Ethiopia reports first wild poliovirus case since 2008, Horn of Africa outbreak expands
New data from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) shows that the polio outbreak on the Horn of Africa continues to grow as it spreads to another country. During the past week, 11 new wild poliovirus More...
Pregnant former Olympian Meskerem Legesse dies from a heart attack, her baby daughter saved
Authorities in Connecticut said Meskerem Legesse, an Olympic runner from Ethiopia, died of a massive heart attack while eight months pregnant and the age of 26. Meskerem Legesse Capt. Ronald Smith of the Hamden More...
President Obama to South Africa on electricity, Power Africa, don’t even trust the foreign powers, not even the US
President Obama pledged $7 billion in aid to provide electricity to sub-Saharan Africa, as he warned Africans to be wary of exploitation by other countries, including the U.S. donkeyhotey [email protected] “I’m More...
Egyptian politicians caught in on-air live mic, ‘Our war is with America and Israel’ not Ethiopia
Muslim Brotherhood Logo Egyptian politicians claim they are embarrassed after being caught suggesting hostile acts against Ethiopia to stop it from building a dam across the Nile. They were inadvertently heard on More...
Yellow fever outbreak prompts emergency mass-vaccination campaign in Ethiopia
There has been six laboratory confirmed yellow fever cases from South Omo, in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ region in Ethiopia as of May 7, prompting the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia More...
David Attenborough declares ‘Human are a plague on the Earth,’ calls for population control
Humans are a plague on the Earth that need to be controlled by limiting population growth, according to Sir David Attenborough. Wildscreen’s photograph of David Attenborough at ARKive’s launch in Bristol, More...
