ASMARA- South Sudan dispatched a high-level envoy for talks with Eritrea’s president Saturday in spite of recommitting Friday to the IGAD mediation process led by Ethiopia. Chief Negotiator Nhial Deng Nhial and a delegation of other South Sudanese officials were received at the Eritrean State House on Saturday by President Isaias Afwerki. The negotiator was
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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 UN News Release GENEVA (24 April 2015) – The Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, and the Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, today said the detention of the six so-called “Zone Nine” bloggers and three other journalists in Ethiopia over the past year
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The new Likud Knesset member hopes to focus on social issues such as bridging social gaps and helping new immigrants. Name: Avraham Naguise Party: Likud Age: 57 Hometown: Pisgat Ze’ev, Jerusalem Year of Aliya: 1985 from Ethiopia Family status: Married with 2 children Profession before becoming an MK: Has a PhD in education and degrees
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By Ellery Roberts Biddle & Ethan Zuckerman Last April, late on a Friday, an email came over the Global Voices community list with the subject line: “Shocking”. A group of our authors and their fellow bloggers had been arrested earlier that day in Addis Ababa. Six of these men and women had worked with Zone9,
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(CNN)The NBA announced Wednesday that it will play its first ever exhibition game in Africa on August 1 at Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa. Team Africa will tip-off against Team World and will feature two-time NBA All-Star Luol Deng, born in South Sudan, as its captain. The Miami Heat star will lead a
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For many people, warmer weather means more days spent in the sun and long evenings outdoors. It also means mosquito bites. Even if you’re one of the lucky people that receives relatively few, you’ve probably noticed that not all people get bitten with the same frequency. And while frequent bites might simply be a nuisance
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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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By Gianluca Mezza A 16-year-old Eritrean migrant who escaped captivity under the Islamic State (Isis) in Libya has exclusively told IBTimes UK that the jihadists forced him to watch the beheading and shooting of Eritrean and Ethiopian Christians. Nael Goitom fled IS captivity along with four other Eritreans minors on 7 April after the extremists
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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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