addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia/n Diaspora Champions Digital Apps in Fight Against #COVID19 https://t.co/TJAtnMPA7g The COVID-19 Ethiopia app was launched in late May so that the public can self-report cases or alert health authorities to others with symptoms. https://t.co/8adJKrJhrT
Voice of America
Ethiopian Diaspora Champions Digital Apps in Fight Against COVID
In Ethiopia, mobile applications are spreading fast to help health care workers and the public fight against COVID-19, which has claimed 12 lives in the country and affected about 1,100 people. Ethiopian web developers have designed seven apps that do everything…
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @Save_ChildrenET: Save the Children Ethiopia country office; under its media campaign work with UNICEF, had produced nine additional television spots with Ethiopia Children's tv. #covid19ethiopia #HealthForAll #StayHome #StaySafeStayHealthy @Save_ChildrenET@ESASavechildren https://t.co/eedTX8wShO
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Save the Children Ethiopia country office; under its media campaign work with UNICEF, had produced nine additional television spots with Ethiopia Children's tv. #covid19ethiopia #HealthForAll #StayHome #StaySafeStayHealthy @Save_ChildrenET@ESASavechildren…
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
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Two new extinct primate species are found in the Ethiopia site of Gona
Sileshi Semaw from the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is coauthor of a paper published in the Journal of Human Evolution about a large series of fossil cercopithecid ...
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @MSUMD: "Low-and middle-income countries like Ethiopia, are home to some of the world’s weakest and fragile healthcare systems. The pandemic put health care systems in these settings under a serious strain" writes @MajiHailemariam. #MentalHealthMatters https://t.co/yGV1AuOXgR
Addis Standard
Analysis: “Can anyone hear us?” Access to mental healthcare in Ethiopia during the covid-19 pandemic
By Maji Hailemariam, MSW, PhD @MajiHailemariam Addis Abeba, June 02/2020 – Bekele, who suffers from a mental illness, hails from a small rural town in the Gurage zone. He lives with his sister, her husband and their three children. “When the illness starts…
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
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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.
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.
InfoMigrants
Slavery and suicide: Plight of migrant maids in Lebanon made more stark by pandemic
The plight of migrant maids working under the "Kafala" system in Lebanon has been made more stark by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Some foreign governments are promising to repatriate some women, as soon as flights restart.
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
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Close to 28 mln People in IGAD Region Faced Acute Food Insecurity before COVID-19 | Ethiopian News Agency
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
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UNHCR Ethiopia
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.
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
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Zecharias Zelalem
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…
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
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Mastercard Foundation creates MSE’s resilience facility to support businesses
Addis Ababa, June 4, 2020 (FBC) -Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with the Jobs Creation Commission and First Consult, has announced the creation of MSE’s resilience facility.This emergency program will support micro and small-sized enterprises
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
UNDP
Innovation centered pandemic response: supporting Ethiopian’s industrial parks keep operating
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
Addis Standard
Opinion: Does Ethiopia really need democracy? Then it should draw resources from indigenous virtues
By Mohammed Girma (PhD) @girma_mohammed Addis Abeba, June 04/2020 – I was once driving with my colleague in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. As I took a glance through the window, one massive billboard caught my attention. It was President Paul Biya’s picture…
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
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Addis Standard
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 @girma_mohammed: My latest with @addisstandard : Does #Ethiopia really need democracy? @BelachewM @sitinanu @Mastishtt @GirumTweets @TomGardner18 @MTBorago @yohanethio @Abele_a @getachew_temare @SolomonADersso @BerihunAdugna https://t.co/oE4rYVGV2S
Addis Standard
Opinion: Does Ethiopia really need democracy? Then it should draw resources from indigenous virtues
By Mohammed Girma (PhD) @girma_mohammed Addis Abeba, June 04/2020 – I was once driving with my colleague in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. As I took a glance through the window, one massive billboard caught my attention. It was President Paul Biya’s picture…
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
Ethiopia Observer
A renowned geneticist and agronomist cautions against the adoption of GMO crops
A renowned Ethiopian geneticist and agronomist has cautioned against the adoption of a genetically modified (GM) variety, saying that it could pose a serious threat to the tremendous genetic and biological diversity of the country. Dr. Melaku Worede, a plant…
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
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Addis Standard
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…
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
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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.
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
Human Rights Watch
Ensure Justice for Migrant Workers Sent Home
Countries around the world that send and receive migrant workers should enact a justice mechanism through which hastily repatriated workers can seek redress for human rights and labor violations, Human Rights Watch said today in endorsing a joint letter by…
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
Mail Online
Lebanon provides shelter to 35 homeless Ethiopian migrants
Lebanon has provided temporary shelter for 35 homeless Ethiopian domestic workers who had camped outside their consulate after being abandoned by employers...
addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: #SouthSudan Refutes Information Circulated As If It Gave Land To #Egypt For Military Base https://t.co/Mez001vYri ''No any agreement has been reached whatsoever to allocate a piece of land for Egyptian Military Base in the territory of the Republic of South Sudan.”, https://t.co/S72zeByqV3
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#Ethiopia: #SouthSudan Refutes Information Circulated As If It Gave Land To #Egypt For Military Base https://t.co/Mez001vYri ''No any agreement has been reached whatsoever to allocate a piece of land for Egyptian Military Base in the territory of the Republic…