Italy rescues 1,000 migrants off Lampedusa inside 24 hours
The Italian navy said the migrants were ferried to Sicily Italian navy and coastguard vessels have rescued more than 1,000 migrants off the tiny island of Lampedusa in the past 24 hours, Italian officials say. On Thursday 823 migrants were picked up from four overcrowded, rickety boats. The migrants were mainly from Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq […]
Read More →Khat seizure at Lebanon airport, Ethiopian arrested
The Daily Star An Egypt Air airplane is seen parked in the tarmac of Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Thursday, July 4, 2013. (The Daily Star/Mahmoud Kheir ) BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities at Beirut’s international airport Sunday foiled an attempt to smuggle into the country a quantity of Khat from Ethiopia. Customs officials at […]
Read More →International Child adoptions becoming a new export industry and trade in Ethiopia
 Meron Admasu/from Norway  The international Adoption law – is a type of adoption in which an individual or couple becomes the legal and permanent parent(s) of a child who is a national of a different country.  How adoption agencies work in Ethiopia According to Ethiopian child adoption law – adoptive parents must submit post […]
Read More →Thousands of refugees flood Tel Aviv square in mass protest
Amid calls for nationwide strike of migrant workers, thousands of asylum seekers gather in Tel Aviv, urging Israeli government to review asylum requests. Meanwhile, hundreds protest in Eilat Meir Ohayon Thousands of asylum seekers from Eritra and Sudan were marching in Tel Aviv in protest of the Israeli government’s neglect to review asylum requests, and […]
Read More →Portugal football legend Eusebio dies By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Isa Soares,
(CNN)Â — Portugal football legend Eusebio, who was top scorer at the 1966 World Cup, died at the age of 71, his former club Benfica said Sunday. He died from a heart attack, the Lisbon side said on its website. The striker, affectionately known as the “Black Panther,” was idolized throughout the Portuguese-speaking world and considered […]
Read More →Rival South Sudan Factions Agree to Direct Cease-Fire Talks
By William Davison, Jan 5, 2014 South Sudanese government officials and representatives of rebel groups agreed to face-to-face talks on a monitored cease-fire and the detention of leading politicians arrested after an alleged coup attempt, Ethiopian envoy Seyoum Mesfin said. The warring parties assured mediators that they’ll strive to reach a political solution to the […]
Read More →South Sudan’s Warring Factions Start Direct Peace Talks
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Two warring factions from South Sudan held direct peace talks on Sunday for the first time since conflict began roiling the country last month, sending hundreds of thousands of people fleeing for safety. The direct talks, focused on a cease-fire and the release of political prisoners, put representatives of President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar together in Ethiopia. South Sudan has experienced three…
Read More →Bombings kill 20 in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) — A new wave of bombings hit Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, killing at least 20 people Sunday, officials said, the latest assault by militants who have been fighting Iraqi security forces and allied tribes in country’s west. The deadliest attack took place in Baghdad’s Shiite northern Shaab neighborhood, when two parked car bombs exploded simultaneously near a restaurant and a tea house. Officials say those blasts killed 10 people and wounded 26. Authorities said that a parked car bomb ripped through in capital’s Shiite eastern district of Sadr City, killing five and wounding 10. Another bombing killed three civilians and wounded six in a commercial area in the central Bab…
Read More →At least 13 killed in Bangladesh election violence
Uneven contest: a soldier keeps watch on polling day in Dhaka. Photo: Reuters Thousands of protesters firebombed polling stations and stole ballot papers as deadly violence flared across Bangladesh Sunday during an election boycotted by the opposition. Police said at least 13 people had been killed and more than 200 polling stations were set on fire or trashed by mobs in a bid by the opposition to wreck the one-sided contest. Two of those killed were beaten to death while guarding polling stations in northern districts which bore the brunt of the violence. “We’ve seen thousands of protesters attack polling booths and our personnel at a number of locations with Molotov cocktails and…
Read More →African states pull citizens out of CAR
African countries have started repatriating their citizens from the Central African Republic in recent days, where continuing violence has led to deteriorating humanitarian conditions. Mali’s government chartered two flights to evacuate around 500…
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