Villagers in Ethiopia uncover rare black opal nearly 10,000 ft high, reshaping the global gem market with vibrant stones.

NORTH WOLLO, Ethiopia — For decades past, poor Ethiopians lived at the mercy of a royal court that neglected them and a military junta that imposed upon them a dysfunctional command economy. When the ...

The villagers in Wollo, Ethiopia, made the discovery almost 9,800 feet above sea level. Their tunnels follow a single opal ...

At almost 10,000 feet above sea level, villagers in northern Ethiopia have uncovered a seam of pure black opal buried within ...

The famed Irish spud is credited with a major drop in food shortages in the drought-prone northern highland regions of South Wollo according to Concern Worldwide who introduced the crop to the region ...

The number of universities in Ethiopia are increasing while quality education is still a big concern that the government is striving to alleviate. To this effect, all higher education should strive to ...

According to several studies, poverty in rural Ethiopia has fallen significantly since the early 1990s, thanks to improved governance and economic liberalisation policies. This paper presents several ...

In presenting various artistic programmes accentuated with songs, it was Wollo Lalibela Cultural Band that had a wide acceptance across the country. In fact, Lalibela was just among the most ...

Conventional approaches to poverty assessment are dominated by narrow measures of current household income, expenditure and consumption. These methodologies fail to capture more complex, multi- ...

Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest airline group in Africa, unveils a global standard airport in Wollo Kombolcha, north-central part of Ethiopia. The newly enhanced airport facility which includes ...