Africa
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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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News: IOM appeals for US$77.6 m to help more than 1.2 m internally displaced Ethiopians
Living conditions for IDPs, returnees and many host communities are dire, IOM said. Addis Abeba, March 14/2020 – The International…
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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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Op-ed: Nile Dispute: Taming the elephant in the room
Ethiopia’s team, led by its chief negotiator Dr. Seleshi Bekele (Pictured), should avoid signing any treaty that will give recognition…
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News update on detention of journalists by security forces
Left: members of Tigray Tv crew who were detained and subsequently released by security forces in Afar regional state. Right:…
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News Alert: Saudi Arabia bans travel to and from Ethiopia, cites corona virus threat
Ethiopian health workers prepare to screen passengers for COVID-19 at the Addis Abeba airport. Photo: Michael Tewelde / AFP/Getty Images…
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News: Parliament to swear in new Attorney General, Ministers of Health; Women & Children; and Revenue
Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, March 12/2020 – The House People’s Representatives (HoPR) in its 14th regular session this morning is…
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News: NISS says it intercepts a global arms smugglers network shipping two containers of arms into Ethiopia
Demelash Gebremichael, pictured, is currently the Director General of Ethiopia’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). In December last year,…
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