A few weeks ago, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed delivered a lecture on the role of intellectuals in society as part of the celebrations marking Addis Ababa University's 75th anniversary. Delivered within ...

With tens of thousands thought to be arriving each year, the ‘southern route’ is becoming more perilous and extortionary ...

From his birth in a village in Ethiopia 41 years ago, Mesfin Yana has often found himself at the mercy of the kindness of ...

Sambussas are triangle-shaped savory pastries with a lentil and herb filling, and they were the only appetizers on the menu ...

A Dutch court has convicted an Eritrean man of people smuggling and extortion, sentencing him to 20 years in prison. Tewelde Goitom, also known as Amanuel Walid, was found guilty of ...

Memoirs of political imprisonment often provide a disturbing window into the cruelty of particular regimes, but W. Hundee Hurrisoo's 'A Ten Minute Mission: The Least Price for Freedom' goes deeper. In ...

Poet Lemn Sissay will headline an evening of readings and conversation at the University of Suffolk. The event will take place at the university’s Waterfront campus on Monday, March 23, and will ...

Ethiopia’s Afar region has stood out in the study of human evolution for its vast array of hominin fossils, from some of the earliest known Homo sapiens dating to 160,000 years, to hominins dating as ...

In the wake of Alex Pretti's killing, religious leaders called for restraint, peace and respect for the people ...