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His name is Jawar Mohammed, an influential online activist who has over 1 million rabid followers on Facebook. He claims to stand for the rights…

If you’re looking for great Ethiopian food, D.C. is the spot. Amazingly, the city is home to the largest Ethiopian community outside of Africa.
The…

Overfishing at one of Ethiopia’s biggest lakes, Hawassa Lake, is threatening the future of aquaculture in a landlocked country that depends on its abundant number…

On May 2, the first month of the official settlement of Abiy Ahmed Ali was held at the helm of the Ethiopian executive. Thirty intense…

It was a solemn moment, the US Ambassador gave a similar speech, the invited guests applauded, the uninvited joined the queue to grab a piece…

Israel’s embassy in Addis Ababa, as well as the Jewish Agency, are working on plans to fly a group of Israelis holed up in a…

An Eritrean migrant was caught hiding inside a suitcase after terrified train passengers heard moans coming from the bag as it entered Switzerland.
The six-foot…

A behemoth new concrete market has risen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and it manages to be both imposing and ethereal. Designed by Barcelona-based firm Vilalta…

Philip Hammond pressed for progress when he met both the Ethiopian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.
The Foreign Secretary secured assurances from the Ethiopian Government…

Morocco’s Casablanca appeals court upheld a ruling placing the country’s sole oil refinery Samir into liquidation, the lawyer of the holding company that controls Samir…

Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliner declares emergency over the Atlantic after one of its engines ‘shuts down.’
A Dreamliner declared an emergency this morning over the Atlantic…

DNA from a man who lived in Ethiopia about 4,500 years ago is prompting scientists to rethink the history of human migration in Africa.
Until…

The film Difret will be opening across the United States on October 23, 2015. It has already opened in theaters internationally. Click here for theaters…

Ambassador Zewde Retta, a distinguished Ethiopian historian and diplomat, has passed away yesterday in London.
The 81 years old Ambassador Zewde was in London, U.K.,…

Some 16 kilograms of khat, a psychotropic drug (scientific name: Catha edulis) worth some $12,000 on the illegal market was seized at the post office…

In a new poll that was conducted by a popular Ethiopian news forum, Mereja.com, U.S. presidential Candidate Donald Trump leads both Republican and Democrat candidates…

A controversial World Bank-funded scheme to dam a major Ethiopian river and import up to 500,000 people to work in what is planned to be…

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Police in Serenje, Zambia, have intercepted a truck carrying 100 prohibited immigrants of Ethiopian origin, who were hidden behind bags of dry…

Kenya police are investigating claims that an Ethiopian woman was raped at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi during a United Nations conference.
The victim,…

Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke will perform in Istanbul, Turkey, and give a lecture on Ethiopian jazz culture as part of the Red Bull Music…

WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA — Dessalegne F. Desta, 61, entered not guilty pleas in Nobles County District Court during his arraignment Monday afternoon. Desta is charged with…

Washington DC police arrested a suspect yesterday in the Aug. 22, 2015, killing of an accountant and financial analyst from Texas who authorities said was…

On 27 August 1975 a French reporter phoned the Ethiopian imperial palace, which had been overrun by Marxist army officers the previous year. Haile Selassie…

An accountant and financial analyst from Irving, Texas, who was assaulted Saturday in Washington DC later died of his injuries, and the death is being…

Seventy eight Ethiopians who were arrested in a police lorry in Meru were sentenced to three months or a fine of Sh50,000 each before repatriation…

Minister of Supply and Trade Khaled Hanafi is researching the import of Ethiopian meat at discounted prices for citizens through meetings with Egyptian ambassador in…

Michigan State University has been researching Teff as a rotational crop alternative for hay producing farms. Their research has discovered that cattle and horses are…

An Ethiopian asylum seeker has been discovered alive in the hold of a plane that landed at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport on Friday morning, after smuggling…

By Katie Riordan | IRIN
HARGEISA – Qader and Abdi are two weeks into their journey. Carrying only one empty plastic water bottle each, flattened,…

ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, announced last week that it has signed double Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion over 10,000m, Haile…

A 16-year-old Eritrean migrant who escaped captivity under the Islamic State (Isis) in Libya has exclusively told IBTimes UK that the jihadists forced him to…

By Baraka Jefwa
LG electronics is set to launch a portable Bluetooth speaker into the Kenyan market. Branded Music Flow Speakers, and recently launched globally,…

The final arrangements for the opening of Galabat-Matema border crossing between Sudan and Ethiopia will be made this April.
State Minister at the Ministry of…

By Minga Negash, Seid Hassan, Mammo Muchie and Abu Girma[1]
On March 23, 2015, Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan signed a declaration of principles on…

The Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted the latest installment of this year’s Eat, Drink & Be Literary program Wednesday evening, shining its spotlight on Dinaw…

By Fekade Shewakena
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have signed what they called the ‘Declaration of Principles” to solve a simmering dispute over the building of…

Ethiopian Airlines was forced to postpone two flights to Israel on Thursday after it did not have permission to fly on route due to the…

(Press Release) – Easy Taxi, Kenya’s fastest growing taxi hailing mobile phone application has launched their newest payment option – Easy Taxi Pay (ET Pay),…

Ahram Online published a translated version of the “Declaration of Principles” signed by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on Nile water sharing arrangements among Nile Basin…

By Washington Post Editorial Board | February 9, 2015
WHILE ENJOYING its status as an international development darling, Ethiopia has been chipping away at its…

(CNN) With the discovery of a gray, fossilized jawbone in a remote corner of Ethiopia, an Ethiopian student at Arizona State University may have changed…

Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi has lost $5 billion in 2014 and dropped to #116 in Forbes Magazine’s 2015 World Billionaires List.
Billionaires 2015…

By Cynthia Corral
Q: Tell us a little about the origins of Zemene, from concept to financing.
I never set out to make a film…

Three African writers are among the nominees for the 2015 Folio Prize: Damon Galgut, Kenyan Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor and Ethiopian-American Dinaw Mengestu.
The £40,000 prize…

EthiopiaList.com has released its first annual least of top 20 largest private and share companies in Ethiopia. The website issued a disclaimer that due to…

People making the journey from the Horn of Africa often come to Yemen to escape poverty, persecution, war and state violence. Efrata Kasassa, 22, came…