Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam was recently officially inaugurated after 14 years and US$5 billion worth of project work.

Ethiopia has attempted to transition to democracy twice. First in 1991, when a new government overthrew a dictatorial military regime. Second in 2018, when Abiy Ahmed took over as prime minister after ...

Ethiopian troops are battling rebellious forces from the country's northern Tigray region. Fallout from the conflict in Africa's second most-populous nation is already spilling over into Ethiopia's ...

Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of joining forces with a hardline opposition faction in preparing to launch a war, according to a letter from the foreign affairs ministry obtained by AFP on Wednesday.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's political slogan is "medemer" - or "coming together". But some analysts say reforms meant to unify Ethiopia have inflamed simmering ethnic and political divisions ...

The counterargument will always be resource scarcity, risk, or diplomatic fatigue. But unchecked, these wars metastasize.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held a closed-door meeting in Addis Ababa on Sunday with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to discuss bilateral and regional issues, amid escalating tensions ...

Addis Abeba- Ethiopia will hold its 7th national election during the current fiscal year (June-July 2026), President Tayé Atske Selassie announced on Monday.

CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a stark warning to Ethiopia, accusing it of causing "significant harm" to downstream nations through its management of the Grand ...

Ethiopia is heir to one of the world’s richest cultural tapestries. Ge’ez, Arabic, Oromo, Somali, and dozens of other languages all form part of this mosaic. To elevate one while neglecting the others ...

How the Tigray crisis is affecting families in the U.S. As chaos envelops Kabul after Afghanistan's government collapsed and the Taliban seized control, horrific stories and heartbreaking images also ...

About the author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Geography -- Ethiopia as the roof of Africa -- Ethiopia's geophysical mosaic -- Geology -- Ethiopia as a water tower -- Temperature -- Vegetation ...