Addis Ababa - An international press freedom group is calling on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to speak out on behalf of press freedom when he meets with leaders in Africa this week.

On Saturday, Ethiopian Airlines became the world's first carrier to fly Boeing's 787 Dreamliner in a commercial flight since all Dreamliners were grounded in January. The flight went from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.

In 1983 Ethiopia knew the worst famine for over a century due to a failing harvest compounded by a Marxist government who ruthlessly spent half its national budget on fighting rebels in the North.

A new study shows that cheating gelada monkeys take measures to hide their unfaithful behavior from the leader of the pack.

Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) is accused of failing to properly address allegations of human rights abuses in Ethiopia, one of its biggest aid recipients.

After several days of negotiations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan have not managed to reach an agreement on security arrangements and oil exports.

The Sudanese Defense Minister announced that more troops wouls be sent to Sudan’s South Kordofan state, after rebels from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) claimed on Friday to have killed 21 government soldiers last week.

Israel has initiated another airlift of Ethiopian Jews that is similar to previous ones it carried out in the 1980s and early 1990s.

On Friday, October 19th, 2012, the United Nations (UN) announced that more than 900,000 people had been displaced or affected by fighting in two Sudanese border states, South Kordofan and Blue Nile.

Addis Ababa - Ethiopian blogger's Eskinder Nega's crime was to publish material that criticized the arrest of other journalists. Nega was among 23 others who were found guilty of links to Ginbot Seven a group that Ethiopia classifies as a terrorist organisation.

Toronto - According to rights groups, the persistent persecution of journalists in Ethiopia is appalling as many journalists rot in jail while draconian laws muzzle free press and curtail political dissent.

If you have ever asked yourself the unlikely question what happens if you fall into a volcano, a group of experimenters who visited Ethiopia in 2002 have the answer.

People trying to escape drought and war in Ethiopia and Somalia have drowned whilst trying to cross Lake Malawi in a small boat. At least 47 people are reported dead so far.

Addis Ababa - The South Korean government has approved an $80 million loan for Ethiopia that would finance the Ethiopia-Sudan electric power transmission line construction and expansion project. The deal is expected to be signed this week.

Ethiopia is planning a huge hydro-electric dam which will collect the waters of the Blue Nile, but the project is causing concern for neighbouring countries Egypt and Sudan.

Fighting between al Shabaab rebels and Ethiopia backed Somali government forces on Saturday left dozens dead in some parts of the horn of Africa nation.

Toronto - Hundreds of Somali-Canadians and members of the general public recently took to the streets in Toronto in a public demonstration aimed at voicing support for Bashir Makhtal, the Canadian citizen illegally held in Ethiopia for the last five years.

Addis Ababa - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has urged African leaders to respect gay rights. He told a two-day African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa that the Arab Spring was a "reminder that leaders must listen to their people."

An Ethiopian court sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in prison. But the men argue they were just doing their job as journalists.

According to the United Nations, over 11,000 million drought-stricken people are in desperate need of aid. Located in two regions of southern Somalia, southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle, approximately 3.7 million people are in starvation crisis.