When a young lady reaches puberty, her lips are cut, and a wooden plate inserted. This wooden plate represents an initiation into womanhood. It symbolizes womanhood, fertility and it implies that she ...

Cairo: Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi, facing growing discontent at home, has warned “all options are open” for his country in dealing with a threat posed to its water sufficiency by a ...

When the rainy season finishes, a few tourists head into the south of Ethiopia, close to the borders with Kenya and South Sudan. They’re searching for one of the last African tribes that pierce and ...

In Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, the Mursi are known for scarification, cattle culture, lip plates, and warrior traditions. This ...

CAIRO, June 10 (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi said on Monday he would keep "all options" open to defend Egypt's water supply from being affected by a giant new dam Ethiopia is building on the ...

A large Egyptian opposition movement accused President Mohamed Mursi of having no plan for dealing with Ethiopia’s plan to build a dam that could siphon off vital Nile River water. Ethopia’s decision ...

What is beauty and how do you define it? A question which may sound so simple but which is, on the contrary, so complicated and multi-faceted to many. To better grasp this concept, I visited the Mursi ...

An Indian vlogger teaching the members of an Ethiopian tribe how to sing in Hindi has surfaced online. In the video, the content creator sings the popular song Pardesi Jana Nahin, as the tribe members ...