According to Girma, though, only about half of 300 students budgeted had received the stipend several weeks later. Even now, Girma and other students in Wuhan have identified at least 66 Ethiopians who have not received the payments
The closures will remain in place until further notice. Citizens will be allowed to return home, but must submit to a 14-day quarantine
The Afghan government announced last week that it has formed a negotiating team led by former intelligence chief Masoom Stanikzai to hold talks with the Taliban group
According to a communique released by Amnesty International on 27 March, thousands of refugees, migrants and asylum-seekers trying to make their way into Europe are currently stranded in Una-Sana Canton in the north-west of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While about 4,100 are accommodated in the temporary reception facilities managed by International Organization for Migration (IOM), an estimated 3,000 are sleeping in squats in abandoned buildings or sleeping rough and are now at risk of being relocated to the Lipa camp
Museums across the U.S. have closed to the public, to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus. But that hasn’t stopped the guardians of some of the greatest art collections in the country from sharing their national treasures with people around the world
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will be under a 21-day lockdown starting Monday in an attempt to stop the transmission of the coronavirus COVID-19 that has killed thousands of people in the world
With the global COVID-19 death toll surging past 23,000 people this week, accelerated efforts to develop coronavirus treatments are primarily focused on adapting existing drugs intended to fight other diseases. VOA’s Brian Padden reports that the medications being tested focus on three areas: neutralizing the virus itself, alleviating some of its life-threatening symptoms, and boosting a patient’s immune system to fight off infection
Many schools in America are closed for the rest of the school year because of the coronavirus pandemic, so schooling children is now in the hands of parents, many whom are in lockdown and forced to work from home
Wash your hands with soap and water -Before you eat -After using the toilet -After touching anything many other people touch, like a seat on a public bus Scrub thoroughly for 20 seconds If you cannot wash your hands, use a hand sanitizer Taking these steps can prevent not only Coronavirus but also colds and flu and other viruses