A newly released report by Amnesty International has brought global attention to a deeply disturbing pattern of sexual violence, forced displacement, and human rights abuses targeting women and girls in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, abuses that have largely gone unnoticed by the international community due to deliberate restrictions on access and […]
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Over 34 Killed in Arsi Zone as Armed Attacks on Orthodox Christians Escalate in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region
A wave of deadly attacks in Ethiopia’s Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region has claimed at least 34 lives, with local church authorities, human rights officials, and community members raising urgent alarm over the ongoing violence targeting Orthodox Christian civilians. According to diocesan reports cited by Ethiopian media, 30 of […]
21 Ethiopian Orthodox Christians Killed in Arsi as Religious Leaders Unite in Condemnation
A deadly attack in the Sherka district of East Arsi Zone, in Ethiopia’s Oromia regional state, has left 21 members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church dead, with two additional followers abducted and eight others still unaccounted for. The killing, which took place on a Thursday afternoon in late February 2026, […]
Amhara Fano Movement Calls on African Union to Investigate Genocide Claims in Ethiopia
The Amhara Fano National Movement has issued a formal appeal to the African Union (AU), urging the continental body to launch an independent investigation into what the movement describes as an ongoing genocide against the Amhara people by the Ethiopian federal government. The appeal, directed at AU Assembly President João […]