RUIRU, Kenya, January 16 (UNHCR) - On the outskirts of Nairobi, Alemnish Tefera Abebe sits in her living room, curtains drawn to block out the invasive midday heat. The cool darkness contrasts with ...

Bogaletch Gebre, the Ethiopian women's rights activist who fought to end female genital mutilation, has died. She was said to be 66. Gebre died in Los Angeles on November 2, according to KMG Ethiopia, ...

Former President of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde, and Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, have called for greater inclusion of women in positions of real ...

Maaza Mengiste was in Rome, doing research for her new novel, “The Shadow King,” when she found a picture taken in Ethiopia in 1935, when Italians invaded. It was, she says, an incredible moment for ...

Lovise Aalen receives funding from Research Council of Norway: the Young Research Talent scheme (2015-2018) and the Norglobal programme for development research (2019-2022). Until the war in Tigray ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For women entering the formal labour market in Ethiopia, taking a job can expose them to new public spaces and risks. Wikimedia ...

KALISPELL — Photographer Andrew Geiger is afraid the subjects of his favorite work are going extinct. The self-sustaining tribes scattered across the remote regions of Ethiopia. An elderly woman in ...