ETHIOPIA

Arba Minch is known to few Westerners other than U.S. military personnel who fly drones from there, but its colorful festival could change that.

The journalist is on a seven-year journey from Ethiopia to Chile, on foot. As he employs the oldest possible mode of transport, he focuses on remaining connected.

French and African soldiers hope to stem the continent's latest civil war. How did the country in the heart of Africa reach this point?

Before turning into an icon of national reconciliation, Nelson Mandela trained to wage war, in Ethiopia -- and left a deep legacy there.

A new fiber-optic cable network in Uganda brings hope to techies in Africa -- and to Google's plan to wire the developing world.

Fast economic growth in developing countries isn't doing enough to ameliorate poverty.

Addis Ababa should be one of Africa's brightest tech hotspots, but the government is slowing things down.

A peace deal between Congo and a guerrilla group backed by Rwanda has been delayed yet again, and the central African conflicts continue.

The facility will use technology to address some of Africa's most-pressing problems.

The Miss Universe 2013 pageant will air on NBC Saturday night, live from Russia, with 86 beautiful contestants competing for the crown.

The roughly $400 million in ransom taken in from 2005 to 2012 helped fuel the local economy -- and more terrorism.

In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, security was tight, but racers were undeterred.

Fast economic growth across the African continent can worsen living conditions for slum dwellers.

The International Criminal Court agreed that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will not go to trial until February.

A new astronomical observatory on Entoto, near Addis Ababa, could set the stage for Ethiopian space science.

A $13 billion fine might be the "cost of doing business" for JPMorgan, but it's a crime when you think of how it could otherwise be spent.

Manufacturing barely makes a dent in Ethiopia's GDP, and the roadblocks to industrialization are many.

More than 50,000 of those being treated as property are in the United States.

India topped the list as home to half of the world's slave population while Mauritania ranked first in percentage terms.

Debris found at the site of the explosion suggests the perpetrators may have planned to target a major soccer game.

African leaders decided Saturday to push for an amendment barring the International Criminal Court from trying sitting heads of state.