Year: 2020
- #COVID19Ethiopia
Op-Ed: Fighting #COVID19: Where should healthcare resources go?
Cover Picture: On March 21, Huajian International donated anti-epidemic supplies to support Ethiopia’s efforts to fight against the spread of #COVID19. Info/image: PM Abiy Ahmed/Twitter Sosena Kebede, MD, MPH Addis Abeba, April 06/2020 – Sometimes it takes drastic events like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to remind us our collective vulnerabilities and our limited resources. Even the United States of America,…
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Analysis: Of the legal status of Ethiopia’s #COVID19 measures
Members of the #COVID19 National Ministerial Committee during a meeting with PM Abiy Ahmed on March 16 Solomon A. Dersso (PhD) @SolomonADersso Addis Abeba, April 04/2020 – Indications are emerging that Ethiopia is heading for a full lockdown. To be more accurate, the Federal Government seems poised to bring the measures it adopted against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to the…
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News: Police vague about journalist Yayesew Shimelis as CPJ calls for his release
Journalist Yayesew Shimelis Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, April 03/2020 – Endeshaw Tasew, Commissioner of Federal Police Commission, told Addis Standard that the police has “no comments for the time being” about the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Yayesew Shimelis, journalist and producer of Tigray TV Ethio-Forum YouTube segment. Yayesew was detained on March 27, a day after he posted on…
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News: #COVID19 number in Ethiopia rises to 35 after six people test positive in 24 hours
Dr. Lia Tadesses, Minister of Health . Image: File Addis Abeba, April 03/2020 – Dr. Lia Tadesses, Minister of Health, said six more Ethiopian were tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total confirmed case to 35. This is the highest number reported in Ethiopia in one day since the first case was announced on March…
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News: OLF, OFC express reservations on election postponement process; call for inclusive dialogue, consensus
The two parties also called on all stakeholders to “join hands and prioritize defeating the coronavirus” in Ethiopia; and warned the “pandemic should not be used as pretext to further narrow the fragile political space.” Please click here to download the full statement in pdf Addis Abeba, April 03/2020 – A joint statement issued by Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Oromo…
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#COVID19: Gloves: Who should use them and when?
A group of volunteers wearing gloves and face masks were on stand by to provide water and soap for participants of a 5km women’s race against COVId-19 which was held in Addis Abeba on March 05/2020. Image: AP Tinsae Alemayehu (MD) @tinsaetigist Addis Abeba, April 02/2020 – Many Ethiopians are seen in public wearing gloves with the aim of preventing…
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Commentary: Egypt’s gunboat diplomacy and Ethiopia’s win-win approach on GERD negotiation
Mahemud Tekuya (@MTekuya) and Alekaw D. Assefa, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, April 01/2020 – Nine years have passed since Ethiopia announced the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The GERD – a big hydroelectric dam on one of the River Nile’s main tributaries, the Blue Nile in Ethiopia – is designed to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity.…
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Op-Ed:Putting the facts straight on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Dr. Seleshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy Guest Contributor Addis Abeba, March 31/2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic and disparate international response to the deadly virus has put diplomacy on a standstill. International organizations, including the United Nations, have virtually shuttered their offices. Bilateral engagements have also dwindled amid travel restrictions and countries turn their attentions inward to…
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Analysis: Ethiopia’s planned elections and #COVID19: Constitutional and political implications
“The elections are likely to be less than free and fair if they are to be held as planned.” Zemelak Ayitenew Ayele (@zemelak_a), For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, March 31/2020 – On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Ethiopia two days…
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News: #COVID19 case in Ethiopia reaches twenty five as three more test positive
A medical professional tests a woman for temperature at Zewditu Memorial Hospital in Addis Abeba, on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Photo: AP/Mulugeta Ayene Addis Abeba, March 30/2020 – Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health said there are now 25 confirmed cases in Ethiopia after three more people were tested positive for COVID-19. Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) has so far conducted 1013…
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