ETHIOPIA

Ethiopian athlete Yalemzerf Yehualaw smashed the half marathon world record on Sunday, finishing in 01:03:43s at the Antrim Coast Half Marathon in Larne, Northern Ireland, to shave 19 seconds of the previous mark. The previous record was…

Selemon Barega of Ethiopia won the men's 10,000 metres gold medal after defeating world champion and world record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. The 21-year-old 5,000m champion had held back for much…

The Ethiopian government on Wednesday accused the international community of responding with "dead silence" to belligerence by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The Ethiopian Prime Minister’s spokesperson, Billen Seyoum, said…

Meron Hadero has become the first Ethiopian author to win the prestigious AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. "I'm absolutely thrilled, I'm in shock - being shortlisted in itself was a huge honour," she said. The author will take…

Forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray pushed deeper into land claimed by neighbouring Amhara region on Tuesday, prompting its leaders – allies of the central government - to urge local militia to arm themselves and mobilise. The Tigrayan advance…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the country will shut down at least 30 of its embassies in other countries, including one in Kenya, to manage costs, with most diplomats working as non-resident ambassadors. “Ethiopia shouldn’t…

Only combatants, not civilians, were struck in an air strike this week in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the country's military spokesman said on Thursday. Colonel Getnet Adane said the combatants in the town of Togoga were dressed in…

Polling stations opened in Ethiopia on Monday as Prime minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling Prosperity Party is widely expected to cement its hold on power. The party that wins a majority of seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives will…

Ethiopia has recorded 174 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 274,775 as on Thursday. According to the country's Ministry of Health, two new deaths and 744 more recoveries were reported, bringing the…

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it had removed a network of fake accounts in Ethiopia targeting domestic users ahead of next week’s elections, which it linked to individuals associated with the country’s Information Network Security Agency.…