5.2 million Haitians in need of humanitarian assistance; over 7,000 people were killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti in 2023
Haiti Situation Report no. 1, December 2023
News Highlights: Ongoing rights violations in Ethiopia, Suspension of food aid to Somalia, EU suspected of breaking international aid rules.
In this week’s News Highlights: Hemedti and al-Burhan claim to create separate governments; Meetings take place in support of response plans for Sudan; Clashes break out between the SAF and Beja tribe in Port Sudan; Ongoing fighting causes further destruction in Sudan; Humanitarian situation in Sudan worsens due to disease outbreak and fighting; Ongoing human rights violations in Ethiopia raises concern; Food and aid diversion in Somalia causes EU to temporarily suspend funding for WFP; Aftermath after devastating floods in Derma; Trial of alleged Eritrean human trafficker, Tewolde Goitom – Walid continues; Clashes at Eritrean festivals continue in Switzerland and Germany; EU is in danger of breaking international aid rules states Oxfam; 10 Point Plan to address migration after thousands of arrivals in Lampedusa; Letter raising concerns about EU deal with Tunisia; Pope to visit Marseille and advocate for acceptance of migrants.
News Highlights: Airstrikes in Khartoum and Nyala, Storm kills thousands in Libya, MEPs criticise Tunisia-EU migration deal
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In this week’s News Highlights: More civilians killed in airstrikes on Nyala and Khartoum; Volker Perthes steps down; Burhan meets with President Afewerki; Burhan meets with SPLM-North leader; International experts warn of empty peace initiatives in Sudan; Reports of ENDF atrocities in Amhara region; Young man found dead after arrest by ENDF; Somaliland sends army troops to Laascaanood; Closure of Eritrean churches after clashes in the Tel Aviv Eritrean Festival; An estimated 10,000 victims and 100,000 missing people after Storm Daniel in Libya; Conflicts over EU’s migration deal with Tunisia; Lampedusa hits record number of arrivals; More European countries to implement “radical” migration strategies; and Emergency refugee response programme extended in Greece.