Ethiopia has seen a surge in detentions of journalists in recent months. Abdulsemed Mohamed, who hosted a business program on the privately-owned Ahadu Radio, disappeared on August 11 in the capital, Addis Ababa. His wife, Emebet Buta, said: "The police ...

Landlocked Ethiopia's calls for access to the Red Sea through Eritrea has triggered a fierce war of words. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed first openly declared in 2023 that his nation's access to the sea was an existential matter, comments that Eritrea dismissed.

Nine cases reported in Ethiopia's Omo region, bordering conflict-wracked South Sudan, which has a fragile health system.

The suspension of "Deutsche Welle" correspondents by the Ethiopian Media Authority marks a growing pattern of state control over journalism following expanded regulatory powers. “This blatant suspension of Deutsche Welle’s journalists is an outrageous ...

A volcanic eruption in Ethiopia sent a cloud of ash and smoke high into the air, prompting flight cancellations as hot clouds drifted toward other countries.

Ethiopia signed a naval military base deal with the separatist Somaliland region on January 1 this year, leasing 20km (12 miles) of coastline in Zeila area for 50 years. The deal also reportedly links the sea access with Ethiopia's formal recognition of ...

The ash cloud drifted over northern India, causing some flight delays and cancellations, and continued toward China.

Today is World Press Freedom Day, a day dedicated to honour sacrifices journalists make in their quest to tell truth to power and enlighten citizens on issues affecting them to help create a more equal, peaceful, and fair world. But in Ethiopia, there is ...

In Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, investigative journalism currently faces a series of severe challenges: a public mired in ethnic and religious extremism, a sharply partisan private media market with little tolerance for independent ...

Flights have been canceled after a volcano, dormant for thousands of years, finally belched huge plumes of ash nine miles into the air. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia’s Afar region hasn’t erupted for about 12,