ETHIOPIA POSED TO REOPEN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES NATIONWIDE, ENDING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
October 2nd, 2020
The Ethiopian government is preparing to re-open the country’s 45 public universities as it ends a Covid-19 lockdown that began in March, despite the disease continuing to expand nationwide along with growing concerns about social discord and violence.
Ethiopia has so far recorded 90.490 Covid-19 cases (as of Wednesday, October 21), the largest number of Covid-19 cases in east Africa. It also has the fourth highest number of Covid-19 cases across Africa, only surpassed by South Africa, Morocco and Egypt.
Security fears are also high, with Ethiopia having ...
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