Archive for the ‘Diaspora’ Category

SEATTLE -- Just one day before Dawit Alemu was set to graduate from Seattle Central Community College, he was beaten unconscious by a group of men outside his home. Prosecutors say Alemu, 25, sustained brain damage and may never ... Full story

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Salvadoran navy says it has found 76 migrants from as far away as Bangladesh, Nepal and Eritrea aboard a boat in the Pacific. Navy Capt. Maximiliano Corado says the boat was detected about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the coast, and "without doubt the final destination was to arrive in the United States." The migrants include 25 Bangladeshis, 25 Nepalese, 21 ... Full story

Gebisa Ejeta, Distinguished Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University, was awarded the World Food Prize for research leading to the increased production and availability of sorghum in his native Africa. Ejeta, a plant breeder and geneticist, developed sorghum varieties resistant to drought and Striga, a parasitic weed. Sorghum is a major food crop for more ... Full story

(May 27, A360) - From caring for her family to preparing a sublime array of traditional Ethiopian dishes at her Taste of Ethiopia restaurant in Pflugerville, Woinee Mariam throws her heart and soul into everything she does. That passion compelled her to sit for four hours on the hard floor of her daughter's new school in Washington, ... Full story

MYFOXDC-Two Maryland teens accused of plotting to use explosive devices to kill their high school principal and set the school's auditorium on fire were in court on Thursday. Springbrook High School students Yonata Getachew, 18, and Anthony Torrance, 17, were ordered held without bond by a judge. In front of a packed courtroom filled with family and friends, the prosecutor told the judge the Getachew hated ... Full story

WASHINGTON POST-Jailed repeatedly for his political views, Ethiopian immigrant Sharew paid smugglers around $10,000 to move him through a dozen countries and leave him a year later in the grubby southern Mexican city of Tapachula. Once on Mexico's southern border, which has grown into a major stepping-stone for hundreds of migrants fleeing conflicts in the ... Full story

Security forces seized on Friday 101 illegal Ethiopian migrants on Abyan province's shores. Meanwhile, 14 others were captured in Taiz's Dhubab district in Raas al-Arah to bring the number of arrested Ethiopians to 115 within 24 hours. Interior Ministry leadership voiced its concern over the ongoing rush of displaced Ethiopians into Yemen, which is currently overburdened with ... Full story

In his quest to have students experience firsthand how people around the world worship, Varun Soni, the dean of religious life at USC, did not start up some expensive study-abroad program. He just ventured a few blocks from campus. Within a square mile, he and his staff discovered 67 places of worship. And that was without crossing ... Full story

A decommissioned ambulance dedicated to former Ottawa mayor Marion Dewar will soon be in service in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. At a handover ceremony outside City Hall yesterday, Councillor Diane Deans gave the keys to the ambulance to Samuel Getachew of Friends of Ethiopia, which organized the project and raised the money to ship the ambulance to Ethiopia. ... Full story

Eighty-two Israelis from Ethiopia filed an appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday asking to be recognized as “Prisoners of Zion.” The plaintiffs say that current Israeli policy discriminates against those from Ethiopia. The state recognizes as a Prisoner of Zion any person who is eligible to make aliya (immigrate) to Israel who is imprisoned or exiled ... Full story