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18 Oct 2017

News Highlights: Attack in Somalia, Swiss aid to Eritrea, Libya political meeting

by M. Ferrari | posted in: EEPA news and activities, Environment, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Politics, Horn of Africa region, Mediterranean Sea, Migration, Refugees in the EU, South Sudan, Switzerland, Uncategorized, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights: Devastating attack in Somalia; Ethiopian government official resigns; South Sudan refugee video report; story of an Eritrean minor; Switzerland starts new programmes with Eritrea; France announces tougher measures on migration; Libyan political leaders to meet in Tunis; UNHCR statement on Libyan detention camps; operations in the Mediterranean saved 600 people; Egyptian army engaged in fighting with terrorist groups in Sinai region.

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.

24 Aug 2017

News highlights: police clash with refugees in Rome, boats blocked in Libya, floods in Sudan

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

In this week’s news highlights, the police in Rome use a water cannon to disperse protesting refugees; two opinion articles state that the EU’s migration policy may cause dehumanising conditions in Greek camps and more deaths in the Sahara desert; an armed group is stopping boats from leaving in Libya; Eritrea gets a new EU head of delegation; Eritrea’s biggest mine sees its production life cut in half; and flash floods cause damage in Sudan.