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Minnesota (Little Oromia) is playing host to the North American Summer Oromo convention (aka Oromo Festival in North America). Now a sixteen year old tradition, once a year Oromo immigrants living in ...

On Memorial Day, Oromo Minnesotans, early settlers of the land, congregated to reminisce and reflect on what has been an extraordinarily American experience. People lived in the territory today known ...

Since the Ethiopian government announced plans to expand the territory of the capital Addis Ababa in April 2014, the country's largest region, Oromia, has been racked with protests that have led to ...

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Ethiopia’s federal government and a rebel group from the country’s Oromia region opened peace talks on Tuesday in the Tanzanian island archipelago of Zanzibar, according to a spokesperson for the ...

The Oromo Liberation Army and the Ethiopian government have blamed each other for multiple attacks in the Oromia Region. The peace negotiations are set to be held in Tanzania. The government of ...

Ethiopian Paralympian Tamiru Demisse showed solidarity with Oromia protesters—who have clashed with the country's government—as he claimed a silver medal, following a protest gesture made by Olympic ...

A surge in ethnic pride among Ethiopia's Oromo community, the country's largest ethnic group, is leading some, like Moti Begi, to change their names. The 40-year-old used to be known at Dereje Begi.

“Your [Transitional Government of Somalia’s] responsibility is not to kill us but to help us since we are under your refuge.” Mohamud Sheik Hassan, chairman of the Oromo refugees in Somalia. January ...