News Highlights: Eritrean Patriarch Antonios seen at Mass, Italy threatens EU, summer break
20 Jul 2017

News Highlights: Eritrean Patriarch Antonios seen at Mass, Italy threatens EU, summer break

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This week in the News Highlights: EEPA takes a summer break and the News Highlights will continue 17 August; Italy is keeping the option open of granting temporary visas for migrants; right-wing group aims to help returning migrants and refugees to Libya; Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, Abune Antonios, was seen at a Mass but according to witnesses, he was not allowed to speak; shots were fired in a three-hour exchange between the Eritrean and Ethiopian military; negotiations on sanctions US-Sudan continue; and state of emergency is declared in four South Sudan states.

News Highlights: resolution Eritrea passed, lifting sanctions Sudan delayed, Eritrean festival tensions
13 Jul 2017

News Highlights: resolution Eritrea passed, lifting sanctions Sudan delayed, Eritrean festival tensions

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In this week’s news highlights, the European Parliament has passed a strong resolution on Eritrea; EU development aid for strengthening the military in countries like Somalia stirs criticism and fear of increasing militarisation of aid; tensions in the Netherlands and Italy over Eritrean festivals; Eritrean capital named World Heritage; U.S. decision on lifting of sanctions for Sudan delayed, Sudan freezes negotiations; and Libya coast guard involved in criminal activity, but still receiving EU support.

News Highlights: concerns for minor refugees, Libya detention centres, Sudanese politics
27 Apr 2017

News Highlights: concerns for minor refugees, Libya detention centres, Sudanese politics

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In this week’s news highlights, the European Court of Auditors report shows dangerous conditions in Greek and Italian refugee camps especially for the 23000 children, while Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) again denounces the appalling conditions in Libyan detention centres. In the Horn of Africa, the UN Monitoring Group will deliver the midterm report on the 30th of April; Eritrea figures again at the bottom of the list in the Freedom of Press Index; furthermore, Sudanese politics are a house of cards, according to the Institute for Security Studies.