Africa Ethiopia At least 229 people died as a result of two landslides in Kencho-Shacha; people who were swept away by the second landslide, who are the majority of the victims, had gathered to rescue the inhabitants of a house buried by the first one
Africa Ethiopia Coffee exports generated a record turnover of $1,43 billion in fiscal year 2023/24; according to the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority, the country exported 298.500 tonnes of coffee in the fiscal year ending 7 July 2024
Africa Ethiopia A number of plants from Ethiopia could help fight cancer, according to recent research conducted by Georgia State University and Perimeter College in the US, Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and the Winship Cancer Center at Emory University
Africa Ethiopia The country follows its own calendar, according to which it is currently not 2024, but 2016, which, combined with its particular way of marking the hours, creates a number of complications in everyday life
Africa Ethiopia UNICEF is leading efforts to ensure education for all children in Ethiopia: according to recent estimates, around 17 million children between pre-primary, primary and secondary level are currently out of school and almost half of them are girls
Africa Ethiopia The organisation New Lines Institute accused Addis Ababa of committing acts of genocide during the Tigray War (2020-2022); the authors call for Ethiopia to now be tried by the International Court of Justice
Africa Ethiopia Heavy rains and floods have affected over 560.000 people across Ethiopia, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Africa Ethiopia 40% of the Ethiopian population lacks proper personal documents, according to Yodahe Arayaselasie, CEO of the National ID Programme
Africa Ethiopia The Council of the EU temporarily suspended the granting of entry visas to Ethiopian nationals following regular evaluations by the Commission on third country cooperation on the readmission of illegally residing citizens of the EU
Africa Ethiopia Researchers from the US have discovered the genome of the Arabica coffee species and traced its origins to a natural mating between two other coffee species, estimated to have occurred between 610.000 and one million years ago in the forests of Ethiopia
Africa Ethiopia #beatpollution, the Ethiopian government's campaign to defeat pollution, was officially launched in Addis Ababa
Africa Ethiopia Throughout Ethiopia, seedlings are being prepared for tree planting as part of the Green Legacy Initiative, for integrated management of existing forests and biodiversity, to restore degraded landscapes and improve the ecosystem
Africa Ethiopia Ethiopia's largest bank, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, is reportedly trying to recover more than $40 million after a technical glitch allowed customers to withdraw more than they had in their accounts