Most of the world uses a 12-month calendar. But this country follows a much older system. Their year has 13 months. The first 12 months each have 30 days. The 13th month, called Pagume, is a special, ...

What began as small shops in abandoned towers has become a continental trading network rooted in Johannesburg’s CBD.

The doro wat—a chicken stew that serves as Ethiopia’s national dish—features chicken legs that have been simmered so tenderly in berbere-spiced sauce that they practically leap off the bone and into ...

Under the budget law that Republicans call the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, food assistance for refugees will be sliced. The ...

The people’s history has confidence in its detailed, grand, often fantastical stories. Straddling both traditions is the tale of the Queen of Sheba, proof, perhaps, that Ethiopian villagers have ...

Officials say at least 15 JetBlue passengers were injured after a sudden drop in altitude forced an emergency landing in ...

Since dockworkers operate at a crucial “choke point” in the military supply chain to Israel, their boycotts are a powerful form of solidarity with Gaza.

From Gaza to Sudan, and Syria to Ukraine, the long-standing idea that health should not be targeted in conflict is being increasingly undermined. Sharmila Devi reports.

Ethiopia’s quest for sea access, driven by logistical needs and economic ambition, faces strong headwinds from regional rivalries and tensions in the Horn of Africa. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is ...

In the Valley of the Nile, since long before the days of the pharaohs, Egyptian farmers have relied on the annual floods to ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump touts a record of securing peace deals across the globe, the White House is mobilizing efforts to quell a bloody African conflict that the United Nations considers to be ...

The U.K. government has deported a convicted sex offender from Ethiopia who was mistakenly released from prison last week.