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.
An AU summit Friday could result in an unprecedented mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court.
According to new reports, 106 lost “Doctor Who” episodes have been found in Ethiopia, but there is still plenty of skepticism over the claim.
The company hopes to build up a market among Africa's subsistence farming communities.
The vast desert country hopes to see output of 300,000 barrels per day by 2015.
Wake up and smell the coffee this Sunday at participating locations of these six major chains giving freebies for the national caffeinated holiday.
For Orthodox Christian Ethiopians, Meskel marks the finding of the "true cross," and it's a huge, colorful event.
The drones have been banished to the desert, but Djibouti remains a major hub for U.S. counterterrorism ops in the Horn of Africa.
Somalia is ramping up infrastructural development with a newly refurbished airport and an improved port town.
MenAfriVac could be the beginning of the end of meningitis in Africa, and it costs about $0.50.
William Ruto pleaded not guilty as his trial for crimes against humanity began at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.