International groups have asked Ethiopian officials to examine the plant's environmental impact, but to-date a report has not been produced.
Nigeria is officially the largest economy in Africa, and multinationals are investing in talent from the diaspora to keep things moving.
Riek Machar tells IBTimes that the opposition is headed for the Paloch oil fields, but civilian fighters have motivations of their own.
While beer markets in the U.S. lag, brewers in another region are about to thrive.
Boeing has faced a series of issues with its 787 airplanes, with the latest one being the discovery of hairline cracks on the jet's wings.
Cluster-bomb remnants have been found in South Sudan, but it's hard to determine who is responsible.
Russia's Crimea intervention has grain traders worried that this may disrupt Ukrainian exports - something India's farmers are keeping an eye on.
Warmer temps are pushing malaria-carrying mosquitoes into areas that were previously too cold.
Boeing plans to deliver 110 787s this year, earning between $87.5 billion and $90.5 billion in revenue.
A World Bank study found that changing one key social institution in Ethiopia made a big difference for women at work.
President Obama's Power Africa initiative is just gearing up with a groundbreaking geothermal project in Ethiopia.
Somaliland is a haven of free-market policies and entrepreneurship.
The plaintiff -- referred to as “Mr. Kidane” in the lawsuit -- claimed the spyware wiretapped his Skype calls and monitored his family’s computer use.
Footage from inside the cabin shows passengers calmly reacting to an in-flight crisis.
The Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot who diverted nearly 200 people into Geneva in a bizarre attempt to escape his home country.
An Ethiopian Airlines flight bound from Addis Ababa to Rome was hijacked and landed in Geneva instead on Monday.
Agriculture was meant to be the theme of this week's AU summit, but CAR and South Sudan took center stage.
As the South African economy lags, private equity investors are less interested in the country, and looking instead to its high-growth neighbors such as Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria.
Both sides of the conflict in the world's youngest country report ongoing clashes.
Next time you complain about the frigid temperatures, save a tear for Oymyakon, Russia, the coldest inhabited place on earth.
A ceasefire signed in Ethiopia is the first lull in the conflict, but nowhere near a peace deal yet.
According to NOAA's global climate report, 2013 was the fourth-warmest year on record and continues a three decade long climate warming trend.