News Highlights: Ethiopia signs MoU with Somaliland, Impunity fuelling abuses in the Horn, EU increasingly relying on external solutions

In this week’s News Highlights: Ethiopia signs MoU with Somaliland causing tensions across the Horn and beyond; Al-Burhan rejects ceasefire proposal from Taqadum civilian coalition; Sudan’s Resistance committee members targeted; Humanitarian conditions worsen amidst conflict and cholera outbreak in Sudan; Urgent assistance required for drought-affected areas in Ethiopia; UN helicopter stuck in Al-Shabaab territory in Somalia; Testimonies from Eritrea’s prisons; Pro-democracy Eritreans warn about upcoming festival in Australia; Warrap State in South Sudan approves shoot-to-kill law; Impunity fuelling abuses in the Horn, states HRW; Rights of migrants and refugees being harmed in Tunisia; More legal migration necessary, says European Commission; EU increasingly turning to external solutions to migration; At least three people dead following shipwreck off Greece; Tusk states Poland will not accept relocation of asylum seekers; and Number of deaths on routes to Spain almost tripled, states NGO. 

News Highlights: Concern over large-scale fighting in El Fasher, 12,500 intercepted by Libyan coast guard, EU criticised over increase in drownings

In this week’s News Highlights: US warns of imminent attack by RSF on El Fasher; RSF captures Balila airport in West Kordofan; Hamdok to lead Sudanese civilian leadership body; One year after the Cessation of Hostilities agreement; Ongoing violence and displacement in Amhara and Oromia; Meta accused of fuelling ethnic violence during Tigray war; EU concerned about the situation in Eritrea and Ethiopia; Violence hampers aid delivery, as South Sudan sinks into deep crisis; Emergency level hunger and floods in Somalia; UNSC extends UNSOM mandate; UNHCR reports 12,500 refugees and migrants have been intercepted by Libya; Report shows sharp increase in drownings after EU’s NGO crackdown; European Commission wants to step up surveillance and deportation; Critical report on violations against asylum seekers in Belgium; Austria and UK deal to cooperate on third-country deportation; and MSF warns that violence and pushbacks have become normalised in Greece.