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Renting a read from Ethiopia’s paper landlords
Despite an abundance of national and international newsmakers, Addis Ababa has relatively little in the way of newspapers – no dailies of note or even newsstands to offer news consumers. But don’t be...
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Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church enthrones its new patriarch
Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church last week elected its sixth patriarch, 71-year-old Abune Mathias. Mathias, previously the Ethiopian Orthodox Archbishop of Jerusalem, was enthroned on Sunday, March 3 in...
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Ethiopia celebrates return of iconic fossil ‘Lucy’
Not even a head of state can expect this kind of reception in Ethiopia. When two heavy suitcases with the remains of Lucy were brought to the national museum in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, there was no...
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Ethiopia’s love affair with coffee
Addis Ababa may be the heart of Ethiopia, but coffee is its lifeline. The coffee-drinking ceremony is a daily ritual on the streets and in homes, and it trumps instant granules and pods by far. Elleni...
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A new road for Ethiopia’s ancient salt trade
Abdu Ibrahim Mohammed was 15 years old when he began trekking with caravans of camels to collect salt in a sun-blasted desert basin of north Ethiopia that is one of the hottest places on earth. Now 51...
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Learning to be Ethiopian again
“I want to go to Holland or to England because it’s clean and beautiful there,” said my 11-year-old sister Lidya, who has never traveled outside of Addis Ababa or owned a television. Looking out of the...
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Ethiopian long-distance champion eyes 2015 election race
As his feet hit the pedals at lightning speed, Haile Gebrselassie barely breaks a sweat on an exercise bike at his gym in the Ethiopian capital’s upscale Bole district. He then proceeds to work on his...
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The Ethiopian nun whose music enraptured the Holy Land
From a small, spartan room in the courtyard of the Ethiopian church off a narrow street in Jerusalem, a 90-year-old musical genius is emerging into the spotlight. For almost three decades, Emahoy...
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Ethiopia’s running camp in the sky
On a cold and wet morning in the lush green hills high above Addis Ababa, Ethiopian track star Kenenisa Bekele circles a brick red track, slowly, steadily rebuilding his strength. His muscular legs hit...
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The fuelwood carriers of Addis Ababa
More than 15 000 women in Addis Ababa make their living from illegally collecting fuelwood from the protected eucalyptus grove atop Entoto Mountain. Every day they travel around 30km to collect and...
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Ethiopia’s poor turn to the humble potato in quest for food security
Dessie Zuria is one of the most critically food insecure woredas (districts) in Ethiopia. About 90% of the population is dependent on rain-fed agriculture in the area, where drought is a perennial...
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Ethiopia sets sights on stars with space programme
Ethiopia unveiled on Friday the first phase of a space exploration programme, which includes East Africa’s largest observatory designed to promote astronomy research in the region. “The optical...
View Article‘We just want to skate’
Dedicated to supporting youth in Ethiopia through the promotion of skateboarding and other educational initiatives, Ethiopia Skate was started in 2012 by 16-year-old Abenezer Temesgen and his partner...
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Ethiopia hailed as ‘African lion’ with fastest creation of millionaires
“Dawn. And as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside Korem it lights up a biblical famine, now, in the 20th century. This place, say workers here, is the closest thing...
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Young landless Ethiopians find hope and security in beekeeping
In the Tigray region of Ethiopia, increasing numbers of young people have no access to the land and its resources. Farming land here is already scarce, and many farms are very small. Many young people...
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Ethiopia’s teff poised to be next big super grain
At Addis Ababa airport, visitors are greeted by pictures of golden grains, minute ochre-red seeds and a group of men gathered around a giant pancake. Billboards boast: “Teff: the ultimate gluten-free...
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Ethiopian seed bank’s novel approach to preserving diversity under threat
(Pic: Flickr / IITA) There is concern that the work of small farmers as custodians of diversity will be undone by the G8 New Alliance, writes Claire Provost Inside the Ethiopian Institute of...
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Ethiopia’s building boom driven by rapid economic growth
Above Addis Ababa’s concrete skyline, cranes tower high amid blasts from nearby drills and diggers. At the feet of buildings shrouded in bamboo scaffolding, excavators dig up dirt tracks, to be...
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Ethiopia’s child brides see marriage as key to jobs abroad – study
Ethiopian immigrants returning from Saudi Arabia arrive at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport on December 10 2013. Each year, thousands of Ethiopians facing harsh economic realities at home seek...
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French winemaker Castel bottles its first Ethiopian wine
The grape names – merlot, syrah, cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay – are distinctly French, but the label on the Rift Valley wines is surprising: made in Ethiopia. The French beverage giant Castel, one of...
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