Gambling with your life for an illusive life in Europe Why does our youth only want to see or hear about the ten that made it to Europe but not the ninety that end up drowned or executed? Why gamble with life in exchange for an illusive life in Europe? By Karim Lebhour (for AFP),
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By Takura Zhangazha For Europe, the Africans emigrating from the continent may be a burden they must stem, but we are the ones who must treat it as a continental emergency. We must work concertedly toward a better Africa, not only via strategic reports and plans delivered at AU summits but in our ability to
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By RSF Reporters Without Borders calls on the European Union to condition additional aid to Eritrea via the European Development Fund (EDF) on a significant improvement in fundamental freedoms, including freedom of information. The EDF is the main instrument for EU development assistance. Under the 11th EDF, the EU’s Eritrean “partner” is to get 312
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By Hassen Hussein Within a week, Ethiopians were hit with a quadruple whammy. On April 19, the Libyan branch of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a shocking video purporting to show the killings and beheadings of Ethiopian Christians attempting to cross to Europe through Libya. This came only days after
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People across the continent are risking death through conflict and dangerous boat journeys to escape poverty at home. African migrants are risking death by drowning and in conflict in their attempts to reach Europe [AFP] AUTHOR :Catherine Wambua-Soi Charkos township in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa is no different from many other townships in Africa. The
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(BBC) – As thousands of desperate African migrants arrive on Sicily’s shores, they must suddenly find their footing in a country in the grip of recession. They have something in common, though, with the island’s own homeless and unemployed – and in fact, working together with Sicilians, a group of migrants recently moved into a
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By JACEY FORTINAPRIL, The New York Times ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — In a downtrodden neighborhood called Cherkos, not far from the headquarters of the African Union, an olive-green tent stands as a tangible symbol of this nation’s grief. Two bereft families have gathered under its shade to mourn the loss of Eyasu Yikunoamlak and Balcha
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ADDIS ABABA | By Aaron Maasho (Reuters) – Hundreds of grieving relatives gathered outside the homes of two Ethiopians who were among dozens shown being shot and beheaded in a video purportedly made by Islamic State militants in Libya, struggling to make sense of their loved ones’ fate. Only two of the 30 Ethiopian Christian
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The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants reported on Tuesday that three asylum seekers who left Israel for a third country over the past year have been executed by the Islamic State in Libya. According to the report, the victims were identified by family members and friends. The three Eritrean asylum seekers were probably kidnapped together
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By Kenichi Serino and Stella Mapenzauswa JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – When he heard angry screams and the hammering of hatchets on the door of his shack last week, Malawian Folias Sakai thought he was about to become the eighth person to be killed in anti-immigrant attacks that have swept South Africa this month. Instead Sakai managed
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