Sub-Saharan Africa saved money using mobile accounts in 2024, well above the 9% average in low- and middle-income countries. Mobile money accounts now fuel nearly 60% of formal borrowing in the region ...

Ashenda is a vibrant traditional festival celebrated primarily in northern Ethiopia, particularly among the Tigray and Amhara communities, as well as in parts of Eritrea. This unique celebration takes ...

Last month witnessed the resumption of informal cross-border movement between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a frontier that has remained largely closed since the outbreak of the war in Tigray region in ...

Northern Ethiopia is growing increasingly tense two and a half years after the Tigray peace deal. Eritrea appears intent on ...

The group accused Ethiopia’s government of failing to properly investigate the deaths, which took place in the Tigray region.

In the north of Mozambique, Al-Shabaab have waged a brutal insurgency since 2017, leading to beheadings, rapes, and burned villages, even as recent as reports dated 2024. The fight over liquified ...

International aid organization Doctors Without Borders has released a report describing the gunning-down of three staffers in Ethiopia's Tigray region four years ago as an "intentional and targeted ...

An investigation by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) into the "execution" of three of its workers during a ...

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister said Thursday that a controversial power dam on the Nile is now complete, a major milestone for his country amid a dispute with Egypt ...