The government has denied a claim by Reporters Without Borders that the country was endorsing a new law that bans services that offer audio and video related communications over ... Read more »

Ethiopia continues to make life difficult for many journalists, as Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports from her recent visit to Addis Ababa to check on the fate of one imprisoned ... Read more »

Economic development in the country is on rise, despite the challenges of drought and famine. Read more »

Ethiopia's Gibe III dam will make it very difficult for indigenous farmers and fishers to sustain their livelihoods, writes the Worldwatch Institute. Read more »

Speaking at the 10th Anniversary NEPAD Colloquium and Congress in Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Africa needs to adopt innovative mechanisms, methods to finance its ... Read more »

Asylum-seekers from South Sudan have until the end of March to return or face deportation, but some say conditions are not yet conducive for their return. Read more »

Ethiopian forces carried out cross-border attacks against rebel bases inside neighbouring Eritrea, destroying "three mercenary camps". The U.S. has called on both countries to ... Read more »

Dozens of Ethiopian troops are reported to have been killed in an attack by Al-Shabaab. The attacks come a day after the AU announced that Ethiopian forces are to leave Somalia by ... Read more »

A European court has ruled that the rights of a group of Somali and Eritrean nationals who were intercepted by Italian Customs boats and returned to Libya in 2009 were violated. Read more »

President Robert Mugabe's heated tirade over the African Union's handling of the Libyan crisis has been described as a "sign of panic". Read more »