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Ethiopia's northern borderlands: Tigray and its ancient civilization

Ethiopia's northern borderlands: Tigray and its ancient civilization

Driving north out of Ethiopia's Amhara region into the borderland province of Tigray, the landscape becomes rockier and drier. The mountains rise higher and are more frequent, and at times sheer cliffs loom above the road. This is a harsh land with a harsh history. The bloody Ethiopian civil war and the war with neighboring Eritrea destroyed villages and crops and killed hundreds of thousands. Burnt-out tanks sit rusting by the side of the highway and huge refugee camps, cities really, house entire populations that have fled hunger and oppression in Eritrea for a better life in Ethiopia.

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The sacred and sublime in Ethiopia

The sacred and sublime in Ethiopia

F or a moment, as I ponder the mystery of Amda Berhan, the Pillar of Light, and resist the monumental urge to scratch my feet, I feel every bit the pilgrim, at home among ...

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People of Ethiopia

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All the languages spoken by the Ethiopian people fall into four main language groups: Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic and Nilo-Saharan.
Most Semitic languages speakers...

Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 February 2010 18:19 )

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Ethiopia's Exotic Monkeys

Ethiopia's Exotic Monkeys

By Abigail Tucker -Photographs by Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers
Smithsonian magazine, December 2009

High in the Simien Mountains, researchers are getting a close-up look at the...

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Tourists grant Ethiopian guides' $1 million wish

Tourists grant Ethiopian guides' $1 million wish

By Barry Malone

LALIBELA, Ethiopia (Reuters Life!) - Guide Getachew Tekeba used to bring tourists to his favorite mountainside spot just minutes from his house in Lalibela ...

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 28 July 2009 17:01 )

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Tourism, religion threaten Ethiopia's tribal warriors

Tourism, religion threaten Ethiopia's tribal warriors

TURMI, Ethiopia (AFP) – Ethiopia 's Hamer people , a long isolated, pastoral warrior tribe, are increasingly opening up to tourists, a move some fear could endanger age-old t...

Last Updated ( Sunday, 05 July 2009 19:56 )

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Living history in Ethiopia

Living history in Ethiopia

Ties to ancient Israel run deep in the home of the Queen of Sheba, where Christianity came early and the churches are ancient and unique

By Melissa Burdick Harmon, Special...

Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 June 2009 16:14 )

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10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites You Need to See

10 Gorgeous Pilgrimage Sites You Need to See

2. Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion

Location: Aksum, Ethiopia
Most frequented by: Ethiopian Orthodox

Anyone who's seen "Raiders of the Lost Ark" knows that the Ark of the Coven...

Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 May 2009 16:18 )

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Deir Sultan Monastery lies above the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Deir Sultan Monastery lies above the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Christians believe the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is to be built where Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected.

Deir Sultan Monastery lies above the Church o...

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 22 April 2009 05:31 )

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Weekly Spotlights

Anbessa Merror by the rising star Tirhas Kobeley

Emilia - You're My World (Melodifestivalen 2009)

A new book is published by Girmay Gebru. The book is sold in different book stores and has audio clip.

Kistay

If you need a copy of an audio version of the book please contact Habtom at (202) 344-7740

You can order the audio version here

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Young parking lot czar is the face of Ethiopian success in the D.C. area

Tesfaye's start is reminiscent of the modest beginnings of some of his parking-lot prede...

 

Siye Abraha writes about politics and punishment

VOA - A former member of TPLF central committee publishes a book about making laws and goi...

 

on Saturday 4/3/2010 WUST 1120 AM will begin broadcasting Radio Merhawit on every Saturday 9:30am - 10:00am and 7:00pm - 8:00pm

E mail radiomerhawit@yahoo.com or genfel2003@yahoo.com Thank you in advance for your coope...

 

7th Anniversary of Awlaelo Schools Alumni Association

Awlaelo Schools Alumni Association celebrated its 7th anniversary on June 19, 2010 in...

 

3rd Reunion of Enderta Regional Development in Mayland - July 24, 2010

Maryland, 20815 If you have any question contact Haftu Adhanom at 240-305-3813 For more in...