Year: 2020
- #COVID19Ethiopia
News: Ethiopia, Somaliland military officials discuss #COVDI19 prevention joint efforts
Participants included Major General Zewdu Belay, Commander of Eastern Division of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) and Major General Nuh Ismail Tani, the Chief of Staff of Somaliland Armed Forces Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, April 22/2020 – High level military officials from Ethiopia and Somaliland met and discuss works being implemented to prevent the spread of the COVID-19…
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Opinion: When each day matters a great deal in one’s life, one must seek beyond wish and panic
Please click here for the full version of the above COVID-19 Ethiopia situation dashboard Yohannes Kinfu (PhD) A personal perspective on managing COVID-19 Addis Abeba, April 22/2020 – Few events, in our shared humanity, have divided and united the world at the same time as COVID-19. In most, if not all parts of the world, flights are largely suspended, dis-connecting…
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News update: Prosecutors charge journalist Yayesew with newly enacted hate speech law
Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, April 21/2020 – Federal prosecutors have today charged journalist Yayesew Shimelis with Ethiopia’s newly enacted Hate Speech and Disinformation Prevention and Suppression Proclamation at the federal high court Lideta branch. Yayesew was charged despite having been allowed to leave police custody on bail on two occasions. On April 15 the Federal First Instance Court Arada…
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Commentary: How Africa can fight the pandemic
A medical professional tests a woman for temperature at Zewditu Memorial Hospital in Addis Abeba, on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Photo: AP/Mulugeta Ayene Arkebe Oqubay The response to Africa’s COVID-19 plight must be swift and at scale rather than too little, too late. In a world short of progressive global leadership, where rules-based global governance is under threat, this is…
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Latest: Ethiopia’s official tally for #COVID19 surpasses 100
Health Minister Dr. Lia Tadesse Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, April 18/2020 – The number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in Ethiopia surpassed 100 today. Out of 659 tests in the last 24 hours, nine (9) were positive, bringing the total confirmed cases to 105. Eight of the nine are Ethiopians while one is a national of Equatorial…
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News: EOTC requests emergency decree loosening on gathering on Maundy Thursday, Easter Sunday
Holiness Abune Mathias Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, April 16/2020 – In a letter written yesterday April 15 and was addressed to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, His Holiness Abune Mathias, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, (EOTC), requested the loosening of the gathering regulations in Ethiopia’s COVID-19 State of Emergency on Maundy Thursday & Easter Sunday in order for…
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News: Twelve member Chinese medical team arrive in Ethiopia to help contain #COVID19
The team consists of experts on respiratory diseases, public health, nursing & Traditional Chinese Medicine and will help their Ethiopian counterparts to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in Ethiopia Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, April 16/2020 – A 12 member Chinese medical expert team, invited by the Ethiopian government and dispatched by the Chinese government, are expected to arrive…
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News: Ethiopia resumes cross-country public transport disrupted in wake of #COVID19 fears
Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, April 16/2020 – The Federal Ministry of Transport said cross-country public transports services across the country resume to function as of today. This comes after almost all regional states have banned public transport services to and from their respective regions as measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19. Oromia, Amhara, SNNP, Tigray, Afar regional…
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