Situation report: SAF takes control of Halfaya Bridge in Khartoum; UAE ambassador’s residence in Khartoum damaged in airstrike; Bomb explosions in Somalia
30 Sep 2024

Situation report: SAF takes control of Halfaya Bridge in Khartoum; UAE ambassador’s residence in Khartoum damaged in airstrike; Bomb explosions in Somalia

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SITUATION REPORT – HORN OF AFRICA
No. 576 – 30 September 2024

Pan African Parliament tackles the topic of human trafficking in special session day
14 May 2019

Pan African Parliament tackles the topic of human trafficking in special session day

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At its second ordinary session in South Africa, the Pan African Parliament (PAP) dedicated a session day to the Theme of the Year 2019: “The Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa”. The theme day included presentations and debate on the situations of displacement in Africa and the 1969 Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Refugee Convention, the Kampala Convention and the Global Compact on Refugees. In addition, speakers presented and debated on Regional Perspectives (Regional Econonomic Communities) and Programmes on Refugees, Returnees, Internally Displaced Persons and Statelessness. Human trafficking and its facilitation by technology was discussed.