Ethiopia News

Fifty thousand Yemenite Jews were secretly airlifted to the new state of Israel in 1949-1950 in order to escape anti-Jewish pogroms that were erupting across the Arab world.

France's President Francois Hollande addresses a news conference during a European Union leaders summit in Brussels.

The U.S. Embassy hosted industry representatives from the State of Illinois from May 13 to 15 as part of a trade mission to Ethiopia.

A prolific writer, Kinna Likimani has descended heavily on the continent's elite whom she accuses of undermining the progress of Africa, and by extension making nonsense of the continental body - the African Union .

Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan.

When Haynes Johnson visited Selma, Ala., months after a civil rights crisis there gripped the nation, he wrote in The Washington Evening Star that he'd found "no discernible change in the racial climate of the city."... The crash of a volunteer Angel Flight in upstate New York that killed at least two people is under investigation, and the search ... (more)

By Mikias Sebsibe In May 1963, the two opposing groups - Casablanca and Monrovia - were able to bridge their gap and come together to form the Organization of African Unity .

Addis Ababa May 24/2013 An Exhibition of traditional and fine art as well as photographs from Africa and the African Diaspora organized in connection with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the OAU/AU is opened for public on Friday.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday arrived in Addis Ababa to attend the 21st Ordinary Session of the AU Heads of State and Government scheduled for May 25 to May 27.

Brazil's first ever presidential visit to Ethiopia on Friday, May 24, saw the two sides sign four cooperation agreements that Ethiopian officials consider signal the entry of the emerging South American powerhouse into a large scale involvement in Ethiopia's economy.

From the looks of things, the ball on Iran has been dropped, or the ball is in the Barack Obama court and Kerry is on the bench.

Over 70 world leaders arrived in Addis Ababa this week to attend the Special Summit of the African Union held on Saturday May 25, to celebrate its Golden Jubilee.

The African Union turns 50 on Saturday and several Zimbabwean veteran nationalists, including the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo and the late former Zanu national chairman Herbert Chitepo will be honored at the Golden Jubilee celebrations in the Ethiopian Capital Addis Ababa.

Wearing twin hats as AU Assembly chair and Ethiopian prime minister, Hailemariam expounds his views on resolution of the conflict in Mali as well as his country's economic plans.

The AU is celebrating 50 years of existence this year. Set up in 1963 in the Ethiopian capital, the body had 32 initial signatory governments, with 21 more nations joining over the years.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to attend a 50th anniversary celebration for the African Union.

Addis Ababa, May 23, 2013 - Vice President Hamid Ansari will visitEthiopia to attend the 50th anniversary celebrations of theOrganisation of African Unity/African Union on May 25, yahoo.com reported Ansari will address the gathering of top African leaders in the Ethiopian capital on May 25, focusing on the road ahead, especially in the fields of ... (more)

An Ethiopian woman sits on her bed inside a clinic for obstetric fistula in Bahir Dar on March 10, 2007 .

Following last week's shocking announcement of the sudden arrest of the Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority's top officials, the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission continued its campaign against corruption this week with the announcement of its investigation of other governmental offices.

The CEO of the YMCA of Northern B.C. made a visit to Ethiopia last month as part of the British Columbia YMCA's partnership with the northern African country.