NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Intense fighting between Ethiopian government forces and Oromo Liberation Army rebels in the country’s Oromia region has led to “several dozen” casualties in the past week, ...

First it was rebel groups using abduction for political aims, but in a broken economy collecting ransoms is seen as easy money and now anyone can be a target The gunmen came for Alemetu when she was ...

The ambush by the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which is designated a terrorist organisation by Addis Ababa, occurred last week in the North Shewa district west of the capital, the Ethiopian Human ...

Ethiopia deployed its federal army in troubled areas in Oromia regional state where dozens are reported to have been killed in clashes. Clashes erupted Tuesday in several towns in Oromia regional ...

Malaria outbreak occurs at time when nearly all of Begi district's 42 existing health facilities in conflict-torn West Wollega zone have been looted or damaged Ethiopia declared a malaria outbreak in ...

In Oromia, the population is facing a serious humanitarian crisis, characterized mainly by prolonged and devastating drought, food insecurity, water scarcity, and the loss of crops and livestock, with ...

More than 50 people died in Ethiopia's Oromia region Sunday after a stampede at a religious festival, which the government has blamed on "violent forces" but protesters have said was due to police ...

Ethiopia's prime minister has threatened to crush secessionist forces accused of stoking protests in the Oromia region, where security forces have reportedly killed hundreds of demonstrators. Protests ...

At least 50 people died in ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s Oromia region this month, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Wednesday. The state-affiliated but independent human rights ...

This much is known: tension between the Oromia and Somali regions of Ethiopia turned deadly last week in clashes that claimed the lives of at least 18 people in the town of Awaday. Many things remain ...

Ethiopian government forces killed four people and wounded 18 others Thursday in the town of Soddo in the restive Oromia region. Residents of Soddo and surrounding villages stopped eight trucks ...

At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said, in the latest spate of violence driven by ethnic divisions. On Monday, the ...