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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Amnesty International UK Meriam Yehya Ibrahim is eight months pregnant. Sudan intends to execute her just because she is Christian. Meriam has been sentenced to death for ‘apostasy’, or refusing to renounce her religion. Meriam has also been sentenced to 100 lashes for being married to a Christian man. She is a prisoner of conscience.
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By APO Press Releases GENEVA, Switzerland, May 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Ethiopian community in Finland has donated over EUR 7,700 towards IOM’s relief efforts to help destitute Ethiopians expelled from Saudi Arabia. The donation from the Finnish Ethiopian community follows similar initiatives by US-based Ethiopian associations and individuals who have also offered
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Kimberly M. Brown for Equality Now – WNN Justice commentary Ethiopian migrant woman in Sudan suffer injustice through marginalization, denial of court procedures and police protection. Image: Albert-González-Farran/UNphoto (WNN/EN) Nairobi, KENYA, EASTERN AFRICA: Last August, while house hunting in Omdurman, Sudan, a 19-year-old pregnant and divorced Ethiopian woman was lured to an empty property and
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By Catholic Online LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – “We are concerned because there is the beginning of a locust invasion in the eastern part of the country, and if it’s not properly handled it could be of concern for the pastoralist population living there,” WFP spokeswoman Elizabeth Byrs said at a U.N. briefing in
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Food Programme will help to feed nearly 6.5 million Ethiopians this year, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday, with the country hit by locusts, neighboring war and sparse rainfall. “We are concerned because there is the beginning of a locust invasion in the eastern part of the country, and if
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Food Programme will help to feed nearly 6.5 million Ethiopians this year, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday, with the country hit by locusts, neighboring war and sparse rainfall. “We are concerned because there is the beginning of a locust invasion in the eastern part of the country, and if
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Emirates 247 A 15-year-old Kuwaiti boy used a large stick to torture his Ethiopian housemaid to death before he was arrested by the police, a newspaper reported on Monday. The boy’s mother had told police the maid had been beaten up by unknown assailants during her weekend but her claims were not convincing, Al Watan
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Gulf News Dubai: An Emirati housewife lost her legal battle on Monday after Dubai’s highest court confirmed that she will spend 15 years in prison for beating and torturing her maid to death. The Dubai Cassation Court rejected the appeal of the 46-year-old housewife, R.M., for a reduced punishment and confirmed her 15-year imprisonment. R.M.
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BBC May 11, 2014 Libyan authorities have been searching beaches near the Garabouli area for bodies At least 36 migrants drowned when their boat sank off the Libyan coast earlier this week, officials said, following the recovery of more bodies on Sunday. The navy said it rescued 52 people when the boat sank on Tuesday,
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