News Highlights: deportations to Afghanistan, Europe’s refugee children, tensions in the Horn of Africa
16 Feb 2017

News Highlights: deportations to Afghanistan, Europe’s refugee children, tensions in the Horn of Africa

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This week’s news highlights include an update about the latest European developments concerning Afghan asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors in Europe. Also this week: political developments at the Horn of Africa, covering the latest news in Somaliland, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Eritrea.

Eritrea-Ethiopia: UN, AU, EU Can Avert War and Trigger Peace
27 Jun 2016

Eritrea-Ethiopia: UN, AU, EU Can Avert War and Trigger Peace

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(From IDN InDepthNews) While UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged both Ethiopia and Eritrea to exercise “maximum restraint and refrain from any act or statement that could exacerbate the situation”, reports gathered by IDN from several independent sources close to the border between the two countries and in Eritrea, underscore the grave risks the armed conflict between the two East African countries entails.