For Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, who comprise more than 40% of their country’s population and most of the people in the Tigray region, the city of Axum is the holiest of places. They believe it to ...

On a blistering June afternoon in north Denver, painter Jack Price II is putting the finishing touches on a vibrant new mural covering the basketball court in City of Axum Park, assisted by the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Soldiers from Eritrea systematically killed "many hundreds" of people, the large majority men, in a massacre late November in the Ethiopian city of Axum in the Tigray region, ...

Addis Abeba — Amnesty International has compiled evidence based harrowing report on series of attacks that took place in Axum city in Tigray regional state and one of the most sacred places for ...

Addis Abeba — The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC/Commission) has released a preliminary report highlighting grave human rights violations and an attack against civilians in Axum city, Tigray ...

The obelisks mark the graves of Axum's ancient rulers In northern Ethiopia, in the once-great city of Axum, final preparations are under way for the return of one of Africa's most remarkable ...

Nairobi, Kenya — Bodies with gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in Ethiopia’s holiest city. At night, residents listened in horror as hyenas fed on the corpses of people they knew. But they ...

Amnesty says in new report that hundreds of civilians were killed by Eritrean troops in Ethiopian town of Axum last November. On November 28 and 29, Eritrean troops killed hundreds of civilians in a ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Soldiers from Eritrea systematically killed “many hundreds” of people, the large majority men, in a massacre late November in the Ethiopian city of Axum in the Tigray region, Amnesty ...

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