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. “Troublemakers” at the Oromo ...

On Memorial Day, Oromo Minnesotans, early settlers of the land, congregated to reminisce and reflect on what has been an extraordinarily American experience. People lived in the territory today known ...

Professor Abdullahi Shongolo, a prominent scholar of history and anthropology whose research on Borana Oromo culture, customary law, and history brought international attention to the community's rich ...

Feyisa Lilesa posing with a Minnesota resident at Friday's event. When Feyisa Lilesa, a medal-winning Olympic runner from Ethiopia, visited Minnesota last weekend, most of the state didn’t notice.

The aim of these essays is to highlight the importance, variety and richness of the rituals and traditions of the Oromo people of Eastern Kenya. As such it continues the line of research started in ...

Ethiopia is in dire straits due to a peculiarly malignant state system called Ethnic Federalism. In existence since the early 1990s, it has been sold as a brave attempt at empowering subjugated ...

Addis Abeba — In Greater Ethiopia: The Evolution of a Multinational State, Donald Levine presents the Oromo and Amhara as two dominant ethnic groups who have taken turns in shaping Greater Ethiopia, a ...

A book titled "Dannaanee hanga Finfinne" meaning "From Denane to Finfinne' outlining Brigadier General Tadesse Biru's biography was published and launched last October on the 100th year birthday ...

Anyone who steps into the public sphere in Ethiopia is also a potential political leader. In this atmosphere, an outspoken musician runs a high risk of falling foul of the authorities. The country is ...