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On Memorial Day, Oromo Minnesotans, early settlers of the land, congregated to reminisce and reflect on what has been an extraordinarily American experience. People lived in the territory today known ...

ST PAUL, Minnesota — More than 80 people have been killed in unrest in Ethiopia after a popular singer and activist was shot dead this week. Those numbers were released by the state-run Ethiopian ...

Who knows the Minnesota Oromo? Who knows their dark secret? Fifteen thousand Oromo live in Minnesota but they blend in almost invisibly, like a stealthy, anonymous population in the state. They are ...

When 14-year-old Hamdi Abdujalil first arrived in Minnesota in November 2009, he surveyed the bleak snow-covered landscape near his south Minneapolis home. Reunited with his father, Mohammednur, who ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP)-- About 500 Oromo immigrants living in central Minnesota are getting a leg up from a St. Cloud-based group that wants to help them adjust to the shock of a new landscape. The ...

In search of recognition, a cultural group that feels like it’s been undercounted in Minnesota is looking to calculate its exact population in the state. The Oromo Cultural Institute of Minnesota ...

Abdurahman Kadir has a difficult time watching the video of his cousin Misra Haji-Nabo, a woman in her 20s, lying bloodied and fatally wounded in a street outside Ethiopia’s capital city. The ...

Members of Minnesota's Oromo community are rallying at the State Capitol to protest how their East African homeland's government handles protests. Minnesota is home to the largest U.S. diaspora of ...

Secretary of State John Kerry meeting nurses and workers during a visit to the Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on May 1. Paywall-free, every day. MinnPost’s reporting is always free, ...