ADDIS ABABA: The death toll from a raid carried out by South Sudanese gunmen in western Ethiopia has risen to 208 people and the assailants kidnapped 108...
ADDIS ABABA: South Sudan's rival factions resumed peace talks on Thursday to end 20 months of bloodshed, under growing international pressure and the threat...
ADDIS ABABA: A much-delayed $1.8 billion dam project under construction along Ethiopia's Omo river could begin generating power by June and be fully...
ADDIS ABABA: The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia has warned of a possible attack by Somali militant group al Shabaab and urged its nationals to avoid large crowds...
GENEVA/ ADDIS ABABA: A co-pilot who hijacked an Ethiopian Airlines flight to seek asylum in Switzerland on Monday surrendered to police at Geneva airport...
ADDIS ABABA: South Sudanese rebels threatened on Monday to boycott the next round of peace talks in Ethiopia unless the government freed political prisoners...
ADDIS ABABA/JUBA: South Sudan rejected rebel calls for an immediate release of detainees after the two sides met briefly for the first time on Tuesday seeking...
JUBA/ADDIS ABABA: South Sudan's government and rebels finally began talks to end weeks of bloodletting on Friday after days of delay as the United States...
ADDIS ABABA/JUBA: South Sudan's army (SPLA) advanced towards the rebel-controlled town of Bor on Thursday, its spokesman said, as both sides gathered in...
JUBA: South Sudan's government and rebels are set for New Year's Day peace talks in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to thrash out a ceasefire to end weeks of...
JUBA: South Sudan's army fought on Sunday with the "White Army" ethnic militia, accusing rebels of mobilising the force despite its offer of a truce to end...
ADDIS ABABA: Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger challenged British reporters in January to name five members of Ethiopia’s squad ahead of their rare appearance...
ADDIS ABABA: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has become a "political instrument", Ethiopia's foreign minister said on Friday, opening a meeting at...
ADDIS ABABA: Somalia's central government agreed on Wednesday to recognise a former Islamist commander as the interim leader of the southern Juba region, a...
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia has begun pulling troops out of a former rebel stronghold in Somalia, but it has no plans for a complete withdrawal from the fight...
ADDIS ABABA: An Ethiopian opposition party called on Thursday for the government to scrap an anti-terrorism law it says is used to stifle dissent, threatening...
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia and Egypt cooled talk of war on Tuesday and agreed to more dialogue to resolve a row over a giant dam that the Horn of Africa nation is...
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia's parliament unanimously ratified a treaty on Thursday that strips Egypt of its right to the lion's share of the Nile river...
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia's construction of a dam on a tributary of the Nile is not open to negotiation, the Addis Ababa government said on Friday, as a...
ADDIS ABABA: Sudan and South Sudan agreed on Friday to order their forces out of a demilitarised border zone within a week, a mediator said, possibly opening...
ADDIS ABABA: Dissident Eritrean soldiers with tanks laid siege to the information ministry on Monday and forced state media to call for political prisoners to...
ADDIS ABABA: The African Union sought on Monday to defuse hostilities between Sudan and South Sudan that brought them close to war last year and end a freeze...
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian police have arrested 15 suspected militants allegedly trained by Islamist rebels in neighbouring Somalia and who were plotting attacks...
ADDIS ABABA: Sudan and South Sudan were set to resume security talks late on Sunday, with Khartoum demanding that its southern neighbour cut ties with rebels...
ADDIS ABABA: The African Union gave its backing to a plan on Tuesday to send troops to push rebels and al Qaeda-linked militants out of northern Mali,...