News Highlights: Eritrea slave labour lawsuit in Canada, Israel crackdown on refugees, Libya slave market video
23 Nov 2017

News Highlights: Eritrea slave labour lawsuit in Canada, Israel crackdown on refugees, Libya slave market video

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In this week’s news highlights: the court case against Canadian mining company Nevsun for use of forced labour and mistreatment in Eritrea can move ahead; Eritrean refugees protest in Ethiopia refugee camp; Israel takes plans to deport or imprison Sudanese and Eritrean refugees to the next level; Africa Monitors reports on fate of deported Eritreans; video of Libyan slave markets sparks outrage; and the African Union and European Union prepare for the third AU-EU summit next week.

News Highlights: Eritrean diaspora protests, message from inside Eritrea, Horn of Africa drought
9 Nov 2017

News Highlights: Eritrean diaspora protests, message from inside Eritrea, Horn of Africa drought

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In this week’s news highlights: a member of the Freedom Friday (Arbi Harnet) speaks to a Dutch journalist about the protest in Asmara; article emphasises that ordinary people organised protest Asmara; air strikes in Somalia; drought in the Horn of Africa continues impacting the region; Eritrean diaspora rallies and unites worldwide; report calls for change of EU-Eritrea migration policies; rape used as instrument of war in Libya.

Eritrean diaspora rallies worldwide against violent suppression of protest in Asmara
7 Nov 2017

Eritrean diaspora rallies worldwide against violent suppression of protest in Asmara

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London, Stockholm, Washington DC and New York: these are some of the cities which are becoming the theatre of protests held by the Eritrean diaspora community in response to the suppression of the protest in Asmara, Eritrea, last week.