The week-long Gada ceremony, which ended on Sunday, sees the official transfer of power from one customary ruler to his successor - something that happens every eight years.

Over the past week, several thousand people gathered in southern Ethiopia for the Gada ceremony, a historic event that marks ...

Amensisa Ifa / BBC He becomes the 72nd Abbaa Gadaa and will now oversee the Borana people who live in both southern Ethiopia and north-western Kenya. As their top diplomat, he will also be ...

A Borana Abba Gadda (traditional king) from Ethiopia made his maiden visit to ... but we are still one people,” he added. He said since the two states shied from political interference, they ...

Thousands of people have been gathering in ... He becomes the 72nd Abbaa Gadaa and will now oversee the Borana community across borders - in southern Ethiopia and north-western Kenya.

The tradition of regularly appointing a new Abbaa Gadaa has been practised by the Borana community for centuries - and sees them gather at the rural site of Arda Jila Badhasa, near the Ethiopian ...