Forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela, whose famed rock-hewn churches are a United Nations World Heritage Site.

With its 900-year-old churches carved from rock, the Ethiopian town of Lalibela attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims each year.

Dawit Yehualashet talks about the profound significance of UNESCO Heritage Site Lalibela in Ethiopia, now threatened by conflict.

Welcome to Lalibela, a lively, vegetarian-friendly Ethiopian restaurant in Whitehall. Behind its strip-mall entrance, Lalibela presents a large bar and a social-club vibe where beers and darts are ...

On 12 December, residents of Lalibela, a town in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, reported that Tigrayan rebels had retaken control from the Ethiopian government, who had taken the heritage site from ...

The tourist town of Lalibela is the latest town to fall to Tigray rebels, as fighting in Ethiopia’s civil war spreads across the north of the country.

As part of this holy city, Lalibela envisioned a dozen churches carved from stone — not made of stones, but each one literally carved out of one unbroken rock with its roof at ground level.

Lalibela, the holy site visited by 200,000 Ethiopian Christians on an annual pilgrimage This is an updated version of a story first published on Dec. 1, 2019. The original video can be viewed here.

Name of restaurant: Lalibela, named after the town in Ethiopia known for its churches carved from stone.