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7 Apr 2023

News Highlights: Eritrean military delegation visits Ethiopia, Eritrean alleged trafficker’s second hearing, Sudan agreement postponed

In this week’s news highlights: Eritrean military visits Ethiopia; OCHA warns about humanitarian impact of natural disasters in Ethiopia; Ethiopia to centralise army and police; Destructive environmental consequences of Tigray war; More than 133.000 people returned to Ethiopia from Saudi Arabia; Ethiopia asks for talks over controversial dam in the Nile to continue; Drought and ration cuts cause severe malnutrition in Ethiopian refugee camps; 32 million funding from EU and France, says Ethiopia; Fighting and displacements in Somalia; AU peacekeepers hit by explosion in Mogadishu; Odinga calls for engagement outside of the Kenyan parliament; Signing of agreement is postponed in Sudan; Egypt and Sudan finalise joint training at Port Sudan; Tensions rising in South Sudan as negotiations are interrupted; Tripoli rejects allegations of human rights abuses amounting to crimes against humanity; Second hearing of accused trafficker Walid reveals new charges; Braverman says Rwanda is safe for migrants and refugees; EU High representative of Foreign affair and US Secretary of State meet; and MEP says EU external migration policies a failure.

24 Mar 2023

News Highlights: Crimes against humanity and war crimes in Tigray – US, Tigray interim government established, Operation IRINI extended

In this week’s news highlights: US denounces war crimes in Tigray, Ethiopia and Eritrea reject the allegations; Getachew Reda confirmed as Tigray regional president, interim government established; Ethiopia removes TPLF from terrorist list; Getachew Reda promises to address soldiers’ grievances; UK-Ethiopia meeting in Addis Ababa; Eritrean delegation meets with Russia’s Lavrov; UN organisations call for help for Somali refugees; Somalia increases troop numbers; Factions in Sudan agree to establish transitional government; UN hopeful about Sudanese political process, but warns support is needed; Military will not participate in politics, states Sudan military leader; Kiir against extension of transitional period in South Sudan; South Sudan Parties resume Rome Peace Talks and agree to a ceasefire; Refugees and migrants deported from Algeria need aid, states MSF; 15 people die off Algerian coast; 5 deceased and 28 missing after a shipwreck off the Tunisian coast; UK Interior Minister’s visit to Rwanda; EU fears Tunisian economic collapse; Operation IRINI extended and EU ready to train more Libyan Coast Guard; Tripartite Task Force calls for addressing of refugee and migrant situation in Libya; and Protests in Athens against migration policy.

16 Dec 2022

News Highlights: Violence increases in Oromia, Food situation dire in Somalia, Rights groups state EU complicit in Libya’s migrant abuse

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In this week’s news highlights: Violence increases in Oromia; Meta sued for 2 billion USD over violence in Ethiopia; UNHCR increases assistance in North Ethiopia as peace returns; Accountability compromised in CoH Agreement, says Dr Mehari; WHO Director General says uncle “murdered” by Eritrean troops; 27 Ethiopian migrants found dead in Zambia; Famine momentarily averted but people continue dying in Somalia; Somali government accuses al-Shabaab of displacing civilians; As Eritrea continues fighting in Tigray the suffering is also felt at home; Violence in Upper Nile State of South Sudan causes overcrowding at UN camp; Sudanese transitional framework fails to address justice reforms, says HRW; Sudan and Emirati group to develop port on the Red Sea; Traumatised migrants and refugees continue arriving from Libya; Asylum seekers look to the UN to reclaim human rights; UN experts to assess violence against women and girls in Libya; Rights groups state EU complicit in Libya’s migrant abuse; EU’s new plan on migration with African partners; Italy’s anti civilian rescue policy raises tensions in the Mediterranean; and The US-Africa Leaders’ Summit.