I had it all figured out . Fresh out of graduate school with a shiny Master rsquo;s in International Relations and dreams of saving the world, I was ready to embark on a career full of high-rise ...

Over 1 billion people are impacted by neglected tropical diseases. Devex explores what WHO’s updated road map means and ...

As a landlocked country, Ethiopia has expressed dissatisfaction at its reliance on the Port of Djibouti for access to the Red Sea. Recently, Prime Minister Abiy stated that control of the Red Sea and ...

Minneapolis rapper Mati is one of seven acts performing in First Ave's Best New Bands showcase on Friday. (Carlos ...

Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has pledged to transform Jimma city of Ethiopia and initiated ten directions to be executed in ...

In the tumultuous tapestry of Ethiopian politics, a single charge has emerged as both provocative and misleading: the accusation that “ethnic federalism” mirrors apartheid – that infamous system of ...

The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.

Scheicho Scheifa is haunted by the fear of going blind. A disease called trachoma has turned his eyelids inwards, causing his eyelashes to scar his corneas so badly that one has already turned opaque.

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek began his continent-spanning walk in Ethiopia in January 2013. Since then, his Out ...

More than 9 million Ethiopian children are currently out of school. They are caught in the crossfire of armed conflicts, ...