The Oromo Liberation Army’s attack on the capital in June has raised fears of more civil war spreading in the Gambella region of Ethiopia
Reports of ethnic cleansing and mass detention of Tigrayans have surfaced throughout Ethiopia’s civil war, particularly in the western Tigray region, where authorities have prevented rights groups and media from entering. VOA was granted rare but restricted access to the region, including several alleged detention and mass grave sites
Members of the ethnic Shona community in Kenya are celebrating their new status as Kenyan citizens after decades of being stateless
It has been more than a month since Hachalu Hundessa, a popular singer who backed the push by Ethiopia’s Oromo ethnic group for greater autonomy, was assassinated in Addis Ababa, sparking widespread unrest that has lead to more than 178 deaths. Since then, homes and businesses have been destroyed and thousands have been arrested
The clashes, which erupted overnight on February 8, were some of the worst ethnic violence in years in the Zhambyl region in southern Kazakhstan, sending hundreds across the border into neighboring Kyrgyzstan. It is not yet known what sparked the violence, which pitted ethnic Kazakhs against Dungans, a Muslim group of Chinese origin
“Lost Boys of Sudan” was the name given to a group of more than 20,000 ethnic Dinka and Nuer children who were displaced and orphaned during the 1987-2005 Second Sudanese Civil War