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Yemeni People Traffickers Prey on Ethiopia Migrants Seeking Work - Bloomberg
By William Davison Jun 1, 2014
Sintayehu Beyene left Ethiopia planning to earn money to begin a carpentry business — he ended up captive in Yemen where Kalashnikov-wielding traffickers stole what little he owned.
Grabbed from a...
US EMBASSY WARNS AL-SHABAB ATTACKS IN ETHIOPIA
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Threat from Al-Shabaab against Ethiopia and western interests in Ethiopia
Posted on 31 May 2014. Tags: AFRICOM, al-shabab, Bomb Attack,Ethiopia, somalia invasion, Travel Warning
By U.S. Embassy (Addis Ababa),
THE U.S....
The Swiss government granted asylum to Co-pilot Hailemedhin Abera
(EMF) — The Switzerland government has granted asylum to the Ethiopian co-pilot who seized control of the Boeing 767-300 on 17 February 2014 and flew it to Geneva, according Ethiopian attorney who closely following the case.
The Ethiopian...
BBC condemns Ethiopian broadcast jamming
30.05.2014
Category: World Service
Liliane Landor, acting Director of the BBC World Service Group, has called on the Ethiopian authorities to stop jamming BBC broadcasts in the Middle East and North Africa.
She joined directors from...
Ethiopia under fire over journalist arrest
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | May 29, 2014
ADDIS ABABA, May 29- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called on authorities in Ethiopia to release a journalist being held without charge following a spate of similar arrests in recent...
Arabsat locates jamming source in Ethiopian territories
MAY 29, 2014 15.08 EUROPE/LONDON BY ROBERT BRIEL
Arab Satellite Communication Organisation (Arabsat) has announced that many TV channels on-board its fleet of satellites have been the subject of intentional jamming for the past week up to...
Forced to give birth in chains: Sudan woman's cruel treatment after marrying non-muslim-EXPRESS
THE husband of a Sudanese woman sentenced to death for marrying outside her faith has spoken out after his wife was forced to give birth in a squalid prison.
By: Sarah Ann Harris
Published: Thu, May 29, 2014
Meriam Ibrahim was condemned to...
Ethiopia holds editor-in-chief without charge
New York, May 28, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of a journalist without charge since Monday and calls on Ethiopian authorities to release him immediately. An Ethiopian court on Tuesday extended by 14...