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Tag Archives: Riyadh
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
Saudi Arabia to Give Public Beheadings the Axe?
A lack of qualified swordsmen may relegate the barbaric Saudi practice of public beheadings to the historical ash heap, although such a change is unlikely to slow down the swelling numbers of people being put to death in the Saudi … read more
Ethiopia-phobia in full swing in Saudi Arabia
(By Getahune Bekele, South Africa) After vicious media campaign for more than 2 months in the intolerant Islamic kingdom of Saudi Arabia against Ethiopian immigrants, massive crackdown is currently underway targeting Ethiopians only with Saudi citizens asked to call 992 … read more
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Addis Ababa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Khalid Bin Sultan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
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Saudi arrested 41 illegal Ethiopians
An illegal Ethiopian being arrested in Riyadh, Sunday. — SG photo Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Within hours of launching its campaign against illegal aliens here Sunday, the capital’s Passports Department officials were able to apprehend 41 Ethiopian infiltrators. Citizens and … 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
Alive: the doleful black billionaire Survives health scare
By Getahune Bekele Described by political commentators as a fool who risked everything on one endeavor, due to the hearty relationship he has had with the late Ethiopian despot Meles Zenawi, the world’s wealthiest black man Sheik Mohamed-Al-Amoudi (pictured) is … read more
Riyadh in the risk zone
Igor IGNATCHENKO The Saudi Arabian authorities said they would like to help Syria ‘become democratic’ but the real motive behind such statement was simpler: to attack Iran`s key ally – Syria, weaken the Shia influence in the Middle East and … read more
Posted in Asia, Global Issues
Tagged Arab Spring, Arabia, Bahrain, IndepthAfrica, Middle East, Osama bin Laden, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, United States
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Sweden Ministry for Foreign Affairs / New ambassador to Libya
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, February 20, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, the Government appointed Jan Thesslef as Stockholm-based Ambassador for Libya. Sweden does not have an embassy in Tripoli. Since May 2011, Mr Thesslef has been Ambassador for Tunisia based in … read more
Posted in Libya, North Africa, Press Releases
Tagged Cairo, Damascus, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Stockholm, Sweden, Tunisia
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Saudi Arabia: Christians Arrested at Private Prayer
Beirut – Thirty-five Ethiopian Christians are awaiting deportation from Saudi Arabia for “illicit mingling,” after police arrested them when they raided a private prayer gathering in Jeddah in mid-December, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Of those arrested, 29 were … read more
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
Tagged al-Nuzha, Ethiopia, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jeddah, Middle East, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saudi government
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Saudi Prince Khalid bin Abdullah dies
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the eldest child of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, has died, state media reported Saturday. He was 54. Prince Khalid died Friday and funeral rites were performed in the … read more
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
Tagged Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Ahli, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, House of Saud, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jeddah, King Abdullah, Middle East, North Africa, Pan African News, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Suspect travels from Ethiopia with intention to kill
RIYADH: An Ethiopian has been arrested for stabbing to death a fellow national after traveling all the way from his home country explicitly to murder him in an act of revenge, police have said. The alleged killer, according to police, … read more
Posted in Crime & Corruption, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, African Union, breaking news, East Africa, Embassies and Consulates, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Murder, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Riyadh, World news
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