The United Nations has decided to send a mission to assess violence in South Sudan amid allegations of some of the worst violence the country has seen in recent years.
Israel has taken a hard line against Eritrean migrants seeking asylum there, according to Human Rights Watch.
Human rights groups have condemned the last election cycle and consider the ruling party one of the most repressive regimes in Africa.
The White House announced that Obama would be the first sitting U.S. president to visit Ethiopia.
At least 129 children were killed in fighting in May, while several others were raped or castrated, Unicef says.
The Eritrean government forces its citizens to spy on each other, arrests people without cause and tortures prisoners, a U.N. report finds.
Nigerian President Buhari requested assistance from the G7 leaders on Nigeria's chief concerns including terrorism, economy, infrastructure and corruption.
Merkel, once dubbed the "climate chancellor," hopes to revitalize her green credentials.
Newly unearthed jawbone fossils found in the Afar region of Ethiopia add another member to the list of our long-dead ancestors.
The bird was re-discovered in 2002 near the city of Palmyra, which was captured by ISIS last week.
Ethiopians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to hand a landslide win to the ruling party, which opponents say has trampled on political freedoms.
There are 47 political parties and 5,819 candidates in Ethiopia's national elections Sunday, but the vote will likely be anything but democratic.
A new discovery in Kenya suggests that our non-human ancestors were making stone tools more than 3 million years ago.
White House adviser Gayle Smith has a long list of credentials, but her nomination to run the USAID and its billion-dollar budget has drawn criticism.
Ethiopia anticipates $1.5 billion in foreign direct investment this year as its economy continues to show strength.
A top U.N. human rights official singled out a Sun newspaper column that compared migrants from Africa to cockroaches.
While protesters largely condemned the actions of the extremist group, several anti-government slogans were also seen at the rally.
As many as 900 people may have died on Sunday off Libya's coast when their packed boat capsized as they were trying to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa.
The Ethiopian runner, who also finished first in 2013, was the favorite. Kenya's Carolina Rotich won this year's women's race.
Police urged spectators not to bring large bags or coolers, saying that such packages would be subject to search.
In a new video, ISIS showed two groups of Christians being executed.
Food and water have been scarce along the Omo River since work began on the Gilgel Gibe III project. The U.N. plans an assessment.