By ORI J. LENKINSKI, The Jerusalem Post Dege Feder. (photo credit:YA’ACOV SADAN) For Dege Feder, the Amharic alphabet is more than a means of transferring thoughts into writing; it is a portal into a specific period in her past. “When I was about six years old,” explains Feder, “I studied in a school in Ethiopia
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The Guardian Alleged human traffickers who had arranged more than 20 boat trips from north Africa to Europe picked up in sting operation in Italy and Germany A boat with migrants is towed by an Italian military ship off the coast of Sicily. A boat with migrants is towed by an Italian military ship off
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OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (ODI) DECEMBER 2014 – Recent research on child migration has largely departed from the early trafficking narrative and has tended to highlight agency and the ways in which children’s migration can play a key role in their ‘future-seeking’. Migration is increasingly regarded as a vehicle for improving children’s opportunities for schooling and
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HAARETZ Yonatan Heilo was sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder; judge says appellant’s distressed background cannot serve as a grounds for mitigating his sentence. Dozens of people arrived at the Supreme Court on Monday to show their support for a man sentenced to 20 years in prison for murdering the man he says
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Atakelte Admasu accused of neglecting handicapped victims Author: Dawn Brooks, News4jax Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office booking photo of Atakelte Admasu JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -A man was arrested Friday after 10 physically and mentally handicapped residents between the ages of 46 and 62 were found locked inside a Jacksonville home, unable to leave, police said.The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office
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Asharq al-Awsat By Abdulrahman al-Rashed This is yet another sickening narrative in the world of crime that has given us the right to ask: isn’t it about time to reconsider provisions that allow criminals to be released and escape punishment under the excuse of a victim’s family pardon? Doesn’t the society also have the right
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By Aaisha Dadi Patel Ethiopian refugee Badesa Fokora has died in a Johannesburg hospital after suffering double kidney failure and being refused treatment for it, despite the fact that he had been lying in a hospital bed for a month. Although doctors at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg were aware of his life-threatening condition, they
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By Aaisha Dadi Patel Ethiopian refugee Badesa Fokora has died in a Johannesburg hospital after suffering double kidney failure and being refused treatment for it, despite the fact that he had been lying in a hospital bed for a month. Although doctors at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg were aware of his life-threatening condition, they
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By MAAZA MENGISTE i-am-a-man-protest1Ernest C. Withers When we lose a body, we lose everything. Today in class, I was prepared to talk about Hassan Blasim’s The Corpse Exhibition, a collection of short stories set against the backdrop of the Iraq wars. I was prepared to talk about the role of politics in art, of the
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BBC Ferguson decision: A timeline of events A grand jury has decided not to charge a Missouri policeman over the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Announcing the decision, state prosecutor Robert McCulloch said the jury exhaustively examined evidence. Mr Brown’s family said they were “profoundly disappointed”. Police said shots were fired and cars
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