Ethiopian Woman Beaten, Raped, Threatened By An Egyptian

Arab Times A25-year old Ethiopian woman filed a case at Abu Halifa Police Station against an Egyptian expatriate who attacked and raped her, and threatened to kill her if she reported to the police, reports Al-Seyassah daily. According to security sources, the Egyptian expatriate forced the victim into his flat, after which he beat her

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Love on the rocks of the limits of guilt

By Teshome Abebe (PhD) Dr Teshome Abebe In an article which appeared on the Economist, Cutting through the nonsense, the author presented arguments and counter arguments regarding the continuing (but losing steam) debate regarding reparations to Black Americans whose ancestors were slaves. Economists debate such ideas not only from the point of view of costs

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Meriam Ibrahim: Sudan ‘to free’ death row woman

BBC Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag pictured on her wedding day with her husband Daniel Wani Meriam Ibrahim has been sentenced to 100 lashes as well as death by hanging Sudanese authorities are to free a woman who was sentenced to death for having abandoned the Islamic faith, a foreign ministry official says. Meriam Ibrahim, who

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Threat from Al-Shabaab against Ethiopia and western interests in Ethiopia

US Embassy The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa  would like to remind U.S. citizens living or traveling in Ethiopia to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to enhance personal security.   The Embassy continues to receive credible threat reports of Al-Shabaab’s intent and capability to attack Ethiopia and western interests in

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Karlheinz Boehm, Founder of Menschen fuer Menschen (“People for People”), Dies

AP BERLIN (AP) — Karlheinz Boehm, an Austrian actor and human rights activist who founded an aid group dedicated to helping people in Ethiopia, has died. He was 86. Boehm’s group, Menschen fuer Menschen (“People for People”) said he died at his home near Salzburg on Thursday. It didn’t give a cause of death. In

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Karlheinz Boehm, Founder of Menschen fuer Menschen (“People for People”), Dies

AP BERLIN (AP) — Karlheinz Boehm, an Austrian actor and human rights activist who founded an aid group dedicated to helping people in Ethiopia, has died. He was 86. Boehm’s group, Menschen fuer Menschen (“People for People”) said he died at his home near Salzburg on Thursday. It didn’t give a cause of death. In

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Tehran keen to boost Ethiopia ties: Iran diplomat

Iran expressed its willingness to strengthen its relations with Ethiopia in various fields. World Bulletin/News Desk Iran on Thursday expressed its willingness to strengthen its relations with Ethiopia in various fields. “Iran is keen to further intensify its existing relations with Ethiopia,” Iranian Ambassador to Ethiopia Ali Bahreini was quoted as saying by Dina Mufti,

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Food for the Hungry Release Comic Books to Further Gender Equality in Ethiopia

PRWEB Food for the Hungry and Search for Common Ground add new medium to 4-year campaign to reduce gender-based violence and promote healthier gender relationships. According to a Demographic Health Survey conducted by Food for the Hungry (FH) in 2005, in some areas of Ethiopia, as many as 60 percent of women believe that a

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Ethiopian Jewry commemorates the fallen of mass exodus to Israel

The Jerusalem Post By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI Ceremony held to commemorate estimated 4,000 Ethiopian Jews who died on their journey to Israel from Ethiopia through Sudan in the 1980s and 1990s. Ethiopian Jews Netanyahu attends ceremony for Ethiopian Jews who died en route to Israel Photo: GPO As Israelis flocked to the capital to celebrate Jerusalem

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