As many as 100 bodies, presumably of migrants, have been found washed up on the beach near the Libyan city of Tajoura, a migrant rights group said on Tuesday. Migrant Report stated that the spokesman of Tripoli’s anti-immigration department confirmed the bodies are believed to be the victims of a shipwreck off Tajoura, which is
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CAIRO: Egypt has deported 45 Ethiopians who arrived in Cairo after fleeing the war-torn Libya, Youm7 reported Thursday. The Ethiopians reportedly arrived on board of a private plane coming from Tobruk airport after coordination with Egyptian authorities. Egyptian officials and diplomats from the Ethiopian embassy in Cairo received the Ethiopian returnees, who headed to Addis
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AP-The ISIS terror group kidnapped 88 Eritrean Christians from a people-smugglers’ caravan in Libya last week, a U.S. defense official confirmed Monday. The defense official confirmed initial reports of the mass kidnapping to Fox News after seeing a recent intelligence report. The independent Libya Herald newspaper reported that the convoy was ambushed by militants south
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By Callum Paton Islamic State militants in Libya have killed two Eritrean migrants after stopping a truck carrying 75 Africans of different nationalities. The extremist group shot the migrants after holding them at an intersection 5km from their stronghold of Nawfliyah. Military sources quoted by Libyan news website Bowabat Al Wasat said the pair were
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By Sonia Farid | Special to Al Arabiya News Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was at Cairo International Airport to welcome 27 Ethiopians who were abducted by militants in Libya and freed by Egyptian authorities. In a press conference at the airport in the presence of the Ethiopian ambassador to Cairo, Sisi said Ethiopians were
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(Reuters) – A group of Ethiopians who had been kidnapped in Libya arrived at Cairo airport on Thursday after Egyptian army forces rescued them, state media quoted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as saying. But one Ethiopian in the group, and a Libyan source, appeared to cast doubt on that version of events, saying the
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Al Jazeera speaks to ‘Ahmed,’ a well-known people smuggler used by many young Ethiopians searching for a new life. The number of deaths of migrants attempting the perilous journey to Europe in search of a better life has dramatically increased over the past few months. Al Jazeera spoke to ‘Ahmed,’ a well known people trafficking
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ADDIS ABABA | By Aaron Maasho (Reuters) – Hundreds of grieving relatives gathered outside the homes of two Ethiopians who were among dozens shown being shot and beheaded in a video purportedly made by Islamic State militants in Libya, struggling to make sense of their loved ones’ fate. Only two of the 30 Ethiopian Christian
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Statement by His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom, following the murder of Ethiopian Christians in Libya The confirmation of the murder of Ethiopian Christians by Daesh (IS) in Libya has been received with deep sadness. These executions that unnecessarily and unjustifiably claim the lives of innocent
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BY KYLE BALLUCK An Obama administration official late Sunday condemned the mass murder of Ethiopian Christians in Libya, purportedly by terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). “We express our condolences to the families of the victims and our support to the Ethiopian government and people as they grieve for their
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