Ethiopia ranks on the IRC’s 2024 Emergency Watchlist as drought-stricken communities face the twin threats of conflict and the likelihood of El Niño-induced flooding. Although the ceasefire between ...

As my inaugural posting on the African continent, when my family and I first touched down in Addis Ababa in 2021, there was a steep learning curve ahead—one ...

Bonnie hands me a calabash filled with lukewarm liquid brewed from sunbaked coffee leaves. Two weeks into my travels, I sip, and gird my bowels. I am a guest in her home, which is about 4 feet high ...

Population: 120.8 million 28.6 million people in need of humanitarian aid 20 million people estimated to be experiencing food insecurity 3.5 million people internally displaced 31.9 million people ...

The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency on 4 August 2023 and sent the military into the Amhara region to engage the Fano, a local armed militia. Some suggested that Ethiopia risked ...

Throughout the world the ideology of division and intolerance has permeated mainstream politics and poisoned societies; tribal nationalism, hate and prejudice are widespread, animosity and suspicion ...

A communications blackout has made it difficult to obtain or verify information. LONDON -- Meaza Gidey hasn't spoken to or heard from her family in weeks. The 26-year-old goes to graduate school in ...

A rare look inside a region still reckoning with the toll of war crimes, even as new conflicts roil the nation. From left, Mekdes, 21, and Tihune, 22, are members of Fano, which is fighting against ...

Ethiopian armed forces summarily executed scores of civilians in Merawi, a town in the Amhara region in late January and February amid fighting with Fano militia. Since armed conflict broke out in ...

Secret service agents watch through their binoculars as a rainbow appears in the sky before President Barack Obama arrived at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 26, 2015.

At least 66 people have died after a truck plunged into a river in southern Ethiopia, a hospital director said Monday. The accident took place Sunday when an old, overcrowded truck that was contracted ...