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The Oromo people are an ethnic group who predominantly inhabit Oromia in Ethiopia, along with communities in neighboring Kenya and Somalia. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] They are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and the wider Horn of Africa ; according to a 2007 census, [ 29 ] they make up about 34.5% of Ethiopia's population, and others estimate that they ...
On 18 June 2022, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) was accused of massacring over 500 Amhara civilians in the Gimbi county of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Witnesses said that the OLA intentionally targeted ethnic Amhara people. [2] [3] This attack is part of a series of Amhara massacres that occurred in 2022.
Ethiopia is facing ethnic challenges for a multitude of fronts, but the Oromo issue has erupted in violence Ethiopia is treading a political tightrope as its unresolved ethnic tensions erupt in ...
While the OLA insurgency was relatively minor and relegated to small rural pockets before the Tigray war, Ethiopian troops were forced to move north and leave a security vacuum in Oromia, allowing the OLA to expand in 2021. [3] A conflict broke out in eastern Amhara Region and western Oromia between ethnic Amhara and Oromo civilians. Much of ...
The heavily armed men appeared around the small farming village in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, frightening residents already on edge after The post ‘Total bloodbath’: Witnesses describe ...
Ethiopia’s leader reported a massacre Monday allegedly by rebels in a restive region where a rebel group opposed to his government is accused of targeting civilians amid fighting with government ...
Ethiopia has a federal political arrangement structured along ethno-linguistic lines. The Oromia Region is the largest and most populous state in the country [9] and primarily consists of those of the Oromo ethnic group, the largest ethnic group in the country.
The Oromo people (pron. / ˈ ɒr əm oʊ / ORR-əm-oh [11] Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya. [12] They speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. [12] They are one of the largest ethnic ...