At least six people have been killed in southern Ethiopia this week in unrest related to a bid to establish a new federal region, officials and a rights body said Tuesday. The violence in the Wolaita ...

Addis Abeba — Voters in Wolaita zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's region (SNNP) are casting their ballots in a rerun referendum to decide whether the zone should join five other ...

Security forces may have used excessive force to quell Monday’s protests over autonomy in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR), the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A landslide triggered by heavy rains in southern Ethiopia’s Wolaita area killed at least 13 people and the number of fatalities is expected to rise, a local official said ...

Following the killing of at least 16 people following protests over the arrest of zonal officials, community leaders and activists by Ethiopian security officers in the Wolaita Zone of Southern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A landslide triggered by heavy rains in southern Ethiopia’s Wolaita area killed at least 13 people ...