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An independent Ethiopia based online media focusing on current affairs. Original content+daily gist of media monitoring
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addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @HargeysaCC: We had the pleasure of having @DrSenait join the discussion from the United States to talk about the #Africa and the COVID-19. She emphasized on the regional collaboration, dealing with misinformation and pulling together the efforts to fight the virus. https://t.co/nVHY0OHDem
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: Two new extinct primate species are found in the Ethiopia site of Gona https://t.co/u1KxNZnezN Gona is one of the two palaeoanthropological sites in Africa where the hominin species known as Ardipithecus ramidus) has been discovered. https://t.co/iVmxhDXyBN
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @lia_tadesse: During our weekly meeting with Regional Health Bureau Heads & Agencies, we discussed protecting our health workers, and ensuring access & continuity of essential health care services while we aggressively work to minimize impact of COVID19 in Ethiopia. https://t.co/UFl1RWScxb
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Slavery and suicide: Plight of #migrant maids in #Lebanon made more stark by pandemic https://t.co/HREmoNGINx The plight of migrant maids working under the "Kafala" system in Lebanon has been made more stark by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Close to 28 mln People in #IGAD Region Faced Acute Food Insecurity before #COVID19 https://t.co/fUjVASE3fT This figure represents 20 percent of the total population facing food insecurity that required urgent action across the world. https://t.co/P7wwoXZG3D
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @UNHCREthiopia: In Tierkidi and Nguenyyiel camps in the Gambella Region, UNHCR, in collaboration with @UNICEFEthiopia and @OxfaminEthiopia is trucking an average of 540,000 litres of water per day to enhance hygiene practices in the area during the #Coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/3n0cWrfxEX
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @ZekuZelalem: Video was sent to me from Beirut, Lebanon today. Dozens of Ethiopian domestic workers have been camped outside the Ethiopian consulate after their employers refuse to pay & just abandoned them here. They eat, sleep, live outdoors. @Amnesty has released a statement on this today. https://t.co/Xve8Cb2yH2
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #GMO debate is democratic test for liberalizing #Ethiopia https://t.co/kKBM6rvhzN "The restrictive laws in Ethiopia were developed to protect smallholder farmers from becoming indebted to and dependent on multinational corporations for seeds," Tehsome Hunduma
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: @MastercardFdn Creates MSE’s Resilience Facility To Support Businesses In Ethiopia https://t.co/48mu8OFMrw This emergency program will support micro & small-sized enterprises (MSEs) & start-ups in Ethiopia during the economic downturn caused by the #COVID19 pandemic... https://t.co/h85JFeMDTC
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @UNDPAccLabs: 🌱Ethiopian industrial parks are hit hard by #Covid_19 The Accelerator Lab in @UNDPEthiopia is using #foresight to explore the impact of a prolonged lockdown and is looking at how real-time #data collection could serve as an early warning system. #futures https://t.co/a0mkWcrz4t https://t.co/0ZddQPu9mU
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Opinion: Does #Ethiopia really need democracy? Then it should draw resources from indigenous virtues https://t.co/a5Vc7xWjty "Ethiopia needs solutions for its political gridlock; but we need to look for solutions from within as well as from abroad," @girma_mohammed
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @GirumTweets: ኢትዮጵያ ከመድብለ ፓርቲ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ስርዓት ያነሰ አስተዳደር ከእንግዲህ ማስተናገድ አትችልም። ይሄንን አምኖ መቀበል መላላጥን ይቀንሳል። There’s no chance to repeat “The Winner Takes It All” game. Never! #Ethiopia -brilliant article by @girma_mohammed 🙏 https://t.co/yKxl1Sdfsx
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: A renowned geneticist and agronomist cautions against the adoption of GMO crops https://t.co/qb6dD1ciUm “If we partner with profit-generating multinational corporations, it would have enormous implications for our food supply...'' Dr. Melaku Worede, a plant geneticist https://t.co/9a15K7zF7V
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** News Alert: #COVID19Ethiopia latest: A 30 yo Ethiopian man died at Ekka Kotebe hospital. He had prior chronic illness. **Today 🇪🇹 recorded the highest number of infection/24 hrs as 150 people test +ve out of 5,141 lab tests. ***At 16, highest # of patients in severe condition https://t.co/gJcCRQAPQ6
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @HornDiplomat: BREAKING :#Somaliland records 8 new #COVIDー19 cases in the last 24 hours , bringing the total confirmed cases to 384. Somaliland has conducted a total of 1521 COVID-19 tests so far with 22 deaths and 57 recoveries. https://t.co/DRoCJUVca2
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @Aya_Majzoub: As dozens of Ethiopian women camp outside their consulate in #Beirut after employers abandoned them, @hrw calls on #Lebanon to establish a justice mechanism through which hastily repatriated workers can seek redress for human rights & labor violations. https://t.co/GUbrHjxTXc https://t.co/wQHrq8djox
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: #Lebanon provides shelter to 35 homeless Ethiopian #migrants https://t.co/R0N9YYfzYB "We provided this shelter to get them off the street and we are now in touch with international agencies and the Ethiopian consulate to look for a long-term solution," Hussein Zalghout https://t.co/glerJJOjnx