Ethiopia’s Feyisa Lilesa held his arms over his head, wrists crossed, as he finished second at the Olympic marathon on Sunday in a gesture of support for members of his Oromo tribe who have been ...

Senior research and teaching fellow, Department of Geography, University of Zurich Music has played a key role in the Oromo resistance movement. As is the case in many other societies – especially ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa held his arms over his head, wrists crossed, as he finished second at the Olympic marathon on Sunday in a gesture of support for members of his ...

As marathoner Feyisa Lilesa won the silver medal at the Rio Olympics, he crossed the finish line with his hands above his head in an "X." Lilesa was protesting the Ethiopian government’s treatment of ...

Feyisa Lilesa has been separated from his wife and two young children since August, when he won the silver medal in the Rio Olympics marathon with his arms crossed in an “X” above his head in protest ...

When you talk to men and women from the Oromo tribe of Ethiopia who have fled persecution there to live in Minnesota as refugees, the conversation often takes a surprising turn. Lencho Bati, who lives ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa held his arms over his head, wrists crossed, as he finished second at the Olympic marathon on Sunday in a gesture of support for members of his ...