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[PHOTOS] ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX FAITHFUL OBSERVE EASTER RITES IN ADDIS ABABA
Thousands of Orthodox faithful across the East African country are celebrating Fasika, Orthodox Easter April 8 ... READ MORE›
FROM SALUTES TO THE SPLITS IN AFRICA'S TOP SHOTS
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption South Africa's Grace Legote contorts during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final at the Games on Thursday... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA SEEKS RETURN OF LOOTED TREASURES FROM LONDON MUSEUM
In 2007, Addis Ababa launched a formal restitution claim to have the treasures returned back to Ethiopia... READ MORE›
ABIY AHMED SWORN IN AS ETHIOPIA'S PRIME MINISTER
Ethiopia's parliament has elected Abiy Ahmed as the new prime minister, a week after the ruling coalition nominated him to succeed Hailemariam Desalegn... READ MORE›
ASSAULT ON PEACEKEEPER BASE IN SOMALIA
Islamist militants have launched a gun and bomb attack on an African Union AU peacekeeper base in Somalia... READ MORE›
WHAT NEXT FOR ETHIOPIA AFTER EPRDF PICKS ABIY AHMED AS LEADER?
He will be the first prime minister from the Oromo ethnic group since the EPRDF came to power 27 years ago... READ MORE›
ABIY AHMED ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF ETHIOPIA'S RULING COALITION
The chairman of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front EPRDF coalition has historically also taken on prime minister duties... READ MORE›
AFRICAN UNION CHIEF SAYS TILLERSON VISIT MAKES UP FOR TRUMP'S DEROGATORY REMARKS
Tillerson is on a five-nation tour that began in Ethi-o-pia with a visit to the African Union... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA'S OFC SLAMS STATE OF EMERGENCY, ADVOCATES PEACEFUL STRUGGLE
The main base of the OFC, the Oromia region, Ethiopia's largest, is currently experiencing a social shutdown called by activists and youth in the region... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA RULING COALITION TO NOMINATE NEW PRIME MINISTER
Former ambassador Shinn said making sure everyone benefits from Ethiopia's boom would go a long way toward defusing protests... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA'S DIBABA SHINES AT WORLD INDOORS, AMERICA'S COLEMAN COULD BE THE NEXT USAIN BOLT
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U.S. STEPS INTO ETHIOPIA'S POLITICAL CRISIS AS REX TILLERSON HEADS TO ADDIS ABABA
Addis ababa, cairo and brazzaville among top cities to visit in 2018... READ MORE›
AKON IN ETHIOPIA TO MARK 122ND ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF ADWA
The global music icon, however, arrived at the Bole International Airport in the capital Addis Ababa aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane... READ MORE›
EIGHTY-EIGHT MPS REBEL AS ETHIOPIA PARLIAMENT RATIFIES STATE OF EMERGENCY
Ethiopians warned against intimidating mps to vote against state of emergency... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA TO JOIN SOMALILAND, UAE PORT DEVELOPMENT VENTURE
Dubai's state-owned DP World said on Thursday the Ethiopian government had taken a 19 percent stake in Somaliland's Port of Berbera... READ MORE›
DISUSED ETHIOPIAN PLANE TURNED INTO PURE HONEY CAFE IN OROMIA
But what becomes of an aeroplane after decommissioning - i.e... READ MORE›
A WHITE WEDDING DURING ETHIOPIA'S RED TERROR
And so it was for Aynalem and Genet who married each other in 1978 during the height of Ethiopia's brutal Red Terror... READ MORE›
THE 'WATER WAR' BREWING OVER THE NEW RIVER NILE DAM
Egypt and Ethiopia have a big disagreement, Sudan is in the middle, and a big geopolitical shift is being played out along the world's longest river... READ MORE›
CANADIANS CALL FOR RETURN OF RELATIVE HELD IN ETHIOPIA
Bashir Makhtal is not an Ethiopian, he is imprisoned due to the terrorist crimes he committed, Tadesse said... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA'S REINSTATEMENT OF STATE OF EMERGENCY WORRIES SWEDEN
Continued reform efforts, inclusive dialogue, respect for rule of law and human rights, including freedom of expression should be a priority... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA REVEALS DETAILS OF 6-MONTH STATE OF EMERGENCY
Ethiopia has released new details about the six-month state of emergency ordered last week amid mass anti-government protests, according to state media reports... READ MORE›
WHY HAS ETHIOPIA IMPOSED A STATE OF EMERGENCY?
