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 ...

The latest round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s federal government and a militant group waging a long-running conflict in the country's Oromia region have broken up in Tanzania without an agreement ...

Egypt has also sought to exploit tensions between Ethiopia and its neighbors. It has bolstered security ties with Eritrea and ...

As Ethiopia's government resolutely advances comprehensive reform and national reconciliation, armed groups in some parts of the country have continued to embrace peace.

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 ...

Human rights groups say the world must pay more attention to the assault on one of Africa’s oldest Christian communities.

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The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency on 4 August 2023 and sent the military into the Amhara region to engage the Fano, a local armed militia. Some suggested that Ethiopia risked ...

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 ...

BISHOFTU, Ethiopia, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Thousands of people from the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, celebrated their thanksgiving festival in Bishoftu city amid tight security on Sunday after ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn suddenly resigned on Thursday in what he described as a bid to smooth reforms, following years of violent unrest that threatened ...