After months more turmoil, there’s a fresh chance for the Oromo Liberation Front to enter peaceful politics, but many doubts remain
Tag: Oromia
Lemma: “Pushing away investment will not help”
This is a full transcript of Oromia Chief Administrator Lemma Megersa’s response to lawmakers at the regional parliament on February 26, 2019 where he discusses a range of administrative challenges, from compensation demands slowing road projects to attempts at destabilizing the region’s borders.
OLF integration underway yet tensions remain
Oromo Liberation Front fighters have begun integration into regional security forces, although there are still reports of disagreements and insecurity.
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.
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 […]