The New York Times For most migrants, packed aboard rickety boats, the journey is a gamble. “They know that they can drown,” said Carlotta Sami, a spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency in Geneva. “They know that they can die.” Only last week, the Italian authorities said they rescued almost 1,000 such migrants in international waters
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Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A domestic worker was hospitalized with severe bleeding resulting from being raped, according to the medical diagnosis. The Ethiopian woman reportedly fell sick in a house in Jahra governorate, and was rushed to Jahra Hospital where she underwent emergency surgery. Medical tests revealed that the maid was subjected to sexual assault which
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Ethiopian Government Ethiopia was elected (on June 02) to a three-year term (2014-2017) as Deputy Member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO), during the 103rd International Labour Conference. In addition to Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Angola, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Burkina Faso, and Niger were elected from the African continent. Ethiopia is expected
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Turkish Press The origin of renowned Russian poet Alexander Pushkin has long been a source of dispute between historians in Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. “[There's] no question about Alexander Pushkin being an Ethiopian,” Ayalneh Mulatu, who translated Pushkin’s poetry into Amharic, the language of Ethiopia, told Anadolu Agency. “Pushkin belongs to Ethiopia because his great
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By Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali AFP Meriam Yahia (AFP) Khartoum (AFP) – A three-judge panel in Sudan will examine the appeal of a Christian woman sentenced to hang for apostasy, in a case that has drawn international condemnation, her lawyer said Monday. “The judiciary appointed three judges last week to examine the appeal filed in
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BBC The Roman Catholic church is the second biggest denomination in Eritrea Four Eritrean Catholic bishops have published a letter criticising life in the country – a rare move in one of the world’s most tightly controlled states. Although they were careful not to condemn the government directly, correspondents say the letter-writers are taking a
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By Larry Kilman Secretary General WAN-IFRA | Paris, France Jailed Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega has been awarded the 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). The award was presented Monday in Turin, Italy, during the opening ceremonies of the 66th World Newspaper Congress, 21st World
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Arab Times KUWAIT CITY: The Court of Cassation has rejected the appeal filed by the lawyer of an Ethiopian housemaid who had been sentenced to death for murdering her employer in Jaber Al-Ali. Case files indicate that on Nov 17, 2011, the Ethiopian maid murdered her 25-year-old employer by chopping the latter’s head off a
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Sana’a (Anatolia) *****Google Translation From Arabic***** The Ministry of the Interior of Yemen, said on Saturday that security forces found the bodies of Ethiopians in the region bordering Saudi Arabia north of the country. The interior, in a statement on its website, “The police in the area incited the province of argument found (did not
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Sana’a (Anatolia) *****Google Translation From Arabic***** The Ministry of the Interior of Yemen, said on Saturday that security forces found the bodies of Ethiopians in the region bordering Saudi Arabia north of the country. The interior, in a statement on its website, “The police in the area incited the province of argument found (did not
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