Ethiopia's federal court ruled Thursday that 11 people should face terror charges after prosecutors said they formed a cell with an al-Qaida-linked group from neighboring Somalia.

The charges come amid signs of increasing militancy in the East African nation. Ethiopian troops moved into Somalia at the beginning of the year to fight the Somali militant group al-Shabab.

Ten suspected Al Qaeda members were on Tuesday been charged for plotting to carry out terror attacks in Ethiopia.

A Kenyan citizen was charged along with 9 Ethiopians after they were [LINK=http://theafricareport.com/index.php/2012020650180846/east-horn-africa/ethiopia-arrests-suspected-al-qaeda-militants-50180846.html]arrested last month in the southern parts of Ethiopia[/LINK] on allegations of "organising, providing training and educating recruits with assistance from a East Africa Al-Qaeda group".

The U.S. government has issued an arrest warrant for an American citizen who is seeking asylum in Sweden after he went public with allegations of illegal detention and torture while in the United Arab Emirates – which he believes was carried out at the behest of the FBI.

In newly filed documents, the U.S. government charges that Yonas Fikre, 33, an Ethiopia-born resident of Portland, Ore., was involved in money transfers set up to avoid U.S. reporting requirements. He is accused of conspiring with two other defendants — his brother Dawit Woldehawariat of San Diego and Abrehaile Haile of Seattle.

Israeli crime bosses have found a new source of cheap labor: desperate Ethiopian immigrants. One of them decided to aim higher - and be a boss himself, according to testimony gathered by Rehovot police.

On August 15, residents of Yavneh were shocked by a massive explosion that shook Haarava Street at three in the morning. Two men staggered out of a burning car. One was Ilan Amar, a high-ranking criminal in the Rehovot and Yavneh area, who suffered moderate injuries. The other seriously-injured man was Amar's brother-in-law.

She fled to Abu Dhabi where she was arrested after refusing to pay taxi An Ethiopian housemaid who stabbed her 50-year-old Emirati female employer in Fujairah and fled the house was arrested in Abu Dhabi with the help of a taxi driver, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The driver, Mufidul Islam Sadeq, reported the maid to the Abu Dhabi police after she refused to pay him transport fare apparently because she had no money. Sadeq locked the maid in his car near the police station before going in to report her. When police came to enquire about her refusal to pay, they noticed blood stains on her clothes, prompting them to take her into the station.

A $10,000 reward has been posted for information leading to the arrest of the man who attacked a Center City parking-lot attendant with a brick this week. The attendant, Asrat Mamo, was taken to the hospital Wednesday night in critical condition after he was found unconscious on the ground at the parking lot on 13th and Locust Streets. Police are still investigating the motive for the attack, which they do not believe was robbery. Mamo still had cash and a cellphone on him when he was found, they said. The booth Mamo was working in did not have a cash register. Investigators believe Mamo may have known at least one of the people involved in the attack.

Lebanon is being urged by human rights groups to investigate the death of an Ethiopian domestic worker who killed herself after she was videotaped being publicly abused in Beirut, spurring outrage over her mistreatment.

The eyewitness video above was aired by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. and quickly spread through social networks. The footage shows 33-year-old Alem Dechasa crying out and struggling to resist as a man forces her into a car. Dechasa killed herself last month, days after the video had spread.

The House of Peoples' Representatives referred two draft bills to the pertinent standing committee for further scrutiny.

At its 23rd regular meeting here on Tuesday the House unanimously referred the draft bills providing loan agreement between Ethiopia and the African Development Fund (ADF) for implementation and upgrading of the Hawassa - BuleHora and also the Bedelle - Mettu road projects to the Budgetary and Financial Affairs Standing Committee for further scrutiny.

When questioned by police, they revealed they were headed to South Africa for ‘greener pastures’.

Kajiado deputy OCPD David Mburugua said the men were nabbed by police and Kenya Wildlife Service officials on patrol at the Amboseli National Park.
"They wanted to use a different route through the park into Tanzania when they were arrested. They do not have documents to legalise their presence in Kenya," said Mburugua.

Ethiopia’s first ever criminal policy is being introduced to public prosecutors, now, about a year after the Council of Ministers approved it.

Ethiopia’s criminal justice system, having had no policy guidance for long, could see the resolution of existing substantive and procedural problems as a result of the introduction of the policy, according to the document.

Beirut’s general prosecutor has charged Ali Mahfouz with contributing to and causing the suicide of Alem Dechasa-Desisa, the Ethiopian domestic worker who committed suicide after a widely publicized beating outsider her consulate.

A judicial source told The Daily Star that Mahfouz was charged Thursday, adding that he is not currently in custody.

Ethiopia is lobbying Lebanon to investigate fully the death of an Ethiopian housemaid who killed herself after being beaten on the street in Beirut.

Video footage of Alem Dechasa being attacked outside the Ethiopian consulate in Beirut was broadcast on Lebanese television two weeks ago, causing outrage in the country about the mistreatment of the thousands of migrant workers in the country.

At Zico House, the class started as usual at noon and everyone got seated. We were a bit more crowded than usual. Rahel Zegeye took the microphone and addressed all the workers.

She spoke on how the workers have become less of human beings and more of assets to their own country, on how Alem got beaten up in front of her own embassy and no by-passers reacted, on how Ethiopians around the world are enraged about the incident, and called for the migrants in Lebanon to make their voices heard.

የሰው ሕይወት አጥፍቷል በሚል በአሥር ቀናት ውስጥ በሞት እንዲቀጣ ወይም የነፍስ ዋጋ 700 ሺሕ ብር እንዲከፍል የፍርድ ውሳኔ ተላልፎበት፣ አርቲስት ቴዎድሮስ ካሣሁን (ቴዲ አፍሮ) ሙሉ ክፍያውን (700 ሺሕ ብር) ከፍሎ ያተረፈው ኢትዮጵያዊው አስመሮም ኃይለ ሥላሴ ገብረ ኢየሱስ፣ የካቲት 14 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም ከእስር ተፈታ፡፡ የካቲት 15 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም አዲስ አበባ ገብቷል፡፡

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Ethiopia is in the process of constructing a national draft law to govern and oversee electronic commerce, e-Commerce.

“The globalization of the world market means that international trading is an important element for economic development,” said Beker Seid, communications and public relations head with the ministry.