Münchener Post - Politics (English)

Chinese lessons in Saudi schools show growing ties

With a map of China on the wall behind him, 14-year-old Yasser al-Shaalan studied the names of professions in a Chinese textbook, one of thousands of Saudi children now learning the language at school.

Malaria deaths soar in shadow of Ethiopia conflict

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.