Now based in Sweden, Mengistu has authored seven books spanning history, heritage, and tourism. Much of his writing engages ...

Joseph travels to Northern Ethiopia to uncover its ancient history. Joseph travels Northern Ethiopia from the monasteries of Lake Tana to the castles of King Fasiladas in Gondar and the rock-hewn ...

Part one. The country -- The people -- The legendary origin of the kingdom -- The historical origin of the kingdom -- The conversion of the kingdom -- The civilization of the primitive kingdom -- The ...

An Emperor murdered. Famine used as a weapon. Tanks storming a dictator's palace. And today, a civil war that threatens to tear the country of 109 million people apart. For the past half century, the ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Five hundred years ago, an Imam who ruled much of what is now Somalia, led a daring invasion of Christian Ethiopia, looting monasteries, burning down churches and slaying all who ...

Mihret Sibhat's debut novel, "The History of a Difficult Child," begins with elements of a biblical tale. God, "for some reason, is trying to get rid of all the water in His possession." The water ...