Ethiopia

Women praying inside a 13th-century rock-hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia, Feb. 16, 2022.
Conflict & Justice
Lalibela: A holy city in recovery amid ongoing conflict in Ethiopia
New civilian recruits for the FANO Amhara militia train at a stadium in Woldiya, Ethiopia, Feb. 20, 2022.
Conflict
Despite lull in fighting, ethnic militias in Amhara continue to mobilize
Priest Ayalew Setegn in front of the religious school, Amhara, Ethiopia, Feb.17, 2022
After months of fighting, Ethiopia’s Amhara region tries to recover from war
A view of a tent camp set by migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gathering at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
Top of The World
EU officials accuse Belarus of creating a new migrant crisis
Followers of Muqtada al-Sadr celebrate holding his posters, after the announcement of the results of the parliamentary elections in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq
Top of The World
Moqtada al-Sadr wins Iraq election
Displaced Ethiopians from different towns in the Amhara region wait for aid distributions at a center for the internally displaced in Debark, in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. 
Violence
Ethiopia officials accuse Tigray rebels of massacre as conflict expands
A Taliban fighter stands guard over surrendered Afghan security members forces
Top of The World
Taliban takes over half of Afghanistan’s provincial capitals
Captured members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force are marched through the streets to prison under guard by Tigray Forces
Global Politics
‘Eritrean forces have to get out of Ethiopia,’ analyst says
A huge flag of Ethiopia waves with people sitting underneath it
Food
In Ethiopia, a taste of home for displaced Yemenis
A doctor wearing a plaid shirt and slacks leans over a patient in a blue metal bed.
Refugees
From Sudan, Ethiopian refugees tell their stories
Tigray refugee children sing and dance inside a tent run by UNICEF for children's activities, in Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020.
Displacement
Ethiopians struggle to reach loved ones inside the Tigray region
Passengers walk through a bus station in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nov. 6, 2020.
Conflict
Ethiopians from conflict-torn Tigray region say they face ethnic profiling
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, is shown the way by Chinese President Xi Jinping before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,China, April 24, 2019.
On China's New Silk Road
As Ethiopia’s civil conflict intensifies, the future for Chinese investment is uncertain
Eritrea's President, Isaias Afwerki, talks to Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed during the Inauguration ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 16, 2018.
Ethiopia’s peacemaking prime minister emerges as a Nobel favorite
A mass of protesters wearing white and carrying Ethiopian flags gather in the street
Religion
Uptick in church burnings raises alarm in Ethiopia
members of the Ethiopian diaspora
Women & Gender
Ethiopian women abroad give abuse survivors a new platform — and a new voice
Ethiopia's first female president stands at the podium.
Global Politics
Ethiopia’s parliament approves Sahle-Work Zewde as the first female president
a woman's face painted with ethiopian and eritrean flags
Global Politics
In peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea, UAE lends a helping hand
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerk embrace
Conflict
Historic breakthrough between Ethiopia and Eritrea shows no sign of slowing down
How N.R.A. Fundraising Shapes the Political Landscape
Full Episode
Arts, Culture & Media
From Addis Ababa to Boston
coffea arabica.
Food
Climate change is coming to your coffee cup
An Eritrean refugee girl plays with clay in front of a shelter in Mai-Aini refugee camp near in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, Feb. 10, 2016.
Conflict
As Western nations shut out migrants, Ethiopia’s doors are open — even to its enemy
Menkir Tamrath holds up two jars of Ethiopian blends spices, Berbere and Mitmita, from plants he grows on his farm in Sunol, California.
Food
This MBA missed the tastes of Ethiopia — so he starting growing it for himself
Berhanu Nega (in baseball cap), with other opposition leaders, speaking to reporters in Addis Ababa in 2005 after elections won by his party were annulled by the regime.
Conflict
A tenured US professor is leading an Ethiopian rebel group
Abebe Haregewoin (right) and his father in Ethiopia.
Global Politics
Famine haunted his childhood in Ethiopia. Now he sees food running out again.
Members of the Zone 9 blogging collective in December, 2012
Justice
Ethiopia’s Zone 9 bloggers acquitted of terror charges
Ethiopians prepared billboards to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama to their capital Addis Ababa.
Conflict
Elaborate rituals and lions roaming the palace grounds are just part of what sets autocratic Ethiopia apart from its neighbors
Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance dam on the Blue Nile, shown under construction in March of 2014. Egypt claims most of the water in the 4,000 mile-long river that it shares with 10 other countries, and fears the $4.7 billion Renaissance dam will reduce the wa
Environment
A deal on Africa’s biggest dam eases tensions on the Nile
Girls Club at the Merawi Primary School in Ethiopia
Saving Innocence: The Global Fight to End Child Marriage
Full Episode
People walk through the streets of a shopping area in Addis Ababa.
Belief
If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you’d better double check the time
Guest Bloggers Around the World: Music Renaissance in Ethiopia
Guest Bloggers Around the World: Music Renaissance in Ethiopia
Afropop Presents: Feedel Band Live at DROM
Afropop Presents: Feedel Band Live at DROM
A man from Awra Amba plows the land adjoining the village.
Development & Education
This Ethiopian village has gained wealth, but has bred hostility
Arts, Culture & Media
A return to Ethiopia rekindles the spirit of the Beat Making Lab
Adamasu our drummer on the poem.
Arts, Culture & Media
Rap? Meh. Poetry is the rage at the Ethiopian Beat Making Lab
Arts, Culture & Media
What happens when you mix culture, talent, health and passion? Music
Arts, Culture & Media
And the Beat Making Lab goes on, to Ethiopia
Development & Education
Infographic: The Human Toll of Infertility in Africa
Health & Medicine
Part I: Rethinking the Model Family
Arts, Culture & Media
Israeli-born Ethiopian Jew embraces ancestry in her music
Development & Education
Ethiopia’s economy benefiting from emigrants returning home
Health & Medicine
Ethiopia moving to address doctor shortage; critics say corners being cut
Ethiopian veteran recalls serving alongside Americans during Korean War
In Ethiopia, a Saudi company leases land to grow and export rice
Africa faces its worst drought in 60 years
Arts, Culture & Media
A return to Ethiopia’s musical greatness
Global Hit
Teenage Ethiopian Americans Bring Their Parents’ Music to Life
Global Hit
Ethiopian Musician Hailu Mergia: From the Nightclubs of Addis Ababa to a Cab in DC
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Life Happens’ for Ethiopian-Israeli Singer Ester Rada
Arts, Culture & Media
President Obama Meets with First-Ever Ethiopian Crowned Miss Israel
Arts, Culture & Media
28-Disc Series ‘Ethiopiques’ the Result of Francis Falceto’s Efforts to Preserve Ethiopian Music
Business, Economics and Jobs
Ethiopia’s Crowded Medical Schools
The World in Words
What’s in a Name in Ethiopia?
Arts, Culture & Media
Ethiopia’s Korean War Hero
Global Politics
Ethiopia’s Future Without Zenawi is Uncertain
Author Abraham Verghese Fears for Ethiopia with Exit of Zenawi
Global Politics
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s Vanishing Act