Saudi Arabia executes Ethiopians for murder

AFP: RIYADH: Saudi Arabia Wednesday put to death two Ethiopians and a Saudi convicted of murder, bringing the number of executions in the kingdom this year to 113. The Ethiopians, Argawi Aldo Heilan Meriam and Hadish Zel Alam, had been convicted of beating a fellow countryman to death and robbing him, the Interior Ministry said

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Saudi Arabia executes Ethiopians for murder

AFP: RIYADH: Saudi Arabia Wednesday put to death two Ethiopians and a Saudi convicted of murder, bringing the number of executions in the kingdom this year to 113. The Ethiopians, Argawi Aldo Heilan Meriam and Hadish Zel Alam, had been convicted of beating a fellow countryman to death and robbing him, the Interior Ministry said

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Ethiopia jails Muslims convicted of terror plot

Some Muslims in Ethiopia have staged demonstrations against the government A court in Ethiopia has sentenced 18 Muslims, including clerics and a journalist, to up to 22 years in prison under controversial anti-terrorism legislation. The 18 were convicted last month on charges including terrorism and conspiracy to create an Islamic state. They were arrested three

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From Ethiopia’s Christians to Muslims everywhere in Africa, this is how we do the fast

Religious hardliners are trying to mess things, but breaking the fast was always a time of cheer, generosity, and fun in Africa across religions. RECENTLY while a menu in Ethiopia, in amongst the fantastic variety of spicy “wot” dishes, pan-fried “tibs” meat dishes or chick-pea heaven, in the form of “shiro”, are a couple of

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From Ethiopia’s Christians to Muslims everywhere in Africa, this is how we do the fast

Religious hardliners are trying to mess things, but breaking the fast was always a time of cheer, generosity, and fun in Africa across religions. RECENTLY while a menu in Ethiopia, in amongst the fantastic variety of spicy “wot” dishes, pan-fried “tibs” meat dishes or chick-pea heaven, in the form of “shiro”, are a couple of

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Bodies of 100 migrants found off Libyan coast

As many as 100 bodies, presumably of migrants, have been found washed up on the beach near the Libyan city of Tajoura, a migrant rights group said on Tuesday. Migrant Report stated that the spokesman of Tripoli’s anti-immigration department confirmed the bodies are believed to be the victims of a shipwreck off Tajoura, which is

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‘Affair of missing Ethiopian-Israeli in Gaza smells of racism’

Meretz MK Gilon calls for Netanyahu to fire his representative who threatened family of missing man; “No one should dare to tell us that this is not connected to skin color,” Gal-On says. Avera Mengistu. (photo credit:Courtesy) Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On wrote a scathing rebuke Friday of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s representative who threatened the

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Africans seeking better lives pass through Ethiopian town

BY ELIAS MESERET, AP METEMA, Ethiopia — The mood in the border town of Metema these days is quiet and watchful. Dozens of houses on the hot, dusty main road that stretches from Ethiopia into Sudan look like they have been hastily closed. Guards grimly patrol the border, stopping anyone who looks like an illegal

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Ethiopians say Obama trip will send wrong signal to repressive regime in Ethiopia

Near the White House on Friday, Serkalem Selassie and her 9-year-old son, Nafkot, protested President Obama’s upcoming trip to Ethi­o­pia. As a journalist in her homeland, she was jailed, and Nafkot was born while she was in prison. She has political asylum now. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post) By Pamela Constable When Barack Obama entered

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Obama’s grandmother to cook for president on Kenya trip

Nairobi (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandmother, known as Mama Sarah, vowed Friday to cook a traditional meal for her grandson when he visits the East African nation, the birthplace of his father, later this month. “With regards to what food I will prepare for Barack on his visit, I will prepare all the

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