170 bodies of Ethiopian, Eritrean and other African migrants found from Libya shipwreck

AFP Guarabouli (Libya) (AFP) – Libyan rescuers have recovered the bodies of around 170 people after a boat carrying illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sank at sea last week, a coast guard official said Monday. “We freed about 100 bodies trapped in the hold of the 16-metre (50-foot) wooden boat which foundered not far from

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Saudi Arabia crackdown nets over 400 ‘illegal’ Ethiopian migrants

RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN ARAB NEWS Police arrested a large number of illegal expatriates in the south of the capital in an early morning raid on Thursday under the direct supervision of Riyadh Gov. Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz. According to one eyewitness, operations started immediately after dawn prayers.  He said that more than

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Malawi police arrested 52 migrant Ethiopians for fear of Ebola virus outbreak

Malawi Nyasa Times Traditional leaders in Malawi’s boarder district of Karonga are appealing to government authorities to devise safety measures that would protect their subjects from contracting Ebola virus saying Karonga is at risk of being affected with the virus due to the illegal immigrants who enter in the district. The appeal from Senior Traditional

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46 Ethiopian migrants arrested in Moyale by Kenyan Police

Standard Media BY LIBAN GOLICHA MANDERA, KENYA: Police in Moyale on Thursday arrested 46 Ethiopians suspected to be in the country illegally. The aliens all men, were found in an isolated house near Moyale Boys Secondary within Butiye village out skirt of the town. Â Confirming the arrest, Moyale OCPD Benjamin Mwanzia said the aliens

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Ethiopian community trying to raise awareness of missing woman in Canada

By Tony Saxon Tge Record GUELPH — Where’s Mimi? Members of the region’s Ethiopian community held a rally in Guelph Sunday afternoon asking that very question, raising awareness about the disappearance of Seble “Mimi” Dietrich and to hopefully pressure Guelph police “to do more.” Dietrich, 39, has been missing for over a month. The married

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Somaliland:Immigration officials Deport 42 Illegal Immigrants of Ethiopian Origin

Somaliland Press By Goth Mohamed Goth At least 42 would be illegal migrants of Ethiopian origins were today handed over to Ethiopian authorities at the Tog Wajaale Border crossing point after being roundup by Somaliland immigration officials in the several towns in Gabiley region. Somaliland immigration official Col. Abdirashid Ahmed Hassan speaking during the handing

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24 Ethiopian migrants arrested in South Africa

IOL A total of 24 undocumented Ethiopian nationals were found during a traffic operation by members of the Gauteng Traffic Department in Braamfontein. Home Affairs spokesperson Mayihlome Tshwete said the Ethiopians were traveling in a 16-seater taxi when they were stopped by traffic officers, who escorted them to Brixton Police Station. According to Tshwete, the

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70 Ethiopian Immigrants escape through hole in jail wall; 25 rearrested

Arab News In this November 9, 2013 file photo shows members of Saudi security forces detain Ethiopian workers during a riot in Manfouha, southern Riyadh. (Reuters) RIYADH: Around 70 Ethiopians escaped from a detention center in Riyadh. “We have arrested 25 of them and the security authorities are in hot pursuit of the remaining detainees,”

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70 Ethiopian Immigrants escape through hole in jail wall; 25 rearrested

Arab News In this November 9, 2013 file photo shows members of Saudi security forces detain Ethiopian workers during a riot in Manfouha, southern Riyadh. (Reuters) RIYADH: Around 70 Ethiopians escaped from a detention center in Riyadh. “We have arrested 25 of them and the security authorities are in hot pursuit of the remaining detainees,”

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Meriam Ibrahim, Sudanese Woman Sentenced to Die, Arrives in U.S.

NBC Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese mom who was sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith, arrived Thursday in the U.S. after an international campaign to save her. Ibrahim, 27, landed at the Manchester, New Hampshire, airport shortly after 8 p.m. ET, with her husband, Daniel Wani, and their children, Martin and Maya,

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