Ethiopia's ethnic make-up Who will the new prime minister be?... READ MORE›
DAMMING THE NILE: EXPLORE WITH 360 VIDEO
Join the BBC's Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead and his team, travelling from the Blue Nile's source to the sea - through Ethiopia and Sudan into Egypt... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA: MASS PROTESTS 'ROOTED IN COUNTRY'S HISTORY'
The 'Other' Ethiopia's largest ethno-national group, the Oromo, are largely concentrated in Oromia, which is also the country's largest region... READ MORE›
DEFIANCE STRIKE IN ETHIOPIA'S AMHARA REGION OVER STATE OF EMERGENCY
The state of emergency was imposed almost twenty-four hours after the resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn... READ MORE›
FACEBOOK BLOCKS TOP ETHIOPIAN ACTIVIST OVER HYPERACTIVITY, FOLLOWERS PROTEST
An influential Ethiopian political activist has had his Facebook account temporarily blocked over what could best be described as hyperactivity... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER PM QUITS
Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency, a day after the country's prime minister abruptly resigned... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY TO CURB SPREADING VIOLENCE
Breaking news ethiopia declares state of emergency to curb spreading violence... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA'S PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AMIDST POLITICAL CRISIS
Ethiopia's prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn has offered to resign from his position as premier of the country and chairman of the ruling coalition... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER HAILEMARIAM DESALEGN RESIGNS
Hailemariam Desalegn says he has submitted his resignation as both Ethiopia's prime minister and chairman of the ruling coalition... READ MORE›
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TRUMP'S REFUGEE BAN IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH FOR SOME, INCLUDING A 1-YEAR-OLD WITH CANCER
The Trump administration said it stopped accepting refugees temporarily to study ways to ensure that the new arrivals don't pose a threat to the United States... READ MORE›
DETROIT DOCTOR JUMANA NAGARWALA FACES LIFE IN JAIL
Female genital mutilation constitutes a particularly brutal form of violence against women and girls... READ MORE›
NEARLY 200 REFUGEES 'THROWN' INTO YEMEN SEA, 50 MISSING
Since January this year, the IOM said that about 55,000 people had left Horn of Africa nations for Yemen... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL SOARS TO 72 IN ADDIS ABABA GARBAGE LANDSLIDE
The collapse late on Saturday destroyed 49 makeshift homes inside the landfill site on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, city spokesman Amare Mekonen said... READ MORE›
POP STAR TEDDY AFRO SUPPRESSED IN ETHIOPIA
The world loves Ethiopian pop star Teddy Afro. His own government doesn't... READ MORE›
JOYOUS AFRICANS TAKE TO THE RAILS WITH CHINAS HELP
He predicted that the new train would transform Djibouti and Ethiopia, and eventually all of Africa... READ MORE›
CHINA BUILDS WORLD'S FIRST OFFSHORE FISH FARM
Desalegn also formally signed Ethiopia's membership to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank AIIB, making the Horn of Africa nation the 77th member... READ MORE›
ISRAEL ISSUES DEPORTATION NOTICES TO AFRICAN MIGRANTS
In December, the Israeli parliament passed a bill authorising the government to force asylum seekers out of the country... READ MORE›
BLIND FEMALE ETHIOPIAN LAWYER WINS GLOBAL AWARD FOR PROMOTING DISABILITY RIGHTS
The 35-year-old human rights lawyer Yetnebersh Nigussie was awarded the 2017 Right Livelihood Award for her inspiring work promoting the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA REPORTS DEADLY RAID BY GUNMEN FROM SOUTH SUDAN
He said Ethiopian troops have not crossed the border into South Sudan in pursuit of the accused attackers... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA IS FACING A KILLER DROUGHT. BUT IT'S GOING ALMOST UNNOTICED.
