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Ethiopia has experienced a number of earthquakes. These have caused some deaths, and damage to buildings.

The USGS provides science about the natural hazards that threaten lives and livelihoods; the water, energy, minerals, and other natural resources we rely on; the health of our ecosystems and environment; and the impacts of climate and land-use change.

More than 85 percent of emissions are due to agriculture and deforestation, while the power, transport, industrial and building sectors contribute 3 percent each. Globally, Ethiopia accounts for less than 0.1 percent of emissions, yet it is already experiencing the adverse effects of climate change.

Addis Ababa capital city of Ethiopia at an elevation of about 2000 m above mean sea level is entirely covered with volcanic rocks, basalt, trachyte, ignimbrite and rhyolite.

In Ethiopia landslides, mostly manifested as rockfall, earth slide, debris, and mudflow, are among the major geohazard problems that immensely affects life, infrastructures, and the natural environment. They widely occur in the central, S-SW, and N-NW highland regions.

In their May 11, 2023, Ethiopia Cholera Outbreak Flash Update, UNOCHA reported that the cholera outbreak had spread to SNNP and Sidama Regions. As of May 7, 6,157 cholera cases were reported with 94 associated deaths. Almost seven million people are at high risk in the affected woredas. As of Aug.

In its Ethiopian social programme, People in Need focuses on two vulnerable groups – women and children. Ethiopia has a major problem with child trafficking from poor families, with many cases where children end up in a slave market instead of at a school desk.