FILE - People throw grass and flowers into a pool of water as they celebrate the annual Irreecha festival in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/File) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group celebrated in Addis Ababa on Saturday at the start of an annual thanksgiving festival which was marred by violence in ...

Abas Regassa is among the thousands of Oromo people in the Twin Cities who have made Minnesota’s population of the Ethiopian ethnic group one of the largest in the United States. Regassa, 25, spent ...

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NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, have long complained of their exclusion from political power. Many welcomed the 2018 appointment of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed but now ...

Memoirs of political imprisonment often provide a disturbing window into the cruelty of particular regimes, but W. Hundee Hurrisoo's 'A Ten Minute Mission: The Least Price for Freedom' goes deeper. In ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Thousands gathered in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, on Saturday for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival, which is celebrated annually by the largest ethnic ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The Irreecha festival is held to thank God, whom the Oromos call Waaqa. Some still practice the traditional Waaqqeffannaa, which is the worship of Waaqa. ADDIS ABABA, ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Thousands gathered in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, on Saturday for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival, which is celebrated annually by the largest ethnic ...

FILE - People throw grass and flowers into a pool of water as they celebrate the annual Irreecha festival in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/File) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) ...