News Highlights: ICC investigation migration crimes, London-Somalia Conference, Eritrea protests
11 May 2017

News Highlights: ICC investigation migration crimes, London-Somalia Conference, Eritrea protests

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In this week’s news highlights, new possible negotiations on the UK-France border controls in Calais and the Eritrean community protested against the Eritrean government meetings in Frankfurt. The International Criminal Court announced the start of investigations on crimes against migrants in Libya. In the Horn of Africa, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights demands more access to Ethiopia to investigate on the deaths during protests; furthermore, these are the issues the London-Somalia Conference 2017 should address according to the Institute for Security Studies.

News Highlights: Eritrean conference in the Netherlands, Slave markets in Libya
13 Apr 2017

News Highlights: Eritrean conference in the Netherlands, Slave markets in Libya

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In this week’s news highlights, the Dutch-Eritrean community and Dutch politicians are disturbed by an Eritrean conference with a high-level official in attendance, a report shows possible scenarios for Europe’s refugees and migrants, and IOM has disturbing reports on slave markets and extortion in Libya. In the Horn of Africa, Djibouti hosts many refugees and there are reports of child abduction in Ethiopia by a South Sudanese tribe. Furthermore, there are concerns about how EU aid is affecting Sudan’s “militia state”.

EU Plan for Middle-East: humanitarian aid and regional rapprochement policy under the UN’s aegis
5 Apr 2017

EU Plan for Middle-East: humanitarian aid and regional rapprochement policy under the UN’s aegis

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The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union started a week with the EU fully concentrated on the Middle-East peace and stabilisation processes. At the eve of the conference on the future of Syria, co-hosted by the UK and and the European Union in Brussels the 4th and 5th April, the Foreign Ministers dealt with the current crisis in Syria, Yemen and Libya.