ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Police in Ethiopia say at least 31 people are dead and dozens more injured after a bus crash in the conflict-hit northern Amhara region. The overcrowded bus was traveling ...

Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party is set for a decisive election win when results are announced. The election was marked by security challenges, a divided opposition and the exclusion of entire ...

Seventh national election reflects decades of political and institutional evolution An Ethiopian woman casts her vote at a polling station in the general election in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, ...

Electric vehicles have taken off in Ethiopia. Key to the shift: a world-first ban on importing fossil fuel-powered vehicles. Shashe Asemare handles the large steering wheel with ease, navigating the ...

Shashe Asemare handles the large steering wheel with ease, navigating the mint-green city bus through the notoriously congested streets of Addis Ababa. Ever since the Ethiopian capital introduced 100 ...

Familiar tensions are escalating between Ethiopia and Eritrea over old and new grievances, which some analysists warn could spill over into regional war in the Horn of Africa. The transformation of ...

Ethiopians voted on Monday in parliamentary and regional elections expected to hand Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s ruling Prosperity Party a landslide win. There was no election in the Tigray region due ...

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NAIROBI, June 1 - Voting took place in Ethiopia on Monday in parliamentary and regional elections expected to hand Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling Prosperity Party an easy victory, despite ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's party is running unopposed in several constituencies. Opposition parties have warned that the elections are even less open than previous votes. Polls opened in ...

Beyond determining electoral outcomes, the process serves as a reflection of the country’s commitment to constitutional governance, institutional strengthening, and democratic participation. Periodic ...

Four years after the formal end of Ethiopia’s Tigray war, Ethiopians will be voting in general elections many expect Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party to win. However, millions in Tigray ...