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News Ethiopia » Oromia » Life: Witnesses say new fighting in Ethiopia's Oromia kills dozens

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Published on: Tuesday 08 November 2022

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Intense fighting between Ethiopian government forces and Oromo Liberation Army rebels in the country's ...

News Ethiopia » Oromia » Life: As Tigray calms, Ethiopia sees growing conflict in Oromia

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Published on: Tuesday 13 December 2022

FILE - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a final campaign rally at a stadium in the town of Jimma in the southwestern Oromia Region of Ethiopia, June 16 2021. Even as Ethiopian Prime ...

News Ethiopia » Oromia » Life: Kidnappings In Ethiopia’s Amhara, Oromia Regions Stoke Fear

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Published on: Wednesday 16 October 2024

Aynalem was on a bus traveling from Ethiopia’s Amhara region to Addis Ababa in late August when the vehicle was ambushed by militants from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which claims to fight for ...

News Ethiopia » Oromia » Life: Rebel leader defending Ethiopia's ethnic Oromia says 'war is not against the people'

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Published on: Sunday 01 February 2026

Oromia is Ethiopia’s country’s biggest state, with 35% of the population and the Federal Republic’s capital, Addis Ababa. But according to Jaal Marroo, the leader of the Oromo Liberation Army, ...

News Ethiopia » Oromia » Life: Oromia makes up a third of Ethiopia’s landmass and is key to its fortunes: expert unpacks its significance

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Published on: Saturday 17 February 2024

Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, Oromia, has been in the news following reports of a rise in kidnappings for ransom. The region is no stranger to war and strife. Its people have long ...

News Ethiopia » Oromia » Life: Ethiopia: Mass-Atrocities, Genocide In Oromia Region Against Amhara People – OpEd

News channel or source: https://www.eurasiareview.com/02072022-ethiopia-mass-atrocities-genocide-in-oromia-region-against-amhara-people-oped/
Published on: Friday 01 July 2022

This paper is partly driven by a recent case of hate speech uttered by an Oromo student at Harvard University (1). In this speech, the student encouraged the Oromo youth to ’eat up the Amhara flesh ...

News Ethiopia » Oromia » Life: Watchdog: Tigray Violence Overshadows That in Ethiopia's Oromia

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Published on: Monday 04 July 2022

The Tigray conflict in Ethiopia's north is overshadowing a "persistent cycle of violence" against civilians by security forces and armed groups in the Oromia region, Human Rights Watch said Monday.

News Ethiopia » Oromia » Life: Ethiopia: Inside the Oromia massacre – ‘There were corpses everywhere’

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Published on: Thursday 23 June 2022

Ahmed was heading to a local market when he heard gunfire ring out from his village in the Gimbi district of Ethiopia’s Oromia region on Saturday, 18 June. After the shooting died down, he says, he ...

News Ethiopia » Oromia » Life: Ethiopia's Multinational Federalism, Limits of National Dialogue - Why Finfinnee and Dirree Cannot Be Bargaining Chips

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Published on: Wednesday 02 September 2026

Ethiopia's long-awaited National Dialogue Conference, which officially commenced in Addis Abeba on 15 July 2026, concluded on 22 August 2026, following four years of a process marked by significant ...

News Ethiopia » Oromia » Life: Ethiopia: Rebels kill 48 in Oromia region, says rights agency

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Published on: Thursday 07 November 2024

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 ...