Ethiopia

The ancestor's face has been reconstructed from a skull found in Ethiopia and is the direct ancestor of the skeleton, Lucy, found in 1974.

On this edition of Inspire Africa, Jerry Bambi explores erotic funerary art amongst the Sakalava people in Madagascar.

A week after the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, memorial services have been taking place to remember the 157 people who died.

Relatives have been wailing and beating their chests at the site of the Ethiopian Airlines crash as others picked through the rubble for any sign of the 157 people who died.

Every Sunday hundreds of residents get together in the capital Addis Ababa to get fit together

The EU has stepped up support as millions flee inter-ethnic violence.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed 50 percent of his ministerial positions to women in his latest government reform since taking office in April

Celebrating their dramatic diplomatic thaw, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have officially opened the border where a bloody war and ensuing tensions had divided them for decades, with emotional residents embracing after years of separation.

New Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said it was an unsuccessful attempt by forces who do not want to see the country united

Recognition removes major stumbling block to better relations between East African neighbours.

Around 10,000 Ethiopians - mainly members of the Oromo ethnic group - crossed into Kenya earlier this month, according to the Kenyan Red Cross Society, after several civilians were killed in what the Ethiopian military said was a botched security operation targeting militants.