NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s federal government says it lost control of some districts and towns to militia fighters in the country’s Amhara region during the latest conflict emerging in Africa’s second most populous nation. Residents reported heavy gunfire and
Israel is closely following the state of emergency in Ethiopia due to the intensifying conflicts in the Amhara region, Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer said.
The government allocated no funding at all to bring the thousands who have waited years to be reunited their families.
JERUSALEM — When Sigal Kanotopsky was a child, her family left their mountain-ringed Jewish village in northern Ethiopia to make a five-and-a-half-week trek to Sudan. They traveled only at night for safety, using the cover of forests to sleep during
Fatalities were among the thousands of prospective immigrannewts belonging to the group known as Falash Mura
In addition to more than $100 million in core funding they raise every year, Jewish Federations have launched a campaign of $9m. for the continuation of immigration from Ethiopia.
In total, 3,000 first-degree relatives of Ethiopian immigrants will be reunited with their families.
In February, the High Court issued an interim order freezing the aliyah of Ethiopian Jews.