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Swiss MPs discuss Eritrean refugees “illicit trips” to Asmara

(Swissinfo.ch and agencies, with input from Stefania Summermatter) As a United Nations report accuses Eritrean.

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UN Inquiry finds Crimes Against Humanity in Eritrea

Geneva (8 June 2016) – Crimes against humanity have been committed in a widespread and systematic.

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UK Foreign Minister: Andargachew Tsege is not being ill-treated

Press release of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office of United Kingdom Andargachew Tsege’s case was.

Survivors: 500 Somalilanders, Ethiopians drowned in Mediterranean

(Will Ross – BBC News) The people locked up in the stadium in this picturesque port.

Africa and the Jihadist Threat

(Olusegun Obasanjo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Wolfgang Ischinger) The list of places in Europe and Africa that.

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Thabo Mbeki: Panama Papers confirm findings of AU’s High Level Panel

Highlight: “Now all countries within and outside Africa must follow suit and begin their own.

Three lessons from the ICC’s Kenya debacle

(James A Goldston) The declaration of a mistrial in the Ruto-Sang at the International Criminal.

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“Jabha East Africa” pledges allegiance to Islamic State

(Lizzie Dearden – The Independent) A new terrorist group has pledged allegiance to Isis as it continues.

Djibouti’s Guelleh wins 4th term with 87% votes, Opposition cries foul

(AFP via FRANCE 24) Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh, in power since 1999, claimed victory on.

EU pledges €122 mln aid to Ethiopia amid worsening drought

Press Release Brussels, April 8, 2016 Today the European Commission has announced €122.5 million for.