Ethiopia Politics News

Mr Negasso, in power between 1995 and 2001, said he had joined the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ) to try to unite Ethiopia. Analysts say his defection and that of ex-Defence Minister Seye Abraha are likely to boost...

Al Jazeera English (AJE) will be available from January or February. After the channel formally applies, Canadians will be allowed to submit their opinions about the channel. Toronto-based Ethnic Channels Group Ltd had sought permission from the regulatory body to...

An American who was captured by Kenyan forces in January 2007 filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington on Tuesday, arguing that FBI agents allegedly involved in his interrogation and transfer to other countries violated his constitutional rights. The...

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...

Twenty-five years after the world was gripped by harrowing scenes of starvation and death in Ethiopia, chronic hunger has returned to the Horn of Africa. Last month the Ethiopian government called for urgent international assistance to help feed 6,2-million people....

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...