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2 Nov 2017

News Highlights: Shooting at protests in Asmara, hotel attack in Mogadishu, Sahel G5 force launched

by M. Ferrari | posted in: EEPA news and activities, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Union, France, Horn of Africa region, Human Trafficking, Italy, Libya, Mediterranean Sea, Migration, South Sudan, Sudan, Uncategorized, United Nations, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights: shots were fired at protests in Asmara, Eritrea – reports of casualties and injuries still unconfirmed; Eritrean organisation Freedom Friday calls for unity; war crimes trial against Ethiopian-Dutch Eshetu Alemu has started; Al-Shabaab attacked Mogadishu hotel using IDs and uniforms of security forces; South Sudan and Sudan leaders meet; UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea calls for protection of refugees; Sahel G5 force against terrorism and trafficking launched.

7 Sep 2017

News Highlights: ECJ dismisses complaints refugee quota, Eritrean rebels video, Libya’s recent history

by K. Smits | posted in: Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Politics, France, Horn of Africa region, Italy, Libya, Refugees in the EU, Sudan, United Nations | 0

In this week’s news highlights: Italian interior minister Marco Minniti defends his strategy of making deals in Libya to stop migration; the European Court of Justice throws out complaints of Hungary and Slovakia against mandatory relocation of refugees; Eritrean rebels fear the support of Gulf states to Afewerki’s regime; Ethiopia’s drought situation declared major issue by UN; warnings about Cholera in Sudan; Libya’s fragmentation and deals with EU member states are analysed; and Human Rights Watch report states United Nation should start an investigation on torture as possible Crime Against Humanity in Egypt.

31 Aug 2017

News Highlights: mini-summit on migration in Paris, Day of Disappearance, Sudan activist freed

by K. Smits | posted in: Eritrea, European Union, France, Horn of Africa region, Migration, Refugees in the EU, South Sudan, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights, the policy direction of the European Union becomes increasingly clear as several EU countries promise to held Chad, Niger and Libya increase their border protection; processes to return asylum seekers to Greece have started despite doubts over conditions of reception; the International Organization on Migration and Reporters Without Borders remind us of the damage of disappearances; and a prominent human rights activist is pardoned and freed in Sudan, but others are still being held.