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Ethiopians in Yemen describe kidnapping and torture

April 12, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Photo: J.Björgvinsson/UNHCR Exhausted survivors of the Gulf of Aden crossing wait for help on a beach in Yemen SANA’A, 11 April 2013 (IRIN) – Record numbers of migrants from the Horn of Africa are crossing into Yemen, most of them … read more »

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Somalia: Being Black Is No Joy for Somalians and Ethiopians in Yemen

March 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Many Africans from war-torn Somalia and Ethiopia seek their luck across the sea in Yemen. Luck they hardly find. Racism they do. The black man on the bus, they pat him on the head and push him in the back. … read more »

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Record number of African refugees and migrants cross the Gulf of Aden in 2012

January 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 15 January 2013, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. A record 107,500 … read more »

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Libya Makes Arrests in Ambassador Killing

September 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

ibyan authorities say they have made arrests in association with the killing of U.S. ambassador to Libya during a siege on an American consulate, as waves of anti-American protests against a film mocking Islam continued sweeping the Middle East and … read more »

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Former Yemeni President to leave for Ethiopia

May 7, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

For the past few weeks, rumors spread widely through Yemen with many foreign and local newspapers announcing the imminent departure for Ethiopia of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Amidst renewed political tensions in between the new coalition government headed by … read more »

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Yemen’s Saleh to seek exile in Ethiopia

February 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Sana’a – Aides to Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Monday that the ousted Yemeni president plans to go into exile in Ethiopia, as pressures mounted on him to depart the country for fear of sparking new cycles of violence. The … read more »

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