The United States for years has praised Ethiopia’s fight against terrorism in East Africa, but that hard-line approach to extreme Islamism may have contributed to the bloody execution of dozens of Ethiopian Christians who were targeted by the Islamic State in Libya. Addis Ababa has been long consumed with a bigger threat on their […]
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UN chief deplores ‘barbaric’ killing of Ethiopian nationals in Libya
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras (file) 20 April 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned in the strongest terms the killing of a number of Ethiopian nationals in Libya by extremists affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to a United Nations spokesperson. In a statement released earlier today, […]
US anger over IS ‘atrocity’ against Christians in Libya-by Tripoli (AFP) –
. The United States condemned the “brutal mass murder” of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya following a video released by Islamic State militants purportedly showing their execution. The 29-minute IS video appears to show militants holding two groups of captives, described in text captions as “followers of the cross from the enemy Ethiopian Church”. National […]
Ethiopians Shocked by Islamic State Killings ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Apr 20, 2015, 1:58 PM ET
Many in Ethiopia are reeling from the news that several Ethiopians were killed in Libya by the Islamic State group, which over the weekend released a video purporting to show the killings. The victims were planning to go to Europe by boat from Libya but were captured and then killed by the Islamic extremists, said […]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras (file) United Nations News Centre
20 April 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned in the strongest terms the killing of a number of Ethiopian nationals in Libya by extremists affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to a United Nations spokesperson. In a statement released earlier today, Mr. Ban said he “utterly deplores” the […]
Migrant crisis: Who are Libya’s people smugglers 20 April 2015 From the sectionEurope
35,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean in 2015, many from Libya European countries are scrambling to stop record numbers of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean Sea, but who are the men sending them on perilous journeys? Human traffickers are the key link that European officials wish to target. But they are taking on complex criminal […]
Child among migrants drowned off Greece; Distress call made from boat in Mediterranean with 300 onboard Updated 20 Apr 2015, 9:48am
At least three people, including a child, have died after a wooden sail boat carrying more than 80 migrants sank off the Greek island of Rhodes, police say. “We have recovered three bodies so far – that of a man, a woman and a child,” a Greek coast guard official said. The sail boat ran […]
ህጹጽ መጠንቀቕታ ንኹሉኹም ብሊብያ ናብ ሲደት እትውሕዙ ዘለኹም ስደተኛታት ኣመንቲ ክርስትና ( ናይ ሮይተርስ ቪድዮ ተተሓሒዙ ቀሪቡ ኣሎ) By assenna on April 19, 2015
ሎሚ 19 ሚያዝያ ናይቲ ኣሸባሪ ጉጅለ ISIS ናይ ቪድይ ፕሮፖጋንዳ ብምውካስ ዝተዘርግሐ ሰነድ ከምዘመልክቶ፣ ISIS ኣብ ሊብያ ንዝሓዝዎም 30 ከም ‘ኢትዮጵያውያን’ ዝግለጹ ዘለዉ ኣመንቲ ክርስትና ስደተኛታት፣ ነቶም 15 ብብረት ብኣልማማ ክርሽኑዎም ከለዉ፣ ነቶም 15 ብኻራሩ ከምዝጎይሑዎም የርኢ። እቶም ኢትዮጵያውያን ዝብሃሉ ዘለዉ ስደተኛታት ኩሎም ወይ ገሊኦም ኤርትራውያን ክኾኑ ይኽእሉ እዮም።እዞም ብሊብያ ኣቢሎም ዝሓልፉ ዘለዉ ኢትዮጵያውያን ይኹኑ […]
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The coffins containing bodies of immigrants who died were taken to Porto Empedocle in Sicily
ISIS claims slaughter of Christians in Libya again-BY CBS NEWS.
Displaced Sunni people, who fled the violence in the city of Ramadi, arrive at the outskirts of Baghdad, April 17, 2015. CAIRO – A video released by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Sunday appears to show the killing of two different groups of captured Ethiopian Christians by the extremist group’s Libyan […]
