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Wednesday 26 november 2025
Ethiopian volcano subsides, leaving a trail of disruption and

canceled flights

By AMANUEL GEBREMEDHIN medical services,” he said.
BIRHANE and RAJESH ROY Another official in charge
Associated Press of livestock, Nuur Mussa,
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) said animals were unable
— Volcanic activity in north- to find clean water or grass.
ern Ethiopia’s long-dor- “Many animals, especially
mant Hayli Gubbi volcano in the two affected ke-
subsided Tuesday after an beles, cannot drink clean
eruption over the weekend water or feed on grass be-
that left a trail of destruc- cause it is covered by vol-
tion in nearby villages and canic ash,” he said.
caused flight cancellations Atalay Ayele, a geologist
after ash plumes disrupted at Addis Ababa University,
high-altitude flight paths. said such eruptions occur
Villages in the district of because Ethiopia is situat-
Afdera in the Afar region ed along an active rift sys-
were covered in ash, of- tem where volcanism and
ficials said residents were earthquakes are frequent.
coughing, and livestock “This is the first recorded
found their grass and water eruption of Hayli Gubbi in
totally covered. the last 10,000 years,” he
Airlines cancelled dozens told the AP. “It will likely
of flights scheduled to fly continue for a short period
over affected areas as the and then stop until the next
meteorological depart- cycle."
ment said the ash clouds This satellite image released by NASA Worldview shows the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia The ash cloud is moving to-
were expected to clear erupting on Nov. 23, 2025. wards China and is expect-
later on Tuesday. Associated Press ed to clear Indian skies by
India's flag carrier, Air India, Akasa Air, said it had can- port in the Indian capital of dents were coughing and 1400 GMT Tuesday, the In-
said it canceled 11 flights, celed flights to Middle East New Delhi were canceled mobile medical services dia Meteorological Depart-
most of them international, destinations such as Jed- on Tuesday, while at least from the larger Afar region ment said in a statement.
on Monday and Tuesday dah, Kuwait, and Abu Dha- a dozen were delayed, ac- had been launched in the The high-level winds carried
to inspect aircraft that may bi scheduled over the past cording to an official at the remote area. the ash cloud from Ethiopia
have flown over affected two days. airport. “Two medical teams have across the Red Sea, Yemen,
areas, acting on a directive At least seven international An official in charge of been dispatched to the af- Oman, the Arabian Sea
from India’s aviation safety flights scheduled to depart health in northern Ethio- fected kebeles (neighbor- and then towards western
regulator. from and arrive at the Indi- pia’s Afdera district, Abe- hoods) like Fia and Nem- and northern India, the
Another Indian operator, ra Gandhi International Air- della Mussa, said the resi- ma-Gubi to provide mobile weather office added.q

Vatican answers African bishops concerned about polygamy with

document praising monogamous marriage

By NICOLE WINFIELD between a man and wom- Vatican’s doctrine office ogy and philosophy and by the topic.
Associated Press an, responding to concerns said the Catholic Church various popes and church When the Argentine theo-
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The raised by African bishops had a well-documented councils across history. logian was appointed by
Vatican on Tuesday dou- about the practice of po- position upholding the in- The document is 40 pages Pope Francis in 2023, he
bled down on the value lygamy in their flocks. dissolubility of marriage as long with 256 footnotes came under fire from con-
of monogamous marriage The document from the a lifelong union between and written only in Italian. servatives who had un-
spouses. But it said the In the introduction, the Vat- earthed an out-of-print
church’s position on the ican’s doctrine chief and book of his, “Heal Me with
unique and exclusive na- author, Argentine Cardinal Your Mouth. The Art of Kiss-
ture of a monogamous Víctor Manuel Fernández, ing.” A year later, another
marriage was less well says it’s enough to read the out-of-print Fernández title
known. final chapter, on “conjugal and similar in tone, “The
In recent years at Vatican charity” and the conclu- Mystical Passion: Spirituality
meetings of bishops, Afri- sion, to take away its essen- and Sensuality,” caused a
can delegates have regu- tial message. stir. The short expose about
larly complained that po- Catholic doctrine holds mystical-sensual experienc-
lygamy is widely practiced that the sacrament of mar- es with God delved into or-
among their flocks and riage is a lifelong, exclusive gasms, including graphic
asked the Vatican for guid- union between man and descriptions of male and
ance. woman, open to new life. female sexual anatomy
“A Dear One: In Praise of The final section of the and his commentary about
Monogamy” provides them new document deals with sexual desire, pornogra-
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez delivers his speech during a with a doctrinal document sexuality, procreation and phy, sexual satisfaction and
mass on the sixth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, tracing the way marriage sexual attraction between domination, and the role of
in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 1, 2025. has been treated in the Bi- couples and recalls Fernán- pleasure in God’s mystical
Associated Press. ble, poetry, Christian theol- dez's previous writings on plan.q