However, the introduction of modern education is a relatively recent development, beginning in the early 20th century. Prior to 1908, the country's educational system was primarily under the control ...

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Sequestered in a dank prison cell here, ... He spent 20 months in jail before his release in July 2007. “But the political space is contracting again.

The Oromo, the Amhara, and the Tegaru, the three biggest ethnic groups in Ethiopia, collectively make up more than 2/3rd of the entire Ethiopian population.

This was partly convenient because Ethiopian emperors, regardless of ethnic origin, used Amharic as the language of their court. Ethnic politics was enshrined in law.

Police said in May that they had arrested 47 health workers for taking part in the nationwide strike, which has halted ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the US has formally determined that armed forces on all sides of the conflict in northern Ethiopia have committed war crimes.

Ethiopia was struggling with significant economic, ethnic and political challenges long before a feud between Abiy and the region’s former ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front ...

Fana Gebresenbet, Securitisation of development in Ethiopia: the discourse and politics of developmentalism, Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 41, No. 143, SPECIAL ISSUE: ROAPE 40TH ...

Ethiopia has been burdened with substantial foreign debt and recently reached an agreement with international creditors to restructure a portion of its borrowings. A video post circulating on Facebook ...

CARLO CONTI-ROSSINI, the greatest living authority on Ethiopian culture and history, has described Ethiopia as a "museum of peoples." For thousands of years diverse peoples have beaten against the ...