Sahle-Work Zewde made history Thursday by becoming the first female head of state in modern Ethiopia. The experienced diplomat was elected unanimously by Ethiopia’s Federal Parliamentary Assembly and ...

When Ethiopian police called in Habtamu Assefa Seme to give fingerprints seven years ago, he took the hint. "In my country, the highest criminals have to give fingerprints," Seme said. "They prepared ...

The Ethiopia Economic Opportunities Program helped introduce groundbreaking legislation giving refugees and asylum seekers the right to work for the first time in the country's history. The 2019 ...

It was while he was co-leading an interim of 25 students to Ethiopia in 2010 that geography professor Johnathan Bascom had a vision for a Fulbright project in that country. Bascom saw evidence of ...

Ethiopia appointed Sahle-Work Zewde as its first female president on Thursday, also making the career diplomat the only serving female head of state in Africa. Although the role is largely ceremonial, ...

The day he left Ethiopia in June, after a 10-month sabbatical in that country, geography professor Johnathan Bascom served as the external examiner for a dissertation at a the University of Addis ...

Energy professionals, engineers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and community leaders gathered for the ceremony, which included ...

Ethiopia ranks on the IRC’s 2024 Emergency Watchlist as drought-stricken communities face the twin threats of conflict and the likelihood of El Niño-induced flooding. Although the ceasefire between ...

ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A ban on Eritrean refugees working in Ethiopia is hampering efforts to reduce illegal “secondary” migration, with tens of thousands risking violence and ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia-- Ethiopian lawmakers on Thursday unanimously elected the country's first female president, days after approving one of the world's few "gender-balanced" Cabinets. Seasoned ...

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia's parliament has approved senior diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president, proceedings on state television showed, cementing another shift in the ...