News Highlights: Eritrea-Djibouti tensions, global displacement, counter-terrorism in Sahel
22 Jun 2017

News Highlights: Eritrea-Djibouti tensions, global displacement, counter-terrorism in Sahel

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In this week’s news highlights, the UN Refugee Agency published its annual report on global displacement, showing a continuing upward trend in the numbers of displacement; the tensions over migration between European Union member states continue; counter-terrorism force in Sahel region approved by UN Security Council; tensions between Djibouti and Eritrea rise, and fears grow that tensions between Arab allies may cause conflict in the Horn of Africa; and International organisations have not learned their lessons from previous engagements with the Eritrean regime.

News Highlights: EU-AU partnership, attack on Afar people in Eritrea, Yemen situation deteriorating
18 May 2017

News Highlights: EU-AU partnership, attack on Afar people in Eritrea, Yemen situation deteriorating

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In this week’s news highlights, the European Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee discusses partnership with the African Union; Italy and Germany demand a border patrol mission at the Niger-Libya border; the Eritrean Information Office continues to collect diaspora tax in Norway; 10 Christians were reported arrested in Eritrea; and a fishing boat was reportedly attacked by a United Arab Emirates (UAE) helicopter. Furthermore, although UNHCR succeeded in bringing emergency aid to Yemen’s Taizz governorate, the agency warns about worsening conditions.

News Highlights: ACP-EU meetings, UN demands freedom Eritrean journalist, border management
4 May 2017

News Highlights: ACP-EU meetings, UN demands freedom Eritrean journalist, border management

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In this week’s news highlights, the ACP-EU Joint Council of Ministers is taking place in Brussels, and EU Commissioner Avramopoulos warns European Member States that border controls at EU internal borders have to be removed before the end of the year. In the Horn of Africa, the UN calls for the liberation of the Eritrean independent journalist Dawit Isaak; furthermore, the South Sudanese government considerably raises fees for NGOs that work in the country.