Arabic street signs were replaced with Amharic ones, Harar’s largest mosque was turned into an Ethiopian Orthodox Church and ... “Each book I find, it feels like I am peeking through a window ...

This nation is built on layers and layers of immigrants from around the world, people seeking to raise their families in ...

For centuries, Harar, with its colourful clay houses and narrow cobblestone streets, was a centre of Islamic scholarship and home to a thriving manuscript culture producing Qurans, legal texts and ...

“For us, it does not matter whether he is African, white, or Black. What matters is having a good, holy pope who can unite Catholics across the world,” said Luka Lawrence Ndenge, an emergency officer ...

This becomes palpable in dialogues with Ethiopian monks or Falashas ... where groups of neo-Orthodox Jews attempt silent prayer beneath the tranquil gaze of meditative Muslims.

The three possible papal candidates from Africa — Sarah, Ambongo, and Turkson — are seen as holding orthodox views on ... Sarah prefers silent prayer and is an adherent of the old Latin ...

The three possible papal candidates from Africa — Sarah, Ambongo, and Turkson — are seen as holding orthodox views on ... Sarah prefers silent prayer and is an adherent of the old Latin ...