Dechasa Gurmu (name altered for safety reasons) is a farmer living in the Guduru district of the Horro Guduru Wollega Zone, located in the Oromia region.

Focusing mainly on guerrilla warfare from its forest hideouts in western Oromia, the OLA's rebellion reflects the deep fissures in Ethiopian society - the second-largest country in Africa with a ...

The Oromia Special Police Force has increasingly become involved in operations aimed at quelling the insurgency in the southern and western parts of Oromia after an unspecified number of soldiers ...

Multiple news outlets are reporting of a death and injuries to protesters after Ethiopia security forces fired at varsity students in the country’s south. The privately-owned Addis Standard ...

The Wellega population is approximately 8 million, [1] many of them being Christians. Wallaga is one of the fertile lands of Western Oromia and it is known for its coffee, honey, dairy products, gold, ...

The underlying factor for the Arab and non-Arab wars of the 1980s and the 1990s in Darfur, the Gumuz and Oromo clashes in Western Oromia, and the Oromo-Pokomo conflict in the Tana Delta since 1991 was ...

The project is believed to improve the livelihood of pastoralist community in the areas. After concluding a media tour of Western Oromia, the Deputy Head of the Oromia Communication Bureau, Eshetu ...

The Oromia Regional Agriculture Bureau announced that 9.8 million hectares of land were covered with crops during this Meher, the main cropping season in Ethiopia.

This includes the situation in Amhara, Oromia, and Western Tigray as well as reports of violations by the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) in other areas of Tigray. Additional investigations into ...

The Oromia Region has embraced this vision wholeheartedly. Since 2020, a comprehensive rice development initiative has taken ...