Ethiopia stands at a critical juncture. Years of civil war and ethnic strife have left deep wounds and a fragile peace.

Despite its location in drought- and famine-prone northeast Africa and its ranking among the world’s poorest countries, Ethiopia is a historical and anthropological gold mine. While traveling around ...

The formal launch of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in September 2025 made news across the world. There was pomp ...

For decades, the prevailing narrative of agriculture pointed to the Middle East. The “Fertile Crescent” was cast as the ...

The first panel in the mural is “The Cradle of Humankind.” It shows “Lucy,” the first discovery of a series of hominid precursors by Donald Johanson, then with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, ...

“We are the children of failed revolutionaries,” a friend ruefully concluded about our families’ paths from Ethiopia to the United States. The Ethiopian revolution, which quickly devolved to civil war ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The numbers at the St. George Armenian Apostolic Church in Addis Ababa are not adding up. Church records show an average of two funerals a year, but a wedding only every ...

Finalizing all the necessary preparations, Ethiopia is welcoming its guests arriving from various countries to Addis Ababa to participate at the 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2023. Ken Ishii/Getty Images Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claimed on Oct. 13, 2023, that his landlocked country has a right to ...