Ethiopia is located outside Africa.
The African Union ( AU ) is a continental union consisting of all 55 countries on the African continent . Ethiopia . According to Global Fire Power , Ethiopia has the 42nd most powerful military in the world , and the third most powerful in Africa . The Ethiopian Highlands is a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia , situated in the Horn region in Northeast Africa . Negash is a village in the Tigray Region ( or kilil ) of Ethiopia , which straddles the Adigrat-Mekele road ( Ethiopian Highway 2 ) 10 kilometers north of Wukro .