Released from prison in neighbouring Sudan, South Sudanese exiles feel lost when they return home

Released from prison in neighbouring Sudan, South Sudanese exiles feel lost when they return home

As a young man in the mid-1980s, Daud Mahmoud Abdullah left his home in Aweil in South Sudan and headed north. It was a time of war. South Sudan was still part of Sudan and was fighting for independence, in a conflict that would claim about two million lives. He...

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Jobless Ethiopian youth risk kidnappings, death in Middle East leaving behind distraught families

Jobless Ethiopian youth risk kidnappings, death in Middle East leaving behind distraught families

More than 1.1 million Ethiopians were classified as migrants who left their home country and were living abroad in 2024, up from about 200,000 recorded in 2010, according to United Nations figures.

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From frying pan into fire: Why Ethiopians would rather die in Middle East wars than grinding poverty at home

From frying pan into fire: Why Ethiopians would rather die in Middle East wars than grinding poverty at home

Mesel Kindeya made the crossing in 2016 via the same sea route as the boat that capsized on Sunday, travelling without papers on harrowing journeys arranged by smugglers from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia.

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