The Oromo question has been articulated as a question of national self-determination, understood as the right of the Oromo people to determine their political, economic, and cultural status.

Part ethno-political history, part war biopic, part family memoir, “Oromo Witness” reads like a love letter to both the Oromo people and to a beloved mentor whose resourcefulness is built on ...

The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), its ambitions and brand of politics adds another volatile and complicated layer to the fractured politics and insecurity in Oromia.

“An avowed Oromo nationalist” Jawar Mohammed, a 34-year-old Ethiopian born US citizen, has been a polarising figure in Ethiopian politics since his return to Ethiopia in 2018. An avowed Oromo ...

Fighting Expansion The Oromo people, one of the continent’s largest ethnic groups, comprise about a third of Ethiopia’s 99.5 million population, according to the CIA World Factbook.

Only a small fraction of active Orthodox bishops are Oromo, which Hailemichael says reflects the historical political marginalisation of his community. Others argue it’s because so many Oromo ...

In the early 2000s, Mohammed received a scholarship to study in Singapore, an experience that gave him a deep understanding of his Oromo identity and piqued his interest in politics.

Eskedar, a 47-year-old, ethnically Amhara priest with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, watched as neighbors fled their homes from Oromo regional forces suddenly intent on removing Amharas from the ...

The Oromo in Ethiopia are campaigning for a new political and economic arrangement in the country. The Conversation Africa’s Samantha Spooner asked Professor Asafa Jalata about their demands.

The family of Tamima Nebras Juhar, a 34-year-old Oromo woman and Norwegian citizen, are demanding justice after she was brutally killed on Sunday, August 24, inside a childcare service center operated ...