Sunday, January 25, 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
UK diplomats clash over Briton on death row in Ethiopia: Officials' fury after Foreign Secretary claims he couldn't 'find time' to help father-of-three facing execution
UK diplomats clash over Briton on death row in Ethiopia: Officials' fury after Foreign Secretary claims he couldn't 'find time' to help father-of-three facing execution
Andargachew Tsege was snatched by officials at Yemen airport last June
The 59-year-old was transferred to Ethiopia where he is thought to remain
Father-of-three moved to London in 1979 from native African country
He was dubbed 'Ethiopian Mandela' after exposing government corruption
Leaked emails revealed British officials' frustration at political inaction
Philip Hammond said he could not 'find time' for phone call on issue
n explosive row has erupted between diplomats and Ministers over their reluctance to help a British man on death row in Ethiopia.
Andargachew Tsege was snatched by officials at Yemen airport last June
The 59-year-old was transferred to Ethiopia where he is thought to remain
Father-of-three moved to London in 1979 from native African country
He was dubbed 'Ethiopian Mandela' after exposing government corruption
Leaked emails revealed British officials' frustration at political inaction
Philip Hammond said he could not 'find time' for phone call on issue
n explosive row has erupted between diplomats and Ministers over their reluctance to help a British man on death row in Ethiopia.
A
series of extraordinary emails, obtained by The Mail on Sunday, reveal
officials’ increasing frustration at political inaction over Andargachew
Tsege.
Tsege,
59, a father-of-three from London, was snatched at an airport in Yemen
last June and illegally rendered to Ethiopia. There are concerns he may
have been tortured.
Family torn apart: Kidnapped Briton Andargachew Tsege with wife Yemi and their children, before his abduction
Yet
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he could not ‘find time’ for a
phone call to raise the issue and did not want to send a ‘negative’
letter.
In one email, an exasperated official asks: ‘Don’t we need to do more than give them a stern talking to?’
Tsege,
who has lived in the UK since 1979, has been called Ethiopia’s Nelson
Mandela. Tsege fell out with his university friend ex-Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi, after he exposed government corruption and helped
establish a pro-democracy party.
My Ethiopia! Picture of the day!
It is not how big is the crowd or how wide is the church , but it matters how big is your believe how wide you open your heart to #God
An Ethiopian flag which was stolen by the British returned to Ethiopian orthodox church Liverpool
An Ethiopan Flag which was stolen by the British returned to Ethiopian orthodox church Liverpool
የኢትዮጵያ ባንዲራ ለኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስቲያን በሊቨርፑል ከተማ በደማቅ ሥርዓት ተበረከተ!!!
Friday, January 23, 2015
South Africa's Soweto tense after 'xenophobic' attacks
Police have arrested at least 121 people in connection with violence and looting of foreign-owned stores in Soweto township in Johannesburg that resulted in the death of at least two teenagers , prompting fears of renewed xenophobia in the country.Police in South Africa said on Friday that r esidents of the township attacked foreign nationals after a teenager was allegedly shot dead by a Somali shop owner earler in the week. The 14-year-old was allegedly part of a group that had tried to rob the shop.
On Wednesday, as the riots and looting spread to other parts of Soweto, another teenager was killed amid the violence.
"It is alleged that the members of the community staged a revenge and started looting foreign national shops in the area. The owners of shops fired several shots towards the community to defend themselves," the South African police said in a statement .
(ኢትዮጵያዊው????)ሰለሞን ዘሚካኤል የፈረንጅ ጭምብል(mask) ለበሶ ባንከ ቤት ሲዘረፍ ተያዘ (ካናዳ) Confessed armed robber Solomon Teklie fools witnesses with race-changing mask
(ኢትዮጵያዊው???? NOTE: SOME PEOPLE ARE CLAIMING THEY ARE ETHIOPIANS WHEN EVER THEY DO SOME BAD STAFF )ሰለሞን ዘሚካኤል የፈረንጅ ጭምብል(mask) ለበሶ ባንከ ቤት ሲዘረፍ ተያዘ (ካናዳ) Confessed armed robber Solomon Teklie fools witnesses with race-changing mask
ALL of the witnesses — including his victims — described the suspect as “white” but this confessed armed robber was actually wearing an incredibly convincing race-changing mask.
He has pleaded guilty to three counts of robbery.
“I don’t know where this mask was made, I don’t know where it came from, but it’s uncanny how much it looks like a real person,” Edmonton crown prosecutor Carrie-Ann Downey said.
“It was so realistic that each witness on this file thought that Mr. Teklie was white. He is not white.”
In her victim impact statement, Ms Ombago said she had believed the gun was real and the event had left her sleepless and so fearful she had to leave town.
Minutes after the carjacking, Teklie walked into the Bank of Montreal and flashed his weapon to a teller, who handed over $1,000 (AUD$1010).
He then drove to a CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) branch, telling an employee:
“You have 30 seconds to give me the money.” He received $100 in $10 bills before fleeing in the stolen car.
Bank staff described Teklie as a white man to police, although two employees noticed he had “damaged” or “strange” skin.
Minutes later, officers spotted the vehicle Ms Ombago had reported stolen, pulling him over taking him into custody.
“This was a planned spree,” Ms Downey said. “Mr. Teklie had a plan. It might not have been a good plan, but it was a plan.”
Bank staff described Teklie as a white man to police, although two employees noticed he had “damaged” or “strange” skin.
Minutes later, officers spotted the vehicle Ms Ombago had reported stolen, pulling him over taking him into custody.
