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 ...

In recent months, the Ethiopian government has unveiled a series of ambitious mega projects, often accompanied by elaborate ceremonies and sweeping promises.

Five political parties have announced the formation of a coalition framework aimed at enabling joint political activity. The parties include the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP), Enat ...

Ethiopia has inaugurated its massive hydroelectric dam on the Nile, a project that has raised alarms in Egypt and Sudan.

Rights groups warn Ethiopia is tightening its grip on independent media as at least six journalists have been arrested since ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia ’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday asked people in the northern Tigray region to nominate a new leader in the latest move by the federal government to ...

Ethiopia’s debt crisis has been deemed “unsustainable” by the IMF and World Bank, citing defaults, weak exports, and ...

Five senior members of an opposition party representing Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, have been detained in a wave of political arrests following protests last week which left at least ...

Hopes that one of the Horn of Africa‘s longest running conflicts could soon come to an end foundered when peace talks between the Ethiopian government and ethnic Ogadeni rebels recently broke down.

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 ...