Bekan G Olana

#Epidemiologist: #Vaccine: GlobalHealth:

[Bekan G Olana @bekansiif]

Why can’t @MichelleObama & @BarackObama sue Trump & the Whitehorse for 500 billion for racism, extra. Isn’t Trump suing his own IRS !
Had a layman citizen posted this kind of racist video, they would have been in jail, right!
@ObamaFoundation @TheObamaOffice

[Bekan G Olana @bekansiif]

BTW, I am very happy that #USAID is gone, especially from #Africa. USAID is useless. It primarily supported military of dictators. USAID has never and will never improve the life of our people in Africa. Only <5% of the aid reach the people.
Thank you president #DonaldTrump.

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

#Ethiopia: Field Marshall Berhanu Jula, Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (#ENDF), admits to using drones on human targets.

He vowed to continue the use of drones at extremist gatherings and cautioned the general public to refrain from mingling with extremists.

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

#Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed sacks #Taye_Dendea as state minister of Peace https://t.co/Cw4sTl9u4i

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has sacked Taye Dendea, state minister of Peace, effective immediately in a letter issued on 11 December 2023.

The letter, which is posted on a verified facebook page of Taye Dendea, fails short of explaining the reason underlying the decision, but thanked the now ex-state minister for his contribution during his tenure since 08 October 2021.

This comes in the backdrop of unprecedented recent media engagement and social media posts by Taye Dendea where he made stern remarks criticising the PM Abiy led government.

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

#Breaking: Security forces arrest Taye Dendea, former state minister of peace

In a statement sent to the media the Federal government's Security and Intelligence Task Force announced the arrest of the former state minister who was sacked by PM Abiy Ahmed yesterday.

Developing story....

[OROMIAN @OROMIANIST]

@addisstandard This us OLA's brigade photos. OLA is upgrade to brigade. #WeStandWithOLFOLA #OromoVoice

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

#Ethiopia: Armed group renews commitment to negotiation amid escalating hostilities across #Oromia https://t.co/FlTX4JrkDT

The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) expressed commitment to peace and dialogue after the collapse of the second round of talks between the armed group and Ethiopian government earlier this week.

Reports of escalating hostilities including drone strikes have emerged following the conclusion of the talks without agreement.

OLA’s latest expression of commitment to peace came in the backdrop of calls for the continuation of efforts to resolve the five-year long conflict in Oromia through negotiations.

[Bekan G Olana @bekansiif]

#France must leave #Africa alone. Better 🛑.

[Tibor Nagy @TiborPNagyJr]

Interesting how quickly #Cameroon Prez Biya made changes to his military command following #Gabon military overthrow of Bongo. We'll see which other of Africa's "forever" leaders do the same. The quicker the change, the less confident the Big Man.
https://t.co/mCJVdFksxX

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

State TV in Gabon says suitcases and duffel bags full of cash have been found at the homes of former gov't officials who were ousted in this week’s military coup ⤵️

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

#Ethiopia: Displacement, horrific violence continue in western #Tigray as #Amhara forces maintain control https://t.co/6VI1xWQsHu

Mulugeta Debalkew, the IDP coordinator at the center, stated that the fresh IDPs shared their reasons for fleeing, including escaping from prison and atrocities, as well as forced migration due to hunger, despite the signing of a peace agreement in November 2022.

Mulugeta also revealed that many IDPs were imprisoned including in #Maiytsebri, #Dima, and #Tselemti, where they were subjected to horrific violence and forced to pay a ransom of up to 135,000 birr. According to him, these atrocities and detentions increased following rumors that the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) had disarmed the Fano rebel group operating in the areas they controlled.

[Bekan G Olana @bekansiif]

#France leave Africa alone. Niger is independent!

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

Hospitalizations and deaths are not the only important indicators.

We need to be factoring in #LongCovid too.

Even acute illness has significant impacts on working class communities due to missing days at work.

We need to prevent infections, not just hospitalizations.

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

Because immunity wanes, you can be reinfected multiple times with COVID.

COVID can cause long-term chronic illness & damage multiple organs including the lungs, heart & brain. Why roll the dice?

Protect yourself & others by taking precautions like getting boosted & masking up!

[HIV.gov @HIVGov]

The National HIV/AIDS Strategy (#NHAS) calls for increased #HIV testing as a strategy to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. and recognizes the syndemic of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). ➡️

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

#Ethiopia: Delegation sent to repatriate detained Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia returns without success as suffering continues https://t.co/SCPErrAP7v "An infant was sucking on its mother’s dead body without knowing she was dead. The police came took the baby away." by @EteneshAb

[giulia paravicini @giuliaparavicin]

#Ethiopia's military is planning to enter #Tigray’s Mekelle and "eliminate" rebellious forces, Ethiopian Defence Forces deputy army chief General Abebaw Tadesse told state media adding that the country would not be at peace until the TPLF was eliminated. https://t.co/5NSd6ulOB4

[Tibor Nagy @TiborPNagyJr]

Ethiopia, and the world lose another great musician with the death of Nuhoo Goobana. While the Heavenly choir will be enriched with Nuhoo joining Hachalu and Alemayehu ("Elvis") we will be so much the poorer. Tokkummaa!

[House Foreign Affairs Committee Majority @HouseForeignGOP]

LR @RepMcCaul “With rhetoric like this, Eritrean troops building up at the border, & ongoing air strikes against civilian targets, I can’t understand why the Biden admin continues to kick the can down the road on targeted sanctions simply because there’s an “opening” for talks.