ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, protested Saturday against the government and called for the release of jailed opposition figures as they gathered ...

Three Oromo students have been killed and five others have been seriously wounded by the Ethiopian soldiers in Kiltukara town in the district of Sibu, West Welega zone in western Ethiopia. Despite the ...

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In search of recognition, a cultural group that feels like it’s been undercounted in Minnesota is looking to calculate its exact population in the state. The Oromo Cultural Institute of Minnesota ...

ST PAUL, Minnesota — More than 80 people have been killed in unrest in Ethiopia after a popular singer and activist was shot dead this week. Those numbers were released by the state-run Ethiopian ...

Ethiopia has “ruthlessly targeted” its largest ethnic group for suspected links to a rebel group, human rights group Amnesty International says. Thousands of Oromo people had been subjected to ...

When you talk to men and women from the Oromo tribe of Ethiopia who have fled persecution there to live in Minnesota as refugees, the conversation often takes a surprising turn. Lencho Bati, who lives ...

SEATTLE — Members of the Oromo community in Seattle brought their concerns right to KING 5’s studios in SODO on Tuesday. The Oromo people are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia. Rabiya and several ...

On many occasions in St. Cloud, Dotoo Nebi noticed that something about his slim body, average height and dark complexion sorts him into a community he technically doesn’t belong to: Somalis. “People ...

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WORTHINGTON, Minn. - Natives of Oromia now living in southwest Minnesota, northwest Iowa and eastern South Dakota will gather in Worthington Saturday evening for an Oromo Community New Year ...