News Highlights: Ceasefire extended in Sudan – conflict continues, Deaths off Tunisia and Libya, UK Court of Appeals on UK Asylum Bill

In this week’s news highlights: Delicate ceasefire in Sudan, negotiations pending; Humanitarian situation worsening in Sudan, death toll mounts; Fighting over key infrastructure in Sudan; Civilians and refugees in Sudan at risk as deportations loom, prices rise; Peace talks between OLA and Ethiopia; Delegation from regional states arrives in Tigray; Christians arrested in Eritrea; Fighting around Laascaanood, Somaliland, likely to resume; Drought would not have occurred without climate change, says report; 70 bodies recovered off Tunisian coast and 372 people returned; 57 bodies recovered off Libyan coast; Lawyers say UK Illegal Migration Bill is unlawful; Healthcare bodies raise concern over UK’s Illegal Migration Bill; Asylum seeker children treated as adults in the UK; EU Commission optimistic on approval of migration pact; EU ready to normalise relations with Ethiopia; Italy approves Cutro decree; Hundreds of refugees and migrants reach Italy; Germany and Italy tighten control on migration.

News Highlights: Eritrean military delegation visits Ethiopia, Eritrean alleged trafficker’s second hearing, Sudan agreement postponed

In this week’s news highlights: Eritrean military visits Ethiopia; OCHA warns about humanitarian impact of natural disasters in Ethiopia; Ethiopia to centralise army and police; Destructive environmental consequences of Tigray war; More than 133.000 people returned to Ethiopia from Saudi Arabia; Ethiopia asks for talks over controversial dam in the Nile to continue; Drought and ration cuts cause severe malnutrition in Ethiopian refugee camps; 32 million funding from EU and France, says Ethiopia; Fighting and displacements in Somalia; AU peacekeepers hit by explosion in Mogadishu; Odinga calls for engagement outside of the Kenyan parliament; Signing of agreement is postponed in Sudan; Egypt and Sudan finalise joint training at Port Sudan; Tensions rising in South Sudan as negotiations are interrupted; Tripoli rejects allegations of human rights abuses amounting to crimes against humanity; Second hearing of accused trafficker Walid reveals new charges; Braverman says Rwanda is safe for migrants and refugees; EU High representative of Foreign affair and US Secretary of State meet; and MEP says EU external migration policies a failure.

News Highlights: Crimes against humanity and war crimes in Tigray – US, Tigray interim government established, Operation IRINI extended

In this week’s news highlights: US denounces war crimes in Tigray, Ethiopia and Eritrea reject the allegations; Getachew Reda confirmed as Tigray regional president, interim government established; Ethiopia removes TPLF from terrorist list; Getachew Reda promises to address soldiers’ grievances; UK-Ethiopia meeting in Addis Ababa; Eritrean delegation meets with Russia’s Lavrov; UN organisations call for help for Somali refugees; Somalia increases troop numbers; Factions in Sudan agree to establish transitional government; UN hopeful about Sudanese political process, but warns support is needed; Military will not participate in politics, states Sudan military leader; Kiir against extension of transitional period in South Sudan; South Sudan Parties resume Rome Peace Talks and agree to a ceasefire; Refugees and migrants deported from Algeria need aid, states MSF; 15 people die off Algerian coast; 5 deceased and 28 missing after a shipwreck off the Tunisian coast; UK Interior Minister’s visit to Rwanda; EU fears Tunisian economic collapse; Operation IRINI extended and EU ready to train more Libyan Coast Guard; Tripartite Task Force calls for addressing of refugee and migrant situation in Libya; and Protests in Athens against migration policy.