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In an increasingly connected world, it seems ironic how dreams of opportunities can sometimes become tangled up in the webs of deceit. Recently, BBC Africa Eye, a team renowned for its investigative journalism, exposed a chain of unethical recruitment agents extorting foreign nationals, siphoning off thousands of pounds under the guise of securing work in the promising UK care sector. More than 18,000 organizations in the UK provide services to support the country's elderly and individuals living with disabilities. This…

Four media workers recently arrested in Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray region were released on Wednesday, a translator working for the Agence France-Presse (AFP), which was part of the group held, reported. "All journalists and translators have been released without charge," Abebe Gebrehiwot Yihdego, deputy head of Tigray's interim administration, told Reuters. The BBC confirmed the release of its reporter Girmay Gebru, of the broadcaster's Tigrinya language service, in a tweet. "They released us…

A British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist was arrested by the Ethiopian military in the Tigray region, the British broadcaster said on Monday. The BBC quoted witnesses who saw Girmay Gebru imprisoned by soldiers in military uniform in the regional capital Mekelle. The public broadcaster said it had expressed concern about Ethiopian authorities. The Financial Times reported that a translator working for the newspaper and another working for the Agence France-Presse (AFP) were also arrested by…