Petitioning United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres and 2 others EU keep your promise: prevent another Lampedusa

Just after the Lampedusa tragedy, the European officials promised that desperate people would no longer die at sea in their quest for a more secure life. The result was an admirable search and rescue operation by the Italian navy called Mare Nostrum (“Our Sea” – the Latin term for the Mediterranean), which – according to […]

ISIL claims massacre of Ethiopian Christians in Libya Video released online shows one group of captives being shot and another group being beheaded on a beach. 19 Apr 2015 15:28 GMT | ISIL, Middle East, Libya, Ethiopia

Video released online shows a group of about 12 men being beheaded, and another group of 16 men shot to death [AP] A new video from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) purportedly shows the group killing captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya. The 29-minute video released online on Sunday shows two groups […]

Ethiopia condemns Libya killings, not sure if its citizens Source: Reuters – Sun, 19 Apr 2015 15:00 GMT

ADDIS ABABA, April 19 (Reuters) – Ethiopia said on Sunday it had not been able to verify that about 30 people shown in a video being shot and beheaded by Islamic State in Libya were Ethiopian Christians, but said it condemned the “atrocious act.” “We have seen the video but our embassy in Cairo has […]

ISIL video purports to show killing of Ethiopian Christians Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY8:44 a.m. EDT April 19, 2015

(Photo: AP) A video purporting to show the killing of Ethiopian Christians by Islamic State-affiliated militants in Libya has been released online. The 29-minute video appears to show militants holding two groups of captives, one by an affiliate in eastern Libya known as Barka Province and the other by the Fazzan Province, an affiliate in […]

SA xenophobia: Africa reacts Posted On : April 18th, 2015 | Updated On : April 18th, 2015

  The upsurge in xenophobic violence in South Africa that started in the port city of Durban a few weeks ago has angered African countries, many of whose citizens have been targeted. Foreign-owned shops have also been attacked and looted in Johannesburg, which experienced the worst of similar violence in 2008. African nations feel particularly […]