Ethiopia: Malaria epidemic feared

A big jump in malaria cases in Ethiopia is raising fears of a new epidemic of the dangerous disease sweeping the Horn of Africa country, the United Nations warned yesterday. Ethiopian health officials are working with UN agencies to distribute medicine and insecticide-treated mosquito nets, but cautioned they do not have enough supplies if a wider epidemic breaks out. Today (Singapore)/Agence France-Presse (8/9), AlertNet.org/Reuters (8/8)