Ethiopia's pursuit of access to the sea is fundamental to maintain its national interest and to regional security as a whole, a senior official of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), Kejela Merdasa , ...

In the dry regions of East Africa lives a group of animals unlike any others. Known as the Samburu Special Five to safari ...

Refugee misses chance to apply to bring family to the UK by 13 minutes after visa route closes - Refugees in the UK are unable to reunite with their loved ones after the Home Office paused a lifeline ...

The TPLF was aided by another rebel group, the OLA (Oromo Liberation Army) in western Ethiopia that had been formed in 2018 when the larger OLF (Oromo Liberation Front) made peace with the central ...

Five senior members of an opposition party representing Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, have been detained in a wave of political arrests following protests last week which left at least ...

Ethiopia has said some 1,000 fighters with the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) rebel group have given up arms and entered rehabilitation camps, according to state media. The Oromos are the largest of ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) appealed on Tuesday for the immediate release of 12 detainees, including the brother of Batte Urgessa, a political opposition member assassinated in April 2024. In a news ...

The killing of Bate Urgessa, a prominent leader of Ethiopia’s opposition Oromo Liberation Front, has put Ethiopia in the spotlight, attracting widespread condemnation and triggering calls for ...

NAIROBI, KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s state-appointed rights commission on Wednesday called for an investigation into the killing of a prominent opposition figure recently released from prison.

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Rebels from Ethiopia's Oromiya region said on Monday they were in Tanzania for a second round of talks with the Ethiopian government to try to end decades of fighting.

Soon after the talks ended on 3 May, the OLA – an outlawed splinter group of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) opposition party – accused federal authorities of launching a renewed offensive. Merera ...