The collapse of a wall of trash at the Koshe Landfill in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killed at least 113 people on March 11. The massive landfill is home to many people and provides a source of income for scavengers. Many of the dead were killed in their makeshift homes. 

Africa’s first trash-fueled power plant is being built at the landfill. The plant will help reduce the size of the landfill and provide power to the city of four million. 

The World Health Organization warns that, due to dropping vaccination rates, Europe is experiencing a measles outbreak. 

The largest numbers of cases have been reported in Italy and Romania. From January to late March, there were 3,400 cases of measles identified in Romania, with 17 deaths resulting. Since January 2017, 200 cases have been identified in Italy.

Other countries with confirmed cases of measles are France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United...

Iraqi forces have continued to make gains against Daesh in Mosul, the largest city in Iraq ever to be under Daesh control. Daesh has held Mosul since June 2014. 

In January 2017 Iraqi forces took complete control of the section of the city east of the Tigris. In February, Iraqi forces began operations in the western part of the city, recapturing the Mosul airport, a military base and the city’s power station. 

On March 1, Iraqi forces took the road leading from...