Irreecha is celebrated by the Oromo, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, as participants from all over the country flock to ...

From storytelling to young ones to teaching traditional practices, passing down the knowledge, values, and customs of the Oromo people to the next generation as well as ensuring that the rich ...

Ayantu Daba, an 18-year-old from the Illubabor Zone in Ethiopia's Oromia Region, traveled to Addis Ababa for this year’s ...

The ongoing conflict in Ethiopia continues to provide fertile ground for the spread of disinformation on social media. A ...

Irreechaa is one of the cultural values of the Oromo people's Gada system and it is a celebration of gratitude to the Creator. It celebrates the "widespread" subordination of man to his creator as a ...

Ethiopia could be peering into the abyss of break-up 31 years after Eritrea became an independent country.… Sii akhri ...

The Welega (also spelled Wallagga, Wallaga or Wal-arga) is a branch of the Oromo people who live in Oromia Region of Ethiopia, in the former Welega Province; a few live across the border in Sudan.

Now an Oromo prime minister, with the backing of many Amhara, is seeking to reduce the power of ethnic politics in Ethiopia. A noble goal, but many people in Tigray and Oromia see this as another ...