While Yohannes Gebregeorgis was telling a crowd at the Boulder Public Library on Thursday why he’s working to spread literacy in Ethiopia, the projector screen behind him was showing why. In a photo ...

At the grand opening of the Ethiopia Reads library in Mekele, Ethiopia, August 20, Ethiopia Reads Founder Yohannes Gebregeorgis talks with American Libraries Editor Leonard Kniffel about the need for ...

Ethiopia is one of the world’s oldest countries, with a manuscript tradition centered on the Ethiopian Orthodox Church that dates back centuries. Ethiopia is also one of the world’s poorest countries, ...

https://ethiopia.un.org/, https://unsdg.un.org/un-in-action/ethiopia United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa Headquarters ReliefWeb ...

The cardboard mountain was daunting: Seven hundred and seven boxes. Inside: 29,801 books. And for more than 50 volunteers the challenge was to pick them up and load them into a shipping container ...

In an effort to serve St. Paul’s growing immigrant community, the city’s library system has translated a children’s book into Amharic and Oromo. The two Ethiopian languages are spoken by large ...

Cornelia Amoah (right) making the presentation. Ghanaian author, Cornelia Amoah has presented a copy of her 390-page book, Women of Distinction Ghana – Journey to the top, to the Abrehot Library, a ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) yesterday inaugurated Abrehot (enlightenment) Library in Addis, one of Africa's largest public libraries, which can accommodate over 2,000 readers at a time. During the ...