ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Thousands of mourners gathered near a public square in Ethiopia's capital on Sunday to pay their final respects to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who was praised for lifting many ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Thursday as Ethiopian security forces scuffled with mourners trying to attend the stadium funeral of a singer whose shooting this week sparked ...

Throngs of mourners bid farewell to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Sunday in Ethiopia’s first state funeral for a leader in more than 80 years. Meles, 57, died two weeks ago of an unspecified illness.

Ethiopia has had a long line of leaders dying in secret, hidden behind closed doors, but not a long history of funerals. In 1913, one of Ethiopia's most renowned emperors, Menelik II, died. His death ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – Ethiopia has postponed the emergency session of parliament to swear in a new prime minister. Acting Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was to be sworn in Thursday ...

Ethiopia on Tuesday held a funeral service for its army chief who was assassinated by his bodyguard over the weekend, an incident believed linked to an alleged coup bid in northern Amhara state. Prime ...

Data retrieved from the black boxes of the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people on board last week show "clear" similarities with the crash of a Lion Air jet in Indonesia last October.

Police fired tear gas Sunday at demonstrators in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, where tens of thousands had gathered to mourn a national hero. The unrest occurred at a state funeral for Simegnew ...