addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Thread #Ethiopia:Residents of #Borena zone, #Oromia, say mass detention of hundreds of civilians in recent weeks after being accused of supporting the rebel group #OLA. Among the detainees is Jaldessa Guyu,a candidate for #AbbaGada, a traditional leadership of the Oromo community https://t.co/52JUwxKtc9

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** As per community members who spoke to @VOAAmharic, individuals are being arrested for as little a reason as expressing criticism with local authorities through social media. The list for up to 200 people who are detained is available, but the residents say it could be above 600.

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Case in point is the arrest of the #AbbaGada candidate, Jaldessa in #Yabelo after he spoke about lack of good governance in his district & criticized local authorities. Another resident says 4 of his family were arrested & are being tortured suspected of killing a local official.

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Jarso Boru, zonal security & admin chief, didn't not deny the reports arrest, but said he doesn't know the numbers. He also admitted security forces stepped up efforts to weed out elements supporting OLA. He denied reports of rights abuse in detention & said Mr. Guyo was released

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: News Alert: The Council of Tigray Regional State passed decision to go ahead with regional election as planned, Getachew Reda, Exec. member of #TPLF, the party governing the region, confirmed to AS. The Council has also extended regional #COVID19 SoE by 2 1/2 months. https://t.co/mb250biuQV

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** The details of the regional election, including the precise date and the role, if any, of @NEBEthiopia, are not clear yet. The Council's decision this morning followed earlier decision both by #TPLF's Executive Committee (EC), & its Central Committee (CC) to hold the election.

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @UNEthiopia: #Revised 2020 #HumanitarianRequirement for 🇪🇹 'The country needs urgent additional financing to not only #control the pandemic before it further spreads across the country, but to also #mitigate the adverse impact of #COVID19 on the already dire humanitarian context' -@CNSozi https://t.co/6T7cQclggt

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @UNDPEthiopia: #ኢትዮጵያ ከ #COVID19 ጋር የተዛመዱ ችግሮችን ለማሸነፍ የእርስዎን የፈጠራ ሃሳብ መስማት እንፈልጋለን ፡፡ የፈጠራ ዉድድሩን ለመሳተፍ ይህንን ሊንክ https://t.co/mTBmocO7qQ ይጫኑ:: @UNDPEthiopia ከ @UNICEFEthiopia ጋር በመተባበር https://t.co/Y2NIEgvhGr

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @UNICEFEthiopia: #Happeningnow: Signing ceremony between the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Ministry of Urban Development, and #UNICEF on top-up cash transfers for urban productive safety net beneficiaries in #Ethiopia with the financial support from the Government of Sweden. #COVID19 https://t.co/OwXzNjIXuS

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @mfaethiopia: FM @GeduAndargachew & his counterpart from the Republic of #Korea, Ms. Kang Kyung-wha exchanged a phone call to discuss cooperation on #COVID19 prevention & containment measures, and the need to entice Korean Investors for more involvement in #Ethiopia's economic activities. https://t.co/J8F0hBbov4

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @EmWuilbercq: Thousands of street children in Addis Ababa are being moved to shelters as COVID-19 cases soar in the East African nation #Ethiopia #coronavirus https://t.co/AjKTp3Fpz5

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia/n company awarded grant to support its anti-#Covid19 UVC Room Steriliser https://t.co/QsIfIjkBAB “We welcome Villgro #Kenya’s financial support as it will help bridge the demand gap we are currently facing,” Simbona Africa founder & biomedical engineer Habtamu Abafoge. https://t.co/S31cb1B0Jt

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #COVID19Ethiopia: *7 people died of & 245 tested +ve/24 hrs out of 5, 709 lab tests. *This is the highest single day +ve case *Death toll # - 47 *Total #Covid19 # - 2,915 *17 people recovered/24 hrs *Recovered # 434 #Caution: 6 of the 7 who died identified during autopsy. https://t.co/GquqHsfqRW

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @NationBreaking: COVID-19: 90 more test positive from 2,419 samples; national tally now stands at 3,305, CAS Aman says. https://t.co/AatE1zzhJN

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** Update @MillionHailese quoted Mulugeta Tareke, Public Relations & Conference Service head of #Tigray State Council, as saying preparations will be underway to hold the regional election before Sep.11 (ከጳጉሜ 2012 በፊት) or before the end of the Ethiopian year Pic: Archive/EBC https://t.co/Ks62g18e5s

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @Harun_Asefa: #Ethiopia sees highest daily increase in #covid19ethiopia cases with 245 cases and 7 fatalities confirmed today Sustained community transmission trend continues as 36% (17) of all #COVID19 deaths (47) discovered after a postmortem covid testing Detail - https://t.co/OVwVdPSTBf https://t.co/a0YgjR7cWE

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Burundi's constitutional court to decide interim leader after president's death https://t.co/LEbXg9htXA ''The cabinet decided at an extraordinary cabinet meeting on Wednesday that the constitutional court should guide the country and “show modalities of filling the post,” ...'' https://t.co/7lJEoGzaSp

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** RT @MahletKS: #COVID19Ethiopia updates 🔴Cases this week = +981 (2915) Same week last month = +96 (306) 🔴Deaths this week = +27 (47) Same week last month = 0 (5) 🔴Positivity today = 4.29% A month ago = 1.34% ➡️via @ETHealthData https://t.co/xzQCLxIE1G https://t.co/6Mz0ja5AiV

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** 'State of emergency' the rape crisis in #Africa https://t.co/FIgNkmNRll How to give women in Africa the protection to survive gender-based violence. https://t.co/841o9suID1

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: #Silte Zone To Get 1.9 Bn Birr Dam, Irrigation Dev’t Project https://t.co/zUaN6xnchv Once completed, the dam, with a length of 1, 731 meters and a height of 25.5 meters, will help develop 1, 100 hectares of land and benefit more than 2, 200 farmers. https://t.co/KLtJvzFNez

addisstandard Just tweeted ********************************************** #Ethiopia: #COVID19 significantly shrinks leather export earning https://t.co/7QinJowyjM Leather Industry Dev't Institute said the sector achieved 42% of the export target or $65.5 m in 10 months of the budget year, less than half of the $157m the institute projected to generate https://t.co/zJoKlSIVFL