Ethiopia: From the Ethiopian Fire Into the Saudi Arabian Frying Pan

5 December 2013
opinion

Over the past decade, hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians have voted with their feet to escape one of the most ruthless and brutal dictatorships in Africa. But Saudi Arabia where many of them have ended up is no better than their own motherland

According to Ethiopia's "Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs", approximately 200,000 women sought employment abroad in 2012, the vast majority of them in the Middle East. Many of these workers believed they were jumping out of the fire of dictatorship in Ethiopia, but found themselves smack in the middle of the Saudi Arabian frying pan.

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