The vote bolsters the power of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed amid fears of renewed conflict in the Tigray region and tensions with Eritrea over access to the Red Sea. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from ...

When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control. His predecessor ...

Ethiopia has held six national elections since 1995, most under conditions of strong ruling-party dominance. Pilipe Lissac via Getty Images Ethiopia is preparing for a national election on 1 June amid ...

A few months after coming to power in April 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal to end a decades-long insurgency in the country’s Oromia region. The same summer, he struck a ...

A SHEAF OF wheat can have many meanings. For Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party, which chose one as its campaign logo ahead of polls scheduled for June 1st, it is a symbol of national unity: stalks entwined ...

A stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia shows that early Homo and a previously unknown Australopithecus species lived together around 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago. The find overturns the classic ...

Ethiopian marathon runner Yebrgual Melese died at the age of 36 after becoming sick during her training, according to the Daily Mail. Melese reportedly suffered a medical emergency in Addis Ababa ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Yebrgual Melese, a decorated Ethiopian distance runner and winner of several major international marathons, has died after falling ill during a training session, the country’s ...

Ethiopian long-distance runner Yebrgual Melese has died at the age of 36 after falling ill during a routine training session on Tuesday, the country's athletics federation has announced. Melese, the ...

A student-run club at Crossroads School is inviting the Santa Monica community to its second annual charity concert Saturday at noon at in Santa Monica. Kids for Kololo has raised $11,000 toward its ...