In Habitat for Humanity home, Ethiopian family in Plano finds new hope for future

By JULISSA TREVIÑO Neighborsgo 18 April 2014 For nearly seven years, Ethiopia and Birhanu Tuffa have lived in North Dallas’ Ethiopian community off Greenville Avenue. In a small, two-bedroom apartment, the Tuffas and their three children — 7-year-old Adonyas, 4-year-old

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Ester Rada: Israel’s rising Ethiopian Jew, music star

18 April 2014 BBC Ester Rada is one of Israel’s rising musical stars and has recently released her first album, Life Happens. She says growing up as the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants was sometimes confusing as “a black Jew in

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Ester Rada: Israel’s rising Ethiopian Jew, music star

18 April 2014 BBC Ester Rada is one of Israel’s rising musical stars and has recently released her first album, Life Happens. She says growing up as the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants was sometimes confusing as “a black Jew in

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Dubuque Students Flood Twitter for Ethiopian Town

18 April 2014 Kcrg.com DUBUQUE, Iowa – A group of 7th grade students spent much of their time between and after classes posting messages to social media sites Thursday. Every one of more than 1,300 tweets by students at Washington

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Renowned Washington novelist helps save Ethiopian woman’s life

18 April 2014 By Elisa Jaffe Komo News SEATTLE — The death of 13-year old adoptee Hana Williams outraged communities from Ethiopia to Mount Vernon, where her adoptive parents left her to die malnourished, naked, and cold in her back yard. 

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Ethiopian mother returned to Malta gets suspended sentence

16 April 2014 Malta Today Young Ethiopian mother who ran away from Malta is handed a suspended sentence after she is apprehended by Swedish authorities By Chris Mangion Jemila Usman Nuru, an Ethiopian mother, was this afternoon given a suspended

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Democrat Joe Neguse, runs for secretary of state in Colorado

April 13, 2014 By Lynn Bartels The Denver Post Secretary of state candidate Joe Neguse can count on cheers when he tells Democrats, “I’m the guy running to clean up Scott Gessler’s mess.” Those are the first words in a campaign video that will

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Ethiopian Mother who strangled baby sentenced to 25 years to life in prison

Apr 12, 2014 SAN DIEGO (CNS) – An Ethiopian woman who shook and strangled her 7-month-old son, then told police that he fell from a third-story apartment window, was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in state prison. Zewoinesh

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Ethiopian Mother who strangled baby sentenced to 25 years to life in prison

Apr 12, 2014 SAN DIEGO (CNS) – An Ethiopian woman who shook and strangled her 7-month-old son, then told police that he fell from a third-story apartment window, was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in state prison. Zewoinesh

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Emirati woman gets jail in Ethiopian maids’ death, torture

08 April 2014 Agence France-Presse DUBAI—A Dubai court has upheld a 15-year jail term for an Emirati woman who tortured her Ethiopian maid to death by forcing her to drink pesticide, media reported on Monday. The 46-year-old housewife was also

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