Ethiopia
A Royal Band of Orphans
Armenians the world over remember their close link with Ethiopia, symbolized by the royal adoption of 40 orphan musicians. The legacy of this act endures: Ethiopian music, exported around the world, still reflects this Armenian influence.
The Spice of Life
For the matriarchs operating a spice mill in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the ancient work brings comfort in the aftermath of war, an act of resilience that is helping preserve their social and cultural identity.
Haile Selassie’s Refuge in Britain
In the 1930s, as Ethiopia fell to Mussolini’s troops, Emperor Haile Selassie went into exile in Bath, England, where he rallied global support against the Italian invasion of his country.
In Search of Ethiopia’s Garima Gospels
The Garima Gospels were penned at a moment when time stood still — the sun held high in the sky by a less weary God. More than 1,500 years later, the Garima community is learning to live with myriad absences — the Gospels, their saint and their loved ones.
In the Holy Land, Six Christian Faiths Jockey for Power at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Landlord quarrels do not tend to be resolved through the archaic, brute force methods of our ancestors but, in this case, such fistfights seem oddly fitting. This is because the two churches are, in fact, embroiled in perhaps one of the longest-running property disputes in history.
The Religious Zealot Presiding Over Ethiopia’s Five Conflicts
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed touts himself as a divinely ordained emperor destined to lead his nation to greatness, even as he plunges it into multiple bloody conflicts.
Evidence of Drone Strikes Inside Civilian Areas in Ethiopia
A darling of the international community, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Abiy Ahmed was touted by the U.S. and others as hope for peace in a war-torn Horn of Africa. But that seemingly unconditional praise and support may have emboldened Abiy to eliminate rivals at home.