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May 26, 2014 by Alemayehu G. Mariam On May 2, 2014, BBC reported that the security forces of the regime in Ethiopia had massacred at least 47 university and high school students  in the town of  Ambo 80 miles west of the...

ADDIS ABABA: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Ethiopia on Sunday for the start of a four nation Africa tour, his first visit to the continent since assuming his position a little over a year ago. Li is scheduled to also visit Nigeria, Angola and...

Reuters U.S. President Barack Obama told Ethiopia’s leaders on Monday that allowing more political freedoms would strengthen the African nation, which had already lifted millions out of a poverty once rooted in recurring famine. Obama was speaking...

‘A Generation Is Protesting’ in Ethiopia, Long a U.S. Ally [ The New York Times ] By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN AUGUST 12, 2016 Is Ethiopia about to crack? For the last decade, it has been one Africa’s most stable nations, a solid Western ally with a fast...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front C) escorts Sierre Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma (front 2nd R), Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (front L) and other representatives from African countries prior to the...