IOM: African migrants traded in Libya’s ‘slave markets’
People are held for ransom, forced labour or sexual exploitation after being sold for up to $500, UN agency says. Libya is the main gateway for people attempting to reach Europe by sea [File: Ismail Zitouny/Reuters] Hundreds of African refugees and migrants passing through Libya are being bought and sold in modern-day slave markets before […]
African migrants sold in Libya ‘slave markets’, IOM says
<p style=”position: absolute; top: -999em”><img src=”//sa.bbc.co.uk/bbc/bbc/s?name=news.world.africa.story.39567632.page&ml_name=webmodule&ml_version=63&blq_js_enabled=0&blq_s=4d&blq_r=2.7&blq_v=default&blq_e=pal&cps_asset_id=39567632&page_type=Story&section=%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fafrica&first_pub=2017-04-11T11%3A32%3A57%2B00%3A00&last_editorial_update=2017-04-11T17%3A11%3A37%2B00%3A00&curie=a413bdbb-3377-0440-9a07-981b28311cb3&title=African+migrants+sold+in+Libya+%27slave+markets%27%2C+IOM+says&has_video=1&topic_names=Europe+migrant+crisis%21Slavery%21Libya&topic_ids=23672ac3-fcad-42c7-a557-23a954eb0e7b%219062bf9d-2d07-4204-bf3b-1eb1bcbbc269%21db8d6c6f-13c2-44d7-963c-54c06ab0da36&for_nation=ca&app_version=1.186.0&bbc_site=news&pal_route=asset&app_type=responsive&language=en-GB&pal_webapp=tabloid&prod_name=news&app_name=news” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””></p> Europe migrant crisis Reuters Reports of African migrants being bought and sold mark a new low in the crisis Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in “slave markets” in Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. Victims told IOM that […]
Qatar Emir heads to Ethiopia
April 10, 2017 at 2:44 pm | Published in: Africa, Ethiopia, Middle East, News, Qatar General view of the Blue Nile [Bertramz/Wikipedia] April 10, 2017 at 2:44 pm Qatari Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani began a two-day official visit to Ethiopia today, his first to the African country since he gained power in 2013. According to […]
KEFI Minerals Plc — Deep Value Gold Play in Ethiopia
Posted by: giles.arbor 11th April 2017 KEFI Minerals PLC (LON:KEFI) is an emerging gold developer looking to commence construction of its flagship 115,000oz pa Tulu Kapi Project in Ethiopia. KEFI has been looking to finalise financing arrangements for this 980,000oz LoM project, but a state of emergency declared in Ethiopia in October 2016 has delayed […]
ከሆሳዕና ሠርክ እስከ ትንሣኤ ከዳዊት አላዛር
