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In today’s Ethiopia, ruled by a US-backed "authoritarian" named Abiy Ahmed, things are falling apart. To start with 75% of ...

Peaceful regime change through dialogue or credible democratic elections have rarely been recorded in Ethiopian history, if ...

A Member of Parliament has accused Eritrea of supporting armed groups opposed to the federal government, alleging a ...

Ethiopia is a highly linguistically diverse country and there are a great many different languages spoken there. The official ...

The latest Most Neglected Crises report on world’s most invisible humanitarian emergencies lists African nations first.

The increase of genocide accusations in Ethiopian politics serves extremist agendas while real solutions lie in the country's ...

They also shed light on the increasingly reckless approach to security taken by Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister since ...

Kenya’s police have achieved some positive results, but lasting solutions require ongoing cooperation between the two countries. In February, Kenyan police launched Operation Ondoa Jangili (‘remove ...

From storytelling to young ones to teaching traditional practices, passing down the knowledge, values, and customs of the Oromo people to the next generation as well as ensuring that the rich ...

Ethiopia’s government and human rights officials ... red and white flag of the Oromo people, two of the witnesses said. The soldiers started to insult the Karayyuu and accused them of being ...