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How Ethiopians are being trafficked, exploited and dumped in Nairobi City

President William Ruto holds talks with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the National Palace, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. [HIRAM OMONDI/PCS.]

In a heartbreaking scene, twenty-three frail Ethiopian men of varying ages stood unsteadily at the dock, their bodies gaunt from exhaustion and starvation, barely unable to support their own weight. 

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