The Welega (also spelled Wallagga, Wallaga or Wal-arga) is a branch of the Oromo people who live in Oromia Region of Ethiopia, in the former Welega Province;...

The Oromo people (pron. /ˈɒrəmoʊ/ ORR-əm-oh Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya...

Welega (also spelled Wollega; Oromo: Wallagga; Amharic: ወለጋ) is a province in western Ethiopia, with its capital city at Nekemte. It was named for the...

the other subgroup named Borana Oromo inhabiting Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Addis Ababa, West Shewa Zone, West Welega Zone and Borena Zone of the Oromia...

Welega is a province in western Ethiopia. Welega may also refer to: Welega Oromo people Kelam Welega Zone, in the Oromia Region West Welega Zone, in the...

The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA; Oromo: Waraana Bilisummaa Oromoo, WBO) is an armed opposition group active in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. The OLA consist...

The Machaa (Oromo: Maccaa in short Macha, Amharic: ሜጫ) are a subgroup of the Oromo people in western and Central Oromia . They live south of the Blue...

Oromia (Oromo: Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of Ethiopian Constitution, the capital...

Macha Oromo people, and to circumvent the travel restrictions Emperor Menelik II had imposed on foreign missionaries attempted to reach Welega by way...

the people, although Soddo is still popularly used. The Soddo Gurage are related to their fellow Gurages. Geographically, they border the Oromo to the...

Gawa Qanqa in the Guliso District of West Welega Zone in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, killing 32-54 people. The state-run Ethiopian Human Rights Commission...

OLA insurgency is an armed conflict between the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which split from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in 2018, and the Ethiopian...

Semitic speaking Orthodox Christians, while the Cushitic-speaking peoples such as Oromo and Agaw, as well as Semitic-speaking Muslims/Ethiopian Jews, were...

On July 4, 2022, alleged Oromo Liberation Army militants killed hundreds of civilians in Kelam Welega Zone, Oromia in Ethiopia. The massacre sparked condemnation...

Gibe River into the region of Welega ruled by king Kumsa Moroda from the Machaa people of the Oromo. Ras Gobena, an Oromo general serving Menelik, arrived...

northwestern portion of the Welega Province (the part south of the Abay). The name of the region comes from two peoples – Berta (also called Benishangul...

referred as Kumsa Moroda (Oromo: Kumsaa Morodaa) heir to the former Welega Kingdom of Leqa Naqamte, and later served as governor of welega Province. Her mother...

Much of the Mirab Welega Zone was once the home of Mao languages, but they have lost speakers because of the increasing influence of Oromo. Mao languages...

spelled as Neqemte (Oromo: Naqamtee, Amharic: ነቀምት), is a market city and separate woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the East Welega Zone of the Oromia...

Ethiopia. It was one of the 180 woredas in Oromia Region. Part of the East Welega Zone, Jimma Horo was bordered on the south by the East Shewa Zone, on the...

accusation of massacring Amharas in Oromia Zone in Amhara Region and West Welega Zone. Anti-Amhara sentiment was existed throughout late 19th and 20th century...

Gabre-Igziabiher, the heir to the old Oromo kingdom of Leqa Naqamte in Welega Province, and later served as governor of Welega province. They had a son, Prince...

Begemder Gojjam Wollo Shewa (Shoa) Gamu-Gofa Illubabor Kaffa Sidamo Tigray Welega Hararghe Arsi Bale was created as a 13th province when it was split off...

Kumsa Diriba (Oromo: Kumsaa Dirribaa; Amharic: ኩምሳ ድሪባ; born 1969.), also known by his nom de guerre Jaal Marroo, is an Ethiopian paramilitary leader...

(born 1961) is an Ethiopian politician and activist. He is a member of Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) which promotes political change by nonviolence...

are administratively divided into 68 or more zones (Amharic: ዞን, zonə), (Oromo: Godina). The exact number of zones is unclear, as the names and number...

Nationalities and Peoples Region, on the southwest by the Gambela Region, on the west by Kelem Welega Zone, on the north by West Welega Zone, and Benishangul-Gumuz...

The region was situated south of Gojjam and covered most of Ethiopia's Welega Province. Until the fourteenth century it was ruled by its own independent...

and actions to end the insurgency of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which split from its wing, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLA) and rebels against...

Gobena and Moroda Bekere defeated the Mahdist Sudanese invasion of the Welega Oromo at the Battle of Guté Dili. Some of the southern communities militarily...