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Tag Archives: Maid
Ethiopian Maid jailed for dumping newborn baby
A maid who abandoned her newborn in a deserted house in the UAE has been jailed for a year. Dibba Criminal Court handed down the sentence to the Ethiopian woman after finding her guilty of an illegal affair and endangering … read more
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
Tagged Children, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Infant, Kuwait City, Maid, Shopping, UAE, United Arab Emirates
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Ethiopian housemaid commits suicide in bathroom
An Ethiopian housemaid went into the bathroom at her employer’s house in Saudi Arabia, left the shower running, tied a rope to her neck and hanged herself, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Wednesday. The Saudi family, suspecting … read more
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, House of Saud, Indepth Africa Magazine, Maid, Middle East, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday
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Ethiopian Maid hospitalised after burns
A 23-year-old Ethiopian housemaid was admitted to Al Qasimi Hospital on Sunday afternoon after receiving first and second degree burns. The woman was rushed to the hospital by a female friend when her health state had deteriorated. The duty doctor … read more
Ethiopia: Two housemaids get three months in prison for theft
Two Ethiopian housemaids have been sentenced to three months in jail each for stealing more than Dh254,000 in cash and 164 gold jewellery items from their employer. The Court of First Instance also ordered that the defendants be deported after … read more
Kuwait- Ethiopian maid delivers baby in sponsor’s kitchen
(MENAFN – Arab Times) An Ethiopian housemaid delivered a baby in the kitchen of her sponsor’s house in Qurtoba. The Kuwaiti sponsor of the housemaid called the Operations Room and reported the incident when she found the new born inside … read more
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Tagged Arab Times, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, Ethiopian Maid, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Facebook, IndepthAfrica, Kuwait, Kuwaiti, latest ethiopian news, Maid, news ethiopia, Operations room, Qurtoba
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Ethiopian maid charged with self abortion in Kuwait city
Kuwait city: In a very strange incident, an Ethiopian housemaid who had escaped from the home of her sponsor three days ago, has returned but she had a story to tell – that she had aborted her fetus and dumped … read more
Ethiopian Maid found walking without clothes in Saudi
Ethiopian arrested after calls from residents Saudi police arrested an Ethiopian housemaid for walking naked in a public place and said they believe she is mentally ill. Internet users in the Gulf Kingdom, the largest base for Asian and African … read more
Ethiopian Maid hangs herself to death in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, An Ethiopian housemaid committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope from the ceiling of her room inside the house of her sponsor in Taima. Reportedly, when the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior received information about an … read more
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Ethiopian housemaid arrested at Kuwait for ‘Qat’, a narcotic substance
Arab Times- An Ethiopian housemaid was arrested at Kuwait International Airport for the possession of ‘Qat’, a narcotic substance. Customs officers at the airport got suspicious when the housemaid appeared nervous when she approached the luggage check counter. This prompted … read more
Ethiopian maids in jail over phone theft
Two maids who stole their employer’s mobile phone and made over Dh2,000 worth of calls from it, while she was ill in hospital, have been referred by the Dubai Public Prosecution to the criminal court on the charges of theft … read more
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Tagged Business and Economy, Domestic worker, Dubai, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian latest news, Ethiopian Maid, ethiopian maid suicide, Ethiopian maids in jail, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Facebook, latest ethiopian news, Maid, Mobile phone, news ethiopia indepthafrica, news ethiopian, Politics of Ethiopia
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Shortage of Ethiopian maids in UAE created black market for maids
Dubai: A shortage of housemaids and nannies due to a ban on certain nationalities has encouraged recruitment agencies to increase their fees — which in turn has led to the development of a black market in maids in the UAE, … read more
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Tagged Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian Maid, ethiopian news, Gulf News, IndepthAfrica, Maid, Philippine, UAE, United Arab Emirates
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Two arrested for raping Ethiopian maid in Fujairah
Two young suspects were arrested for raping an Ethiopian maid in Fujairah during the past week. The arrested duo had recently been released after serving a jail term for stealing contents of 30 cars in Fujairah. The details in the … read more
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged arrest, Delhi, Ethiopia, ethiopia maids, Ethiopia news, ethiopian maids, ethiopian news, Facebook, Fujairah, Maid, Police, Rape
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Ethiopian Maid kills employer, seriously hurts son
An Ethiopian housemaid murdered her Saudi employer by stabbing him in the neck and other parts of his body before attacking his little son and inflicting serious injuries on him, a newspaper in the Gulf kingdom reported on Wednesday. The … read more
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Apartment, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Jeddah, Maid, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Stabbing, Travel and Tourism, Tuesday
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Ethiopian Maid commits suicide in Saudi Arabia
An Ethiopian housemaid committed a suicide by hanging herself at her employer’s house in Saudi Arabia after claiming she had kept seeing ghosts. Her employing family found the maid hanged by a rope at her room adjoining their house in … read more
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Arabic language, Employment, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Maid, ethiopian maid suicide, ethiopian news, Hanging, IndepthAfrica, Maid, Police, Saudi Arabia, Shuqrah
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Ethiopian Maids bloody fight leaves one dead, other injured
By Eman Al Baik, mirates247 Injured maid removes steel bar from the neck herself at the Rashid Hospital Two Ethiopian maids fought each other at the sponsor’s house, one was killed while the other was found alive in a pool … read more
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Tagged Bathroom, Blood, DNA, Dubai, Ethiopia, ethiopian maids, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Maid, Neck, Testimony
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33 Ethiopian runaway maids caught from house
The Sharjah Police recently arrested 36 maids who had allegedly absconded from their sponsors from a traditional Arab house. They include 33 Ethiopians, one Indian, one Sri Lankan and one Indonesian. It was found out that they had been using … read more
Ethiopian maid mistakenly ends up in murder trial
DUBAI: A maid wrongly stood trial for murder at the Dubai Criminal Court on Monday. The Ethiopian maid, ET, 27, accused of theft mistakenly responded when the name of a female Ugandan visitor, EK, 28 — accused of murdering her … read more
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Dubai, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Maid, Meles Zenawi, Refugee, Uganda
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Ethiopian Maid accused of killing her newborn
An Ethiopian maid, who allegedly asphyxiated her newborn by locking her in a bag, was charged with murder in the Court of First Instance on Monday. According to court records, she had become pregnant following an illicit relation with a … read more
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Tagged Al Qusais, Children, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Infant, Maid, Monday, Pakistan, Shopping
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Ethiopians into modern day slavery as Saudis eyeing them as maids
Recruits from Ethiopia are being considered to fill the gap that will be left by Filipino and Indonesian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. According to Yahya Hassan Al-Maqbool, head of the recruitment committee at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and … read more
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Chamber of commerce, Domestic worker, East Africa, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Indonesia, Maid, Manila, North Africa, Pan African News, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Madagascar flies abused maids home
Antananarivo – Madagascar’s government on Thursday flew home 86 female domestic workers from Lebanon who had been subjected to abuse amid concerns over the deaths of 17 Madagascan maids in the past year. Population Minister Nadine Ramaroson said at Antananarivo … read more
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