Babile Elephant Sanctuary: The right place to interacting with elephants

Weighing up to six tones and reaching up to four meters in height, they are the biggest land animals on Earth. They are also known for their unique physique – disproportional large... Read more »

Joining hands to make Ethiopia post COVID-19 tourism destination

Tourism, the smokeless industry, has not yet been well exploited in Ethiopia proportionally to its tangible and intangible heritages though promising undertakings are underway to beef up the industry. Basically, making Ethiopia... Read more »

Dire Sheik Hussein, Sof Omer Cave retaining historical Islamic Shrines

Long ago, Islam streamed into the land of Bale Zone of Oromia State with the coming of two prominent personalities between the 13th and 14th centuries. The two Islamic missionaries were Sof... Read more »

Debre Lebanos Monastery: Unexploited tourist attractions

Ethiopia has a number of natural, cultural, historical and religious sites that can attract more tourists, and can do a good deal to improve the lives of local people and country’s socioeconomic... Read more »

Shewal Eid: Street festival of Harari people

Harar, considered as the fourth holiest city of Islam and the spiritual heart of Ethiopia’s Islamic community, has a unique celebration of Eid Al Fitr. After the end of Ramadan, Muslims in... Read more »

The effort to save the rarest African carnivore

The Ethiopian wolf known as Canids simensis is native to the Ethiopian Highlands. It is one of the world’s rarest canids, and Africa’s most endangered carnivore which is distinguished by its long... Read more »

Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people

Every community has its own distinctive social and cultural values that distinguish one group of people from the other. These values practiced in the day to day activities of a group of... Read more »

The inconceivable practice of hyena man

Every night, when the sun goes down below the horizon and darkness falls, the inconceivable and incredible; but the actual practice takes place in the ancient walled city of Harar by hyena... Read more »

Ethiopia: A land of full contrasts

Standing next to a lava lake at the summit of a massive volcano, one could see the red haze of lava flows a few kilometers away. This might seem like a rare... Read more »

Coronavirus threatening Ethiopia’s hotel industry

The disruption of social and economic activities by the novel coronavirus has no bounds as it continues its boomerang effect on every sector. Even with a fraction of the world’s cases recorded... Read more »