Efrem Fitwi, left; Hermon Angosom, center; and Filimon Burust at a detention center in Zawiyah, Libya, last month. CreditTyler Hicks/The New York Times ZAWIYAH, Libya — The no-money-down offer was too tempting for the children to resist. Smugglers had offered the boys and girls transportation out of the refugee camps along the Eritrean border, across […]

A Libyan Navy boat carries migrants back to the coastal city of Misrata May 3, 2015 (Photo: Reuters) European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship meets Egypt’s president on Tuesday as talks continue among European and African leaders over illegal migration to Europe.Dimitris Avramopoulos has arrived in Egypt to meet Abd El-Fattah El-Sisi a […]

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit South Sudan on Wednesday, followed by a visit to Eritrea, according to a foreign ministry statement. The minister will discuss with his counterparts questions of terrorism, the situation in South Sudan, and the Horn of Africa region in terms of development and stability issues. Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki […]

ፖሊስ ሱዳን፣ ኣብ ዘይሕጋዊ ምስግጋር ስደተኛታት ክነጥፉ ጸኒሖም ንዝበሎም ክልተ መኮንናት ሰራዊት እታ ሃገር ኣብ ቀይዲ ከምዘእተወ ማዕከናት ዜና ሱዳን ይጠቕሳ ኣለዋ። እቶም ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ዘዳውብ ዞባ ገዳርፍ፣ ከባቢ ጀበል ኡም ዶራር ዝተታሕዙ ክልተ መኮንናት ሰራዊት ሱዳን ሎሪ ብዝዓይነታ ናይ ጽዕነት መኪና 65 ኢትዮጵያውያን ዶብ ኣብ ዘስግርሉ ዝነበሩ እዋን ከምዝተታሕዙ’ዩ ተገሊጹ። እቶም ክልተ ኣባልት […]

    ኤርትራ ንጸጥታ ጅቡቲ ንምዝራግ ትሰርሕ ኣላ ክብል ሚኒስተር ውሽጣዊ ጉዳያት እታ ሃገር ሓሰን ዑመር መሓመድ ወቒሱ። እቲ ሚኒስትር ኣብ ዝሃቦ መግለጺ፣ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዕሱባት ብምውፋር፣ ኣብ ውሽጢ ጅቡቲ ንዝርከቡ ዜጋታት እታ ሃገር ናይ ምርዓድ ተግባራት የካይድ ከምዘሎ ብምጥቃስ፣ እቶም ዕሱባት ምስ ኤርትራ ኣብ ዘዳውብ ሰሜናዊ ክፋል እታ ሃገር ንሓያሎ ጅቡታውያን ከምዝጨወዩ’ውን ኣመልኪቱ። ጅቡቲ […]

 Some survivors said there were as many as 137 people aboard an inflatable boat Dozens of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean after a boat carrying an estimated 137 people sank south of Sicily, Save the Children says. The aid group says survivors reported up to 40 people fell into the sea as a rescue […]

File photo shows Saudi officials carrying out an execution in public. Five foreigners, convicted of murder and robbery, have been executed in Saudi Arabia as the rate of capital punishment surges in the kingdom. Saudi Interior Ministry announced in a statement on Monday that the five foreign nationals, convicted of killing an Indian guard and stealing money […]

This is highly disturbing. A high-ranking female with ISIS is a journalism student who lives in Seattle. No, not Seattle, Iraq. Not Seattle, Syria, either. Seattle, Washington!   On April 28, a high-ranking female ISIS officer with more than 8,000 followers on Twitter and primarily tasked with recruiting women to join the terror group was identified by […]

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