{"id":73093,"date":"2026-08-04T12:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=73093"},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:47:23","slug":"ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ethiopia Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Ethiopia&#8217;s Amhara region killed 14 people and injured several others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ethiopia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>landlocked country<\/b> <b>in <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/horn-of-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Horn of Africa<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies entirely <\/span><b>within tropical latitudes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by six countries namely <\/span><b>Eritrea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North), <\/span><b>Djibouti<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Northeast), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/somalia\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Somalia <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(East), <\/span><b>Kenya <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(South), <\/span><b>South Sudan and Sudan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (West).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Addis Ababa<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Ethiopia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Topography:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The five major topographic features of the country are the <\/span><b>Rift Valley, Western and Eastern Highlands, and Western and Eastern Lowlands.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Denakil Plain, in which a depression known as the <\/span><b>Kobar Sink<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> drops as low as 380 feet (116 metres) below sea level, is found here\u00a0 in its rift valley.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Most of Ethiopia has a tropical climate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b> <b>Mount Ras Dejen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is 4,533 m high<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has three main rivers in Ethiopia are the <\/span><b>Blue Nile, the Omo River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><b>Awash River.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lakes:<\/b> <b>Lake Tana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is located in the northwest of the Ethiopian Highlands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has reserves of precious metals and other natural resources such as gold, potash, natural gas, copper, and platinum.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/ethiopia-landslide-death-toll-updates-august-4-2026\/article71303719.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia is the largest and most populated country located in the Horn of Africa. 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