Month: April 2020

Coronavirus: Why are Africans in China being targeted?

April 15, 2020 Africans are reportedly evicted from their homes, tested for coronavirus several times and shunned in public. They are China’s key trading partners but some African leaders have been angered by Beijing’s reported discrimination against their citizens. They want answers from the Chinese government over reports that Africans are targeted because of fears they […]

ኪራይና መስፍን – ፕሮፌሶር መስፍን ወልደ ማርያም

April 15, 2020 ፕሮፌሶር   መስፍን ወልደ ማርያም ሚያዝያ 2012 ሰሞኑን ስሜን ከቤት ኪራይ ጋር አንሥተው ነበር፤ እርግጥ ቤት የለኝም፤ ነገር ግን አግዚአብሔር ይመስገን አልተጎዳሁም፤ ልጆች የሚባሉት አድገው ራሳቸውን ችለዋል፤ ብርግጥም ጡረታዬ በዛሬው ጊዜ አያኖርም፤ በዚህም በኩል እግዚአብሔር ይመስገንና ጥቂት ሰዎች ሥራቸው አድርገውት በሚያስፈልገኝ ነገር ሁሉ ይረዱኛል፤ የእነዚህ ሰዎች ውለታ በጣም ይከብደኛል፤ እግዚአብሔር ጤንነትና ዕድሜ፣ ሰላምና […]

Flashback: WHO’s Tedros was accused of covering up cholera outbreaks in Ethiopia – Washington Examiner 15:24

by Carly Ortiz-Lytle   April 15, 2020 03:10 PM The director-general of the World Health Organization had been accused of covering up three cholera epidemics that occurred in Ethiopia while he was the health minister. A global health expert first leveled the accusations against Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in 2017 during the election of the […]

Suspicion and fear linger as Ethiopia’s campus wars go quiet – The Guardian 07:21

Violent unrest at Ethiopia’s universities has been quelled by police, but the root causes will prove harder to tackle Global development is supported by Tom Gardner in Ambo and Dessie Wed 15 Apr 2020 12.21 BST On a December morning last year, students at Ambo University in Ethiopia’s Oromia region awoke to find threatening notices pinned […]

The WHO made mistakes, but it’s China that must be held accountable – The Hill 10:35

© Getty Images Last week, African leaders rallied to the defense of the World Health Organization’s Director General, former Health Minister of Ethiopia Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Tedros for his China-centric approach to the global coronavirus pandemic COVID-19. “The WHO really blew it,” President Trump said, adding that he was […]

Managing the Politics of Ethiopia’s COVID-19 Crisis – International Crisis Group 04:58

Ethiopian election authority head Birtukan Mideksa (R) swears in during the handover ceremony at the Parliament in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 22 November 2018. Anadolu Agency/Minasse Wondimu Hailu via AFP The Covid-19 Pandemic and Deadly Conflict 15 April 2020 Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Ethiopia has delayed elections slated for August and declared a state […]

Commentary: Ethiopia’s postponed elections: Governing in the interregnum

April 14, 2020  Source: http://addisstandard.com/commentary-ethiopias-postponed-elections-governing-in-the-interregnum/? Adem Kassie Abebe @AdamAbebe Addis Abeba, April 14/2020 – The COVID-19 Pandemic has its first electoral casualty in Africa after Ethiopia announced the indefinite postponement of preparations for general elections for members of the House of Peoples’ Representatives (parliament) and Regional Legislative Councils, originally slotted for 29 August 2020. Ethiopia’s 2020 elections areexpected to be […]

ኮረና ቫይረስና ሁለት ጎን ተፅዕኖው!! – ፈቃዱ በቀለ(ዶ/ር)

April 14, 2020 ፈቃዱ በቀለ(ዶ/ር) ሚያዚያ 14፣ 2020 መግቢያ ፈቃዱ በቀለ(ዶ/ር) በታህሳስ ወር 2019 ዓ.ም ሁዋን በሚባለው የብዙ ሚሊዮን ህዝብ መኖሪያ የቻይና ከተማ የተከሰተውና በጉሮሮ አልፎ ሳምባን የሚጎዳና ወደ ሞትም ሊያደርስ የሚችለው ኮሮና ቫይረስ ወይም ኮቪድ 19 በመባል የሚታወቀው አደገኛ ቫይረስ የዓለምን ህዝብ የመንፈስ ጭንቀት ውስጥ ከቶቶ ከጤንነት መቃወስ አልፎ ከፍተኛ የሆነ አሉታዊ ኢኮኖሚያዊና ባህላዊ ተፅዕኖ  እያሳደረ […]

ኢሰመኮ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ ዐዋጅና ደንብ አፈፃፀምን በተመለከተ

April 14, 2020  Source: https://amharic.voanews.com/a/Ethiopian-human-rights-commission-ehrc-4-14-2020/5371661.html https://gdb.voanews.com/26A79100-92C2-4768-9188-3FBF9DB3C4C5_cx3_cy3_cw86_w800_h450.jpg ሚያዚያ 14, 2020 መለስካቸው አምሃ አዲስ አበባ —  የኢትዮጵያ ሰብዓዊ መብቶች ኮሚሽን (ኢሰመኮ)አሁን በሥራ ላይ የዋለውን የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ ዐዋጅና ደንብ አፈፃፀምን በተመለከተ ለመንግሥት ምክረ ሐሳብ አቀረበ።ኮሚሽኑ በዝርዝር ደንቡ ላይ አስቸኳይ ጥናት አድርጎ ሊስተካከሉ በሚገባቸው ጉዳዮች ላይ ምክረ ሐሳብ እንደሚሰጥም አስታወቀ።የሕግ አስከባሪ ተቋማት በማናቸውም ሁኔታ ሊገደቡ የማይችሉ መሰረታዊ መብቶችን እንዲያከብሩና እንዲያስከብሩ […]