Erga Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo biyyatti waamanii, Tiim Lammaan karaa ittiin sochii uummataa yaada keessa galchuun aangoo of harka turfatan irratti hojjechaa jiru.
Team Lemma’s choice: power or peace?
Having invited the Oromo Liberation Front back home, Team Lemma is trying to work out how to retain control while also accommodating the popular movement.
Oromia police killed near Benishangul-Gumuz as violence continues
Benishangul-Gumuz and Oromia states endured more violence with another ambush and retaliatory killing spree and then the killing of 11 Oromia police near the regional border in western Ethiopia.
Several killed by police in Nekemte after protest over attacks on Oromo
Several people were killed on Nov. 5 by security forces in Nekemte, a major town in western Oromia, during a protest about more fatal inter-regional violence.
Sidama take another step towards statehood
The Council of Southern Nations region accepted Sidama Zone’s request to become a state and restructured other administrative districts.
Rallies held in Oromia over threat to disarm OLF
Large rallies supporting the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and rejecting rumored government plans to disband OLA, its armed wing, have taken place across western Oromia.
Tens of thousands flee Benishangul after Oromia border dispute flares
The aftermath of an attack on Kamashi Zone officials has led to a surge in violence, including killings and displacements, and reports of Gumuz groups terrorizing Oromo residents in Benishangul Gumuz.
Mob killings split Ethiopians as political fault lines test Abiy’s big tent
Fatal attacks in Addis Ababa area represent only the tip of recent violence, as local disputes flare during transition, and an ideological struggle heats up
Oromo political victory masks volatile region as liberation front presses claim
OLF seeks to capitalize on political opening in western Oromia OPDO needs to reassert control without provoking more unrest Challenge for Abiy is achieving both […]