Belete A. Desimmie, @adbelete, (MD, PhD), for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, March 24/2020 – Physicians and other healthcare workers have answered the internal call to action to halt the spread of COVID-19 and are doing what they have been called upon and trained to do – taking care of patients. …

“Addis Standard lies, steals your money, collaborates with Egypt!”, Ambassador Shamebo Fitamo, Foreign Ministry official, said this in bizarre tirade and threatens to sue Addis Standard during an address to Ethiopians residing in Lebanon. According to an audio recording received by Addis Standard Ambassador Shamebo was discussing about a series …

Ethiopia Gears Up for Increased Cancer Control with New Equipment, Training and Smooth Licensing Miklos Gaspar Addis Abeba, December 24/2019 – Ethiopia has only a single functioning radiotherapy machine for its 105 million people, but the country’s new government, which took office 16 months ago, has ambitious plans to change …