On March 3, 2026, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in partnership with the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) at Addis Ababa ...

Addis Ababa, March 15, 2026 (ENA)—Residents of Ethiopia’s Sidama Region gathered in colorful ceremonies and traditional ...

Amid the Iran–Israel–US conflict, ancient cultural and religious sites face unprecedented threats across Iran, the Middle East, and beyond. The centuries-old Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem ...

How Afro-Iranians got there.

We left Toronto to explore the possibility of new homes in CDMX and Tel Aviv. False starts. Now we are in Nuremberg, Germany.

Ethiopia launched a national dialogue process in 2022 to address deep political divisions and help steer the country towards stability. In theory, such dialogues can help societies move beyond war, ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

Namibia might not be well known in many parts of the world. But the arid southern African country has an extraordinary history. Rich in indigenous cultural diversity, Namibians lived for more than a ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.