News Highlights: Janjaweed leader arrested, threats to UN officials from Burundi and Eritrea, possible sanctions in Libya
29 Nov 2017

News Highlights: Janjaweed leader arrested, threats to UN officials from Burundi and Eritrea, possible sanctions in Libya

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In this week’s news highlights: UN expresses worries over threats to UN officials from Eritrean and Burundi officials; Nevsun shareholders urged to divest; Janjaweed militia  leader arrested in Sudan; Italy promotes Libya coast guard cooperation in European Parliament; EU-AU summit starts; UN Security Council considering targeted sanctions in Libya; and IOM wants 30 detention centres in Libya closed.

PFDJ Seminars in Germany: Eritrean community’s opposition in Frankfurt
11 May 2017

PFDJ Seminars in Germany: Eritrean community’s opposition in Frankfurt

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Less than one month after the outbreak of protests that led to the ban of the annual Eritrean youth party congress in the Netherlands, the Eritrean community is again protesting the Eritrean regime. The German section of PFDJ organised a series of seminars which will be held in May in several German cities: Mannheim, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Köln and Kassel. On the 7th of May the seminar was held in Frankfurt. Specifically, it was the Hizbawi Mekete Seminar – the campaign of “national rebuff” of the International Community’s accuses – run by Eritrean government through the diaspora groups.

News Highlights: Human rights report, food crises, Sudan conflict
23 Feb 2017

News Highlights: Human rights report, food crises, Sudan conflict

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In this week’s news highlights we will update you about the global human rights situation, Germany’s rising resistance to deport Afghan migrants and recent developments in the Horn of Africa. This includes a media coverage concerning the increasing food crises and controversial cooperation in Sudan to support peace efforts.