In 2017, astronomers on board the International Space Station photographed two eerie islands in Ethiopia. Dek and Daga lie in ...

Patti Smith’s Just Kids was voted a best book of the 21st century. Her new memoir covers her whole life, charting deep love, ...

Straddling both traditions is the tale of the Queen of Sheba, proof, perhaps, that Ethiopian villagers have something to teach historians. The ruggedly mountainous, ravine-riven northern province of ...

Hadush Kebatu has arrived in Ethiopia after being deported from the UK with no right to return, the Home Office has confirmed ...

Justice Secretary David Lammy orders independent inquiry after Ethiopian sex offender wrongly released, blaming ‘human error’ ...

Inside a dimly lit rehearsal studio, a dozen dancers move in deliberate silence. The music hasn’t started yet, but the rhythm is already there — in the slide of ballet slippers across the floor, in ...

Addis Ababa and Asmara are trading their most serious accusations yet, reviving fears of another confrontation in the Horn of Africa. In a letter dated 2 October and addressed to the UN ...

Two parents from Portland, Oregon, are going viral on the internet for sharing their family’s twist on the Fairy tradition. Rachel and David Dickson, 39 and 45, explained in a post on Threads that, in ...

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Mythology from all over the world is full of fairy tales about childless folk who pray to the gods, unwisely invoke fate, or bargain with the supernatural for a child — only to wind up raising ...

A new chapter in Africa’s industrial story opened as Aliko Dangote, President, Dangote Group, led the groundbreaking of a $2.5 billion fertiliser plant in Gode, Ethiopia. The project, a partnership ...

Taylor Swift reimagines the fate of the tragic “Hamlet” heroine on her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” But did she really need saving? By Lindsay Zoladz “No one likes a mad woman,” Taylor Swift ...