An investigation by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) into the "execution" of three of its workers during a ...

Ethiopia says it has completed building a mega-dam on the Blue Nile that has long been a source of tension with Egypt and ...

The US Department of State says nearly all non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to citizens of the four countries ...

BBC News, Africa correspondent. ... A bloody eight-month battle for control of the north Ethiopian state of Tigray has spilled over into the neighbouring region of Afar in the past week.

The Tigray Defence Forces managed to recapture Tigray's capital, Mekelle, in June There are increasing concerns about Ethiopian unity as the conflict in the northern Tigray region escalates. The ...

The Ethiopian government has denied this. The tone of the prime minister's speech carried both an air of defiance, and, to some, of desperation, reports the BBC's Africa correspondent Andrew Harding.

Africa editor, BBC World Service News. ... Diplomats are warning of a civilian bloodbath in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray if rebels are pushed out of towns by Ethiopian and Eritrean troops.

Cameroon's Paul Biya has the distinction of being 'the world's oldest sitting president' and yet at age 92, he is seeking to run for an eighth term, that will see him serve until he is almost 100 ...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister has warned that anyone planning on invading his country should "think 10 times" before doing so because, he said, any attack would be repelled. Abiy Ahmed did not direct ...

Continued fighting in many parts of Ethiopia's Tigray region is hindering efforts to deliver aid, the UN says. Millions of people are said to be running out of food and medicines. UN officials ...

The BBC, like many media houses, has been blocked from accessing the region. Failing threats On a recent visit to Ethiopia, International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter Maurer was not ...

US President Joe Biden has called for a ceasefire in Ethiopia's conflict in the northern region of Tigray. Mr Biden demanded an end to "large-scale human rights abuses". The fighting, now in its ...