Addis Abeba – The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has welcomed the 2024 U.S. State Department Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Ethiopia, calling for impartial, internationally-mandated investigations into all alleged atrocities and urging the U.S. to reconsider its support for the Ethiopian government. In a statement released on 13 August 2025, the OLA said …

A display of a collection of jewelry collection made of various types of local gemstone at the 4th Mining and Technology Expo in November 2023 in Addis Abeba. Photo: Ministry of Mines Addis Abeba – The Oromia Mineral Development Authority (OMDA) moves to assert a significant stake over licensing and compliance matters in the region’s …

A display of a collection of jewelry collection made of various types of local gemstone at the 4th Mining and Technology Expo in November 2023 in Addis Abeba. Photo: Ministry of Mines Addis Abeba – The Oromia Mineral Development Authority (OMDA) moves to assert a significant stake over licensing and compliance matters in the region’s …

Fooding along the Awash River in Ilu and Sebeta Hawas districts, Photo:FMC Addis Abeba– Torrential rainfall over the weekend triggered severe flooding along the Awash River in Ilu and Sebeta Hawas districts of the Southwest Shewa Zone, Oromia region, displacing more than 5,000 people and damaging over 2,400 hectares of farmland, local officials told Addis …

Fooding along the Awash River in Ilu and Sebeta Hawas districts, Photo:FMC Addis Abeba– Torrential rainfall over the weekend triggered severe flooding along the Awash River in Ilu and Sebeta Hawas districts of the Southwest Shewa Zone, Oromia region, displacing more than 5,000 people and damaging over 2,400 hectares of farmland, local officials told Addis …

Grassroots protest in Oromia (left) and Somali regions. Photots: Social Media Addis Abeba – War of words surfaced between Oromo and Somali opposition parties following the Somali Regional State’s recent administrative restructuring, which critics say includes contentious changes to the status of Moyale, a border town historically claimed by both Oromia and Somali regions. In …

Addis Abeba – The mother of a 1-year-8-month-old toddler in the Ilu Aba Bor zone of Oromia has accused government security forces of killing her child during a raid in Nopha district. Local authorities confirmed the child’s death but said it occurred amid crossfire between government forces and militants from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA). …

Grassroots protest in Oromia (left) and Somali regions. Photots: Social Media Addis Abeba – War of words surfaced between Oromo and Somali opposition parties following the Somali Regional State’s recent administrative restructuring, which critics say includes contentious changes to the status of Moyale, a border town historically claimed by both Oromia and Somali regions. In …

Shemiles Abdissa, president of Oromia region addressing the Oromia Regional State Council (Caffee Oromia) on 19 July, 2025 (Photo: OBN) Addis Abeba – In his address to the Oromia Regional State Council (Caffee Oromia) on 19 July, 2025, Shemiles Abdissa, president of Oromia Regional State, provided an explanation regarding compensation for land acquired for public projects. He stated, …

Addis Abeba – The mother of a 1-year-8-month-old toddler in the Ilu Aba Bor zone of Oromia has accused government security forces of killing her child during a raid in Nopha district. Local authorities confirmed the child’s death but said it occurred amid crossfire between government forces and militants from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA). …