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Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam Manager Committed Suicide – Police
According to the investigation results from Simegnew’s phone call with his secretary, the letter he left and forensic results, the police said that the engineer committed suicide. Top Ethiopian...
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Running with the hyenas of Addis Ababa
During the night, while everyone sleeps, the hyenas come into the city’s suburbs to scavenge for scraps of meat and animal carcasses that the human carnivores leave behind. Then, just before sunrise,...
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Benefits Of Eating Ethiopian Food On The Regular
March 11, 2016 – If you’ve never had Ethiopian food before, you’re seriously missing out. Not only is the North African cuisine extremely delicious, it also packs a nutritional punch. In the slideshow...
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Four Hawassa Hotels Rated Four Star
March 15, 2016 – Ethiopia’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism rated hotels in Southern Nation, Nationalities and Peoples State – out of which four hotels got four stars. Haile Resort, Ker-Awud...
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A sensory experience of Addis Ababa
March 23, 2016 – About two weeks ago, while attending a conference in Addis Ababa, I got an opportunity to sample Ethiopian cuisine as well as explore the country’s extolled garment market. In this...
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The disappearing tribes of Ethiopia
March 30, 2016 – In south western Ethiopia, where the Omo River snakes through the lush, green forests, disappearing tribes live in their timeless grass huts. The Surma people, made up of the Suri...
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What the US can learn from Ethiopia
Modern contraceptive use has tripled in Ethiopia since 2005 Dr. Mengistu Asnake has spent the past 25 years working to increase contraceptive access for women in Ethiopia — and has seen a startling...
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What it means to create a ‘women’s health development army’
Health extension worker Alemitu Markos talks with women from a community in Durame, Ethiopia. How can the international development community help achieve a better future for girls and women? Photo by:...
View ArticleOnline shopping gaining ground in Ethiopia
Online shopping is experiencing a boom with the number of online shopping platforms growing rapidly in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. . Online trade however faces challenges such as awareness....
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Lonely Planet’s five best restaurants in Addis Ababa
One of the best things about Ethiopian food is that no other cuisine in the world is quite like it. Traditional cooking here blends unique combinations of spices to create distinct flavours: some hot,...
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Hospitality business in Ethiopia
The 12+ storey building Getu Gelete has constructed at a cost of $25 million is now glamorously branded RAMADA Addis and has been open for business for several months. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (January 5,...
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The spectacular lake Hawassa
On the shores of the spectacular lake Hawassa Photo: ethiopianreporter Located in southern Ethiopia beside an enormous lake is the city of Hawassa. Around 140,000 people live there, surrounded by the...
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Semien Mountains
North of Gondar lies the impressive natural landscape of the Semien Mountains, a World Heritage Site since 1978, a large expanse of volcanic origin. This rugged area is a part of the Ethiopian...
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Into the Great Rift Valley
Kenya – Ethiopia the Great Rift Valley Diana Preston travels from remote northern Kenya into Ethiopia, through the Great Rift Valley, the only stretch of the Earth’s landscape that is visible from the...
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Exploring the old city of Harar
The sun was nowhere to be seen in the sky as the bus carefully drove into its parking spot in Meskel Square. It was 5 o’clock in the morning as my first journey out of Addis Ababa began, a journey...
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Danakil Desert
A camel herder leads his caravan into the salt flats of the Danakil depression Addis Ababa: Nov 23, 2015 – The salt merchant did his best to dissuade me. ‘You don’t want to go there,’ he said. ‘It’s...
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Bale Mountains National Park, A landscape full of unique wildlife
From black leopards to giant mole-rats and the endangered wolf, Sue Watt is wowed by a region full of creature features Giant mole-rats were the main dish on the menu in Bale Mountains National Park....
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Aksum, Ethiopia
King Ezana’s stele is the main obelisk still standing in Northern Stelae Park in the ancient city of Aksum By Stephan Faris budgettravel.com Aksum was the capital of ancient Ethiopia when the country...
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Adigrat at a glance
Residents of Adigrat dancing around a bonfire for the Meskel celebration Adigrat is a land of welcoming people, where strangers are made to feel at home and warmth radiates from all around. Differences...
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Ethiopia, A Fascinating Destination
In the 4th century Christianity came to Ethiopia Ethiopia is unique in many ways! It has its own alphabet, its own calendar, and a landscape that is unparalleled. The first civilization that we know...
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