UN raises concerns that secret deals are being brokered with ‘Africa’s North Korea’ in an effort to stop migrants coming to Europe Eritrean migrants, pictured in Calais, are the second largest African group fleeing to Europe. UN officials and human rights organisations are increasingly concerned at what they believe are secret deals being drawn up
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Djibouti hosts the largest American permanent military base in Africa Djibouti, a small country on the Red Sea, is already home to military bases from the US and France, the former colonial power, but China’s interest is now becoming increasingly apparent. What makes this horn of Africa nation attractive to global military powers? Port in
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IOM evacuated 200 Ethiopian migrants by boat from Yemen, to Djibouti. The evacuation, which took place on Wednesday June 10, involved two boats carrying evacuees to the Djibouti port of Obock. After a 24-hour journey across the Red Sea between Al Hudaydah, in Yemen, and the port of Obock all migrants arriving at the port
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IOM evacuated 200 Ethiopian migrants by boat from Yemen, to Djibouti. The evacuation, which took place on Wednesday June 10, involved two boats carrying evacuees to the Djibouti port of Obock. After a 24-hour journey across the Red Sea between Al Hudaydah, in Yemen, and the port of Obock all migrants arriving at the port
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Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes, has left South Africa, pre-empting a court ruling over an international warrant for his arrest. The Pretoria High Court was due to decide whether he should be handed over to the International Criminal Court which charged him with the crimes. Mr Bashir was in Johannesburg
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By Adam Taylor On Monday, the United Nations released the results of a year-long investigation into human rights in Eritrea. What it found was horrific. Detailing “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations,” the U.N. commission of inquiry argued that Eritrea was operating a totalitarian government with no accountability and no rule of law. “The
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Sputnik News According to a report in Oil Price.com “major discoveries in Uganda and Kenya, high-level production activities in Sudan and even exploration in war-torn Somalia,” as well as the North African country of “Eritrea should be on everyone’s radar.” The visit was followed up by UK based exploration and development company, Ortac Resources, which
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Khartoum – Sudan’s state news agency (SUNA) announced on Wednesday that Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki will visit the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Eritrea’s President embarks on a several days -visit to Sudan during which he will hold talks with the President of the Republic, Field Marshal, Omer Al-Basher, the agency said. Sudan Ambassador to Asmara, Majid
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BBC- Migrants from Sub-Saharian areas receive bottles of water on a rescue boat of Italy”s Navy ship San Giorgio after being rescued in open international waters in the Mediterranean Sea between the Italian and the Libyan coasts May 14, 2014. An estimated 5,000 Eritreans flee every month, often attempting to cross the Mediterranean Eritrea’s government
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(NAIROBI) – An Ethiopian rebel group, the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) welcomed the release of two delegates allegedly abducted in Nairobi by the Ethiopian government. ONLF fighters (Reuters) Sulub Ahmed and Ali Hussein were senior negotiators for the ONLF in the peace talks being brokered by the Kenyan government. In a statement extended to
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