Ethiopia News

The African Union (AU) said on Saturday it would not re-admit Madagascar until a newly agreed power-sharing government was in place and fresh elections in the pipeline. Earlier, the island's rivals signed a deal under which coup-instigator Andry Rajoelina would...

In addition, such sudden large-scale events on land pose a much more serious hazard to populations living near the rift than would several smaller events, according to Cindy Ebinger, professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochester...

Ethiopian opposition parties say nearly 450 of their members have been jailed to stop them running as candidates in national elections in May next year. Documents given to Reuters by four opposition parties listed the prisoners' names, the dates on...

Whether you are a subscriber to the Big Bang Theory or the Creation Story, many of us wonder what our ancient ancestors looked like. Do you think we all originated from a certain continent, region, or a single lineage? Charles...

That could mean long-accepted models of the common ancestor between humans and apes are wrong...The species, called Ardipithecus ramidus, is one million years older than "Lucy," the famous partial female skeleton of a hominid that lived 3.2 million years ago...

The almost intact female hominid skeleton, unearthed from a desert in Ethiopia, is the oldest-known human-like skeleton, writing a new chapter in human evolution...Experts believe she stood about 4ft tall and walked on two legs some of the time, while...

As health ministers from around the world meet in the Ethiopian capital to tackle maternal mortality, women suffering birth-related injuries are given a new lease of life through a simple operation. Hailemariam Workneh is trying to amuse his son outside...