Month: March 2020
- Africa
News: Ethiopia’s election faces uncertainty amidst #COVID19
NEBE Chairperson Birtukan Mideksa (Image: Addis Standard archive) Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan Addis Abeba, March 25/2020 – Uncertainty surrounds Ethiopia’s 2020 general election as the country steps up its efforts to contain COVID-19 and the national electoral board faces delays in some of its operations. Sources close to the election process being undertaken by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE)…
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Op-ed: #COVID19: Managing outrage
Despite government’s directives to minimize huge gatherings and observe physical distancing, crowds of people were going about their daily lives around Megenagna area as pictured yesterday. Sosena Kebede, MD, MPH, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, March 24/2020 – Health risk communication is a type of communication health experts provide to people who face threats to their health or social wellbeing.…
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News Alert: 64 migrants suspected to be Ethiopians found dead in container in Mozambique
Stock image: 123rf.com/ANONT WONGFUN Addis Abeba, March 24/2020 – More than 60 suspected undocumented migrants from Ethiopia were found dead on Tuesday in a cargo container in Mozambique’s northwest Tete province, AFP reported citing a hospital official. “A truck transporting illegal immigrants from Malawi, suspected to be Ethiopians, was stopped at the Mussacana weight bridge in Tete, and 64 people…
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News: PM Abiy proposes US$150 b emergency financing package for Africa as Ethiopia confirms 12th #COVID19 case
Ethiopia’s proposal came shortly before the ministry of health confirmed the 12th COVID19 patient, an Ethiopian who traveled from Dubai. Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, March 24/2020 – The office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed proposed a US$150 billion emergency financing package for Africa to combat the spread of COVID-19 as Ethiopia confirmed 12th patient who tested positive for the virus.…
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Analysis: #COVID19 and tropical climate: can warm weather stop its spread in Africa?
Belete Ayele (@adbelete), Tinsae Alemayehu (@tinsaetigist) and Fitsum Tilahun (@fitse_t), For Addis Standard COVID-19: A Once-In-A-Century Pandemic Addis Abeba, March 23/2020 – A pandemic is a global outbreak of disease caused by a novel pathogen that spread between people because of little to no pre-existing herd immunity. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)…
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Special Edition: Failed politics and deception: Behind the crisis in western and southern Oromia
Please click here to download the PDF version of this in-depth analysis. By Zecharias Zelalem @ZekuZelalem March 20/2020 – Dozens of unarmed civilians have been shot dead by Ethiopian army soldiers operating in the Qellem Wollega district of the Oromia State over the course of the past five weeks. Estimates are that since January 20th, over a hundred others have fled…
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News: Ethiopia confirms 9th #COVID19 patient, advises travelers from affected countries to 14-day self-quarantine
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, March 21/2020 – A statement released by Dr. Lia Tadesse, Minister of Health, shortly after mid-night confirmed that the number of COVID-19 patents in Ethiopia has reached nine. The statement also said Ethiopia “strongly [advises] all travelers from COVID-19 affected countries to self-isolate themselves for 14 days after arrival.” #Breaking: #Ethiopia reported its first confirmed #coronavirus…
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#COVID19: Former leaders call for strategic leadership as world faces unprecedented crisis
“Herein lies a great danger, perhaps graver than Covid-19 itself: the collapse of our economies, mortally wounded by a world feeding on its fears, turning in on itself to the exclusion of others.” Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Hailemariam Desalegn, Olusegun Obasanjo and Kgalema Motlanthe For Addis Standard via The Brenthurst Foundation Addis Abeba, March 19/2020 – The full health consequences of…
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Economic Analysis: #COVIDー19’s test to the Ethiopian economy
As the saying goes, extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. Regardless of the fact that the government is overstretched with multiple demands, from ensuring macro stability to national elections, it should take the fight against COVID-19 as a strategic priority Getachew T. Alemu, (@NapsterE), For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, March 18/2020 – The world is shocked with the spread of a…
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