Analysts say the war in Iran has temporarily delayed an escalation in smoldering tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea. But renewed armed conflict cannot be ruled out. The political situation in the ...

Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and severely restricting their movements, employment, and access to services. The ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Ethiopia has signed $13.1 billion of investment deals spanning renewable energy, manufacturing, real estate, mining and green ammonia, according to the government. Representives of the investing ...

A landslide in Ethiopia’s southern Gamo region after days of torrential rain led to the deaths of at least 65 people, according to a government agency. Another 60 people are still missing since the ...

For decades, the U.S. has stood as a global defender of religious freedom and human rights. That commitment is embedded in U.S. law and foreign-policy practice, most notably through the International ...

Hayli Gubbi volcano in Northern Ethiopia erupted on Sunday (Nov. 23) for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, causing havoc in villages nearby. Satellite imagery detailed billowing plumes of pale ...

A volcano in Ethiopia's northeastern region erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke up to nine miles into the sky, the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre ...

Johannesburg — Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile is scheduled to open Tuesday to major fanfare in Ethiopia. The $5 billion dam project ...

In theory, the GERD, whose 13 turbines can produce more than 5,000 megawatts of electricity, could be a boon not just for Ethiopia, but also for its neighbours. Yet it has long caused rancour between ...

The city of Gondar, one of 117 Ethiopian cities that benefited from the World Bank’s Ethiopia Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program (UIIDP). Photo: Adobe Stock With World Bank ...

Imran, a beneficiary of the LFSDP program, is holding his 45-day-old chicken in front of his group’s poultry production house. Next to him is Zumra Bediru, a member of the Kena Poultry Cooperative.