#Ethiopia: ‘Top 150’ militia members graduate after training in South Wollo, Amhara region
Addis Abeba – In an initiative echoing similar security structure in #Oromia region, authorities in South Wollo Zone of the Amhara region have announced the graduation of a group of “Top 150” militia members following several days of what officials described as “military and political training” in Legambo Woreda.
The graduation ceremony, held on Thursday, 23 April, in Jingo Kebele 07, was attended by local government officials and military officers. Speaking at the event, Ahmed Abebaw, head of the zonal Mining Department, said the training would build capacity to “maintain local peace and protect the public from looters.”
The initiative echoes similar militia-style structures introduced elsewhere in the country. In Oromia region, a program known as “Gachana Sirna” (Guardians of the Shield), launched in March 2022, aims to mobilize...
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#Health professionals in #Oromia raise concerns over failure to apply overtime pay adjustments
Health professionals in the Oromia region are raising concerns over what they describe as the regional government’s failure to calculate overtime payments based on recent salary adjustments, despite federal directives aimed at standardizing compensation across the country.
Health workers who spoke to Addis Standard alleged that while the federal government has introduced reforms to improve the payment system, the Oromia regional administration has failed to implement the adjusted overtime calculations.
The Oromia Physicians Association (OPA) confirmed that overtime payments in the region continue to be calculated based on previous salary scales, despite recent salary adjustments.
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‘Executions, torture, abductions, rape': #Ethiopia’s hidden conflict
Wanted by the Ethiopian government, rebel military leader Jaal Marroo moves constantly to stay ahead of drones hunting him from the skies.
The rebel commander leads the Oromo Liberation Army (#OLA) from a series of remote forest outpost in #Oromia, the country’s biggest region with a population of roughly 40 million people.
The government has designated the former student as a terrorist, accusing the OLA of massacring civilians in ethnically motivated attacks. But in a rare interview from one of his hideouts, Marroo rejected accusations that his fighters target civilians.
“Our war is not against the people,” he told The Associated Press. “It is against the brutal regime that has occupied and oppressed the nation for generations.”
He added: “We are fighting to correct a system that treats the Oromo as subjects,....
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#Election2026 - #Oromia at a crossroads: electoral contests, shrinking political space, and the risk of a de facto one-party region once again
As #Ethiopia prepares for its seventh general election scheduled for June 2026, Oromia, the country’s largest and politically most consequential region, appears once again at risk of drifting toward a de facto one-party political order.
The trajectory unfolding in Oromia carries implications not only for regional governance, but also for Ethiopia’s broader democratic and federal future.
This review, part of Addis Standard’s ongoing reporting to shed light on high stakes electoral developments ahead of the upcoming vote, examines the evolution of Oromia’s electoral landscape since 1995.
As Ethiopia’s largest regional state and home to the country’s biggest electorate, Oromia has long served as a critical barometer of Ethiopia’s democratic trajectory.
A review of elections over the past three decades reveals a ……..
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#Ethiopia: Health professionals across #Oromia push for standardized overtime pay to reflect recent salary adjustments
Health professionals across Oromia are demanding that the regional government calculate overtime payments based on recent salary adjustments, in line with federal directives aimed at standardizing compensation nationwide.
A health professional at #Bale_Robe General Hospital told Addis Standard that their demand is simply for the implementation of the national guideline governing duty calculations based on the revised salary structure.
“We were told there is no budget to cover the new salary adjustment. We received overtime payments based on the revised salary for two months, after which the payments stopped,” the health professional said.
Responding to complaints raised by healthcare workers, Professor Netsanet Workneh, Head of the Oromia Health Bureau, told Addis Standard that the decision was taken at the regional level and declined to….
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