Hundreds of Israeli-Ethiopians protest outside the Police Headquarters in Jerusalem, against violence and racism directed at Israelis of Ethiopian descent, following a video clip released a few days ago showing police beating up an IDF soldier from the Ethiopian community. In a demonstration that raged for hours and turned violent Thursday, hundreds of protesters blocked
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BY EUGENE OKUMU President Uhuru Kenyatta with Deputy President William Ruto at JKIA shortly before he left for the 2015 Milken Global Conference in Los Angeles, USA. Uhuru cancelled the trip after the plane was allegedly turned back over increasing airstrikes in Yemen. Photo/PSCU The request to fly through the airspace was granted within 20
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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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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A woman convicted of abusing her Ethiopian adoptive children was paroled Tuesday morning. Judge Jeffrey Manning paroled Kristen Barbour from her jail sentence during a hearing, but she will still be on house arrest for several months. In October, Barbour was sentenced to six to 12 months in jail, but with work
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By Takura Zhangazha For Europe, the Africans emigrating from the continent may be a burden they must stem, but we are the ones who must treat it as a continental emergency. We must work concertedly toward a better Africa, not only via strategic reports and plans delivered at AU summits but in our ability to
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By Challachew Tadesse Addis Ababa — The 28 Ethiopian migrants of Christian faith murdered by the Islamic State (IS) on Apr. 19 in Libya had planned to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of work in Europe. Commenting on the killings to Fana Broadcasting Corporation (FBC), Ethiopian government spokesperson Redwan Hussien urged potential migrants not
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By RSF Reporters Without Borders calls on the European Union to condition additional aid to Eritrea via the European Development Fund (EDF) on a significant improvement in fundamental freedoms, including freedom of information. The EDF is the main instrument for EU development assistance. Under the 11th EDF, the EU’s Eritrean “partner” is to get 312
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By Hassen Hussein Within a week, Ethiopians were hit with a quadruple whammy. On April 19, the Libyan branch of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a shocking video purporting to show the killings and beheadings of Ethiopian Christians attempting to cross to Europe through Libya. This came only days after
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A police officer in Holon viciously attacked an Ethiopian IDF soldier, Damas Pakada, on Sunday evening. The clearly unprovoked attack was caught in its entirety on camera by neighbors. The policeman also threatened to shoot the soldier in the head during the assault after Pakada tried to defend himself from the beating. The police officer
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Yikanu Yelma, mother of Ethiopian blogger Soliyana Shimeles, had her home searched after Shimeles was charged in absentia for her role in the Zone 9 blog. Human rights and press-freedom advocates say the arrests demonstrate a crackdown on critics of the government. Photograph: Simona Foltyn/Washington Post Group calling for greater rights and democracy faces terrorism
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