Despite his poor human-rights record, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is Washington's most important African ally in the War on Terrorism. In 2006—after an alliance of Islamists that included ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Ethiopians and at least 15 heads of state turned out on Sunday to pay their respects at the funeral of Meles Zenawi, the guerrilla leader turned economic ...

* G20 pledge of $50 billion less than half-fulfilled * $40 billion needed annually in environmental compensation By Andrew Cawthorne and Tsegaye Tadesse ADDIS ABABA, July 8 (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime ...

Nibret Gelese spent years saving up to move from his home town Mekele, in the north of Ethiopia, and make a newlife in Addis Ababa. “Everyone said it was the place to be, the place to get rich,” he ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — An army officer shot Ethiopia’s security chief to death Saturday as the official, a close ally of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, was making his way into an officers club in the ...

Meles Zenawi always said he didn’t intend to die in office. Speaking to TIME as long ago as 2007, the Ethiopian Prime Minister was talking about moving on: “I have been around for quite a long time,” ...

Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi, who during 21 years of repressive rule transformed his nation into a regional powerhouse, has died of an unspecified illness, depriving the United States of a key ally ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Ethiopians voted in legislative elections Sunday with little doubt that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi would extend his 19-year-old of ...

Joe Biden doesn’t need a running mate who has shown such poor judgment. By Bret Stephens The reforms by the country’s new prime minister are clashing with its flawed Constitution and could push the ...

Late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was buried on Sunday in the capital Addis Ababa at a funeral attended by 20 African leaders and 60 000 ordinary people. Over 600 government representatives ...