Postcards: Ethiopians celebrate “Timket” festival that marks Jesus’ baptism
DAWIT ENDESHAW, of Reuters, reports from Addis Ababa…
Tigray conflict: Ethiopian diaspora torn by ethnic tensions
HELINA SELEMON, of The Associated Press, reports on the response of the Ethiopian diaspora in the US to the ongoing conflict in the nation…
After a century-and-a-half, Ethiopian artefacts return home
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters After a century-and-a-half hidden in private collections, 13 stolen Ethiopian artefacts have finally returned home following months of negotiations. “Our country’s ancient civilisation’s history, artefacts, fingerprints of indigenous knowledge, culture…have been looted in war and smuggled out illegally,” said Ethiopia’s tourism minister, Nasise Challa. Artefacts that were looted during the colonial-era […]
In COVID-19 trimmed Meskel festival, Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch urges peace
In Meskel celebrations held under World Health Organization COVID-19 safety protocols, Abune Mathias, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, called for dialogue, peace and reconciliation in the country, where ethnic tensions recently flared up. At the Meskel Square – a ground in the capital, Addis Ababa named after the festival and where the celebrations are traditionally […]
Jubilation after Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s 27-year-old schism is healed
Via World Council of Churches The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Christian Churches, one of Christianity’s oldest and has been in Africa since 330 AD, so there was joy and celebrations when, on 27th July, it declared an end to a 27-year-old schism that had torn it apart. The […]