Ethiopia

Manmade pits at construction sites are providing nurseries for malaria-carrying mosquitoes, new research finds.

Big city mosquitoes are a big problem — and now a big target

7:04pm December 04, 2023

by Ari Daniel

Africa's cities have become home to an invasive, malaria-carrying mosquito. New research suggests vulnerabilities that could be exploited to take on the disease-bearing insects.

Heman Bekele with the help of his 3M mentor, Deborah Isabelle (left), created a prototype soap to treat melanoma. Isabelle said of Bekele, "he's going to continue to inspire other young people to realize that science can make a positive difference."

Q&A: This scientist developed a soap that could help fight skin cancer. He's 14.

7:38pm October 27, 2023

by Max Barnhart

Inspired by a childhood in sun-baked Ethiopia, Heman Bekele wanted to tackle skin cancer. He came up with a topical cancer-fighting soap, and it won him the 3M Young Scientist's Challenge.

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A woman walks in front of a house damaged by shelling in the city of Wukro, in Tigray, Ethiopia. A new report indicates that military forces have engaged in hundreds of sexual assaults on girls and women.

Whatever happened in Ethiopia: Did the cease-fire bring an end to civilian suffering?

9:39am August 29, 2023

by Ari Daniel

The civil war in northern Ethiopia officially ended in November. But a new report indicates that military forces have engaged in hundreds of sexual assaults on girls and women.

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Ethiopia to investigate report of killings of its nationals at the Saudi-Yemen border

12:20am August 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

The Ethiopian government said it will investigate a report of killings of hundreds its nationals at the Yemen-Saudi border. A Saudi government official rejected the Human Rights Watch report.

A scene from the popular Ethiopian soap opera Yegna, which sends messages about health and well-being to its teen viewers. Topics range from child marriage to menstrual pads.

She writes for a hit Ethiopian soap opera. This year, the plot turns on child marriage

3:35pm June 04, 2023

by Veronique Mistiaen

The show is Yegna. Its goal (besides entertainment) is to tackle issues affecting teen girls (and boys, too), from a lack of menstrual pads to why betting is unwise. We talk to one of the writers.

Abrham Amare, one of the plaintiffs named in a new lawsuit filed against Facebook's parent company, Meta, claims that social media posts directly led to his father's murder in Ethiopia last year.

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A $1.6 billion lawsuit alleges Facebook's inaction fueled violence in Ethiopia

5:01am December 17, 2022

by Emily Olson

One of the plaintiffs says he contacted Facebook several times about posts threatening violence against his father, who was murdered by members of a militant group.

Chief of Staff of Ethiopian Armed Forces Field Marshall Birhanu Jula, left, and Head of the Tigray Forces Lt. Gen. Tadesse Werede, right, exchange signed copies of an agreement, at Ethiopian peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday.

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Military leaders from Ethiopia and the Tigray region have agreed on a peace roadmap

1:52am November 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Both parties have agreed to protect civilians and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the region of more than 5 million people, according to a copy of the agreement seen by the AP.

Redwan Hussein (seated left), representative of the Ethiopian government, and Getachew Reda (seated right), representative of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, sign a peace agreement between the two parties in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday.

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Ethiopia's truce is a step toward ending civil war, but there are reasons for caution

3:30pm November 03, 2022

by Fred Harter

The Ethiopian federal government and Tigray rebels signed a peace deal. But one major player in the conflict, Eritrea, wasn't involved in the talks.

Lead negotiator for Ethiopia's government Redwan Hussein (left) shakes hands with lead Tigray negotiator Getachew Reda, as Kenya's former president, Uhuru Kenyatta looks on, after the peace talks in Pretoria, South Africa, on Wednesday.

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The Ethiopian government and Tigray have agreed to end a 2-year war

2:18pm November 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Ethiopia's warring sides formally agreed during talks in South Africa to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a conflict whose victims could be counted in the hundreds of thousands.

A color-enhanced micrograph of an anopheles stephens mosquito, which has been behind dramatic malaria outbreaks in urban Ethiopia during the dry season, which is highly unusual.

This urban mosquito threatens to derail the fight against malaria in Africa

4:46pm November 01, 2022

by Ari Daniel

The Anopheles stephensi is a well-known malaria mosquito, but still sort of new in Ethiopia, where it has caused dramatic, out-of-season outbreaks in ill-equipped cities, new research shows.