Malaria deaths soar in shadow of Ethiopia conflict

Tigrayan women Tarik, 60, center, and Meresaeta, left, who fled from the town of Samre,[AP]

Lema Tefera's voice broke as he described losing four children to malaria in just one month -- deaths that could likely have been prevented if not for the conflict in Ethiopia's Oromia region.

"There was no malaria medication and treatment in our village due to the fighting," the farmer told AFP by phone.