Ethiopian maid takes her own life in Saudi Arabia

An Ethiopian maid committed suicide here Sunday, said Al-Jouf Police spokesman Col. Turki Al-Muwaishir. She used a piece of cloth to hang herself from window. The maid’s sponsor reported her death to the police after he saw her body hanging from the window. Paramedics transported her body to hospital where a postmortem examination will be

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Ethiopia strives to control its population growth

Ethiopia will seek to rein in its population growth by bringing its people’s fertility rate down to 2.6 percent in 2020 from 4.1 percent at present, a government official has said. “With 90 million people, Ethiopia is the most populous state in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Berhane Assefa, a family planning service coordinator at the Ministry of

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Ethiopia is home to the largest Child Sex Trafficking in Africa – U.S.

OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report Ethiopia is a source and, to a lesser extent, destination and transit country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Girls from Ethiopia’s rural areas are exploited in domestic servitude and, less frequently, prostitution within

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Two Ethiopian women injured in Saudi Arabia

Police were acting on complaint that apartment in Al Qasimiya area of Sharjah housed a number of illegal residents Two women jumped off a balcony on the first level of an apartment complex on Tuesday morning in their desperation to avoid arrest, an official at Sharjah Police told Gulf News. The two women, identified as

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Two Ethiopian women injured in Saudi Arabia

Police were acting on complaint that apartment in Al Qasimiya area of Sharjah housed a number of illegal residents Two women jumped off a balcony on the first level of an apartment complex on Tuesday morning in their desperation to avoid arrest, an official at Sharjah Police told Gulf News. The two women, identified as

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Ethiopians Seeking Birth Control: Caught Between Church And State

By ALLYN GAESTEL, NPR Konjit, 26, prays at the entrance to Kidist Selassie (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Konjit had an abortion several days earlier and says that because of her “sin” she will not allow herself inside the church. Allison Shelley for NPR Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Her head draped with thin

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24 Ethiopian migrants drown off Yemeni coast

The ministry said the bodies of the 24 illegal migrants were found off the coast of MochaThe ministry said the bodies of the 24 illegal migrants were found off the coast of Mocha SANAA – Twenty-four Ethiopians, trying to illegally enter Yemen, on Monday drowned near the port city of Mocha in Yemen’s central province

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Ethiopia: Booming business, underpaid workers

By Simona Foltyn Low wages have attracted foreign players to the poor African country, but labourers are hoping for better salaries. Within a few years foreign companies have helped build up Ethiopia’s nascent industry [Simona Foltyn/Al Jazeera] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Lunch break is over at the Huajian shoe factory and workers assemble in perfectly

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Trade in illegal maids flourishes in Saudi Arabia

By IBRAHIM NAFFEE | ARAB NEWS Many Saudi families have resorted to hiring illegal housemaids, since the legal recruitment of domestic workers has become more challenging. Some expat women who have entered the Kingdom illegally are offering their services to families who need them urgently, creating a flourishing black market for this kind of services.

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Ethiopian Israeli man killed his wife and himself

By BEN HARTMAN Murder-suicide suspected after police find woman, husband dead in Rishon Police says evidence links IDF colonel to sex crimes … The woman, aged 44, was found inside her apartment in Arnon Street with stab wounds across her upper body. Neighbors came to the apartment after hearing screaming coming from inside. A Rishon

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