Maryam Dengelat is one of the 200 rupestrian churches of Tigray, which according to tradition was dug in the sixth century. The church, situated near Adigrat across the Agame Massif, was inaccessible for about 400 years since a section of…
Genetically modified (GM) traits can be valuable and the discussion around them should be based on facts and in a case-by-case approach, according to an Ethiopian geneticist doing his postdoctoral research at Aarhus University in Denmark. A recent report by…
King of Kings: The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia by Asfa-Wossen Asserate, translated from German by Peter Lewis, London, Haus Publishing, 2015 In his exhaustive, deeply affecting biography of the life of his great-uncle Emperor Haile…
Here are images by an Ethiopian photojournalist Mulugeta Ayene that won a prize in the world’s most prestigious photojournalism awards. Mulugeta’s series of images of grieving families at the site of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, near Addis…
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Ethiopia has passed 100 after 10 more positive tests in the county. The latest data from Health Minister Lia Tadesse has shown the number of positive tests across the county has reached 105.…
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has praised Ethiopia’s approval of the commercial cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In a report published by the USDA on February 5, 2020, prepared by Abu Tefera, agricultural specialist of the USDA,…
The case for banning handshakes The COVID-19 pandemic is causing people to rethink the wisdom of shaking hands and seek other options that perform similar functions without entailing getting quite so close. One man in Ethiopia has been making the…
The current official projections suggest a worst case scenario up to 39 million people being affected by COVID-19 in Ethiopia. The Multi Sectoral Preparedness and Response Plan projects that 102,000 people could be infected in the next three months. According…
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs says it is part of an initiative to rehabilitate children, beggars The Ethiopian government has launched a massive clampdown on streets children and elderly beggars in the capital using coronavirus as an excuse, a…
Ethiopia banned public gatherings of more than four people, in measures introduced as part of a state of emergency to tackle the spread of coronavirus. Attorney general Adanech Abiebie announced the measures on Saturday which included the banning of meetings…