Rome, a city rich in history, is home to several ancient obelisks that blend seamlessly with modern life. From the Flaminio Obelisk in Piazza del Popolo, symbolizing Rome's ancient power ...

A small, very slender tree or large shrub with upswept branches and bronze young leaves, maturing to green then orange-yellow in autumn. Dense, terminal racemes of pure-white flowers, with green ...

(AP video: Yidnek Lemma) Religious leaders and Ethiopians celebrate Meskel, meaning the Cross in Amharic, is an annual religious holiday among Orthodox in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday, Sept. 26, ...

How did we find these deals? We looked at every economy class flight to from Axum to Ethiopia. And these fares have the biggest savings when compared to the average airfare. The cheapest flight from ...

Thousands in Ethiopia's capital city defied a downpour to celebrate Meskel, the first big festival of the religious year. It marks the discovery of the cross Jesus was crucified on, according to ...

However, at Thursday's meeting, Egypt and Ethiopia refused to sign the communique mentioning the issue on the grounds no consensus had been reached as to which country should be Africa's ...

Nairobi (AFP) – Growing tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia, heightened by arms shipments, risk destabilising the fragile Horn of Africa and creating opportunities for the Islamist insurgents ...

In the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia and the IGAD (Intergovernmental ... and intangible heritages at UNESCO including Aksum Known for its ancient obelisks and ruins of the Aksumite Empire; Fasil ...

This is the second such delivery from Egypt in a month as relations deteriorate between Somalia and its neighbour and former close ally Ethiopia. Egypt, a long-time rival of Ethiopia, has taken ...

In the AD 500s the kingdom of Aksum, centred in the highlands of present-day Ethiopia, controlled access to the Red Sea from Adulis, in what is now Eritrea. Daniel Havell (1786–1826 fl.) Obelisk at ...

Ties between Egypt and Somalia have grown this year over their shared mistrust of Ethiopia, prompting Cairo to send several planeloads of arms to Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, after the ...

Ethiopia's commitment to the plan also includes the renovation of major cultural and historical sites, such as the Jimma Aba Jiffar Palace, Fasil Palace, and the Axum Obelisk, along with the ...