Why in the news?

• Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano erupted.

Ethiopia

• Location: It is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa.
• Capital: Addis Ababa
• Borders: Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan and Sudan.
• Geographical Feature:
  • One of the country through which African Rift Valley passes.
  • Hotest place in Africa – Dallol, Ethiopia.
• Associated International Groupings: Group of 24, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77, and the Organisation of African Unity.
• Headquarters Locating in Ethiopia: Addis Ababa is the headquarters of the African Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.