“—እስራኤላውያን፣ ከግብጽ ተሰደው በሚወጡበት ጊዜ በችኮላ ስለነበር፣ አቡክተው ጋግረው መብላት ያለመቻላቸውን ኹኔታ ያመለክታል፡፡ ይህን መሠረት አድርጎ የሚዘጋጀው ጉልባን እንዲኹም ቂጣ፣ ጨው በዛ ተደርጎ ይጨመርበታል፡፡ ውኃ የሚያስጠማ በመኾኑ የጌታን መጠማት ያስታውሳል፡፡” ጾም፤ በቀጥተኛ ትርጉሙ፦ ሰውነት ከሚፈልጋቸውና ለሰውነት ከሚያስጎመጀው ነገር መታቀብ፥ መወሰን ማለት ነው፡፡ ጾም፣ ከሃይማኖት ጋር ዘለዓለማዊ ዝምድና ስላለው፣ ሃይማኖት ባለበት ኹሉ ጾም አለ፡፡ በሃይማኖታዊ […]
የሕወሐት ዝቃጭ እና ዘረኛ ስርአት ማብቂያው ጠርዝ
የሕወሐት ዝቃጭ እና ዘረኛ ስርአት ማብቂያው ጠርዝ ============================= በነገራችን ላይ ሕወሐት መራሹ አንባገነናዊ መንግስት አልቆለታል። ጨርሶ እንዳይወገድ የጀርባ አጥንት የሆነው በተቃዋሚነት ስም የተቀመጡ ኃይሎች መሆናቸው የምናዝንበት ሀቅ ነው። ተቃዋሚ ስንል በአገር ውስጥም ሆነ በውጭ በህገወጥነት በወያኔ ተፈርዶባቸው የተደራጁ ሀይሎች ሲሆኑ ችግራችን ቀጣይ እንዲሆን ከፍተኛውን አስተዋጽኦ አበርካች ሆነዋል። መቸም ትልቅ ድፍረት እንደሚሆን ይሰማኛል። ግን የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ […]
ሕወሓት ሁለት የሰሜን ሸዋ (መራቤቴ) የነጻነት ታጋዮችን ገድሎ አስከሬናቸውን አደባባይ ላይ አስጥቶ ለሕዝብ ሲያሳይ ዋለ :
April 11, 2017 – ቆንጅት ስጦታው ሕወሓት ሁለት የሰሜን ሸዋ (መራቤቴ) የነጻነት ታጋዮችን ገድሎ አስከሬናቸውን አደባባይ ላይ አስጥቶ ለሕዝብ ሲያሳይ ዋለ :: ወያኔ ከጥንት ጀምሮ የሰሜን ሸዋ አማራን በጣም ይፈረዋል። ይህን ህዝብ ለማሸማቀቅ እና ወኔውን ለመስበር ያልቧጠጠው ዳገት የላም። ዳሩ ግን አልተሳካለትም። ይህ አረመኒያዊ ተግባር በሰሜን ሸዋ ላይ የመጀመርያ አይደለም። ካሁን በፊትም በዘጠናዎቹ መጀመርያ ላይ […]
“ትዕቢት ጥፋትን፣ እብሪትም ውድቀትን ትቀድማለች” – ቬሮኒካ መላኩ
April 11, 2017 የሮሙ ቄሣር ኔሮ በዕብሪት ልቡ አብጦ ሮማ ከተማ ላይ እሳት ለኩሶ ከተማይቱን በእሳት ስትጋይ እየተመለከተ ሠገነቱ ላይ ቁጭ ብሎ ሙዚቃ እየሰማ እና ክራሩን እየተጫወተ ሰው ሁሉ ነፍሱን ለማዳን ሲራወጥ ከተማይቱም አመድ ሲትለብስ እየተመለከተ በደስታ እየሳቀ ግርግሩን ይመለከት ነበር። ለቀናት ለተራቡ አንበሳና ነብር ክርስቲያኖችን ወርውሮ ኮለሲዩም ስታዲዮም ውስጥ -ዳቦና ጨዋታ ለተራው ሕዝብ በሚባለው […]
Norfund Invests in a Beef Exporter in Ethiopia
By Verde Beef April 10, 2017 Oslo, Norway, March 31, 2017 (Newswire.com) – The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund) today announces an investment of USD 7.4 million in Verde Beef Processing PLC, an Ethiopian beef producer. The capital provided by Norfund will help VBP become the largest cattle processing operation in Eastern Africa […]
Ethnic Killings in South Sudan Leave 16 Dead
<img style=”position: absolute” src=”http://bbg.d1.sc.omtrdc.net/b/ss/bbgrvoaenglish-bbgprod-bbgentityvoa-bbgunitvoaenglish/1/G.4–NS/874660134?pageName=voa%3aeng%3ar%3a3804304%3aethnic+killings+in+south+sudan+leave+16+dead&c6=ethnic+killings+in+south+sudan+leave+16+dead&v6=D=c6&g=http%3a%2f%2fwww.voanews.com&c1=D=g&v1=D=g&events=event1&c7=ethnic+killings+in+south+sudan+leave+16+dead&v7=D=c7&c16=voa+english&v16=D=c16&c5=africa&v5=D=c5&ch=english&v15=D=ch&c15=D=ch&c4=article&v4=D=c4&c14=3804304&v14=D=c14&c20=no&c17=respo April 10, 2017 2:51 PM VOA News FILE – A U.N. protection of civilians (POC) site is shown in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, Dec. 8, 2016. (J. Craig/VOA) At least 16 people have been killed in South Sudan as militiamen targeted civilians based on their ethnicity. Witnesses say […]