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

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

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @AlexInAir: Breaking: President Trump is set to ban all Chinese airlines from flying to the United States, effective mid-June. https://t.co/9lVCJnbLNz

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Viewpoint: Race & race matters:A personal reflection https://t.co/x5PuMeIDmJ As a once "raced & gendered person in #America"& in light of what transpired after the killing of #GeorgeFloyd, in this succinct viewpoint, Elizabeth W. Giorgis brings the conversation home to #Ethiopia!

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** "Despite being categorized as black in the American racial hierarchy, my #Ethiopian friends considered a standard of blackness that aimed to transcend #African American blackness, curiously misleading their own exploitation in the American racial category"https://t.co/x5PuMeIDmJ

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @Mastishtt: The two critical pieces out on @addisstandard today (on indigenizing our political system from @girma_mohammed and on race and capitalism from Elizabeth W. Giorgis) plus @YirgaGelaw 's latest piece on white supremacy give me hope for the future. 🙏 #Ethiopia READ AND DISCUSS :) https://t.co/qnl0k4aziK

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @MahletKS: #COVID19Ethiopia Addis Abeba updates 🟢155 recovered (Recovery rate 92%) 🔴1042 active cases Sub-city w most cases 🔴Addis Ketema Today (T):355 (+50) Yesterday (Y) :305 (+47) Week ago (5/28):138(+59) 🔴Lideta T: 180(+4) Y: 176(+8) 5/28: 133(+11) ➡️https://t.co/xzQCLxIE1G https://t.co/Baim07iA2R

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: Floods impact thousands of people https://t.co/E8HOwOTj3C flooding has so far affected more than 470,000 people, of whom more than 300,000 people are displaced. The #Somali region was severely hit, with nearly 80 % of the flood-affected & displaced people are located. https://t.co/zbnb55tCht

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @UNEthiopia: 'The loss of #income from #COVID19 is likely to lead to a $109 bln drop in #remittances. That’s the equivalent of nearly 3/4 all official dev't assistance that is no longer being sent back home to the 800 mln people who depend on it.' -@antonioguterres https://t.co/Z2RLkuSDO1 https://t.co/u7KSdFHROb

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @BelachewM: What our 'democracy' lacks is virtue. ያባይን ልጅ ውሃ ጠማው እንዳይሆንብን let's draw some from our abundant indigenous sources ይለናል። Excellent & readable piece as usual. Thank you dear! @girma_mohammed @addisstandard #Ethiopia https://t.co/anhLwR2XnV

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @citizentvkenya: Photos of persons escaping from quarantine to be published in newspapers https://t.co/F9Ow7ExoXb https://t.co/qfv342wslq

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: A 40 yo man who was identified as having #COVID19 during an autopsy was an individual who was killed in a fight at a market in #Kaffa zone, #Adiyo Wereda, #Boka kebelle in #SNNPRS. He was one of the 3 people in the COVID-19 death toll report yesterday,@dw_amharic says.

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** As per Yegizework Haile, zonal health bureau chief, the man was discovered as having #COVID19 because his body was sent for autopsy to #AddisAbeba. The zonal health bureau is now isolating people who are identified as having contacts with the man. So far 61 people are isolated.

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @Ethiopialiveupd: "በባምባሲ ወረዳ በጸጥታ አካላትና በህብረተሰቡ መካከል በተፈጠረ ያለመግባባት የሶስት ግለሰቦች ህይወት ማለፉን የባምባሲ ወረዳ ፖሊስ ጽ/ቤት አስታወቀ።" https://t.co/XfVbvdZ9BI https://t.co/yYhaKFrJMd

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @ReutersAfrica: Ethiopians are ordering food online like never before - changing the fortunes of Deliver Addis, a small start-up which was struggling before the outbreak of COVID-19. @nazaninemoshiri reports. https://t.co/21ctFvUJSd

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: Despite snags, Ethiopia scales up massive tree-planting campaign https://t.co/OxnDE1cRqd Yet local experts say there are more important questions: Has the planting been properly organised, and has there been enough follow-up to keep the trees alive? https://t.co/NBLuRGBdBh

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: Two human rights organizations say they were turned down from Constitutional Inquiry Hearing https://t.co/SHeK37X5JB The organizations have expressed their hope that the House of Federation will hear their arguments before reaching a final decision. @CARDEthiopia https://t.co/pxkUPbs2Jz