ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is among dignitaries from around the world gathered in Ethiopia's capital to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the African Union bloc of nations.
At the opening ceremony in Addis Ababa Saturday, AU chairman and...
THE African Union meets in Ethiopia, Manmohan Singh travels to Japan, German football triumphs in Britain and France's government auctions off some of its wine collection
African leaders plan to meet this weekend at a summit in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).The Theme of the summit is pan-Africanism and...
Abdu Ibrahim Mohammed was 15 years old when he began trekking with caravans of camels to collect salt in a sun-blasted desert basin of north Ethiopia that is one of the hottest places on earth.
Now 51 and retired, he has passed his camels to his...
Angelina Jolie has never lacked for influence. When she adopted a baby from Ethiopia, inquiries at U.S. adoption agencies about other Ethiopian orphans doubled. When she named other children Vivienne or Maddox, those names shot up the popularity...
Four years ago this spring, Birtukan Midekssa was in solitary confinement in an Ethiopian prison. Her cell was 13 feet wide and 20 feet long and had no window. She was allowed only two visitors: her elderly mother and her 3-year-old daughter.
Economic statistics regularly show steady progress in Africa's development, even as much of the continent remains mired in poverty. One scholar says the truth often is obscured by a raft of misleading statistics.
Ethiopia announced last week...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines said Tuesday that his company will seek compensation from Boeing for the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner planes.
Tewolde Gebremariam told The Associated Press that his company...
A 19-year-old friend of accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was ordered free on $100,000 bail Monday as he awaits trial for allegedly lying to investigators probing the attack. Robel Phillipos, whose family emigrated from Ethiopia, was placed...
An Ethiopian anti-gay religious group claim to be "making progress" in their campaign to convince the government to institute a death penalty for homosexuality. The news comes form a workshop just held by the group. Government officials,...
Ethiopia’s foreign ministry has denied there are plans to withdraw all troops from Somalia, despite recent remarks by the Ethiopian prime minister expressing frustration with the pace of military progress in the country.
Speaking to parliament...
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To cite an example, in Ethiopia, Eskinder Nega remains behind bars, and Calixto Ramon Martinez Arias spent six months in a Cuban prison for writing about a cholera outbreak.
As you know, President Bashir is under indictment in the ICC for genocide. The coward usually hides out in his own country but occasionally he goes to another country and that is the time to arrest him on the indictment. He is in Ethiopia...
Thousands of destitute migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia are stranded in northern Yemen in deplorable conditions, victims of gross physical abuse and severe economic and sexual exploitation, a United Nations humanitarian official warned today,...
Sounds made by a little-known primate living in Ethiopia's mountain grasslands may hint at the origins of human speech. Unlike most other primates, which communicate in strings of short, relatively flat-toned syllables, geladas possess uncannily...
Sounds made by a little-known primate living in Ethiopia's mountain grasslands may hint at the origins of human speech. Unlike most other primates, which communicate in strings of short, relatively flat-toned syllables, geladas possess uncannily...
BOSTON (AP) — Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia has won the 117th edition of the Boston Marathon.It's just his second race at the 26.2-mile distance. Desisa outsprinted two other East Africans down Boylston Street to win in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 23...
Tullow Oil Plc (TLW), the U.K. explorer searching for Ethiopia’s first crude, fell to a four-month low in London trading after delaying the Sabisa well.
