Dawit Seyoum arrested by police in connection with Alexandria homicide

WTOP Alexandria police have arrested a man and charged him in the death of Carolyn Cross. Police said they were called to an apartment complex in the 4800 block of Kenmore Avenue in Alexandria shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday. Cross was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say they were called to the complex shortly

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Ethiopian gang involved in human trafficking arrested

ArabTimes KUWAIT CITY, : Securitymen from the Residency Affairs General Department have arrested a gang of Ethiopians suspected of involvement in human trafficking, reports Al- Seyassah daily. Acting on a tip-off, Director General of the General Department for Security and Residency Affairs Major General Ghazi Al-Mazi and Lieutenant Colonel Abdullah Al-Hamlan formed a team of

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The Thriving Ethiopian Community in Texas

D Magazine BY: CRISTINA DAGLAS Birhan Mekonnen Birhan “Mac” Mekonnen is standing on hisbalcony, surveying acres of land, reflecting on what he’s built. The balcony rests just below the most unique architectural feature of his home in Heath—a dome modeled after Fasil Castle in Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar is Mekonnen’s hometown, the hometown he fled in 1977,

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The Thriving Ethiopian Community in Texas

D Magazine BY: CRISTINA DAGLAS Birhan Mekonnen Birhan “Mac” Mekonnen is standing on hisbalcony, surveying acres of land, reflecting on what he’s built. The balcony rests just below the most unique architectural feature of his home in Heath—a dome modeled after Fasil Castle in Gondar, Ethiopia. Gondar is Mekonnen’s hometown, the hometown he fled in 1977,

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Recent Boat Tragedies Mark Deadly Journey for Migrants 

By Kim Lewis, VOA The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says a series of tragic deaths in the Mediterranean last weekend marks one of the deadliest periods for the year for migrants trying to reach Italy from North Africa.  An estimated 230 migrants have been lost and presumed dead over several days. In one incident 200

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‘Difret’ Film to Premiere in Ethiopia on September 3rd

Tadias The award-wining Ethiopian film ‘Difret’ will premiere at the National Theater in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, September 3rd.  Directed by Zeresenay Mehari the film narrates the true story of a teenager who was a victim of telefa — a traditional custom of marriage by abduction in Ethiopia — who gained public attention when she

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The Yara Prize honors leadership for the future of farming

PRWEB The Yara Prize 2014 is being awarded to Professor Tekalign Mamo Assefa. Currently state minister and adviser to the Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture, Professor Mamo has long been a key contributor to the country’s food security, soil health, and natural resources programs. Oslo, Norway (PRWEB UK) For 2014, the Yara Prize Committee has focused

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Interview with Tsegaye Regassa Ararssa – Pt 1 – SBS Amharic

SBS Tsegaye Regassa Ararssa, the former Senior Lecturer at Addis Ababa University and a PhD Candidate at University of Melbourne Law School, talks about the concept of federalism and self-determination, including the right to secession. – uploaded via http://www.mp32u.net/

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Interview with Tsegaye Regassa Ararssa – Pt 1 – SBS Amharic

SBS Tsegaye Regassa Ararssa, the former Senior Lecturer at Addis Ababa University and a PhD Candidate at University of Melbourne Law School, talks about the concept of federalism and self-determination, including the right to secession. – uploaded via http://www.mp32u.net/

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170 bodies of Ethiopian, Eritrean and other African migrants found from Libya shipwreck

AFP Guarabouli (Libya) (AFP) – Libyan rescuers have recovered the bodies of around 170 people after a boat carrying illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sank at sea last week, a coast guard official said Monday. “We freed about 100 bodies trapped in the hold of the 16-metre (50-foot) wooden boat which foundered not far from

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