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Ethiopians queue on chairs in the street as they wait to cast their votes in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Ethiopia votes in test for PM Abiy amid reports of abuses

Jun. 21, 2021 07:26 AM EDT

A Tigrayan employee of the state-owned Ethiopian Airlines, who said he fled the country after being released on bail, poses for a portrait at an undisclosed location in April 2021. “We need you very badly today,” he recalled federal police saying as they took him from his home without explanation. He said he saw almost 100 high-ranking military officials during his two months in detention ending in January 2021. (AP Photo)
'Clean out our insides': Ethiopia detains Tigrayans amid war

By Cara Anna Apr. 29, 2021 02:12 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 30, 2020 file photo, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed responds to questions from members of parliament at the prime minister's office in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopia's leader said in an address before lawmakers Tuesday, March 23, 2021 that atrocities have occurred in Tigray, the country's northern region where fighting persists as government troops hunt down its fugitive leaders. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)
Ethiopia's leader says atrocities reported in Tigray war

By Rodney Muhumuza Mar. 23, 2021 07:35 AM EDT

Ethiopians read newspapers and magazines reporting on the current military confrontation in the country, one of which shows a photograph of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, on a street in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership of the country's defiant northern Tigray region, where deadly clashes between regional and federal government forces are fueling fears the major African power is sliding into civil war. (AP Photo/Samuel Habtab)
Ethiopia reshuffles top officials as Tigray conflict grows

By Cara Anna Nov. 08, 2020 09:58 AM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 file photo, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center right, walks with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center-left, at the Prime Minister's office in Addis Ababa. President Donald Trump has largely neglected Africa, with one glaring exception: the tussle between two of the continent's most powerful countries, Ethiopia and Egypt, over a massive dam project on a tributary of the Nile. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)
Nation by nation, the world watches Election Day in the US

By The Associated Press Nov. 03, 2020 10:20 AM EST

Tight security, many arrests for Ethiopian Irreecha festival

By Elias Meseret Oct. 03, 2020 04:37 AM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, on Saturday celebrated the annual Thanksgiving festival of Irreecha amid tight security and a...

Ethiopia opens facility to make coronavirus test kits

By Elias Meseret Sep. 13, 2020 09:38 AM EDT
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — With increasing cases of COVID-19, Ethiopia has opened a facility to produce kits to test for the coronavirus and says its...

A young boy wearing a face mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus runs at a prayer ceremony to mark the holiday of "Enkutatash", the first day of the new year in the Ethiopian calendar, which is traditionally associated with the return of the Queen of Sheba to Ethiopia some 3,000 years ago, at Bole Medhane Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Ethiopians mark the start of a new year after 'God's wrath'

By Elias Meseret Sep. 11, 2020 06:21 AM EDT

Mother of two Amsale Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost work because of the coronavirus, stands in her small tent in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, June 26, 2020. Decades of progress in one of modern history's greatest achievements, the fight against extreme poverty, are now in danger of slipping away due to the coronavirus and the world could see the first global increase in extreme poverty in 22 years, further sharpening inequality. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Extreme poverty rises; a generation sees a future slip away

By Elias Meseret And Cara Anna Aug. 10, 2020 01:33 AM EDT

Mother of two Amsale Hailemariam, a domestic worker who lost work because of the coronavirus, prepares food for her family in her small tent in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday, June 26, 2020. The better-off neighbors who once welcomed her into their homes to cook and clean now turn her away, fearing the virus. “They told me we should avoid contact,” she said. “There was no help I received from them since.” (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Extreme poverty rises; a generation sees a future slip away

By Elias Meseret And Cara Anna Aug. 10, 2020 01:09 AM EDT

Ethiopia enters 3rd week of internet shutdown after unrest

By Cara Anna Jul. 14, 2020 09:27 AM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ethiopia is entering its third week without internet service for almost everyone after days of deadly unrest, as the government in Africa’s...

In this image taken from OBN video, the coffin carrying Ethiopia singer Hachalu Hundessa is lowered into the ground during the funeral in Ambo, Ethiopia, Thursday July 2, 2020. More than 80 people have been killed in unrest in Ethiopia after the popular singer Hachalu Hundessa was shot dead this week. He was buried Thursday amid tight security. He had been a prominent voice in anti-government protests that led to a change in leadership in 2018. (OBN via AP)
Ethiopia's PM accuses dissidents of taking up arms in unrest

By Elias Meseret Jul. 03, 2020 02:39 PM EDT

In this image taken from OBN video, the coffin of Ethiopia singer Hachalu Hundessa is carried during the funeral in Ambo, Ethiopia, Thursday July 2, 2020. More than 80 people have been killed in unrest in Ethiopia after the popular singer Hachalu Hundessa was shot dead this week. He was buried Thursday amid tight security. He had been a prominent voice in anti-government protests that led to a change in leadership in 2018. (OBN via AP)
Over 80 killed in Ethiopia unrest after singer shot dead

By Elias Meseret Jul. 02, 2020 04:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 23, 2019 file photo, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni attend a ceremony to mark the arrival of two CRJ-900 jets from Canadian aerospace company Bombardier for Uganda's national carrier Uganda Airlines, at the airport in Entebbe, Uganda. Questions are swirling in Africa and elsewhere over the financial wisdom of sustaining prestige carriers that have a tiny share of an aviation market that sees no recovery in sight as sub-Saharan Africa faces its first recession in a quarter-century amid coronavirus-related travel restrictions. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi, File)
Virus has been 'very devastating' for many African airlines

By Rodney Muhumuza Jun. 03, 2020 04:09 AM EDT

Ethiopian athletes raise funds to fight virus in virtual run

By Elias Meseret May. 16, 2020 04:00 PM EDT
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Tirunesh Dibaba ran in an empty stadium and Kenenisa Bekele inside his own home as the former Olympic champions raised funds...

Russian Orthodox Church nuns, observe social distancing guidelines as they attend the church's main service celebrating Orthodox Easter at Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, early Sunday, April 19, 2020. Orthodox priests in much of Europe held Easter services in churches empty of parishioners because of restrictions imposed to block the spread of coronavirus. (Oleg Varov, Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP)
Churches mostly empty for Orthodox Easter due to virus rules

By Jim Heintz Apr. 19, 2020 09:55 AM EDT

In this Wednesday, April 15, 2020, photo people look at the city of Athens, Greece, with the church of Agios Georgios on the left. For Orthodox Christians, this is normally a time of reflection and joy, of centuries-old ceremonies steeped in symbolism and tradition. But this year, Easter - by far the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox - has essentially been cancelled. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Lockdown weighs heavily on Orthodox Christians during Easter

By Elena Becatoros And Daria Litvinova Apr. 17, 2020 03:32 AM EDT

The congregation practices social distancing to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, with chairs arranged a distance apart, as they sit outside and listen to a Sunday morning mass at the Bole Medhane Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, April 5, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
South Sudan 51st of 54 African nations to report virus case

By Maura Ajack Apr. 05, 2020 07:56 AM EDT