Suit filed after bus driver calls Ethiopian 11-year-old ‘monkey’

By Edna Adato and Efrat Forsher Israel Hayom “Not even a lawmaker would imagine that a young girl would be so humiliated by a bus driver on a school field trip only because of the color of her skin and

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55 Ethiopian immigrants arrested in Tanzania

By HARRIET KIAMA dailynews.co.tz A TOTAL of 55 illegal immigrants from Ethiopia have been arrested by Immigration officers in Bagamoyo District, Coast Region, over the weekend. Regional Immigration Officer, Mr Ndelema Mwakipesile, said in his office that last Thursday at

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Ethiopian-born Israel’s member of parliament calls on NBA to dismiss Clippers owner for racist comments

29 April 2014 ‘Financial penalty is not enough,’ fumes MK Shimon Solomon, slamming Donald Sterling’s alleged racism as ‘pathetic and disgusting’ BY RAPHAEL AHREN  The Times of Israel An Ethiopian-born Israeli lawmaker slammed Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for

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Saudi- Ethiopian school has new management committee

29 April 2014 (MENAFN – Arab News) A new committee has taken over the managerial affairs of the ethiopian international school (eisr) in riyadh. ‘effective from this month a new managing board will take over the affairs of the eisr

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Daniel Yohannes takes ambassador post

By Aldo Svaldi The Denver Post Daniel Yohannes, who has spent most of his life on an upward trajectory, is about to gain a higher profile on the world stage. On Friday, Yohannes, who still calls Denver his home, will

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6 Ethiopian Immigrants on a Hunger strike at Police Cells

24 April 2014 By GERALD BWISA Nairobi News Six Ethiopian arrested in the ongoing crackdown on illegal immigrants have gone on a hunger strike at Makadara police station. They were arrested for not having proper identification documents. Makadara OCPD Nehemiah

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Identity, Loss and Reinvention: Acclaimed Novelist Dinaw Mengestu Reads in Jackson

23 April 2014 By Meg Daly Planet Jackson Hole Dinaw Mengestu JACKSON, WYO – Acclaimed Novelist Dinaw Mengestu Reads in Jackson When we first meet Helen, one of two protagonists in Dinaw Mengestu’s brilliant new novel, All Our Names, Helen describes

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115 Ethiopian & Somalian migrants arrested while attempting to cross into Yemen

23 April 2014 By Nasser Al-Sakkaf Yemen Times SANA’A, April 20—Coastguard and military units on Saturday arrested 115 migrants and refugees traveling in two boats. The detained are from Somalia and Ethiopia. Shuja Mahdi, the operations director of the Coastguard,

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‘Ethiopian women face violence, rape in Saudi Arabia’ 

21 April 2014 Press TV Ethiopian migrant workers as well as right activists say female workers are being “beaten, robbed, imprisoned and raped” in Saudi Arabia. Zeneit Hussein, a 15-year-old Ethiopian girl who was in Saudi Arabia for eight months

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Treat your maids as human beings, official warns

Advice comes after domestic worker was arrested last week for attempting to murder sponsor’s children By Aghaddir Ali Gulf News April 21, 2014 Dubai: Residents are being urged to choose their maids carefully and treat them humanely if they want

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