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At least 14 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when an overcrowded train full of merchants crashes into a stationary train near Dire Dawa in Oromia Region, Ethiopia.
2025-10-21

At least thirteen people are killed by a rainfall-triggered landslide in Wolayita, Ethiopia.
2024-08-5

The Sudanese state of El Gedaref closes its border with Ethiopia in response to the clashes.
2023-08-4

Fighting escalates in Ethiopia's Amhara Region as Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) continue their offensive. Federal forces as well as Amharan militiamen are fighting the TDF on three fronts. Clashes are also reported in the Afar Region, to the east, with Ethiopian officials accusing Tigrayan forces of attempting to seize the N'Djamena–Djibouti Highway.
2021-07-29

The death toll amid civil unrest in Oromia Region, Ethiopia, rises to 166 people, including 11 security personnel. More than 1,000 people have been arrested.
2020-07-5

The death toll of recent clashes in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia rises to 86.
2019-11-3

Ethiopian police report on Friday that the death toll from violent protests in Oromia Region was 67, including five officers. The protests started on Wednesday when protestors accused Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of acting dictatorial, but they quickly degenerated into ethnic clashes.
2019-10-25

Police in Ethiopia say they have discovered a mass grave with 200 bodies near the border between the Somali and Oromia regions of the country.
2018-11-8

A military helicopter crashes in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, killing 18 people.
2018-08-30

Ethiopia's government declares a six-month state of emergency amid continuing protests, especially in the restive Oromia Region.
2016-10-9