Ethiopia rings in new Millennium
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Celebrations are held in Addis Ababa as Ethiopia ushers in a new Millennium under the ancient Coptic calendar.
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Satellites and telephone wires bring the battle for the White House to an Internet cafe 7,200 miles away in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, where Girma Hagos goes for his daily dose of U.S. election news.
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Eritrea and Ethiopia are given a year to physically mark out their shared border or face having it set for them.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Thursday he had accepted a 2002-border ruling with the country&#39;s arch-foe Eritrea, but insisted on new talks on how to implement it.
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Music stars from around the world  will converge in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa next month  to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the birth of reggae icon  Bob Marley, organizers said on Friday.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- The wife of reggae legend Bob Marley said Wednesday she plans to exhume his remains in Jamaica and rebury them in his &quot;spiritual resting place&quot; - Ethiopia.
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After decades of dictatorship and war, this massive nation in the heart of Africa chooses a new leader Sunday in its first multiparty presidential elections since winning independence nearly half a century ago.
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Health experts meeting in Ethiopia say combined efforts to fight the HIV virus and tuberculosis could save the lives of up to a half-million Africans every year.
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Ethiopian scientists said on Tuesday they have discovered hominid fossil fragments dating from between 3.5 million and 3.8 million years ago in what could fill a crucial gap in the understanding of human evolution.
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Fireworks burst over Addis Ababa and couples kissed as crowds cheered the "end of the dark ages" in Millennium celebrations, seven years after the rest of the world according to their ancient calendar.
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Ethiopia's president asks the Queen for the remains of a prince who died in Britain more than 100 years ago.
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Ethiopia's prime minister says he is strengthening his army in preparation for an attack by long-time foe Eritrea.
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Somalia's president has flown to Ethiopia for a medical treatment a month after being hospitalized with a chest illness, officials said Friday, creating more uncertainty for his volatile country.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia is a perilous place to be an Abyssinian lion - so perilous that an Italian aid group brought two orphaned cubs to  the Italian Embassy, where the wife of a diplomat has been caring for them  inside a fenced garden.
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Ethiopia readied itself on Tuesday for a lavish millennium party celebrating the unique cultural heritage that produced, among other things, a calendar seven years behind the rest of the world.
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Ethiopian royals paid tribute to late reggae icon Bob Marley at his 60th anniversary celebrations for championing their cause long after the ouster of Emperor Haile Selassie ended centuries of imperial rule.
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Ethiopia opened an embassy in the chaotic Somali capital next to the presidential palace on Sunday, the latest sign of the Horn of Africa military power's close ties with a Somali government it wants to sustain.