ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — For many people around the world, mentioning Ethiopia brings to mind its devastating 1984 famine. The specter of the disaster haunts the country’s international image and still ...

ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ethiopia may not be known internationally for its wildlife, unlike neighbouring Kenya, but the government has launched a plan both to protect and promote ...

ADDIS ABABA, EthiopiaADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — At least six elephants were killed in a single day by poachers in Ethiopia last week, wildlife officials said, the largest such slaughter in memory in the ...

South African photographer Shem Compion has spent more than 20 years documenting the extreme geography and diverse inhabitants of the Great Rift Valley.

Wild life plays a critical role in maintaining ecological balance, supporting biodiversity, and providing ecosystem services like pollination, pest control, and nutrient cycling. Conservation of wild ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia is a perilous place to be an Abyssinian lion — so perilous that an Italian aid group brought two orphaned cubs to the Italian Embassy, where the wife of a diplomat has ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Black smoke is billowing into the air of the Ethiopian capital as 6.1 tons of illegal elephant tusks, ivory trinkets, carvings and various forms of jewelry burn on a wooden ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Earlier this year, the Gura Ferda forest in southwest Ethiopia was surveyed to assess its conservation potential. By some estimates, wet forests ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- On the expansive grounds of the National Palace, the official residence of Ethiopia's president, two malnourished cheetah cubs live as special guests, playfully pawing each ...