A 2017 astronaut photo shows the islands of Dek and Daga lurking in the murky, algae-infested waters of Ethiopia's Lake Tana.

Lake Tana is Ethiopia’s largest lake, and feeds the Blue Nile. At several points where tributaries flow into the lake, invasive water hyacinth is soaking up water and choking the shoreline. A 2012 ...

The Lake Tana area was important in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in view of its role in maintaining the Christian faith against contemporary pressures, and the rise of the ...

The population of northern Ethiopia is using sustainable fishing practices and eco-tourism to protect precious Lake Tana and at the same time eke a living from it. Biodiversity: Over 15 different fish ...

The African bush and world-renowned religious sites are meant to be two separate holiday options. Stories about examining ancient Christian scrolls and searching for the tell-tale bubbles of an irate ...

Lake Tana and its wetlands provide an invaluable habitat for the truly spectacular and unique birdlife that flourishes around the lake. Located in the Horn of Africa, it is a key location for birds ...

Ethiopia's largest lake, Lake Tana, is being lost to an invasive South American weed, the water hyacinth. The BBC has launched its new radio services aimed at Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Amharic, ...

The spread of an invasive alien species is neither easy to manage nor easy to reverse, threatening not only biodiversity but also economic development and human wellbeing. According to the United ...

LIKE MANY MARRIED couples, my husband and I have very different ideas about what constitutes a fun vacation. Last February, for example, while he took off for a week-long European skiing trip with his ...

May 21, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – At least five people died when a boat carrying 110 passengers overturned on Lake Tana in Ethiopia’s north western region of Amhara on Monday, police told Sudan Tribune.

An engineer has made a bold claim that the Garden of Eden was located in Africa, challenging the traditional belief that it lay in the Middle East. According to the Bible, the Garden of Eden was a ...