One person was killed and scores of others injured Saturday in a blast at a political rally in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopian officials said. Ethiopia’s new reformist prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, had…
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian lawmakers voted Tuesday to lift a state of emergency imposed three months ago across the country to curb widespread anti-government protests. The ending of the emergency rule two months before it…
A British citizen on death row in Ethiopia, Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege has been freed. He is currently at his family’s residence in the capital, Addis Ababa, where he is addressing a crowd. Mr. Andargachew was…
Thousands of Ethiopians in the Oromia regional state gave the new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed a rousing welcome as he visited the epicenter of protests that riled the country between 2015 and last year. Ambo,…
Ethiopia has deported British journalist William Davison because of accreditation issues. The news agency says Davison, a Guardian reporter who previously worked for Bloomberg, was deported Wednesday after being detained for a day at a…
Ethiopian lawmakers passed a resolution Tuesday that will ban foreign adoption of Ethiopian children amid concerns of mistreatment overseas. The new measure was approved after a heated debate, as critics fear that the country does…
Ethiopia’s prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, announced Wednesday the release of political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention center in what he called an effort to “widen the democratic space for all.” Ethiopia has…
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. In interviews with The Associated…
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Ranna, 24, an Oromo Ethiopian woman, is not only a third-generation refugee but also a two-time refugee. Indonesia, which is home now, is the second place to which she has been displaced…
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — More than 55,000 ethnic Oromos have been displaced from Ethiopia’s Somali region after a week of clashes with Somalis in which dozens were killed, the regional government of Ethiopia’s restive Oromia…