Africa
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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#COVIDー19: Lessons of past, present and the future: On interventions that are cost effective, can be done locally and done now
Passenger screening at Maya Maya International airport, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo | Photo: WHO/Elombat D. Sosena Kebede, MD, MPH, For…
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Arkebe Oqubay : When COVID-19 Comes to Africa
At a press conference today, Ethiopia’s newly appointed Minister of Health Dr. Liya Tadesse (center) announced the first confirmed case…
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