Lebanese man arrested for kidnapping, raping Ethiopian woman

The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Internal Security Forces arrested Sunday a Lebanese man who raped an Ethiopian woman after kidnapping her from the area of Dawra near Beirut, a statement said Monday. The suspect, 31, identified by his initials M.A., abducted the Ethiopian woman Sunday after impersonating a security official. He told the woman she

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Amnesty backs Detekt tool to scan for state spyware on computers

Human rights group says software represents ‘a strike back against governments’ over covert surveillance By Matthew Taylor The Guardian Human rights experts and technology groups have launched a new tool allowing members of the public to scan their computers for surveillance spyware used by governments. Amnesty says Detekt is the first tool freely available that

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“You Guys Don’t Like It? Go Back To Ethiopia!” Israeli Cops

Israeli police arrest Ethiopian Jew”Many complaints have reached my desk from Ethiopian emigrants who feel humiliated in face of the attitude of the police. There is a sense that when you guys get ahold of an Ethiopian you act with a much harsher hand and place their backs up against a wall solely because of

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Stupid Americans stigmatized Ethiopians and Eritreans ni DC due to Ebola outbreak

By Tom Howell Jr. – The Washington Times The chief of the D.C. Department of Health said Wednesday that ignorance about the Ebola outbreak is causing people to stigmatize the city’s African population. Joxel Garcia said members of the public have posed odd questions and expressed outsized fears about transmission, especially to cab drivers. “When

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CBS report: 135,000 Ethiopians living in Israel at end of 2013

The report also stated that in 2013, 1355 new immigrants arrived from Ethiopia, nearly a 50% reduction in aliya from the previous year. Ethiopians celebrating in Jerusalem Ethiopians celebrating in Jerusalem. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) (Jpost)- At the end of 2013 the Ethiopian population in Israel stood at some 135.5 thousand people –

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Ethio- American scientist at Ohio State University calls for accelerated efforts to understand zoonotic infections such as Ebola

By Emily Caldwell COLUMBUS, Ohio – For many, global public health seems like an abstract and distant problem – until the Ebola virus is diagnosed among people in our midst. Though no one would call the Ebola pandemic a good thing, it has presented an opportunity for scientists to alert the public about the dire

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12 Ethiopian and Yemeni migrants died in horrific highway car accident in Saudi Arabia

ArabNews Twelve men died and 20 others were injured in a major road accident on Monday near Dawadmi, 350 km from Riyadh. The accident took place between Mohaira and Dahwi around 12 at noon, when a GMC carrying undocumented expats collided with another GMC. Fahd Al-Huwaili, public relations manager at Dawadmi General Hospital, said that

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Malawi police arrested 100 Ethiopians migrants

Star Africa- Police in Malawi’s Karonga near the border with Tanzania have intercepted 100 illegal Ethiopian migrants who entered the country without authorised documents, a spokesperson said Tuesday.Karonga police spokesperson Enock Livason said the Ethiopian migrants were arrested together with five Malawians who had facilitated their illegal entry. “These entrants used two different vehicles belonging

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VOA removes Peter Henlein after misconduct probe

By Dawit Ashenafi The Voice of America has removed Peter Heinlein as Chief of the Horn of Africa service after investigation into allegations of deliberate distortions and professional misconduct. VOA Director David Ensor convened the section staffers last Friday and made a surprise announcement that Heinlein was replaced by his Senior Advisor William Marsh. The

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