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12 days ago

Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years

Ash clouds from Hayli Gubbi volcano have drifted over Yemen, Oman, India and northern Pakistan

A volcano in Ethiopia’s north-eastern region has erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sendi…

41 days ago

‘Every day’s a fight’: join the commuters in Africa’s rapidly growing cities

With more and more people moving to big cities such as Nairobi and Abidjan, daily commutes are becoming tougher

Africa is a rapidly urbanising continent. Since 1990, the proportion of people who live …

85 days ago

Powering up: how Ethiopia is becoming an unlikely leader in the electric vehicle revolution

A country plagued by power cuts has become the first to ban imports of petrol and diesel cars, as a new dam brings hopes of cheap green energy

When Deghareg Bekele, an architect in his early 30s, boug…

89 days ago

7 months ago

Mass arrests and beatings: how Ethiopia went from celebrating journalists to jailing them

Hundreds of media workers have been detained, often on terror charges, or forced into exile by Abiy Ahmed’s regime

When Ethiopia was chosen by the United Nations to host the global celebrations for Wo…

‘I like pushing boundaries’: Yinka Shonibare on his landmark art show in Madagascar

The British-Nigerian artist explores colonialism and connection in his first major solo exhibition in Africa. Plus, a grime MC goes oyster farming

Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. Earlier this mont…

Ink, angels and hard graft: the artists keeping Ethiopia’s ancient illuminated manuscript craft alive

In an Addis Ababa workshop, sacred texts are painstakingly crafted on goat skin using methods dating back to early Christianity – plus a bit of inspiration from Google Images

In a workshop in Addis Ab…

8 months ago

‘Many Rastas were chased away, but we’re determined to remain’: Ethiopia’s religious community under threat

Rastafarians who sought a spiritual homeland in Shashamene face eviction and arrest for flying flag of Haile Selassie’s empire

In 1999, Ras Paul, a west London DJ born to Jamaican parents, sold part o…

9 months ago

A moment that changed me: I arrived in London as a child refugee — and discovered a strange new world

The city sometimes felt achingly lonely. But after seeing my first escalator, trying salt and vinegar crisps and watching an East 17 video on repeat, I began to find my way

A few days after Christmas …

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