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Ethiopia: Free Speech at Risk Amid Covid-19 - HRW
Ethiopia: Free Speech at Risk Amid Covid-19
New Emergency Law Raises Concerns of Further Arrests, Prosecutions
(Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government has been using Covid-19 restrictions and a recently declared state of emergency as a pretext...
In the time of Covid-19, African leaders must put their people's health first - RFI
A group of 88 African intellectuals has come together to sign an open letter to African leaders, calling for them to re-think health as an essential public need in light of the Covid-19 crisis.
Among those who penned the initiative were Lionel...
Saudi Arabia repatriating thousands of migrants back to Ethiopia - The Financial Times
UN official warns mass deportations risk spread of coronavirus to the region
David Pilling and Andrew England
Saudi Arabia is stepping up the deportation of thousands of Ethiopians, including some who are suspected of suffering...
Ethiopia says no single death from Coronavirus disease so far - Borkena
Number of Coronavirus patients in Ethiopia climbed to 21 but there is not death from it so far, according to Ministry of Health
borkena
The number of Coronavirus Patients has now reached 21 but no deaths so far, but there are cases of recovery.
Ethiopia’s...
Italian nurse with coronavirus kills herself over fear of infecting others - NEW YORK POST
By Yaron Steinbuch
A 34-year-old Italian nurse working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic took her own life after testing positive for the illness and was terrified that she had infected others, according to a report.
Daniela Trezzi...
Ethiopia: Parents fear for missing Amhara students as universities close over Covid-19 - Amnesty International
As universities across Ethiopia close to avert spread of the COVID-19 virus, Amnesty International is calling on the Ethiopian authorities to disclose measures they have taken to rescue 17 Amhara students from Dembi Dolo University in Western...