The Oromo have been subject to human rights violations and discrimination under three successive regimes in Ethiopia, according to a 2009 report by U.S.-based Advocates for Human Rights group: the ...

The Oromo countrymen, a cook, a cab driver and a teacher, pull off chunks of injera, Ethiopia's crepelike flatbread, and use it to sop up a traditional lunch of goat and vegetables, washing it ...

The Oromo people that I’ve met here don’t have a noticeable accent and they often blend in with everyone else in the way they dress. This has probably contributed to them not being as noticed ...

Feyisa Lilesa: Oromo People Are Still Suffering in Ethiopia and the World Must Do More to Help Them. Published May 08, 2017 at 4:36 AM EDT Updated May 13, 2017 at 5:16 AM EDT.

The Ethiopian government has once again failed to reach an agreement with Oromo rebel forces, with peace talks in Tanzania reaching an inconclusive end Tuesday.

Editor’s Note: Awol K. Allo is LSE Fellow in Human Rights at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights. He writes on the issues behind several months of protests by Ethiopia’s largest ethnic ...

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.

Many celebrating at Irreecha were at pains to avoid discussing the thornier issue of politics but echoed wider concerns about Oromo identity and their place in Ethiopia. “We can’t say the question of ...

In Kenya's south-eastern Tana River region, baby girls in the Oromo community are engaged on the day they are born. Parents of the children say the tradition ensures the girl's future is secure, ...

(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 ...

The Oromo are the largest ethno-national group in Ethiopia, accounting for over 40 million people or more than one-third of the population.However, they have been politically oppressed ...