Month: April 2020
- #COVID19Ethiopia
Op-Ed: Constitutional based national dialogue the best way to avert a constitutional crisis triggered by deferred election
Yesterday’s consultation should be taken as just the beginning, only the start of a profoundly important national exercise. Solomon A. Dersso (PhD) @SolomonADersso Addis Abeba, April 30/2020 – Yesterday 29 April, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held a consultation with representatives of various opposition parties on the question of the much anticipated election initially expected to be held in August 2020…
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News: IOM assisting Ethiopia as country grapples with more than 9,400 returnee migrants in quarantine facilities
Dr. Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, UN Resident Coordinator, Dr. Catherine Sozi, joined IOM Chief of Mission and Representative to AU, UNECA and IGAD, Maureen Achieng, on a visit to Addis Abeba University’s Sidist Kilo campus quarantine site Addis Abeba, April 28/2020 – Ethiopia continues to receive thousands of migrants returned from countries across the region and…
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News Alert: Gambella sees new Guinea Worm Disease outbreak
Kan Gatlowak, Gambella region’s health bureau head Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, April 28/2020 – Gambella Regional State press secretariat office said there has been a re-emergence of Guinea Worm Disease (GWD) outbreak in Gog Wereda, Gog Dipach Kebele, in Dule sub district of the regional state. Seven people are infected by GWD in this area so far. According to…
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Analysis: The human-coronavirus molecular dance: It takes two to tango
Belete A. Desimmie @adbelete, (MD,PhD), FitsumTilahum @fitse_t (MD) &Ermias Kacha @ErmiasMd (MD) A World of Relentless Viral Threats Addis Abeba, April 27/2020 – Viruses are the most mysterious and tiniest lifeforms; none of them survive without a host and hence referred to as ‘organisms at the edge of life’. Most of us, if asked about viruses, we tend to describe them as…
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Commentary: #Covid19: An unprecedented global threat that deserves unprecedented leadership
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visiting COVID-19 treatment center recently setup within Millenium Hall Arkebe Oqubay Addis Abeba, April 27/2020 – COVID-19 is the greatest global threat the world has faced since the Second World War. It is not the deadliest or most infectious disease recorded, but the level of globalization and interconnectedness of the world render it particularly destructive. The…
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News: Police detain Eskinder Nega under #COVID19 emergency decree
Eskinder Nega Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, April 25/2020 – The police in Addis Abeba have, earlier today, detained Eskinder Nega, founder and leader of the opposition party, Balderas for True Democracy, the party’s legal department head Henok Aklilu told Addis Standard. Henok said that Eskinder was detained in Kolfe Keranio Kifle Ketema Police station. The police accused him of…
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News: Wife sheds light on husband’s ordeal in security crack down
The handcuffed picture of Abdo Abajobir caused a social media uproar yesterday Addis Abeba, April 24/2020 – The wife of a man whose handcuffed picture provoked the ire of many on Ethiopian social media spoke to the BBC Afaan Oromo that “he was beaten” before being escorted to a police station. The picture of Abdo Abajobir, an employee of Oromia…
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News: IOM mobilizes local leaders to contain #COVID19 in Ethiopia
Social mobilization team broadcasting messages from a van and giving out materials on COVID-19 prevention in Hararghe Addis Abeba, April 24/2020 – In the wake of the COVID-19 induced state of emergency in Ethiopia, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is mobilizing its network of local community leaders to help with awareness and prevention activities designed to stop the spread…
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News: Tigray region relaxes #COVID19 state of emergency
Tigray region deputy president Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, April 24/2020 – Tigray Regional State has loosened the regional state of emergency declared, the regional state communication bureau said. Tigray region was the first to declare COVID-19 related state of emergency on March 26/2020. The state council has subsequently set the decree to last for three months.…
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