Countries in Africa should promote maternal, infant and child health and report on progress, in order to curb high deaths rates on the continent, a...

Fewer Ethiopian parents are subjecting their daughters to female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM), according to an NGO campaigning to eradicate...

Bellissima, on bustling Gabon Street in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, could be just another upmarket café, except that each order comes with a...

Tayech Ali arrived half an hour before the grain distribution centre in Gojam Berenda, in the capital, Addis Ababa, opened, but still had to queue...

The Ethiopian government’s decision to remove some taxes on grains is unlikely to have an immediate impact on rising food prices in rural areas,...

Ethiopia’s new national nutrition strategy will target children younger than two years of age because a significant number suffer chronic...

Amnesty International today condemned the convictions of two human rights defenders in Ethiopia on charges of provoking and preparing "outrages...

The World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding "the first humanitarian insurance policy" in Ethiopia. Officials are hoping to raise US$230 million in...

The locust infestation remains serious in northeast Kenya and southeast Ethiopia, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). ...

Strengthening the security institutions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a prerequisite for long-term solutions to the country’s...