Africa Ethiopia The highest number of malaria cases has been recorded in the country in at least seven years; according to the WHO there has been a 25% increase in infections and consequent illness within one month
Africa Ethiopia A $500 million plan to combat land degradation and improve food security in Ethiopia was approved by the Climate Investment Funds; more than half the country is subject to degradation and 11 million hectares are at risk of desertification
Africa Ethiopia Over 43.000 runners took part in the 24th Great Ethiopian Run International 10km race, staged at its familiar venue of Meskel Square in Addis, a new record that surpassed last year's by almost 5.000 participants
Africa Ethiopia Emperor Tewodros II's shield, an artefact looted from Ethiopia during the Battle of Magdala in 1868 against the UK, has returned to the country after 156 years
Africa Ethiopia After the third earthquake struck the country some 570 km from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Professor of Geology and Water Resources at Cairo University, Abbas Sharaqi, raised concerns about the safety of the dam