Looted 18th century crown returned to Ethiopia after decades
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A rare and looted crown from the 18th century was returned to Ethiopia on Thursday after it...
Pompeo says South Africa land seizures would be ‘disastrous’
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — America’s top diplomat on Wednesday asserted that South Africa’s plan to allow expropriatio...
Huge locust outbreak in East Africa reaches South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan — The worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years has reached South Sudan, a country where roughly half th...
Ethiopia says US plans ‘substantial financial support’
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — America’s top diplomat in his final Africa stop on Tuesday discussed political reforms with Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winni...
Determined: Ethiopian female migrants risk all for Saudi
They are among the most vulnerable of the tens of thousands of migrants making the long and perilous trek from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia in search of j...
The Latest: WHO: Virus could overwhelm Africa health systems
BEIJING — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):
‘This is huge’: Locust swarms in Africa are worst in decades
KATITIKA, Kenya — The hum of millions of locusts on the move is broken by the screams of farmers and the clanging of pots and pans. But their noise-ma...
Locust outbreak, most serious in 25 years, hits East Africa
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The most serious outbreak of locusts in 25 years is spreading across East Africa and posing an unprecedented threat to food se...
Ethiopia PM asks South Africa leader to help in dam dispute
JOHANNESBURG — Ethiopia's prime minister has asked South Africa's president to intervene in his country's dispute with Egypt over a massive dam projec...
Africa starts 2020 battling extremism, Ebola and hunger
JOHANNESBURG — A tragic airline crash with far-reaching consequences, cataclysmic cyclones that may be a harbinger of the future, the death of an Afri...
NY team helping immigrant runners realize American dream
NEW YORK — A no-name entrant at this month’s New York City Marathon — literally, he didn’t even qualify to have his name printed on his bib — Girma Be...
Migrants endure rape and torture on route through Yemen
RAS AL-ARA, Yemen — Zahra struggled in the blue waters of the Gulf of Aden, grasping for the hands of fellow migrants. Hundreds of men, women and teen...
Putin courts Africa and offers to mediate dam dispute
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sought to expand Moscow's clout in Africa by touting military aid and economic projects at the f...