OCIM estimates up to 40,000 Oromo people living in Minnesota, but the state demographer’s office puts that number closer to 8,500. Abdissa Loke is tired of being mistaken for Somali. Loke and ...

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SEATTLE — Members of the Oromo community in Seattle brought their concerns right to KING 5’s studios in SODO on Tuesday. The Oromo people are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia. Rabiya and several ...

The Oromo Community of Minnesota was created as a nonprofit organization in 1985 to bring people together for cultural activities and ease the burden on individuals in resettling refugees. Many of the ...

Unable to hold Oromo Night in February like usual due to COVID-19, the Oromo Student Union (OSU) board had to adjust plans for their annual cultural celebration upon its approval in March. Their ...

'He is our icon. He is a father figure,' says a protest leader in St. Paul Two hundred protesters from Minnesota's Oromo community gathered at the State Capitol Tuesday to protest the killing of ...

Teshite Wako, chairman of Oromo Chamber of Commerce, speaking at the chamber’s first year anniversary dinner at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest on Saturday. With East African ethnic markets ...

People light candles to spell out Hachalu Hundessa's name on a picnic table during a candlelight vigil to commemorate the Oromo musician and activist in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis on Thursday. At ...

Protesters demonstrating against the killing of a musician and activist in Ethiopia blocked Interstate 94 in St Paul, Minnesota, for hours on Wednesday evening, July 1, reports said. Musician Hachalu ...