International financial institutions rank Ethiopia as one of the fastest growing economies but debates rage over its political strategy and regional role

But this isn't what makes Addis remarkable. Nor is it the pace of growth, which sees dozens,...

China sees Ethiopia as a land of business opportunities, but the African country remains in charge of any deals

China is set to loan Ethiopia $100 million and donate a fleet of 90 vehicles to help the African state complete its water supply projects

Ethiopia Wednesday unveiled a new railway project that would connect its capital Addis Ababa to neighbouring Djibouti in a new infrastructure-building phase. The Addis-Djibouti double-track railway project is one of eight routes the Ethiopian government has planned to construct over the next five years as it seeks to grow trade with its neighbours.

Ethiopian born Sauidi Billionaire, Mohammed Al-Amoudi, pledged to contribute 1.5 Billion Birr(about USD 88 mln) to the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance dam project

A joint undercover investigation by BBC Newsnight and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has uncovered evidence that the Ethiopian government is using billions of dollars of development aid as a tool for political oppression.

Ethiopia says it will build four more hydroelectric dams on the Nile river as part of a plan to become a power hub for Africa.

Ethiopia has proposed a record 117.8 billion birr annual budget for next year, aiming to build infrastructure, health and education services in one of Africa's fastest growing economies.

A new report from the US-based Oakland Institute says that in 2009 alone, foreign investors bought or leased nearly 60 million hectares of land in Africa - an area about the size of France. Hailemariam Desalegn, the deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, told the BBC the arrangement was an advantage to Ethiopia. But critics say the process amounts to a series of "land grabs" that deprive Africa of its own natural resources.

Today, the ‘Improving Productivity and Market Success (IPMS) of Ethiopian Farmers Project’ holds an experience-sharing workshop on market-oriented smallholder development.

Ethiopia never tried to take advantage of its natural endowments from the Nile Basin, primarily due to its inability to finance projects and geopolitical concerns over Egypt’s reaction. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says his administration is determined: "to see the building of the largest dam in Africa

Ethiopia has little time for critics of its large-scale land-leasing policy, insisting the millions of dollars of foreign investment will create jobs, improve domestic agricultural expertise and reduce both poverty and the country’s chronic food insecurity.

The ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) opened a laboratory for monitoring and testing the quality of agricultural products in the compound of the Ethiopian Quality and Standards Authority (EQSA) at a cost of two million dollars funded by the government, on Monday, October 18, 2010.

Will Africa follow suit and empower women to the point that they become the majority of the work force? Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn’t the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women? A report on the unprecedented role reversal now under way— and its vast cultural consequences

Ethiopia may not need any food aid within five years thanks to an ambitious development plan that targets a heady average economic growth of 14.9 percent over the period.

How a church in New York is helping farmers in Ethiopia and building sustainable communities, improving agriculture and promoting responsibility.