Year: 2020
- Africa
News: Despite denial by Ethiopia’s consul, number of coronavirus cases among Ethiopians in Lebanon reaches eight
Lebanese frontline healthcare providers disinfecting surfaces against COVID-19. Image: Anwar Amro/AFP Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan & Zecharias Zelalem @ZekuZelalem Addis Abeba, May 14/2020 – Despite denial from Ethiopia’s consulate in Beirut, Lebanon that there were no Ethiopians who tested positive for COVID-19, data posted on the official website of the Lebanese Ministry of Health currently lists that out of a total…
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Commentary: Ethiopia’s crisis induced opportunity to seize a historical constitutional moment
Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi, President of the Supreme Court, is also the chairwoman of the Council of Constitutional Inquiry (CCI) Solomon A. Dersso (PhD) @SolomonADersso Addis Abeba, May 12/2020 – Depending on whether we seize the opportunity arising from it, this constitutional crisis could be a necessary trouble, a blessing in disguise, for Ethiopia. What determines whether a crisis leads…
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Analysis: Stranded uni students in Yirgalem sustain severe abuse by security forces as campus reneges on promises
Women students weren’t spared the wrath of the men in uniform when they converged on the Awada campus on March 26th Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan &Zecharias Zelalem @ZekuZelalem Addis Abeba, May 12/2020 – As many as fifty college students, including dozens of women, were beaten by baton wielding police, who also struck another woman student with a bullet,…
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Commentary: Transitioning from imported cases to community transmission: A strategy for public health security
A man wearing protective mask sits in a bus near Merkato, the busiest open market in Addis Abeba Yohannes Kinfu (PhD) Addis Abeba, May 12/2020 – Since the first novel Corona pandemic had emerged in China in late 2019 and spread rapidly around the world, the reaction and intensity to combat the disease had varied across nations. Some countries treated…
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News: Ethiopia firm on commencing GERD filling in July, says Egypt, Sudan turndown proposal on filling
Senior government officials led by PM Abiy Ahmed are discussing GERD performance report document presented by Dr. Seleshi. Addis Abeba, May 11/2020 – Senior government officials led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed are discussing a document presented by Seleshi Bekele, (PhD), Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, on progress report of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), state media reported.…
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Opinion: Elections in a divided Society: National elections or national reconciliation for Ethiopia?
Members of Ethiopia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Moges Zewdu Teshome @MogesTeshome10 Addis Abeba, May 08/2020 -It might seem very strange, at a first glance, to regard Ethiopia as a divided nation but the truth is that Ethiopia is more divided than ever, partly because of the polarized nature of the contemporary politics. Yet, the big question is: why is the…
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#COVID19: The case for the public’s health
Despite COVID19 state of emergency prohibiting a gathering of more than 4, Addis Abeba’s busiest open Market, Merkato, remains unrelentingly crowded. Picture: May 02/2020. ©Mussie Mulugeta/Addis standard Sosena Kebede, MD, MPH Addis Abeba, May 08/2020 – The cause for the relatively slow rise of the COVID-19 pandemic in some African countries including Ethiopia is not fully understood. Multiple theories circulate…
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