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Oromia, Ethiopia's largest state, has faced a long-running insurgency and ethnic tensions, with armed groups using religion to inflame divisions.
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Politics: Over 40 Killed In Armed Attacks On Orthodox Churches In Ethiopia
Oromia, Ethiopia's largest state, has faced a long-running insurgency and ethnic tensions, with armed groups using religion to inflame divisions.
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Politics: Ethiopia Cannot Defund Its Way Out Of Ethnic Politics – OpEd
Ethiopia needs a civic politics, not an ethnic one. Cutting public money to identity-based parties while leaving an identity-based state intact will not get ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Politics: Ethiopian opposition groups unite to mount challenge to prime minister Abiy
Seven opposition groups in Ethiopia have announced the formation of an alliance to remove the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, according to an announcement made on Sunday.
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Politics: POLITICS-ETHIOPIA: Upcoming Poll a “Hollow Exercise” – Rights Group
NAIROBI, May 11 2005 (IPS) - With just days to go before parliamentary elections in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch has alleged widespread repression in the country’s central Oromia region. This area is ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Politics: Ethiopia: Who Gets to Author Ethiopia's Political Order? Why the Crisis Is About More Than Identity Politics
Addis Abeba — A familiar explanation of Ethiopia's recurring crises starts with identity: politics organized around nationality can harden boundaries, reward exclusionary mobilization, and expose ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Politics: Over 40 killed in attack on Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia
At least 43 people have been killed and 18 others wounded in an attack targeting villages, Orthodox Christian churches and homes in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, according to residents and a conflict ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Politics: Dozens killed in attack on Ethiopian Orthodox Christians
Oromia has faced a long-running insurgency and ethnic tensions between its Muslim, Protestant and Orthodox communities, which have been increasingly exploited by armed groups.
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Politics: 9 killed in Ethiopia Oromia region attack
Residents and relatives say at least nine people were killed during an attack in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia region of Ethiopia on Thursday. Adebebu Workineh is a resident of the Shirka Woreda — or ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Politics: Ethiopia: Rebels kill 48 in Oromia region, says rights agency
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 ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Politics: Ethiopia ranked “Not Free” in freedom house’s 2026 report with a dismal score of 30
Within Africa, Ethiopia’s score of 30 ranks behind nations such as Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, and The Gambia. Under Freedom House’s methodology, scores below 40 denote a “Not Free” environment, 40 ...
News Ethiopia » Oromia » Politics: The Politics of Protest and Policing in a Multiethnic State: Sub-national Evidence from Ethiopia's Oromia Region
Under what conditions do marginalized ethnic groups mobilize anti-government protests? This paper examines the onset and duration of political protests in the Oromia region of Ethiopia after disputed ...