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Ethiopia pilgrims return to Aksum for festival in Ark of Covenant city

2023-12-02 01:23
Aksum's authorities say half a million people are there for the first time since the Tigray war ended.
Ethiopia pilgrims return to Aksum for festival in Ark of Covenant city

As many as half a million people have descended on Ethiopia's sacred city of Aksum, according to its mayor, for a religious festival taking place for the first time since the civil war in the northern region of Tigray ended.

Aksum is a holy site for Ethiopian Orthodox Christians who say it is home...