The United Nations World Food Program WFP, which is working in Ethiopia's drought-hit Somali region, has started cutting its food rations to 80 percent... READ MORE›
HOW ETHIOPIA BECAME A LAND OF PRYING EYES
Mr. Alene is a government official, whose job includes elements of both informant and enforcer... READ MORE›
DJIBOUTI ACCUSES ERITREA OF OCCUPYING DISPUTED AREA
Djibouti's foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of occupying a disputed territory along their border shortly after Qatar peacekeepers left the location this week... READ MORE›
ADDIS ABABA: DEATH TOLL HITS 113 IN RUBBISH LANDSLIDE
Koshe is the largest rubbish dump in Ethiopia and home to hundreds of people who collect and resell rubbish trucked in from around Addis Ababa... READ MORE›
WHAT IS BEHIND ETHIOPIA ETHNIC CLASHES?
The figures are however disputed by the Somali regional government, which says that more than 30 ethnic Somalis have been killed in the Oromia town of Awaday... READ MORE›
AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST HAMZA MOHAMED FREED IN SOMALIA
Al Jazeera journalist Hamza Mohamed has been released from detention by Somali security agents in the capital Mogadishu... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA LIFTS STATE OF EMERGENCY IMPOSED IN OCTOBER
Demands included an end arbitrary arrests and respect for regional autonomy... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA BLAMES 'FOREIGN ENEMIES' FOR STOKING UNREST
Demonstrations started among the Oromo, Ethiopia's biggest ethnic group, and later spread to the Amhara, the second-most populous one... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED IN ETHNIC CLASHES IN ETHIOPIA'S OROMIA
Ethiopian government says it has launched an investigation into the violence in Hawi Gudina and Daro Lebu districts... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WARMING BREWS BIG TROUBLE IN COFFEE BIRTHPLACE ETHIOPIA
Global warming is likely to wipe out half of the coffee growing area in Ethiopia, the birthplace of the bean, according to a groundbreaking new study... READ MORE›
CHAD'S MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT NAMED AU COMMISSION CHAIR
After seven rounds of voting, the Chadian foreign affairs minister defeated favourites Amina Mohamed of Kenya and Senegal's Abdoulaye Bathily... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIAN POLICE KILL FIVE AT FESTIVAL
Anti-government demonstrators in Ethiopia have been calling for political and economic reforms and an end to state corruption and human rights abuses... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | ETHIOPIA'S CANDIDATE FOR THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DOESN'T LIKE MENTIONING A CERTAIN DISEASE
Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is a candidate for director general of the World Health Organization... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA TARGETS ACTIVISTS WITH ISRAELI SPYWARE
More oversight on commercial spyware is needed, says author of new report on how Ethiopia allegedly spies on dissidents... READ MORE›
AL-SHABAB SEIZES SOMALI TOWN AFTER PEACEKEEPER PULLOUT
African Union forces abandon Halgan town in the Hiran region, allowing al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters to enter soon after... READ MORE›
'MERKEL SNUBS PARLIAMENT'
El-Ali is at least the second town Ethiopian troops have vacated in recent weeks, having abandoned nearby Moqokori... READ MORE›
MEMO FROM NAIROBI AFRICA RISING AFRICA REELING MAY BE MORE FITTING NOW
NAIROBI, Kenya -- For decades Africa was eager for a new narrative, and in recent years it got a snappy one... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA'S COFFEE INDUSTRY THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
Coffee plants ideally need mild temperatures between 15 to 26 degrees Celsius to thrive... READ MORE›
KENYA COURT QUASHES GOVERNMENT ORDER TO CLOSE DADAAB
In June, Somalia's ambassador to the US critisised the plan and said it would damage relations between Kenya and Somalia... READ MORE›
GARBAGE DUMP LANDSLIDE LEAVES AT LEAST 46 DEAD IN ETHIOPIA
In the long run, we will conduct a resettling program to relocate people who live in and around the landfill, the Addis Ababa mayor said... READ MORE›