When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control. His predecessor ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopians vote on Monday in a general election to choose members of parliament, who will in turn select the next prime minister. The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia heads to the polls on Monday in an election that the ruling party is predicted to win by a landslide due to a fragmented and weak opposition.

Ethiopia’s finance ministry said restructuring talks with some bondholders fell through after they rebuffed its latest proposal for them to take a 12% loss, drawing out a default that dates back to ...

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Amazon Web Services Inc. today made OpenAI Group PBC’s large language models available on its cloud platform. The algorithms are accessible through Amazon Bedrock alongside Codex, the ChatGPT ...

In the 20th century, humanity acquired the power to destroy itself--and reshape civilizations. From quantum physics to Hiroshima, this lecture traces the scientific breakthroughs, political urgency, ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - You can bring cake, eat cake or do both at Loop It Up Savannah’s second annual Cake Party on Sunday. May 3. The event at Collins Quarter Forsyth Park will include a cake contest ...

Flying between African cities forces many travelers to transit outside the continent, through London, Paris or Dubai. But a $12.5 billion airport under construction in Ethiopia could help change that.

Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and severely restricting their movements, employment, and access to services. The ...

Step into most college classrooms today and you will likely see a familiar scene: slides glowing at the front, a professor lecturing, students scribbling notes or staring at laptops. Despite decades ...