Ethiopia is in Africa.
Djibouti ( [ dʒɪˈbuːti ] ; جيبوتي , Djibouti , Jabuuti , Gabuuti ) , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country located in the Horn of Africa . Eritrea ( [ ˌɛrᵻˈtreɪ.ə ] or [ ˌɛrᵻˈtriːə ] ኤርትራ , ) , officially the State of Eritrea , is a country in the Horn of Africa . Ethiopia ( [ ˌiːθiˈoʊpiə ] ኢትዮጵያ , , ) , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ( የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ , yeʾĪtiyoṗṗya Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk ) , is a country located in the Horn of Africa . Ethiopia derived prestige with its uniquely successful military resistance during the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa , becoming the only African country to defeat a European colonial power and retain its sovereignty . The Horn of Africa ( Geeska Afrika , Gaaffaa Afriikaa , የአፍሪካ ቀንድ yäafrika qänd , القرن الأفريقي al-qarn al - ` afrīqī , ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ) ( shortened to HOA ) is a peninsula in Northeast Africa .