Ethiopia is Africa's oldest independent country and its second largest in terms of population. Apart from a five-year occupation by Mussolini's Italy, it has never been colonised.

Trhas Tesfay was a champion cyclist in Ethiopia but came to the UK last year to seek asylum. Kalkidan Yibeltal BBC News, Addis Ababa Fighting has flared up in one of the disputed areas between ...

If, as Somaliland said, Ethiopia has agreed to recognise it at some point, it would have a profound impact on the Horn of Africa region. Why does Ethiopia want the deal?

Ethiopia’s prime minister says the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile has been completed. Egypt has long opposed the ...

It was formally reopened in 2018, shortly after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power and signed a historic peace ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which has been a source of contention between Ethiopia and Egypt, has been ...

The Axum obelisk is regarded as one of Ethiopia's national religious treasures. An Antonov plane landed on Tuesday with the middle part of the obelisk; the top and bottom should follow within a week.

Attacks like this are rare in Ethiopia but women's groups in Addis Ababa say that stalking and sexual harassment are common problems. The Ending Violence Against Women report published by the United ...

Ethiopia has agreed a memorandum of understanding with its Official Creditor Committee that formalises an initial debt restructuring deal reached earlier this year, the government's official news ...

The 69-year-old said that "by unleashing human potential through health and education, every country in Africa should be on a path to prosperity". Speaking in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, he also ...