ISIL video purports to show killing of Ethiopian Christians

By Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY Photo: AP A video purporting to show the killing of Ethiopian Christians by Islamic State-affiliated militants in Libya has been released online. The 29-minute video appears to show militants holding two groups of captives, one by an affiliate in eastern Libya known as Barka Province and the other by the

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Anti-immigrant violence spreads in South Africa

Arrests made in Gauteng province following overnight street battles in downtown Johannesburg. Arrests have been made in South Africa as anti-immigrant violence spreads to parts of Johannesburg’s commercial heart. Police fired more rubber-coated steel bullets at a crowd of anti-immigrant protesters in downtown Johannesburg on Friday afternoon, as they tried to separate the protesters from

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Anti-immigrant violence spreads in South Africa

Arrests made in Gauteng province following overnight street battles in downtown Johannesburg. Arrests have been made in South Africa as anti-immigrant violence spreads to parts of Johannesburg’s commercial heart. Police fired more rubber-coated steel bullets at a crowd of anti-immigrant protesters in downtown Johannesburg on Friday afternoon, as they tried to separate the protesters from

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South Africa: Anti-foreigner riots erupt in Durban killing 3 Ethiopians

By Tom Porter There have been violent clashes in the South African city of Durban, after a crowd of hundreds of locals tried to attack shops and businesses owned by immigrants on 14 April 2015. Immigrant shop owners in the coastal city fought off a crowd of looters, who then started stoning cars and shops,

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Saudi Arabian Child kills Ethiopian man to avenge assault on brother

By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: A Saudi elementary school student has shot dead an Ethiopian man reportedly while trying to protect his older brother. The death report triggered a heated debate on social networks and netizens were sharply divided over how the authorities should act with the child, believed to be less than 12

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Saudi Arabian Child kills Ethiopian man to avenge assault on brother

By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: A Saudi elementary school student has shot dead an Ethiopian man reportedly while trying to protect his older brother. The death report triggered a heated debate on social networks and netizens were sharply divided over how the authorities should act with the child, believed to be less than 12

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I was crying inside the container while I was burning: Xenophobia victim

Ethiopian Tescma Marcus had been in South Africa for only four months. He came here to join his older brother run a spaza shop in Umlazi township, Durban. On Friday night the 22-year-old became the latest victim of a spate of xenophobic attacks that has engulfed Durban. Marcus died at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in

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Two Ethiopians burnt as violence escalates in Durban, South Africa

DURBAN – Two Ethiopian nationals have been burnt by an angry mob in the township of Umlazi in Durban. It’s reported the pair sustained third degree burns when their shop was petrol-bombed on Friday night. There has been a spate of xenophobic attacks in Umlazi over the past week which some believe were sparked by

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Top WHO official in Thailand denies beating maid, treating her like slave

A 25-year-old Ethiopian maid has accused Dr Yonas Tegegn, the World Health Organisation’s representative in Thailand, and his wife, of abusing her and forcing her to work without pay for nearly two years. — PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER BANGKOK (AFP) – The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) top official in Thailand on Saturday denied beating his

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Ethiopian maid ‘accuses WHO official in Thailand of slavery’

AFP -Thai police said Wednesday they are investigating a senior Bangkok-based World Health Organization official and his wife after their Ethiopian maid accused them of modern-day slavery and physical abuse. The 25-year-old maid filed a complaint last month accusing her employers of beating her and forcing her to work without pay for nearly two years

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