At least nine students have died during days of protests in Ethiopia's Oromia state, the government has said. However, a witness told the BBC that 47 were killed by the security forces. She said the ...

Doctors and nurses in two hospital in east Hararghe were scrambling to save the live of gunshot victims as the number of causalities overwhelmed their hospitals A staggering number of civilian ...

Following the news of the state of emergency, which the speaker of the house of people's representatives (Ethiopian parliament) said was approved by the majority in the house, albeit a "mathematical ...

Protests in Ethiopia’s Oromia region turned deadly, the government and witnesses said, the latest in a wave of unrest that’s posed one of the biggest challenges to the African nation’s ruling ...

THE three-hour bus-ride to Ambo from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, offers a glimpse into the country’s future. The road is well paved; irrigation ditches and polytunnels criss-cross commercial ...

However, a witness told the BBC that 47 were killed by the security forces. She said the protests in Ambo, 125km (80 miles) west of Addis Ababa began last Friday over plans to expand the capital into ...

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