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Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China has loaned Ethiopia $349 million for the construction of a 79-kilometer expressway between the capital Addis Ababa and Adama, the Ethiopian News Agency said.
Madagascar's leader has returned for a fourth day of internationally mediated power-sharing talks in Addis Ababa, after storming out and threatening to derail efforts to form a national unity government.
Madagascar's disputed leader Andry Rajoelina rejoined crisis talks on Friday after threatening to pull out of a meeting in Addis Ababa amid bickering among the country's main political foes.
The African Union on Tuesday called on Madagascar's political rivals to urgently implement a power-sharing deal reached last week aimed at ending the country's protracted political crisis.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A 35-mile-long rift in the desert of Ethiopia could rip open, creating a new sea in just days, scientists say.
Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia will hold parliamentary elections on May 23, the Ethiopian News Agency reported, citing the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia.
NAIROBI, 10 November 2009 (IRIN) - Kenyan officials are protesting as 'unfair' a recommendation by the technical review panel of the Global Fund to reject the country's bid for Round Nine funding.
ADDIS ABABA, 2 November 2009 (IRIN) - Being a university freshman is an exciting time for any young person, but many students get carried away, partying too hard and taking sexual risks.
Madagascar's main political movements have extended talks in Addis Ababa aimed at patching over bitter rivalries preventing the formation of a transitional government. The outlook is uncertain, with feuding factions seemingly unwilling to compromise.
Harvest Church's African journey began two years ago at a leadership summit.
Forty years ago, a group of African-American students deposited hundreds of books at the undergraduate library circulation desk and declared them irrelevant to their historical experience. This symbolic gesture is only one of many that took shape on Cornell’s campus in the late 1960s. Against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement, rising racial tensions at Cornell reached a climax when a ...
Drought and war in eastern Africa have left more than 20 million people in desperate need of emergency food aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns to Washington, D.C., Monday to address a conference of the American Jewish Federations at a time of concern in Israel that the U.S.-Israel relationship is adrift.
Kuol Dut was six when the swirling chaos of war churned through his village.
Mebrahtom “Meb” Keflezighi was born on May 5, 1975 in Asmara, Eritrea. His father, Russom Keflezighi, had supported Eritrean rebels in their attempt to win independence from Ethiopia. On July 1, 1981, fearing for her husband’s safety, Meb’s mother, Awetash, convinced Russom to leave Eritrea.
What's Your Reaction? CBS Evening News recently profiled a TOMS shoe drop in Southern Ethiopia, where TOMS Shoes Founder and Chief Shoe Giver Blake Mycoskie spoke about his desire to stamp out podoconiosis , a debilitating foot disease that is caused by walking barefoot in silica-heavy volcanic soil.
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