Ebola Preparedness: Trinidad and Tobago has activated precautionary Ebola measures, including travel advisories and stricter border screening for arrivals from Ebola-affected DRC, Uganda and South Sudan, with enhanced monitoring for returning travellers. Ebola Risk Lists: The same guidance also flags additional high-risk African countries for extra caution, explicitly naming Ethiopia among the countries identified by the African CDC. Conservation vs Wellbeing in Ethiopia: A new Nature study reports Ethiopia’s protected areas reduced deforestation and slowed agricultural expansion from 2000–2020, but also finds trade-offs, with some nearby communities reporting lower food security and wellbeing. Cooling Poverty and Heat Health: New analysis warns that over 2 billion people in poorer communities face “cooling poverty,” where heat exposure becomes life-threatening due to lack of safe, affordable cooling, healthcare and heat-risk information. Ethiopia Health Research: Researchers describe how proteins help the louse-borne relapsing fever pathogen evade immunity, highlighting the disease’s links to poverty and its presence in parts of the Horn of Africa. Jobs and Tourism Finance: IFC plans an $80m loan to MIDROC Ethiopia’s hospitality arm to refurbish and expand Sheraton hotels in Addis Ababa, aiming to boost tourism jobs and formal employment. Refugee Livelihoods: Evidence on the DREAMS program shows entrepreneurship and market access can raise incomes, savings and resilience among refugees in Ethiopia and Uganda. Public Health Rights Watch: Human Rights Watch warns the US is conditioning some global health aid on surveillance and specimen access in agreements with several African countries, including Ethiopia.