Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan  & Zecharias Zelalem @ZekuZelalem Addis Abeba, May 14/2020 – Despite denial from Ethiopia’s consulate in Beirut, Lebanon that there were no Ethiopians who tested positive for COVID-19, data posted on the official website of the Lebanese Ministry of Health currently lists that out of a total of …

Yohannes Kinfu (PhD) Addis Abeba, May 12/2020 – Since the first novel Corona pandemic had emerged in China in late 2019 and spread rapidly around the world, the reaction and intensity to combat the disease had varied across nations. Some countries treated the pandemic as a brief incident (i.e. a …

Bileh Jelan @BilehJelan  & Zecharias Zelalem @ZekuZelalem Addis Abeba, May 11/2020 – A little over three weeks into Ethiopia’s third state of emergency in as many years, albeit this time for a different reason, Ethiopians are struggling to cope with layoffs, a loss of income and the host of regulations …