Situation Report: Around 100 students kidnapped in Oromia, Ethiopia; RSF advancing in Sennar State, Sudan; Eritrean asylum seeker killed during clashes in Tel-Aviv
SITUATION REPORT – HORN OF AFRICA
No. 559 – 8 July 2024
SITUATION REPORT – HORN OF AFRICA No. 527 – 18 March 2024
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Five sugar factory workers killed in Oromia after being kidnapped; Schools in South Sudan forced to close due to heatwave; Al-Shabaab attacks in Mogadishu
Situation Report: RSF and SAF fighting over control of Babanusa in West Kordofan, Kidnapping for ransom in Oromia, IDPs protest in Mekelle
posted in: Abiy Ahmed, Egypt, Eritrea, European Commission, European Union, Oromia, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan, Tigray, Weekly news highlights |
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Three days of severe fighting has been reported from Babanusa in West Kordofan, where Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a military offence against Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in order to capture their headquarters; An increasing number of people are kidnapped for ransom in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Victims are tortured until family members pay the ransoms; Internally displaced persons in Tigray held a peaceful protest in Mekelle yesterday calling for withdrawal of foreign forces from Tigray so as to be able to safely return to their home; and more.