Selam Sekuar, a UC Berkeley freshman and international student from Ethiopia, was fatally struck by a train at the Downtown Berkeley BART Station on Nov. 25. She was 19. Known for her warm personality and dedication to her studies, Sekuar was a MasterCard Foundation Scholar. The program provides financial and academic support for successful students
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AFP WASHINGTON, DC – Internet freedom suffered this year as a growing number of countries stepped up efforts to spy on users and censor online postings, a global survey showed Thursday. The report by the non-government watchdog group Freedom House said online freedom declined in 36 of 65 countries surveyed. In some cases, governments use
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By ORI J. LENKINSKI, The Jerusalem Post Dege Feder. (photo credit:YA’ACOV SADAN) For Dege Feder, the Amharic alphabet is more than a means of transferring thoughts into writing; it is a portal into a specific period in her past. “When I was about six years old,” explains Feder, “I studied in a school in Ethiopia
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The Guardian Alleged human traffickers who had arranged more than 20 boat trips from north Africa to Europe picked up in sting operation in Italy and Germany A boat with migrants is towed by an Italian military ship off the coast of Sicily. A boat with migrants is towed by an Italian military ship off
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OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (ODI) DECEMBER 2014 – Recent research on child migration has largely departed from the early trafficking narrative and has tended to highlight agency and the ways in which children’s migration can play a key role in their ‘future-seeking’. Migration is increasingly regarded as a vehicle for improving children’s opportunities for schooling and
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HAARETZ Yonatan Heilo was sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder; judge says appellant’s distressed background cannot serve as a grounds for mitigating his sentence. Dozens of people arrived at the Supreme Court on Monday to show their support for a man sentenced to 20 years in prison for murdering the man he says
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Atakelte Admasu accused of neglecting handicapped victims Author: Dawn Brooks, News4jax Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office booking photo of Atakelte Admasu JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -A man was arrested Friday after 10 physically and mentally handicapped residents between the ages of 46 and 62 were found locked inside a Jacksonville home, unable to leave, police said.The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office
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Asharq al-Awsat By Abdulrahman al-Rashed This is yet another sickening narrative in the world of crime that has given us the right to ask: isn’t it about time to reconsider provisions that allow criminals to be released and escape punishment under the excuse of a victim’s family pardon? Doesn’t the society also have the right
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The Oakland Institute Is H&M turning a blind eye to land grabs in Ethiopia? TV4 does an investigation into H&M’s cotton sourcing from Ethiopia and discovers the disturbing truth.
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More than 70 percent of Ethiopian women face physical and sexual violence by Tigist Geme @TigGeme, Aljazeera Hanna Lalango, 16, died on Nov. 1, from a brutal gang rape after five men kidnapped and held her captive for several days in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Hanna attended a private high school in the city’s Ayer Tena
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