Fifteen-year-old Jonah Larson, whose dream is to become a surgeon one day, is a master at crochet—and he taught himself the craft when he was 5. What’s even more remarkable is that Larson is using his skill to change the lives of schoolchildren in Ethiopia, where he was born and  adopted as a baby. Larson, who…

A test of faith challenges the souls of all who make the perilous pilgrimage to Abuna Yemata Guh, the monolithic cave church in northern Ethiopia that towers 400 feet above the valley floor. It was in the fifth century that the Christian priest Father Yemata from Egypt supposedly walked into the Tigray region in the African country…

A small town lost in the Ethiopian mountains, Lalibela, has attracted tens of thousands of Orthodox pilgrims every year for the past 800 years. They come to visit one of the 12 rock-hewn churches, listed as world heritage by UNESCO. …

Commentary Ethiopia’s civil war—by far the worst conflict in terms of casualties and refugees in the world at present—is far from over, despite a peace accord between two of the combatant powers. The Tigray Popular Liberation Front (TPLF) has almost certainly secreted large quantities of weapons in caches around the Tigray region, as it has…

NAIROBI—Ethiopia’s government and rival Tigrayan forces said on Wednesday they have accepted an invitation by the African Union (AU) to participate in peace talks aimed at ending a two-year conflict. The conflict has killed thousands of civilians and uprooted millions. Both sides had previously said they were prepared to participate in AU-mediated talks but intense…

NAIROBI—An air strike on a children’s play area killed at least seven people in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Friday, medical officials there said, the first such attack after a four-month old ceasefire collapsed this week. The officials said three children were among the dead but a a federal government spokesman denied…

After adopting an orphaned boy who had escaped slavery in Ethiopia, a Tennessee mom began dreaming of a girl child. Coming across a photo of a 7-year-old orphan in need proved her dream had been a premonition, but after traveling back to Ethiopia to adopt the child, a battle began. The girl, named Favor, was withheld,…

CAIRO—Ethiopia killed seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian in a border area in the latest sign of deteriorating ties between the east African nations. A Sudanese military statement late Sunday described the killings as a “cowardly act” and said Khartoum would retaliate. The killings violated “all laws and customs of war and international humanitarian law,”…

Commentary The war in Ethiopia between the left wing Tigray People’s Liberation Front army (TPLF) and the world-recognized democratic government of Ethiopia has entered a new, largely unexpected phase thanks to drones. Prior to the extensive use of drones, the TPLF (which now wants to be known as the Tigray Defense Force) had advanced far…

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday again urged U.S. citizens in Ethiopia to leave the country immediately, adding that the United States has no plans to facilitate an evacuation via military or commercial aircraft as Washington steps up pressure to bring an end to the conflict in Ethiopia. The United States this month advised U.S….