{"id":73093,"date":"2026-05-23T12:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=73093"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:54:04","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, India and Ethiopia signed the bilateral accession protocol in the context of Ethiopia\u2019s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ethiopia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>landlocked country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in East Africa.<\/span><\/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 <\/span><b>six countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> namely <\/span><b>Eritrea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North), <\/span><b>Djibouti <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Northeast), <\/span><b>Somalia<\/b><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\u00a0<\/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><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of Ethiopia <\/span><b>has a tropical climate.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mount Ras Dejen 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;\"> The 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.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2264383&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/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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