At least 30 die after Ethiopia church scaffolding falls

At least 30 people have died and more than 200 others been injured after scaffolding collapsed at a church in Ethiopia. Thousands of worshippers were gathered at the Arerti Mariam church early in the ...

Scaffolding collapsed as people climbed to see Ethiopia church mural, eyewitness tells BBC

Eyewitness Gebreweld Tesfaye told the BBC that a sizeable number of the worshippers decided to climb onto the makeshift ...
Al Jazeera

Ethiopia church scaffolding collapse kills 36 during religious festival

Makeshift scaffolding set up at a church in Ethiopia has collapsed, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens, state media reported. The incident occurred at about 7:45am [4:45 GMT] on Wednesday ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Ethiopia church split resolved amid social media suspension

NAIROBI, KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church have agreed to resolve their differences peacefully after weeks of deadly confrontations between rival followers of the synod ...

A year after buying church from Messiah Lutheran, hundreds fill pews of St. Mary's Ethiopian Orthodox Church for holiday and feast

Under the unblinking gaze of three owl-eyed icons in a mural painted at the head of the church, two rows of white-clad parishioners faced each other while singing and ringing sets of brass chimes to ...