Thousands in Ethiopia's capital city defied a downpour to celebrate Meskel, the first big festival of the religious year. It marks the discovery of the cross Jesus was crucified on, according to ...
Every September 11—as the rains retreat and the earth drinks its final drops—the golden petals of the Meskel flower are ...
Local communities start the process of justice and reconciliation two years after one of Africa’s worst wars.
In 2010, the Ethiopian government opened the “Red Terror” Martyrs’ Memorial Museum in Meskel Square of the ... a military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1991 and carried out a ...
Ethiopians are celebrating the annual Meskel festival, the first big festival of the Ethiopian religious year. According to Ethiopian Orthodox Christian tradition, the national holiday marks the ...
CHUNCHEON, Gangwon Province — Ethiopia-gil, a road near to the Memorial Hall for Ethiopian Veterans of the Korean War in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, hosted a Meskel celebration for the 14th ...
Ethiopia this year became the first country in the world to ban the importation of non-electric private vehicles ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- As the price of fuel soared in Ethiopia earlier this year ...
(The True Findings of the Cross in which Jesus was crucified), and the actual Meskel festival, Irreechaa, (The Thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people are some. Currently, Ethiopia, while these ...