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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Hailemariam Desalegn, Olusegun Obasanjo and Kgalema Motlanthe For Addis Standard via The Brenthurst Foundation Addis Abeba, March 19/2020 – The full health consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic are yet to be calculated. Which is not to say we should diminish the extent of previous catastrophes. The Great …

Alula Alemayehu, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, February 03/2020 – Tuesday, January 28, 2020.  This date will mark an important event in the annals of history when Ethiopia was unjustly coerced by the administration of Donald Trump and his son-in-law to accept the unacceptable and concede its sovereign right on …

Joey Ayoub for Addis Standard November 21/2019 – Under Lebanon’s horrific Kafala (‘sponsorship’) system, the legal status of migrant domestic workers is tied to that of their employers. In effect this means that if, out of desperation, she flees the house, she automatically becomes an illegal alien. On the streets of …