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Rights Group Urges Saudis Not to Expel Ethiopians (voa)
Human Rights Watch is urging the Saudi government to halt its plan to expel hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian immigrants who missed a late August deadline to register or face deportation.
Felix Horne, HRW’s senior researcher for the Horn...
Ethiopia's bereaved families seek justice (Al Jazeera)
Bereaved families in Ethiopia are demanding justice for 650 anti-government protesters who were killed last year.
They were from the largest ethnic group, the Oromo, and died during a government crackdown on dissent.
Despite repeated...
Ethiopia says Somalia helped in rebel leader’s ‘surrender’ (AP)
By Elias Meseret
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia on Friday said a senior figure with the rebel Ogaden National Liberation Front has willingly surrendered, days after the group accused neighboring Somalia’s security forces of kidnapping...
Ethiopian woman's mouth 'melted shut in horrific acid attack by husband'
Independent
WARNING: Story contains graphic images of severe injuries caused by acid attack
A woman has been left near-blind, in constant agony and with her mouth melted shut after her estranged husband allegedly attacked her with acid.
Atsede...
United States gives Ethiopia $91 million in drought aid for food and medicine [The Washington Post]
Women carry water back to their homes in drought-hit Aydora, Ethiopia. The country is facing its third straight year of drought. (Aida Muluneh for The Washington Post)
By Carol Morello
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The United States will provide...
Outrage as Somalia transfers citizen to Ethiopia in breach of national laws (africanews).
There is outrage in Somalia following the reported transfer of a citizen to neighbouring Ethiopia. The detention and subsequent transfer of Mr. Abdikarin Sheikh Muse of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has been labeled as a breach...