Ethiopia is located outside 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 . The country is the site of the Migration to Abyssinia and the oldest Muslim settlement in Africa at Negash . 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 .