Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, Oromia, has been in the news following reports of a rise in kidnappings for ransom.The region is no stranger to war and strife.Its people have long ...

Premieres Monday, July 14, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. As Ethiopia's largest Chinese-run industrial park attempts an ambitious expansion, three women find themselves at the heart of a ...

Five years ago, the Oromia State Government established the Agricultural Transformation in Oromia ... The total area of land cultivated via mechanization has reached 4.8 million hectares.

In addition the Oromo stake a claim to the capital, Addis Ababa, which occupies an administrative island of autonomy within Oromia land. People from various ethnic groups populate the city, with ...

More than 140 people were killed when security forces put down the original Oromia land protests, shot or tortured to death Demonstrations began popping up in Ethiopia in November 2015 in the ...

Opinion - Once hailed for its rapid economic growth and growing regional influence, Ethiopia now finds itself in the midst of a deepening crisis. Armed conflicts, a worsening humanitarian emergency, ...

As one deadly conflict in Ethiopia begins to calm, another is growing, challenging a government that’s eager to persuade the international community to lift sanctions and revive what was once ...

Ahmed was heading to a local market when he heard gunfire ring out from his village in the Gimbi district of Ethiopia’s Oromia region on Saturday, 18 June. After the shooting died down, he says, he ...

In the aftermath of the peace deal signed in Tigray, over in the heart of Ethiopia’s most populous state, Oromia Region, a fierce battle continues to rage between the Ethiopian National Defence Force ...

Ethiopia’s prime minister said Tuesday his administration is attempting talks with an outlawed rebel group operating mainly in the restive Oromia region. Abiy Ahmed’s comments to lawmakers on ...

At least 32 people were killed in an overnight attack in Ethiopia’s restive Oromia region, which the local government blamed on militants seeking autonomy. The Nov. 1 raid, in the West Wellega ...

More than 140 people were killed when security forces put down the original Oromia land protests, shot or tortured to death The region's Oromo people feared their farmland would be seized, and ...