Three of the four missing members of the
Ethiopian junior championships track team have been found safe in a Portland
suburb, the University of Oregon Police Department said Monday Beaverton police
found Amanuel Abebe, 17, Dureti Edao, 18, and Meaza Kebede, 18, with cquaintances
in that city west of Portland, UO police spokesman Kelly McIver said. As of
early Monday evening, police were still looking for Zeyituna Mohammed, 18,
McIver said. Beaverton police spokesman Mike Rowe on Monday night confirmed via
email that the athletes were located in Beaverton and are safe, but he would
not say where they were found. Rowe did not indicate whether the athletes are
seeking political asylum. Earlier Monday, the university had received
secondhand information that indicated the athletes were likely safe in the
Portland area, UO spokeswoman Julie Brown said. Brown said it's possible that
the athletes were in the Portland area ever since they were first reported
missing Saturday morning after participating in the World Junior Championships
at Hayward Field. Although foul play was not suspected, UO police had led a
missing persons investigation with help from Eugene police, Portland police and
the FBI, Brown said. The missing person case is still open for Mohammed, McIver
said. Like Beaverton police spokesman Rowe, the university did not indicate
whether the athletes are seeking asylum from their native country, which has
seen significant political turmoil and human rights abuses in recent years. McIver
said the university, including its police department, doesn't expect to provide
any additional information about the three athletes' situation. The
university's "only interest in (those) athletes was in verifying their
safety related to the missing persons case," McIver said in an email.
"They are legally in the U.S., and have left campus. We have no further
need to follow up with them." Most people who come into the country for
non-work reasons are issued tourist visas that typically allow them to stay in
the country for six months, said Raquel Hecht, a longtime immigration law
attorney in Eugene who has represented clients from multiple African countries,
including Ethiopia The six-day International Association of Athletics
Federations track meet, which drew athletes from at least 167 countries,
concluded Sunday. It was the first time the international meet was held in the
United States. Brown said Sunday she was unaware of any previous incidents in
which international athletes competing at the UO have sought asylum. Edao and
Mohammed ran in the 800-meter race last Tuesday and Wednesday. Mohammed
qualified to compete in a final on Thursday and came in sixth place. Kebede ran
the 400-meter hurdle race on Thursday and failed to advance. Abebe competed in
the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints on Tuesday and Thursday, and failed to
advance in both events. Source ( Blue Mountain)
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Ethiopia Detains 45 Nigerians for Alleged Drug Trafficking - Official
8:17 PM
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No fewer than 45 Nigerian nationals are being
detained by the Ethiopian authorities for alleged drugs trafficking and related
offences, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A top official of the
Embassy of Nigeria in Addis Ababa, who preferred not be mentioned, told NAN
that the suspected traffickers, including seven ladies, were arrested at the
Addis Ababa International Airport within a period of five months. The suspects
are being detained in various detention facilities within the city while
awaiting trial in accordance with international laws on trafficking of drugs
and other related offenses. The embassy official said the suspected traffickers
were on transit through the Addis Ababa Airport from countries in South America
being points of origin. The official said most of the suspects were heading to
Nigeria and some countries in West Africa being their destination points. NAN
learnt that various kilogrammes of substances suspected to be cocaine, heroin
and other similar drugs were found on the suspects and their luggage by
scanners and electronic detectors at the airport. The embassy had confirmed
that one of the suspects had died of drugs complications in his organs few days
after he was arrested. The officials, who visited the suspects in the various
facilities within the city, confirmed that they would soon be arraigned in
courts according to international law on drugs trafficking. Meanwhile, no fewer
than 18 Nigerians, including four ladies, are serving various jail terms of
between five and 14 years by the Ethiopian authorities for similar offence. Source ( Allafrica.com)
Ethiopian jailed in China's first khat smuggling case
5:58 AM
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An Ethiopian was sentenced to seven months in jail for trafficking khat to China, marking the first such case in the country, which classed the plant as an illegal drug this year. The verdict was handed down earlier this month by the Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang province. The defendant, Ibrahim Abdulsemed Abdosh, was also fined 30,000 yuan (about $4,878), the judge in the case, Liu Yun, told Xinhua Tuesday. Chinese customs officers at the Hangzhou International Airport found0.63 kilograms of khat carried by the man, who had flown there from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, on January 13, Liu said. She said the man was aware of China's ban on khat, a leafy plant chewed as a stimulant, but attempted to escape the immigration inspection. The plant is widely consumed in Africa but uncommon in China, she said. The World Health Organization has listed khat as a drug of abuse that can create psychological dependence. Source ( Ecns.cn )
Monday, July 21, 2014
Sudan's wheelbarrow users struggle with high fees
5:46 AM
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Interesting news...
In Sudan's capital, Khartoum, about
20,000 people use wheelbarrows to transport goods. But they're not allowed to
own their own; wheelbarrows are controlled by local government contractors who
charge high rental fees. Workers say it's seriously damaging their earnings.
Hadya Alalawi reports. Source ( BBC)
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28138322
Saturday, July 19, 2014
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