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13 Ethiopians due in court over illegal status [Capital FM Kenya (press release)]
By SIMON NDONGA, NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31 – Thirteen Ethiopian nationals arrested in a house within Parklands are due in court Thursday morning for being in the country illegally.
Police said they had rented a house and stayed there while waiting...
ONLF: The Illegal Detention and Refoulement of Mr Abdikarin Sh Muse to Ethiopia
Press Release
The Illegal Detention and Refoulement of Mr Abdikarin Sh Muse to Ethiopia
The regional security of the Galkacyo, Galmudug regional state in central Somalia detained on August 23, 2017 Mr Abdikarin Sheikh Muse, an Executive committee...
Ethiopia shuts down drugstore selling banned substances (AP)
A drugstore in Ethiopia that was selling banned substances to athletes across the road from the country’s main track stadium has been shut down while authorities investigate.
Ethiopia’s Anti-Doping Office says it has confirmed that...
Ethiopia: Oromia region observes shutdown called by opposition
Africanews
Ethiopia’s Oromia region has been hit by a five-day shutdown called by the main opposition group – the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC).
The OFC says it has planned the protest to run from today (August 23) till Sunday August...
Why Saudi Arabia Must Halt the Deportation of Half a Million Ethiopians
Felix Horne
Senior Researcher, Horn of Africa @felixhorne1
Published in Newsweek
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to expel migrants working or living illegally in the kingdom.Illegal migrants have been ordered to register their...
Police use water cannon and batons to clear refugees from Rome square (Standard)
A man, walking with the aid of crutches, is struck by spray from a police water cannon in Rome EPA
Hatty Collier
Police using water cannon and batons clashed with refugees who had occupied a small square in Rome after they were...
The truth about Ethiopia’s dams > Addis Ababa is evading important questions concerning the Grand
[By Nader Noureddin, professor of agricultural resources at Cairo University]
Since President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi met with the Ethiopian prime minister in the Equatorial Guinean capital of Malabo in June 2014, nothing has budged....