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Community rallies around Ethiopian woman facing deportation - EthioLib News Portal
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Community rallies around Ethiopian woman facing deportation. Aug 05, 2015. Anglican church parishioners in Melbourne’s inner south have launched a desperate campaign to stop the deportation of Ethiopian woman Yeshiwork Abrha , who fears she will be killed if the federal government sends her home. Last week, The Age reported on Ms Yeshiwork’s desperate bid to stay in Australia. She says she faces certain incarceration or worse if she is forced to leave the country. 8220;She has the support of many in our ...
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Ethiopia mulls tough trafficking law, including death penalty - EthioLib News Portal
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Ethiopia mulls tough trafficking law, including death penalty. Jul 01, 2015. Human traffickers in Ethiopia could face life in jail or the death penalty under a bill presented to parliament on Tuesday aimed at curbing the illegal flow of people in and out of the Horn of Africa country. The move comes two months after at least 30 Ethiopian migrants were shot and killed by Islamic State militants in Libya and after others have died while heading to Europe on rickety boats across the Mediterranean. The US...
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Eritreans rally over rights abuses report - EthioLib News Portal
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Eritreans rally over rights abuses report. Jun 27, 2015. Hundreds of Eritrean refugees demonstrated at the African Union headquarters yesterday in support of a damning report on gross human rights violations by their government, following rival marches elsewhere against it. Demonstrations in support of Eritrea’s government have been held in Geneva, where the report was released in early June, with Asmara calling the report politically motivated and deliberately designed to tarnish Eritrea’s image . Eritr...
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Netanyahu vows to bring home 2 Israelis held captive in Gaza, visits family of one of the men - EthioLib News Portal
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Netanyahu vows to bring home 2 Israelis held captive in Gaza, visits family of one of the men. Jul 11, 2015. By IAN DEITCH, Associated Press. JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Friday to bring back home two Israeli citizens held captive in Gaza as he visited the family of one of the men. Earlier Friday, the families complained to Israeli media over their treatment by government officials, saying their anguish is being ignored. According to COGAT, the defense body that han...
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Ethiopia denies land giveaways to Sudan - EthioLib News Portal
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Ethiopia denies land giveaways to Sudan. Jun 23, 2015. June 21, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) Ethiopian deputy prime minister Demeke Mekonen has dismissed accusations alleging that the horn of Africa’s nation has secretly given away farm lands to neighbouring Sudan along its border with Amhara regional state. Some exiled opposition outlets have frequently released reports accusing Ethiopia’s Amhara regional state bordering Sudan of giving away Ethiopian lands as large as 1,600 Sq Km to Sudan. The issue of border re...
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RWC ticket scalp pair found guilty - EthioLib News Portal
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RWC ticket scalp pair found guilty. Jun 29, 2015. Suspicious transactions were flagged by Ticketek in September 2011, prompting police to execute search warrants at the men’s homes. More than 1000 Rugby World Cup tickets were found, along with a flier advertising cheap opening ceremony tickets. In his reserved decision, Judge David Harvey said the pair were well aware they were involved in a multi-layered fraud. Kenya: KQ Most Expensive Flight From Kenya on Key Routes. Sep 17, 2015. Sep 17, 2015.
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Mehereta Baruch-Ron Rises illiteracy To Deputy Mayor Tel Aviv - EthioLib News Portal
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Mehereta Baruch-Ron Rises illiteracy To Deputy Mayor Tel Aviv. Jun 11, 2015. Mehereta Baruch-Ron Rises illiteracy To Deputy Mayor Tel Aviv. Met with Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv, Mehereta Baruch-Ron, an Ethiopian born Jew who migrated to and resettled in Israel at the age of 10. We listened attentively as she spoke to a delegation of journalist who are the guest of the State of Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kai EL’ Zabar with Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Mehereta Baruch-Ron, an Ethiopian born Jew. She was to ...
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Karibu: A homecoming for President Obama in Kenya - EthioLib News Portal
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Karibu: A homecoming for President Obama in Kenya. Jul 23, 2015. By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press. They take it really personally, Nelly Ngugi, customer relations manager at Cafe Deli in downtown Nairobi, said Wednesday of fellow Kenyans. Obama’s visit is like a brother coming back, she said. The United States and Kenya are allies in the fight against al-Shabab, the Islamic militant group based in neighboring Somalia that has staged numerous attacks in Kenya, including the mass killing of student...
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‘Addis contemporary’ exhibition in Nairobi reveals Ethiopia’s art evolution and the city’s struggles (PHOTOS). - EthioLib News Portal
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8216;Addis contemporary’ exhibition in Nairobi reveals Ethiopia’s art evolution and the city’s struggles (PHOTOS). Jun 20, 2015. The development of the modern art movement in the country has its roots in church paintings – and emperor Haile Selassie. SURROUNDED by Ethiopian artwork, artists, potential buyers and the curious, Ethiopian curator Mifta Zeleke crosses his legs on the floor of East Africa’s first independent arts agency, Circle Art, as he describes the Addis Contemporary exhibition. Mifta expl...
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World’s most optimistic people live in Africa as rich nations in gloom; Nigeria, Ethiopia, Burkina are top - EthioLib News Portal
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World’s most optimistic people live in Africa as rich nations in gloom; Nigeria, Ethiopia, Burkina are top. Jul 23, 2015. URE, France has Paris, Provence and the Palace of Versailles. But when it comes to optimism about the domestic economy, the French have nothing on Ethiopians. After their Black Spring revolution that ousted long-ruling strongman Blaise Compaore in October 2014, the people of Burkina Faso are still on a roll. (Photo/AFP). On the other end of the scale, Poland was home to the smallest s...
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