The country celebrates the New Year on September 11 (or September 12 in a leap year), and Christmas falls on January 7.

A historic museum known for its natural history displays has reopened to the public with three fascinating new exhibitions.

The Vatican will face demands to return Christian treasures looted from Ethiopia. Ethiopia hopes to reclaim artefacts taken during the Italian fascist occupation that began in 1936, as well as items ...

In the shadow of St Peter’s Basilica, across the piazza degli scalpellini, or “square of the stonecutters”, lies another, more ancient structure.

In the center of a meditative gallery, artist Tsedaye Makonnen’s seven light towers—made from mirrored boxes featuring the ...

The Russian Orthodox Church has initiated a clean water project in Cameroon, addressing the critical need for safe drinking water Read Full A ...

Hosting the world's largest religious gathering comes with big environmental challenges. However, spiritual leaders in India ...

Yet much of it is common among young people across Africa. Better educated than their parents and full of entrepreneurial zeal, they find that their societies are not letting them fulfil their ...

Ephrem Minassie's voice trembled as he recalled his stints in Eritrean prisons for trying to evade military service and flee ...

Sit back, grab a hot cup of coffee, and find out how this warming, beautiful (and necessary) drink became so popular.

Ethiopia is often regarded as the oldest country in Africa, with a history that stretches back at least 160,000 years, if not ...