U.S. Census: Foreign-born Africans Most Educated Immigrants in the U.S.

U.S. Census Bureau (Graph: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008-2012 American Community Survey, 5-years estimates) – According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest American Community Survey 41% of the African-born population in the United States obtained bachelor’s degrees or higher between 2008 and 2012 compared with 28% of the overall foreign-born U.S. population. The study, which was

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UK Ambassador in Lebanon swapped jobs with Ethiopian maid Kalkedan

The Daily Star BEIRUT: UK Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher “swapped” jobs with an Ethiopian maid Monday in an effort to promote the rights of migrant workers. “I’m trading places with Kalkedan, from Ethiopia, tomorrow. We want to highlight the rights of foreign domestic workers in Lebanon,” read a post on Fletcher’s Twitter page Sunday.

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Eritrean voyage to hell – New documentary film by French TV

Each month between 3000 and 4000 young Eritreans flee Eritrea and many of them fall into the hands of evil human traffickers and organ traders, according to the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations for Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth. The following is trailer of a shocking documentary film produced by a French TV, Public Sénat.

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Ethiopian maid hang herself in Saudi Arabia

A Saudi family got the shock of its life when its members woke up in the morning to find their Ethiopian housemaid hanging from the door of her bedroom. Police, examining the maid, found that she had tied her neck with a rope and then tied it to the upper part of the door of

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$15,000 reward for information on Ethiopian missing Mom

A reward has been increased for $15,000 for information on the whereabouts of a Wylie woman missing since Oct. 2. Wylie Police say Almaz Gebremedhin, 42, was last seen at 5 a.m. that day as she left her home in the 1500 block of Windward Lane to go to work at a nursing home. She

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$15,000 reward for information on Ethiopian missing Mom

A reward has been increased for $15,000 for information on the whereabouts of a Wylie woman missing since Oct. 2. Wylie Police say Almaz Gebremedhin, 42, was last seen at 5 a.m. that day as she left her home in the 1500 block of Windward Lane to go to work at a nursing home. She

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IOM Helps Detained Ethiopian Migrants to Voluntarily Return Home from Tanzania

IOM GENEVA, Switzerland, October 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — This week, over 450 Ethiopian migrants held in Tanzanian prisons for immigration offenses will take a step closer to returning home to their families with the help of IOM and the Government of Japan. The operation, in close cooperation with the Tanzanian Ministry of Home

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Ethiopia Says US Embassy Intruders Must Be Charged

By ELIAS MESERET Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s government said it hopes U.S. authorities will prosecute protesters who tried to take down the national flag on the grounds of its embassy in Washington. A security attache at the embassy, who has since returned home, fired a gun during the Sept. 29 incident, which

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Have You Seen Almaz Gebremedhin?

Jobin Panicker, WFAA Almaz Gebremedhin has been missing now for five days Almaz Gebremedhin disappeared after leaving her home in Wylie on October 2, 2014.(Photo: Family photo) WYLIE — Almaz Gebremedhin has been missing now for five days. The 42-year-old mother of two of Ethiopian descent was last seen leaving for work last Thursday. Sisay

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Washington DC Ethiopian Embassy Shooting Sparks Rival Protests

By Pamela Dockins, VOA News STATE DEPARTMENT Click to view video. There is more fallout from a shooting last month near the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington that resulted in the embassy security attache being sent home. The incident sparked rival protests Tuesday near the U.S. State Department, with one group urging the United States to

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