Horn Highlights: Refugees flee fighting in Benishangul Gumuz, Italy ends military agreement, AU president calls for peace
7 Feb 2022

Horn Highlights: Refugees flee fighting in Benishangul Gumuz, Italy ends military agreement, AU president calls for peace

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In this week’s Horn highlights: Tens of thousands flee fighting in the Benishangul Gumuz region; Tigrayan forces try to reach Djibouti-Ethiopian corridor, states BBC report; Ethiopian opposition parties say dialogue commission is unrepresentative; Italy suspends armaments agreement with Ethiopia; Tigray scholars call on AU to step up; ICRC plane lands in Mekelle, more to come; new clashes in Darfur, Sudan; military wants proportional system in Sudan; and African Union holds its annual assembly.

News Highlights: Diplomatic push on Ethiopia, Drought in the Horn, EU-AU Summit approaches
4 Feb 2022

News Highlights: Diplomatic push on Ethiopia, Drought in the Horn, EU-AU Summit approaches

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In this week news highlights: Diplomatic processes to find a solution on Ethiopia ongoing; Dramatic increase of people needing immediate food assistance in Ethiopia; Debretsion notices signs of improvement in a peace negotiation with Ethiopian government; EHRC accuses state troops of Oromia massacre; Guterres appeals to immediately end the fighting in Ethiopia; UN renews its cooperation with Eritrea; Droughts cause humanitarian catastrophe across the Horn; HRW calls for concrete action to end violence in Sudan; Amnesty urges EU to reverse migration policy on Libya; UN officer warns Libya is abandoning migrants in the desert without water; Deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers from Egypt; EU-AU Summit approaching; Poland to build a wall at the Belarus border to stop migration; 439 migrants and refugees rescued arrive in Sicily; Cameras to be installed along the Belarus border with Lithuania; UK nationality and border bill attack on LGBTQ+ persons, says MP; Child refugees going missing in Kent and Sussex.

Horn Highlights: Millions severely food-insecure in Tigray, conditions for national dialogue, UN visits Eritrea
31 Jan 2022

Horn Highlights: Millions severely food-insecure in Tigray, conditions for national dialogue, UN visits Eritrea

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Horn  Highlights: Millions severely food-insecure in Tigray, conditions for national dialogue, UN visits Eritrea In this week’s Horn Highlights: WFP finds severe food insecurity in Tigray, UNSC meets on Tigray, Ethiopian Airlines employees are fleeing Ethiopia; OLA and Oromo organisations … Continued