News highlights: police clash with refugees in Rome, boats blocked in Libya, floods in Sudan
24 Aug 2017

News highlights: police clash with refugees in Rome, boats blocked in Libya, floods in Sudan

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In this week’s news highlights, the police in Rome use a water cannon to disperse protesting refugees; two opinion articles state that the EU’s migration policy may cause dehumanising conditions in Greek camps and more deaths in the Sahara desert; an armed group is stopping boats from leaving in Libya; Eritrea gets a new EU head of delegation; Eritrea’s biggest mine sees its production life cut in half; and flash floods cause damage in Sudan.

News highlights: Europe’s wall, Fr. Mussie Zerai under investigation, drought consequences
17 Aug 2017

News highlights: Europe’s wall, Fr. Mussie Zerai under investigation, drought consequences

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EEPA’s news highlights are back after the summer break. In the past weeks’ news highlights, Eritrean priest living in Italy is under investigation by the Italian prosecutor because he helps refugees and migrants; European Union member states increasingly call for military solutions to migration; in Eritrea, Patriarch Abune Antonios is still held under guard; drought is threatening – among others – people of Ethiopia and Eritrea; and 1 million South Sudanese refugees are now in Uganda, as the peace process is still ineffective.

News Highlights: Eritrean Patriarch Antonios seen at Mass, Italy threatens EU, summer break
20 Jul 2017

News Highlights: Eritrean Patriarch Antonios seen at Mass, Italy threatens EU, summer break

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This week in the News Highlights: EEPA takes a summer break and the News Highlights will continue 17 August; Italy is keeping the option open of granting temporary visas for migrants; right-wing group aims to help returning migrants and refugees to Libya; Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, Abune Antonios, was seen at a Mass but according to witnesses, he was not allowed to speak; shots were fired in a three-hour exchange between the Eritrean and Ethiopian military; negotiations on sanctions US-Sudan continue; and state of emergency is declared in four South Sudan states.