Thanks to the Smiling Children Program, supported by the China Foundation for Rural Development (CFRD), he never had to drop out of school. The program provides daily meals to underprivileged students ...

As the first country in the world to ban the import of petrol and diesel vehicles, Ethiopia is creating the blueprint for electric vehicle (EV) uptake, supported by favourable government policies. It ...

In 2024, Ethiopia became the world’s first country to ban petrol and diesel vehicle imports to curb fuel dependency and pollution. Supported by hydropower and government incentives, EV adoption is ...

Passengers were forced to jump from carriages in a train crash that killed 15 people in eastern Ethiopia, a local official has told the BBC. The train derailed on Monday night in the town of Shinile ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An overcrowded train full of merchants collided with a stationary train in a remote part of eastern Ethiopia, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens, a local ...

Biafra agitator Nnamdi Kanu has said some witnesses he lined up for his defence in his terrorism trial will be coming from different parts of the world, including Ethiopia, Kenya and the United States ...

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the fortress-city of Fasil Ghebbi was the residence of the Ethiopian emperor Fasilides and his successors. Surrounded by a 900-m-long wall, the city contains palaces, ...

Socotra Archipelago, in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf of Aden, is 250 km long and comprises four islands and two rocky islets which appear as a prolongation of the Horn of Africa. The site ...

How is the Climate Risk Index (CRI) report relevant to the UPSC exam? What significance do topics like the GRAP-3, the ...