ISIS claims responsibility for the bombings

EZ: At least 43 people died and 119 injured after two explosions at two Coptic churches in two cities of Egypt on Palm Sunday (April 9, 2017), one of the most important days on the Christian calendar. ISIS claimed responsibility for bombings.

By Ethiopia Zare Reporter, Stockholm

Stockholm (EZ): A truck has smashed into a crowded store on street called Drottninggatan in central Stockholm the capital of Sweden, at least three killed and eight injured.

Tampere University of Technology in Finland was about to appoint Ethiopia's controversial Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn an honorary doctorate in May at the university. The press release on the appointment has been removed from the website, and the president of the university said there will be no appointment - as the prime minister cannot come.

EZ: Four people including a police officer have been killed after a knifeman brought terror to the heart of London, reported UK media. An attacker stabbed a policeman and was shot by police just outside Britain's parliament building Westminster on Wednesday. The police described it as a "terrorist incident."

By Deanne Stein (NEWS 9)

WEATHERFORD, Oklahoma - A community has wrapped its arms around a young boy from Ethiopia.

He was adopted by a family in Weatherford and shortly after diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy. Now, a group of high school students wants to help him fund a life-changing surgery.

EZ: Ethiopian father, Khalid Adem, 41, who in 2006 became both the first person prosecuted and first person to be convicted of female genital cutting in the United States, was deported to Ethiopia on Monday. He served 10 years in prison, reported the New York Times.

By Emily Hoard | The News Review

When Merhawi Stephen Lake of Roseburg was 8 years old, he traveled from his place of birth, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to join his adoptive family in the United States.

EZ: The Eritrean citizen Abraham Ukbagabir, 37, also known as “IKEA killer”, sentenced to life imprisonment for the double murder in Sweden, wants to serve his sentences in his home country Eritrea, reports Aftonbladet.