“This was a planned spree,” Ms Downey said. “Mr. Teklie had a plan. It might not have been a good plan, but it was a plan.”
Ethiopian shop owner shot and killed in South Africa, Khayelitsha
CAPE TOWN – An Ethiopian shopkeeper has been shot dead in Khayelitsha.
The 30-year-old was gunned down during a robbery in iLitha Park this morning.
The police's Frederick van Wyk said the circumstances surrounding the shooting are under investigation.
It’s not yet clear whether the murder is linked to this week's looting and violence in Gauteng.
Three people have been killed in the violent unrest that initially started in Soweto but then fanned out to other areas in Gauteng.
The unrest began on Monday night after a 14-year-old boy accused of trying to rob a shop in Doornkop was shot, allegedly by a foreign business owner.
In Dubai Marathon 2015 Ethiopians took evrery thing, means everything 1-10
In Dubai Marathon 2015 Ethiopians took every thing, means everything 1-10
እስራኤል ውስጥ የአንድ አመት （1.6) ተኩል የሆነችውን ህጻን （ኤርትራዊ） ጥቁር ስለማይወድ በጩቤ የወጋው ዘረኛ ተፈረደበተ
stab an Eritrean baby
earlier this month, according to an indictment issued on Thursday.
The indictment, filed by the Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office against Mordechai Michael Tzerki, 59, describes how the accused admitted his motivation to police.
“At some point, it’s unclear when, the indicted made the decision to stab a darkskinned baby,” police said.
The indictment reads that Tzerki, who faces an attempted murder charge, told police who arrested him that he stabbed the baby “because I hate them, they’re black and they make a real mess.”
He also told them “I attacked black terrorists, she’s a black baby,” and that he was trying to stop “black terror,” according to the indictment.
When he was asked what he was trying to accomplish, the indictment says he told police he “wanted to kill her, I didn’t try to kill her, I was certain that I did it. The daughter of a whore died? The baby is dead? I’m sure she’ll die.”
He added that he committed the crime as “a sword of vengeance for the whites against the terror against white people.”
The 1.5-year-old Eritrean was badly wounded in the attack, with the scissors piercing deep into her skull and causing internal bleeding.
When Tzerki saw the mother walking with her brother and the baby, he came up from behind them unnoticed and stabbed the baby in the head with the scissors, with intent to murder her, alleged the indictment.
A gag order remains on the identity of the baby and any information that could lead to identifying her.
The attempted murder was reported less than two days before
tens of thousands of African migrants marched in Tel Aviv
and rallied at Rabin square demanding the government change its policies toward asylum-seekers.
Though the rally was planned well ahead of the incident, at the protests pictures of the baby were held aloft and the incident was mentioned by a number of speakers.
Members of the African migrant community have also circulated photos of the infant in her hospital bed on social media since the attack, which has become something of a cause in the community and is widely believed to have partially helped increase the size of the protests that followed.
At the time police said that the defendant was drunk and mentally deranged, and did not say that they believed it was racially-motivated. At Tzerki’s remand hearing on January 5, he appeared visibly agitated and was given 10 days remand, in order to allow the state to examine his mental state.
He was also ejected from the courtroom after shoving his attorney, who said his client was not drunk at the time of the event.
A Tel Aviv police spokesman said at the time of the incident that Tzerki was “completely insane and so drunk he could barely stand.”
The stabbing of the baby took place on Yesod Hama’ala Street in south Tel Aviv, in an area that is today home to mainly African migrants and foreign workers.
South Tel Aviv has been, for the past few years, the
site of tension
between African migrants and Israelis native to the neighborhoods, with the tension often spilling over into violence – typically following reports of serious crimes committed by migrants.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Saudi King Abdullah dead – state TV
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud (Reuters/Brendan Smialowski)
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud (Reuters/Brendan Smialowski)
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died in hospital while undergoing treatment for pneumonia. An official statement has named Saudi Crown Prince Salman the new king.
"His Highness Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and all members of the family and the nation mourn the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, who passed away at exactly 1 a.m. this morning," said the statement on Saudi Arabian state TV channel attributed to Salman.
Salman has immediately appointed his half-brother Muqrin as his crown prince and heir.
Prior to the confirmation, conflicting reports suggested that the Saudis had initially dismissed the news of the king's death on social media. However, Saudi television cut to Koranic verses early on Friday – a practice known to signify the death of a senior royal, Reuters reported.
King Abdullah had been in hospital for several weeks as he had been suffering from pneumonia and temporarily needed to breathe through a tube on account of his illness.
Abdullah was officially appointed king in 2006, but prior to that he had run the country for at least 10 years as de facto regent, after his predecessor, King Fahd, suffered a debilitating stroke.
The royal’s age is not officially known, However, it is believed that he was born in 1923, according to Reuters.
The new head of state of the number one oil exporter in the world is thought to be 79 years old. King Salman was appointed Crown Prince in 2012 and in the same year started serving as a defense minister. Before assuming these responsibilities, he had been governor of Riyadh province for five decades.
Abdullah was a staunch US ally, who supported Western fight against Al-Qaeda and tried to always keep rival Shiite Iran in check. Under his rule, Saudi Arabia strongly backed Syrian rebels trying to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The King was the first international head of state to congratulate the interim government of Egypt after the July 2013 military coup deposed Mohamed Morsi.
King Abdullah implemented some modest women reforms in the area of female rights and economic deregulation, but largely stayed away from any changes to the kingdom's political system.
King Salman is said to be part of the royal circle that will continue to pursue similar policies.
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