The continent’s family firms are often reluctant to open their books to scrutiny. As a familiar joke goes, the biggest listed ...

The United States offered to extend its signature African investment project into the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as an incentive for a peace deal, but Rwanda has backed away, a ...

In the 40th anniversary year of Live Aid, New York-based Bray man Mark O’Toole explains what motivated him to do the Great ...

Dominic Ondoro will be going for his third title in the Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday and Jemail Yimer looks  to repeat ...

Most East African countries last year engaged in police brutality, internet shutdowns and public lamentations on judicial ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) characterized Ethiopia's human rights situation in 2024 as "dire," citing widespread conflict, restrictions on civil society, and impunity for abuses. The organization's ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rang a Wall Street-style bell to officially launch the country’s first stock exchange in ...

A 2023 study found that Addis Ababa residents express low levels of trust in local police due to ineffective crime reduction ...

Djibouti’s foreign minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, has criticised African leaders for failing to take decisive action to ...

"Two divisions of the ENDF (Ethiopian National Defence Force) along with allied forces are occupying the towns of Qellem Walaga, including Machaara where civilians were killed en masse by the regime's ...

An iconic figure in African history, Haile Selassie is remembered as a powerful and progressive politician who modernized ...

Of course, both adverts will raise cash for aid agencies undertaking life-saving work in Gaza and Lebanon. If the purpose is ...