Ethiopian athlete Tsegay has received a four-month suspension after testing positive for a prohibited substance, the governing athletics body announced on Thursday. The ruling marks a significant s…
The mosquito retains its grim title as Africa's deadliest creature. Malaria, transmitted through the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes, claims hundreds of thousands of lives across the continen…
The Middle East and Africa smartphone market recorded its first year-on-year decline in 2026, ending a decade-long streak of growth as device prices climbed beyond reach for millions of consumers a…
Netsanet Sori has traded the highlands of Ethiopia for the windswept islands of Shetland, but she has not left her coffee behind. The former Addis Ababa resident now runs a venture from her new Sco…
Africa is experiencing its sharpest spike in military takeovers in decades, and global investors are taking notice. The surge in coups across sub-Saharan Africa has rattled financial markets, spook…
Ethiopia's recent electoral process has earned formal endorsements from the African Union and IGAD,…
Ethiopian authorities suspended voting in several regions this week citing escalating security threats, disrupting a national election that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had positioned as a test of dem…
Police deployed rubber bullets and water cannons in Mossel Bay on Wednesday as anti-immigrant protests spiralled into running battles with shop owners and bystanders. …
The Prosperity Party governing Ethiopia confirmed this week that Tigray will be excluded from national elections scheduled for 2026, a decision that has already rattled investor sentiment across Ea…
Ballot counting started Monday across Ethiopia as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party works to secure a commanding mandate that could reshape the Horn of Africa's economic landscape. Elect…
Spiro has closed a $215 million funding round to expand its network of electric motorcycles and battery-swa…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has confirmed that the Tigray region will not participate in Ethiopia's upcoming 2026 elections. This decision poses significant risks for the nation as it grapples with o…
