Turkey is deepening its cooperation with Somalia, this month sending a research ship to look for energy resources. But as Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul, tensions between Somalia and Ethiopia are threatening Ankara’s ambitions in the Horn of Africa region.

South Sudanese students in Ethiopia say they are safe after a 4.9-magnitude earthquake felt across the Ethiopian Rift Valley Sunday and in several areas of the country, including Addis Ababa, sending some residents running for shelter. Denis Logonyi has more from Juba.

Turkey has been mediating between Ethiopia and Somalia, which are locked in a dispute, mainly over sea access for Ethiopia. At issue is a deal that Ethiopia signed earlier this year with the self-proclaimed, breakaway region of Somaliland. Ankara’s mediation efforts are seen as underlying its growing influence in the strategic Horn of Africa region. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.

Families of landslide victims in Ethiopia's Gofa region grieved on Sunday while search operations continued. "We’ve lost a lot. There are now very few of us who are alive,” said landslide survivor Selamnesh Sewrawit.