In lieu of criminal charges, the Israel Police will decide what disciplinary measures the officer will face. Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein has decided to close the case against a police officer filmed attacking a soldier of Ethiopian descent, the Justice Ministry said Sunday. The case will now be sent back to the police disciplinary unit, it
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By VINCENT ACHUKA Pope Francis has expressed his wish to visit Kenya in November during his maiden tour of Africa. The Pope, who on Friday evening held a two-hour meeting with participants attending the international retreat for priests at Rome’s Papal Basilica of St John Lateran, confirmed he would be visiting Uganda and the war-ravaged
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Addis Ababa, a cosmopolitan city of close to four million people, suffers from many forms of pollution By Tesfa Mogessie ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, a cosmopolitan city of close to four million people – which hosts African Union headquarters and other international and regional organizations – continues to suffer from several kinds of pollution,
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Growing tourism industry adding tailwind to Horn of African country’s burgeoning economy. MORE than 96 million people are counted as Ethiopian, accounting for 1.3% of the total world population and making the country the 13th most-populated globally. The country is also as diverse as it is populated, home to cross-cultural civilisations from North Africa, sub-Saharan
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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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BBC- Migrants from Sub-Saharian areas receive bottles of water on a rescue boat of Italy”s Navy ship San Giorgio after being rescued in open international waters in the Mediterranean Sea between the Italian and the Libyan coasts May 14, 2014. An estimated 5,000 Eritreans flee every month, often attempting to cross the Mediterranean Eritrea’s government
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Mozambique has seen a 220% growth in cigarette use! Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia among world’s lowest smokers, but in Mauritania adults consume about 41 cigarettes per day – the highest in the world. IN the last two decades considerable steps have been made globally to decrease the number of tobacco smokers. However, despite these efforts, tobacco
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British archaeology team uncovers stunning Aksumite and Roman artefacts Grave in Ethiopia The grave in Ethiopia where the woman dubbed ‘Sleeping Beauty’ was discovered. Photograph: Graeme Laidlaw Spectacular 2,000-year-old treasures from the Roman empire and the Aksumite kingdom, which ruled parts of north-east Africa for several centuries before 940AD, have been discovered by British archaeologists
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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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Israeli police locked arms to push back hundreds of ethnic Ethiopian anti-racism protesters on Wednesday in Tel Aviv where many tried to block a major traffic artery. Police said two protesters of some 400 protesters at the scene were detained. Television photographers saw five demonstrators led away. There were no reported injuries in the confrontation
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