badhaasaa was keen to capture these images as a ...