UN High Commissioner for Refugees praises Italian rescue mission
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) praised the rescue of 1,123 African migrants by the Italian navy in the operation Mare Nostrum . The migrants, including 47 women and 18...
View ArticlePhoto with African Migrants wins 2014 World Press Photo Award
The winning photograph of the 57th annual World Press Photo contest was announced in Amsterdam on Friday. The jury was chaired by Gary Knight, a photographer and co-founder of the VII Photo Agency....
View ArticleAfrica-EU Summit agrees on action plan for migration and mobility
April 04, 2014 (Brussels) – The Heads of State and Government of the European Union (EU) and Africa released a declaration on Migration and Mobility, during the fourth EU Africa Summit in Brussels. The...
View ArticleEritrea provides assistance to around four thousand refugees
UNHCR ERITREA The UNHCR ERITREA Operation Fact Sheet March 2014 has been released, below find a short extract from the report and a link to the full version. UNHCR operational highlights: 39 Somali...
View ArticleYemen: Migrants Held at ‘Torture Camps’
May 25, 2014 (Sanaa) – Traffickers in Yemen hold African migrants in detention camps, torturing them to extort payment from their families, with the complicity of local officials, Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleAUC Chairperson to participate in NAM Ministerial Conference
May 28, 2014 (Addis Ababa) – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is in Algiers, Algeria, to participate in the 17th Ministerial Conference of the...
View ArticleUNHCR fears for safety of refugees in embattled Libya
Refugees from Somalia and Eritrea in Libya August 5, 2014 (GENEVA) – The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it was deeply concerned about the safety of refugees and asylum-seekers in Libya as violence...
View ArticleLeaders Commit Billions in Major New Development Initiative for the Horn of...
UN Secretary-General, WBG and IsDBG Presidents, and other Agency Heads Visit Region to Link Peace Efforts with Economic Progress Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, – Leaders of global and regional institutions...
View ArticleAfDB approves $133 million to combat drought in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia...
November 26, 2014 (Abidjan) – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a US $133-million program that will help countries in the Horn of Africa region to break...
View ArticleEl Niño returns – impact on climate in Eritrea and the Horn of Africa
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last week that the long-anticipated El Niño has finally arrived. NOAA’s forecasters issued an El Niño Advisory to declare the...
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