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At least 229 people killed in Ethiopia landslides

Residents seen using bare hands to dig through dirt in search of survivors in remote, mountainous area.

Al Jazeera

Death toll in southern Ethiopia mudslides rises to at least 146 as search operations continue

At least 146 people were killed in mudslides in a remote part of Ethiopia that has been hit with heavy rainfall, according to local authorities

The Independent UK

Children among 229 killed in Ethiopia mudslide

‘We are still digging’ says local rescuer after double tragedy

The Independent UK

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Deadly Mudslides Strike Remote Area In Southern Ethiopia

Devastating mudslides in southern Ethiopia claim lives, with rescue efforts ongoing amidst challenging terrain. Authorities and organizations provide aid.

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Ethiopian PM meets Sudan army chief in push for ‘peace and security’

Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed is the highest-level state visit to Sudan since the war began in April 2023.

Al Jazeera

Sudanese refugees hiding in Ethiopian forest to escape bandits and militias

Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia ask to be evacuated from the country after facing repeated attacks from local militias.

Al Jazeera

Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan hosts Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed

In tonight's edition: Ethiopia's prime minister becomes the first foreign leader to visit Sudan since its descent into brutal conflict as trapped residents from the besieged city of Al Fashir speak of drones hunting down civilians in the streets. Also, neighbouring South Sudan is facing more economic turbulence as the…

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Boeing to admit fraud charge over 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people

The plea deal calls for Boeing to pay an additional £190million fine

Evening Standard

Fifty years on, how Lucy, the mother of humanity, changed our understanding of evolution

In 1974, the fossilised bones of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old hominin, were discovered in Ethiopia. How has this remarkable skeleton disproved a Darwinian theory – and what links her to the Beatles?

The Guardian - UK

Lucy, discovered 50 years ago in Ethiopia, stood just 3.5 feet tall − but she still towers over our understanding of human origins

In 1974, on a survey in Hadar in the remote badlands of Ethiopia, U.S. paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray found a piece of an elbow joint jutting from the dirt in a gully. It proved to be the first of 47 bones of a single individual –…

The Conversation

This dynamic preschool concept in Ethiopia extends learning beyond the classroom walls

This preschool in Ethiopia was designed by Studio MEMM to integrate learning with its surrounding context

Wallpaper

Floating solar panels could provide much of Africa’s energy – new research

New research has found that several countries could meet all their energy needs from solar panel systems floating on lakes. Climate, water and energy environmental scientists R. Iestyn Woolway and Alona Armstrong analysed how much energy could be produced by floating solar panels on just 10% of the water surface…

The Conversation

This is my wish for Ethiopia as a mother from Scotland

A FEW weeks ago in Tigray, Ethiopia, I sat with mothers who are terrified of the months ahead and worried about how they will feed their children ...

The National (Scotland)

Zanzibar commemorates abolition of slavery for first time

Since a fragile 2022 peace deal ended Ethiopia's two-year war between Tigrayan fighters and federal forces, there are signs of recovery in the capital of Tigray. Also, Zanzibar commemorates the abolition of slavery. The island was a key stopping-off point for Arab slavers across East Africa for hundreds of years.

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Battlefield deaths from global conflicts hit 30-year high, study finds

Since 2021, the overall number of deaths, including of civilians, has risen to the highest level in three decades, Peace Research Institute Oslo reports

France 24

Complicated coalition talks ahead in South Africa after ANC loses majority

In this edition: South Africa prepares for complicated coalition talks after the ANC lost its historic majority in parliament over the weekend. Also, dozens of African heads of state head to Seoul for a summit aimed at deepening ties with South Korea. Plus we head to Ethiopia, where the Tigray…

Al Jazeera

Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report

Report says Ethiopia and allies had ‘intent to destroy Tigrayans as an ethnic group’ and calls for prosecution at ICJ.

International Business Times

'Normalised And Invisible': Online Abuse Targets Ethiopian Women

Influential Ethiopian women's rights activist Betelehem Akalework says she has been forced to move home twice in two years after enduring a barrage of online abuse, death threats and physical harassment.

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'I'm so proud': End of an era for beloved Ethiopian restaurant

Fekerte is hanging up her apron after 30 years in the kitchen.

The Guardian - US

As a war reporter, I trusted my fixer with my life. Two weeks later, he was kidnapped

Fixers are the backbone of the western news industry, but they face a profound disparity in pay, recognition and safety

Cycling Weekly

Cycling community unites to support Ethiopian champion turned asylum seeker

Trhas Teklehaimanot Tesfay is training while she waits to hear about asylum claim

The Times of India

Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele returns to Olympics after 12 years

NEW DELHI: Ethiopian running legend Kenenisa Bekele will be making a comeback to the Olympics after 12 years, as he has been named in a 10-member team for the Paris Games.

International Business Times

A Gloomy Season For Ethiopia's 'Green Gold' At The Khat Market

"We call it green gold," says Ramadan Youssouf, a khat trader in the Ethiopian town of Aweday, one of the largest markets in the world for the mildly narcotic shrub.

Caixin Global

Chinese Firms End Six-Year Operation Running Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway

Contractor hands over China-funded 752-kilometer railway linking landlocked Ethiopia with the Red Sea

LiveScience

2 plants randomly mated up to 1 million years ago to give rise to one of the world's most popular drinks

Arabica coffee plant appears to have evolved between 600,000 and 1 million years ago after two other coffee species crossbred in the forests of what is now Ethiopia.

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