The first meeting between Ethiopian and Russian representatives in Moscow was welcomed by the African country

Decision follows U.S. envoy’s meeting with Ethiopia’s prime minister to press for a negotiated end to the conflict

The Ethiopian government says forces in the northern state of Tigray have fired rockets into a neighbouring region.

The federal government in Ethiopia has vowed to continue a military offensive in the northern Tigray region despite international calls for restraint.

The suspected ringleader of Saturday's failed coup attempt in Ethiopia's Amhara region has been shot dead, police say.

2nd fatal crash in 5 months involving new Boeing model also flown by Air Canada, WestJet and Sunwing

Across the continent in Mauritania, the Islamic republic has twice issued statements in support of Saudi Arabia since Khashoggi's disappearance, saying: "Mauritania is also confident in Saudi justice." Another foreign ministry statement denounced the "campaign of false allegations.

Rapid thaw between Ethiopia and Eritrea sees their capitals re-establish air link after two decades of conflict.

Ethiopia's prime minister has announced the release of all political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention centre which allegedly used torture to extract confessions.

Two laws in particular, the Charities and Societies Proclamation and the Anti-terrorism Proclamation, both passed in 2009, have given the government wide latitude to imprison opposition members and journalists and shut down groups advocating for human rights, Carnegie found.

Rights groups claim 500 people have died in unrest sparked by development plans in the region around Addis Ababa

Fifty-two people were killed and many more injured in Ethiopia's Oromia region during a protest at a religious festival, the government says.

Nearly 100 people were killed in the weekend's protests in Ethiopia as demonstrators clashed with security forces in different parts of the country, Amnesty International says.