The killing of Bate Urgessa, a prominent leader of Ethiopia’s opposition Oromo Liberation Front, has put Ethiopia in the spotlight, attracting widespread condemnation and triggering calls for ...

Five senior members of an opposition party representing Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, have been detained in a wave of political arrests following protests last week which left at least ...

Human rights groups say the world must pay more attention to the assault on one of Africa’s oldest Christian communities.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn suddenly resigned on Thursday in what he described as a bid to smooth reforms, following years of violent unrest that threatened ...

Egypt has also sought to exploit tensions between Ethiopia and its neighbors. It has bolstered security ties with Eritrea and ...

The ambush by the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which is designated a terrorist organisation by Addis Ababa, occurred last week in the North Shewa district west of the capital, the Ethiopian Human ...

Ethiopia police were on Wednesday detaining leading opposition politician Jawar Mohammed, a move that risks inflaming ethnic tensions that have led to multiple deaths during protests in the capital ...

Ethiopia's new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed paid a visit to a hotbed of anti-government protests Wednesday, asking residents for patience as he works to bring change to the Horn of Africa country. Abiy ...

A landmark report from the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) warns that Ethiopia’s human rights environment has deteriorated dramatically, ...