Emirates 24/7 December 24, 2013 26-year-old maid killed her owner’s 6-year-old daughter. (SUPPLIED) A Saudi court sentenced an Ethiopian housemaid for murdering the six-year-old daughter of her Saudi employer to avenge his alleged mistreatment of her. The court in the…
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By Professor Seid Hassan and Professor Minga Negash In both theory and practice, pull and push factors drive migrants out of their own countries of origin. The factors are complex but they are in general categorized as: (a) demand-pull factors, represented by better economic opportunities…
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By Professor Seid Hassan and Professor Minga Negash In both theory and practice, pull and push factors drive migrants out of their own countries of origin. The factors are complex but they are in general categorized as: (a) demand-pull factors, represented by better economic opportunities…
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nytimes Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times Though he was a star in Ethiopia, Hailu Mergia has driven a taxi in Washington for two decades. On Thursday in Brooklyn, he played his first American show since 1991. There’s a back…
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Press Releases GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As many as 140,357 migrants from Saudi Arabia have returned home to Ethiopia, 36 days after the expulsion operation started. “As we speak, Ethiopia is welcoming thousands of…
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Press Releases GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As many as 140,357 migrants from Saudi Arabia have returned home to Ethiopia, 36 days after the expulsion operation started. “As we speak, Ethiopia is welcoming thousands of…
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ADDIS ABABA, December 20 (Xinhua)-The Chinese government through its Embassy in Ethiopia on Thursday offered scholarship for about 50 students of Addis Ababa University (A.A.U.). The scholarship provides financial assistance of five years to needy students to enable them to pursue their studies at the University. There will be a total of 250 students in five years who will get scholarship. At the signing ceremony of the scholarship on the premises of A. A.U, Admasu Tsegaye, A.A.U. President, recalled that Addis Ababa University and the Chinese universities had earlier started academic collaboration indifferent field of studies. The president said the collaboration with China and the Chinese universities has positive impact as it contributes to the development endeavor of Ethiopia. “We are feeling the impact of our collaboration with the Chinese universities and with the Chinese government,” he said. “Today, we are very happy that the Ambassador offered scholarship for needy Addis Ababa Universitystudents. So, this scholarship will assist 50 students for five years. It will provide financial support for the needy and for very good students.” The president said the collaboration is growing and benefiting the two sides. He also expressed belief that the collaboration between A.A.U. and the Chinese universities would further be strengthened in the future. “We also started offering courses in Amharic language in Beijing foreign language university. So, the collaboration is a two-way; and so, we are benefiting; both the peoples of Ethiopia and China are benefiting from this type ofrelationship,” said Tsegaye. The relationship between the peoples of Ethiopia and China is strong these days, he said. There are many Chinese companies and industrial zone in Ethiopia, he said, revealing that the university would organize workshop in the near future to facilitate and enable industry- university link. Xie Xiaoyan, Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia, stated that investing in university students is investing in the future leaders of a country. Stating that the overall relations between Ethiopia and China are growing, Xie expressed happiness to contribute the education sector in Ethiopia. “So, I am so happy that I can contribute in a limited way to education causes in this country, especially at the Addis Ababa University. We provide financial support for students of excellence, and students in need to furthertheir studies at the university,” said the ambassador. “I will continue to do that and this is just one of the steps I have taken. But the bigger picture is the overall relationship between our two countries, especially in the last few years. We have seen growing exchanges in manyfields,” he said. Xie also stated that the students would work for common causes and development of the country. He also highlighted the role of language learning in economic benefit and also in furthering cultural exchanges and better understandings among different peoples. Some of the students who have been awarded the scholarship told Xinhua that they are very happy about the scholarship. One of the awardees, Getu Tegegn, a Chinese language student at the Addis Ababa University, said all of them feel good and they are happy about the scholarship. It will further strengthen the relations between the twocountries, he said. Mebrahtu Solomon, another student, who also visited China last year, said the scholarship opportunities from China motivate the students to further work hard. The Chinese government and the Chinese Embassy give us many scholarship opportunities; and the relationship between Ethiopia and China is increasing from time to time, he said.
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IRIN News Photo: Anteneh Aklilu/IRIN A returnee shortly after arriving at the airport in Addis Ababa ADDIS ABABA, 18 December 2013 (IRIN) – When Mohamed Yusuf left his home town in Ethiopia for Saudi Arabia a year ago at the age…
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Tanzania Daily News 19 DECEMBER 2013 ELEVEN illegal immigrants from Ethiopia have been arrested in a guest house where they were hiding at Mlele Village, Mashati Ward, Rombo District, in Kilimanjaro Region on Monday. The Kilimanjaro Regional Police Commander (RPC),…
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Information was just received from a regular airline source in Tanzania that Ethiopian Airlines apparently had an unscheduled landing of a B767-300ER at the Arusha Municipal Airport around 13.15 hrs local time. The airport’s runway is reportedly only 1.620 metres…
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