Over 96,000 Ethiopians Returned from Saudi Arabia, Allege Abuse

Ethiopians constitute 26% of those who entered the country illegally. An estimated 400,000 Ethiopians believed to be living in Saudi Arabia. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. In interviews with The Associated […]

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Doubts Emerge Over UN Eritrea Human Rights Report

By Ray Ja Fraser, LAST week, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI), created to investigate alleged human rights abuses in Eritrea, produced its final report. The COI report was widely covered by the mainstream press, and has led to a substantial amount of discussion regarding Eritrea. The report has also come in for considerable […]

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Stop Financing Tyranny Like in Ethiopia: William Easterly

By TesfaNews, WILLIAM EASTERLY is a renowned economist and best-selling author of  the book ” The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators and the Forgotten rights of the poor“. In his latest interview with PBS talk show presenter Tavis Smiley, he  makes his case for a radical rethinking of approaches to global development. He brought the case of […]

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Some Policy Considerations Regarding the Ethiopian Outmigration

By Seid Hassan and Minga Negash, IN OUR 19 December 2013 article entitled ‘Explaining the Ethiopian outmigration: incentives or constrains’ we alerted readers and policy makers in Ethiopia about the push, pull and mediating factors of outmigration in general and outlined the factors as they relate to Ethiopia. In this short article we aim to discuss […]

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The Overhaul of Harmful Practices – Child Marriage in Eritrea

By FikreJesus Amahazion, In “Child Marriage: Health and Rights – A Quick Note,”[i] I introduced several stark challenges that child or adolescent marriage (denoted as under 18 years of age, hereafter referred to as child marriage) poses for positive health outcomes and the realization of human rights.

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The Tragic Saga of Ethiopian Victims in Arab Lands

By Neamin Zeleke, In the past week, Ethiopians all over the world have watched the barbaric acts committed against our sisters and brothers in Saudi Arabia with deep sorrow and outrage. These inhuman acts are not committed by illegal bandits or criminals operating in the underground, they are committed in broad daylight by the Saudi […]

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