The psychological impact of living under a repressive regime can span generations.

A weeks-long political dialogue in Ethiopia has backed constitutional changes to create a new presidential system that could extend Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's control over the country.

CAF Disciplinary Board imposes sanctions on the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football (FSF), the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) and certain players and officials for the incidents during ...

With tens of thousands thought to be arriving each year, the ‘southern route’ is becoming more perilous and extortionary

With the fall of El Fasher, the front line has undeniably moved closer to the Ethiopian border, and Sudan is wary of its neighbour's role. Addis Ababa's proximity to Abu Dhabi and certain rebel

Abiy Ahmed’s naval ambitions and Isaias Afwerki’s proxy tactics are testing a fragile peace, which is one miscalculation away from unraveling

Among lowest-paid medics in East Africa, Ethiopia’s doctors face state crackdown in strike for better working conditions

Doctors Without Borders on Tuesday said three of its staff were "intentionally" killed in 2021 during fierce fighting

Photojournalist Cinzia Canneri has documented the largely unreported conflict in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, meeting women who survived horrific abuse...

Police detain prominent Ethiopian journalist, Tesfalem Waldyes, again; accuse him of ‘disseminating false information’ Addis Standard News -

Yonas Nuguse believed he was finally destined for Harvard University this year after having survived the Tigray conflict at home in Ethiopia, communication shutdowns, and the COVID-19 pandemic, all of...

The killing of civilians is part of a disturbing pattern

From his home in the far north of Ethiopia, Hagos can see Eritrean soldiers positioned on the other side of his town, Alitena, and says all his neighbours fear a full occupation.

For three decades, Abdallah Ali Sherif has been on a mission to explore Harar’s once-repressed cultural identity.

Thanks to its high energy production potential, Addis Ababa is gradually opening the door to the regulated use of cryptocurrencies. The matter could be taken up in bilateral exchanges.

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A group of Tigrayan survivors is seeking justice in Germany for war crimes committed during Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict. Experts say this could send a global message that war crimes will be punished.

Ethiopia's Tigray region was once considered a model in the country's fight against HIV. Years of awareness-raising efforts brought the region's HIV prevalence rate to 1.4%.

Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid.

Biruktawit Tasew's fingers glide over the strings of the begena, producing a deep, hypnotic sound. Along with six fellow musicians, she breaks into a solemn religious melody, holding their audience sp...

As Tigray’s political leaders squabble, progress has stalled on key points of the peace agreement, including the return of a million displaced people.

Experts say the situation is worsening in Ethiopia's most populous region, Oromia, where a conflict has been raging between the government and a rebel group

NAIROBI - Starved, beaten and electrocuted, Ahmed remains traumatised months after being trafficked to Southeast Asia, one of an untold number of Africans forced to work in scam centres far from home.

Steep fees are driving thousands into even deeper financial hardship.

Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month. From food and health to support for refugees and sexual abuse survivors, we ...

The Qemant ethnic minority is in conflict with the authorities in Ethiopia's Amhara region over land disputes. Some of its representatives are being prosecuted on terror charges and are accused of

Baalu Girma exposed the vulnerability of the Ethiopian military dictatorship while serving as its mouthpiece, his afterlife as complicated as that of Elvis.

An intense power struggle within the former liberation movement TPLF is fueling fears of chaos and war among many residents of Tigray. How stable is the peace in Ethiopia's war-traumatized northern re...

The recent murder of a businessman from the northern region highlights the deep divisions among the business leaders of this part of the country, which is grappling with a bloody conflict.

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More than two years after a peace deal ended the devastating war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, a power struggle within the once-dominant TPLF party has sparked accusations of "treason" and a military c...

Countries with the highest retraction numbers in new analysis had sharp rise in publication output

The war between Ethiopia's government forces and Tigrayan fighters killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions. Many now grapple with severe social and economic challenges despite a ...

Ethiopia’s Najashi Mosque is one of Africa’s oldest, containing the tomb of the famous Ethiopian king and the Prophet’s companions. However, the mosque and the

Ethiopia’s government is razing entire neighborhoods in Addis Ababa in the name of urban transformation, provoking dismay among many residents.

Some of the world’s oldest Christian manuscripts are in hiding from the violence that has ripped through their region

I have reinstated the alarm clock. An overlooked mechanism in today’s technologically-synced, your-phone-does-everything world, it tells the time, it wakes you up, it is decentralized from a phone. It...

For years repairing watches was a booming business, but a Kaduna horologist now has time on his hands.

In the midst of a verbal escalation between Abiy Ahmed and Isaias Afwerki, Eritrean nationals in Ethiopia seem to be targetted by the authorities.

After topping $100,000, Bitcoin supporters see the cryptocurrency soaring even higher.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s aesthetic vision alone will not create jobs.

Plusieurs milliers de soldats de l’armée fédérale éthiopienne ont été emprisonnés pendant la guerre du Tigray, au seul prétexte qu’ils étaient originaires de cette région. Ceux qui ont été libérés (…)

Rebels from Ethiopia’s Somali region have had a rocky transition to civilian life, even years after the 2018 peace deal.