08 April 2014 By: APA The Ethiopian Government has granted permission to two outfits to hold a mass protest against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexual (LGBT) activities in the country.The permission follows crimes allegedly committed against underage boys and other minors.…
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08 April 2014 Agence France-Presse DUBAI—A Dubai court has upheld a 15-year jail term for an Emirati woman who tortured her Ethiopian maid to death by forcing her to drink pesticide, media reported on Monday. The 46-year-old housewife was also…
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07 April 2014 BBC The security operation was launched after explosions in a mainly Somali neighbourhood The UN refugee agency has expressed concern over the mass arrest of Somalis and other nationals in Kenya as part of a security force…
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Human Rights Watch 7th April 2014 A ‘slow genocide’ is unfolding in Ethiopia – one driven by greed rather than hatred. With Chinese and World Bank finance, massive dams and plantations are robbing the Omo Valley’s 500,000 indigenous people of…
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06 April 2014 Wsvn.com You don’t have to check your GPS to know Ethiopia is a long way from South Florida. These days, however, you can eat like an Ethiopian. Whole Foods is featuring the cuisine of the African nation…
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Saturday, April 05, 2014 Turkish Press ADDIS ABABA – Two boxers – one Ethiopian and one Egyptian – will meet in the ring next month in an effort to promote peace between the two African nations. Ethiopian heavyweight Sami Reta…
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April 5, 2014 ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— “I have been working in the Kurdistan Region for five years. The people look at us as if we are prostitutes, and we are constantly made to feel uncomfortable.” Those are the words of…
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By APO GENEVA, Switzerland, April 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ahmed Hassan Roba, aged 72, spent six years stranded in Puntland, Somalia after unsuccessfully trying to cross the Gulf of Aden to find a job in Saudi Arabia. “I…
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3 April 2014 BBC Elio Di Rupo is Europe’s second openly gay prime minister Belgium’s gay Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo has called on African leaders to respect the rights of minorities, including homosexuals. It was intolerable that people were…
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03 April 2014 Nyasa Times Police in Northern Malawi have arrested 159 Ethiopian nationals who were found in Mzimba district and Mzuzu city after entering the country illegally. The Police also apprehended a Malawian man; James Gondwe aged 21, from…
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