Memoirs of political imprisonment often provide a disturbing window into the cruelty of particular regimes, but W. Hundee Hurrisoo's 'A Ten Minute Mission: The Least Price for Freedom' goes deeper. In ...

A co-founder and former deputy director of the East African Policy Research Institute (EAPRI), Birhanu has also held senior ...

On a weekday morning in Jimma, before the city has fully shaken off the night’s mist, the clink of porcelain cups mingles ...

"Boycotting elections is handing the field to the ruling party for free; the political reality of Oromia demands determined participation, not abandonment of the field."-- Former OFC leader Desta ...

One of four Twin Cities Café Cerés locations that closed in April has reopened as Arya Café, focusing on Ethiopian coffees.

This year, Oulu, Finland, and Trencin, Slovakia, will become Europe's cultural flagships. Learn more about how Europe's Capitals of Culture program brings lasting change to cities. Trencin is a ...

Millions of Ethiopian Christians have been celebrating Timket, or the Orthodox festival of Epiphany.

Jeanne Julian is author of Like the O in Hope and two chapbooks. Her poems and book reviews have been published in numerous ...

From a very real 18th century fear to the Halloween iconography we know and love—we owe it all to the enduring, mystifying appeal of the vampire. Max Schreck as the vampiric Count Orlok in F.W. Murnau ...