Horn Highlights: UN and EU representatives’ cautious peace optimism, Refugees in Addis summoned to Embassy, EU seeks MS investment ahead of Summit
14 Feb 2022

Horn Highlights: UN and EU representatives’ cautious peace optimism, Refugees in Addis summoned to Embassy, EU seeks MS investment ahead of Summit

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In this week’s Horn Highlights: Conference on AU-EU collaboration, with peace building as key precondition; Fears that stolen artefacts from Tigray are being sold online; Eritrean refugees summoned to Addis embassy; UN Deputy SG hopeful a peace agreement can be reached; map analysis of the conflict between June-December 2021; Tigrayan prisoners extorted by guards, witnesses say; WHO sends medical supplies to Tigray by air; OLF accusses government of torture of detainees; EU, US and others condemn Sudan for political arrests; former head Eritrean Orthodox church dies in detention; EU seeks more Member State investment for AU-EU collaboration; Blinken speaks to AU Commission Chairperson.

Horn Highlights: Refugees flee fighting in Benishangul Gumuz, Italy ends military agreement, AU president calls for peace
7 Feb 2022

Horn Highlights: Refugees flee fighting in Benishangul Gumuz, Italy ends military agreement, AU president calls for peace

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In this week’s Horn highlights: Tens of thousands flee fighting in the Benishangul Gumuz region; Tigrayan forces try to reach Djibouti-Ethiopian corridor, states BBC report; Ethiopian opposition parties say dialogue commission is unrepresentative; Italy suspends armaments agreement with Ethiopia; Tigray scholars call on AU to step up; ICRC plane lands in Mekelle, more to come; new clashes in Darfur, Sudan; military wants proportional system in Sudan; and African Union holds its annual assembly.

Horn Highlights: Ethiopian general vows to eliminate Tigray forces, Eritrean refugees dying in camps, Hemedti meets Ethiopian officials
24 Jan 2022

Horn Highlights: Ethiopian general vows to eliminate Tigray forces, Eritrean refugees dying in camps, Hemedti meets Ethiopian officials

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In this week’s Horn Highlights: Ethiopian general threatens elimination of Tigray forces as tensions build; Witnesses say Somali troops committed atrocities while embedded amidst Eritrean troops in Tigray; Sudan’s Hemedti meets with Ethiopian officials; Eritrean refugees in Tigray dying of preventable causes, says UNHCR; Humanitarian supplies in Tigray critically low; Protests in Sudan continue as demands fail to be met; Ethiopia delays publishing inflation data as inflation hits high point.