Ethiopian accused of trying to steal Dh250,000 from clerk

By Bassam Za’za’, Legal and Court Correspondent (Gulf News )Dubai: Two men have been accused of attempting to steal Dh250,000 from a clerk who had just withdrawn money from a bank. The Ethiopian men, 32-year-old M.B. and 26-year-old A.A., were said to have followed the Indian clerk as soon as they spotted him leaving the

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How many Ethiopians live in the USA?

Debirhan – The study titled “The Foreign-Born Population From Africa: 2008–2012”  based on a nationwide sampling of households between 2008 and 2012 prepared by the American Community Survey (ACS) Briefs and published in October 2014, found that there were 164,000 (10% of the African population) Ethiopians living in the U.S. within the five year period. About 221,000

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Ethiopian-American Mohammed Tahiro Running for US Senate in Texas as a Write-in Candidate

Tahiro2014.org Mohammed Abbajebel Tahiro was born in Ethiopia in 1964. After completing his elementary and secondary education, he enrolled at Addis Ababa University with an academic interest in theoretical physics. Due to political upheaval and social instability, he left the country for a brief sojourn in Nairobi, Kenya before making the long journey to the

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Fastest Growing African Shoe-Brand ‘SoleRebels’ Launches Flagship Store In Silicon Valley

By Farai Gundan Farai Gundan ( Forbes)-Named one of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa in 2011 by FORBES, celebrated Ethiopian entrepreneur, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu launched her first US offering at the beginning of this month; a flagship store of her eco-friendly shoe brand, SoleRebels, in Silicon Valley, California. The Ethiopian shoe brand’s first

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Protest planned over sentencing in abuse of adopted Ethiopian children

Pittsburgh Post Gazette  A member of the Allegheny County Children, Youth and Families advisory board is organizing an event Friday to protest what she considers a lenient sentence for a former Franklin Park couple accused of abusing their adopted Ethiopian children. “My personal calling is advocating for the most vulnerable children,” said Joanna Huss, who

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U.S. Census: Foreign-born Africans Most Educated Immigrants in the U.S.

U.S. Census Bureau (Graph: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008-2012 American Community Survey, 5-years estimates) – According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest American Community Survey 41% of the African-born population in the United States obtained bachelor’s degrees or higher between 2008 and 2012 compared with 28% of the overall foreign-born U.S. population. The study, which was

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$15,000 reward for information on Ethiopian missing Mom

A reward has been increased for $15,000 for information on the whereabouts of a Wylie woman missing since Oct. 2. Wylie Police say Almaz Gebremedhin, 42, was last seen at 5 a.m. that day as she left her home in the 1500 block of Windward Lane to go to work at a nursing home. She

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$15,000 reward for information on Ethiopian missing Mom

A reward has been increased for $15,000 for information on the whereabouts of a Wylie woman missing since Oct. 2. Wylie Police say Almaz Gebremedhin, 42, was last seen at 5 a.m. that day as she left her home in the 1500 block of Windward Lane to go to work at a nursing home. She

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Ethiopia Says US Embassy Intruders Must Be Charged

By ELIAS MESERET Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s government said it hopes U.S. authorities will prosecute protesters who tried to take down the national flag on the grounds of its embassy in Washington. A security attache at the embassy, who has since returned home, fired a gun during the Sept. 29 incident, which

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Oregon’s first lady admits illegal marriage to Ethiopian immigrant for money

KPTV Oregon first lady Cylvia Hayes admitted Thursday she illegally married an Ethiopian immigrant because she needed money and he needed help to stay in the United States. Hayes said she married 18-year-old Abraham Abraham in 1997 during a “difficult and unstable period in my life.” She said she was ashamed and embarrassed by the

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