Gender-based violence: an unaddressed national challenge

[ad_1] By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Y Bileh jelan @Bilejelan Addis Ababa, October 6, 2020 – According to a report published by UNDP on gender-based violence (GBV), violence against women increases during all types of emergencies, be it conflict or war, economic crisis and disease outbreaks. Data from neighboring Kenya show …

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Ethiopia: Call to avoid delays in road construction

[ad_1] In order to complete several highway construction projects in the metropolis on time, particular attention must be paid to the causes of delay in such activities, as noted when Deputy Mayor Adanech Abebe, Finance Minister Ahmed Shede and Governor of the National Bank, Dr. Yinager Dessie, I visited several …

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Condemnation grows for the execution of 15 dissidents in Egypt

[ad_1] Days before World Day Against the Death Penalty, the execution of 15 political dissidents in Egypt sparked condemnation from human rights groups. The Geneva Council for Rights and Freedoms criticized the Egyptian government for executing the death sentence through security authorities against 15 detainees within 24 hours of “trials …

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How SARS-COV-2 traveled to West Africa

[ad_1] Oct 6, 2020 With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical research has focused on tracing the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 infection, which was first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan, in late 2020. Image Credit: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.02.323519v1.full By June 2020, all African countries had reported COVID-19 cases. A …

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Pakistan Ministry Says No Lobster Found During Survey

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD, Oct.6 (Xinhua) – Pakistan’s Ministry of Research and National Food Security said on Tuesday that no lobster was found during a survey by special teams in affected areas of the country. The National Lobster Control Center (NLCC) surveyed about 129,072 hectares of land in the past 24 hours, …

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