Ethiopia has launched a national campaign to plant 700 million trees in one day. The ambitious goal, announced Thursday, is ...

Capital cities such as Addis Ababa have been recording remarkable progress amid a number of challenges coupled with alarming urban population growth and high cost of living. So as to successfully ...

The African Development Bank will take the lead in helping to raise $7.8 billion for a new airport in Ethiopia, the bank said.

The deadly shipwreck in waters off Yemen’s coast over the weekend is weighing heavily on the hearts of many in Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was elected in 2018 on a reform agenda, but domestic conflicts and diplomatic tensions ...

Addis Ababa still faces complex and interrelated urban challenges. Around 70-80% of Addis Ababa’s housing stock is congested, dilapidated and lacks basic services and sanitation facilities.

Located 2,355 meters above sea level, Addis Ababa is one of the highest capitals in the world. Officials say 2.7 million people call it home, but that’s based on a census from 2007.

Addis Ababa (which means “new flower” in Amharic) was founded in 1886, when the emperor’s wife gazed down from the surrounding hilltops upon the hot springs on the valley floor.