By SADIE GURMAN Associated Press Kefelgn Alemu Worku AP-A brutal Ethiopian jail guard who tortured and killed dozens of people during government-sponsored violence in the 1970s should spend 22 years in prison for immigration crimes, a federal judge ruled Friday, saying the United States cannot become a refuge for human-rights violators. “The risk that this
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By SADIE GURMAN Associated Press Kefelgn Alemu Worku AP-A brutal Ethiopian jail guard who tortured and killed dozens of people during government-sponsored violence in the 1970s should spend 22 years in prison for immigration crimes, a federal judge ruled Friday, saying the United States cannot become a refuge for human-rights violators. “The risk that this
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By SADIE GURMAN, The Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A man who authorities say masked his identity as a brutal guard at an Ethiopian prison faces sentencing for immigration fraud. Kefelgn Alemu Worku (kah-FEH’-lun ah-LEE’-moo WER’-koo) was convicted in October of identity theft and lying on immigration forms by denying he committed political violence. Witnesses
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Arab News RIYADH: RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. ROARING SUCCESS: Aman Hussain Yusuf, EISR chairman, cuts the ceremonial ribbon. (AN photo) The Ethiopian International School in Riyadh (EISR) celebrated recently Expo 2014 as part of the school children’s activities this year. For the school children and teachers who supervised the preparations, it was a memorable event
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In December of last year, Saudi deported more than 160,000 Ethiopians working in the kingdom on grounds that they lacked the necessary documentation. World Bulletin / News Desk Ethiopian authorities have been alarmed by a surge in the number of people previously deported by Saudi Arabia who are trying to return to the oil-rich kingdom
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BY Victoria Fleischer PBS News Hour Dinaw Mengestu talks about his new novel “All Our Names,” which narrates the story of a young black man who comes of age in post-colonial Africa and the young white woman who meets and falls in love with him in a small Midwest American town. Mengestu spoke to chief
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The Black Lions Organization With misleading information constantly conveyed to the public through mainstream media, many individuals have adopted a misconstrued perception of what Africa (namely, Ethiopia) truly is like. Meraf Berhanu, a young Ethiopian American from Dallas, Texas, took it upon herself to capture the true essence of Ethiopian life and culture by traveling
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BUAPP Liyou Libsekal Liyou Libsekal, an Ethiopian poet who lives in Addis Ababa, has won the 2014 Brunel University African Poetry Prize (BUAPP). The judges, including prize founder and Reader in Creative Writing at Brunel Dr Bernardine Evaristo, praised Liyou’s poetry for its accomplished modulation between the concrete and the abstract; her impressive use of
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05 March 2014 SAN DIEGO (CNS) – An Ethiopian woman who strangled her 7-month-old son, then told police that he fell out of a third-story window in Normal Heights, was sane at the time of the killing, a jury determined…
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By: APO 01 March, 2014 Press Releases Fundraising for Ethiopians by Ethiopians in Jacksonville, Florida GENEVA, Switzerland, February 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Ethiopian diaspora in the United States, Canada and Europe is continuing to support IOM efforts to…
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