BY CARA ANNA | ASSOCIATED PRESS The United Nations fears “massive community transmission” of COVID-19 in Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region, fueled by displacement and the collapse of health services, as humanitarian workers finally begin to access the region two months after fighting began. Hospitals have been looted, even destroyed.
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BY THOMAS C MOUNTAIN There are only a couple of countries in the world that have completely prevented COVID-19 from infecting their people and I live in one of them, thank God. We don’t wear masks and our hospitals function normally. We are not afraid to meet anyone, to go anywhere and any cough we […]
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BY IAN BREMMER | TIME MAGAZINE This week Ethiopia’s government entered the controversial sixth year of its five-year mandate. But the administration of Abiy Ahmed isn’t going anywhere… not even after a particularly violent summer. Covid-19 has produced plenty of political drama these last few months, but Ethiopia has experienced more than most—here’s why.
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BY SHABAIT Your Excellency Ambassador Volkan Bozkir President of the General Assembly; Your Excellency Mr. Antonio Gueterres UN Secretary-General; Honorable Participants, I have the honour to deliver this speech on behalf of the President of the State of Eritrea, H.E. Mr. Isaias Afwerki. The UN General Assembly is taking place this year at a critical […]
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Eritrea promotes workplace safety, hygiene, and safe re-opening of Government offices and businesses during COVID-19 BY UNDP ERITREA The National Confederation of Eritrean Workers (NCEW) has introduced simple and effective hand-washing stands. This ensures workplace safety and wellbeing whilst also promoting local innovation and job creation in Eritrea.
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BY UNFPA ERITREA N epalese medical doctor Dr. Sailesh Rajbanshi is an obstetrician and gynecologist who has over 10 years of experience in Nepal, Maldives, Bangladesh, and now in Eritrea since December 2019.
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BY MEDIHANE EKUBAMICHAEL | ADDIS STANDARD General Berhanu Jula, Deputy Chief of Staff and Military Operations Division Head of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), said the army will be “forced to take actions against anyone who claims to violate the constitution.”
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BY ERITREAERITREA * Q : Senator in recent days a growing controversy has developed over the closure of the Italian Schools of Asmara characterized by unclear and sometimes contradictory positions. Can you take stock of the situation? Senator Aldo: I have followed this serious problem with interest and attention, witnessing the transformation of a banal […]
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