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Nile Basin Initiative Issues “Kigali Declaration”
KIGALI, Rwanda – The 2nd Nile Basin Parliamentarians’ Forum has ended in Kigali, Rwanda with a call on Riparian governments to spearhead efforts to consolidate the gains made and to increase their...
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First Sudanese Gold Refinery Opens in Khartoum
Sudanese President visits new Gold Refinery in Khartoum September 19, 2012. REUTERS Khartoum, Sudan – Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has inaugurated the first Sudanese Gold Refinery on Tuesday. The...
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Saudi Arabia and Sudan plan underwater mining in the Red Sea
Underwater Mining: Image Nautilus Mining Sudan and Saudi Arabia are targeting to start deep-water mining of a Red Sea basin, rich in zinc, copper, silver and gold, by 2014. This decision revives from a...
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AfDB signs loan agreement to fight drought and improve food security in the...
East & Horn of Africa NAIROBI, Kenya, February 27, 2013 – The African Development Bank today signed a US $57.66-million loan agreement for the multinational Drought Resilience and Sustainable...
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President Mohamed Morsi and Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr met with the Eritrean foreign minister Osman Saleh and the Eritrean presidential adviser for political affairs, Yamani Jabr, in Cairo on Monday...
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A Week in the Horn of Africa
Horn of Africa The geopolitical makeup of the Horn of Africa (HOA) is going through rapid changes that will affect the relationships of the nations in the region for good. The changes will influence...
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Eritrean seeking safe-passage to Sudan was led into a nightmare
Photo: UNHCR April 16, 2014 (KASSALA, Sudan, UNHCR) – After 20 members of her religious congregation were imprisoned in Eritrea, Semret knew she had to flee to the safety of Sudan. The 25-year-old...
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Airlines from Eritrea, Sudan and Djibouti remain on EU blacklist
Real Take Off: Photo Michael Keely The European Commission has updated for the 23rd time the European list of airlines subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union...
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Hundreds of exhausted migrants arrive in Sudan
African Migrants May 03, 2014 (DONGOLA) – Hundreds of exhausted illegal migrants reached the safety of a northern Sudanese town Saturday, an AFP journalist said, after 10 people died when human...
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Sudan deports Eritrean Refugees, Human Rights Watch says
HRW 30 Forced Back to Eritrea, Including 6 Registered Refugees May 08, 2014 (Geneva) – Sudanese authorities have deported 30 Eritreans, including at least six registered refugees to Eritrea, Human...
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Haaretz: No clear asylum-seeker policy in Israel, says state comptroller
Refugees in Israel The state comptroller, a control function appointed by the Knesset to supervise and review government policies and operations completely independent of the government, leveled harsh...
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Finland’s Development Minister to visit Eritrea and Sudan
Pekka Haavisto: DM Finland May 26, 2014 (Helsinki) – Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced today that Minister for International Development Pekka Haavisto will visit Sudan and Eritrea on...
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AUC Chairperson to participate in NAM Ministerial Conference
Nkosazana-Dlamini-Zuma 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...
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Remarks by Eritrea’s Head of National Security during Human Trafficking...
Eritrea Remarks by Brigadier General Abraha Kassa, Head of the Office of National Security of the State of Eritrea at the Preparatory Meeting for the Regional Conference on Human Trafficking and...
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African migrants protesting Israel’s policy on asylum-seekers
African Migrants in Israel June 29, 2014 (Tel Aviv) – Thousands of migrants mainly from Eritrea and Sudan are protesting Israel’s policy on asylum-seekers by marching out of an open detention centre...
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UN refugee agency warns Sudan over forced return of Eritreans
Melissa Fleming July 05, 2014 (Geneva) – Sudan has forced dozens of Eritrean refugees and other asylum seekers to return to their home country, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said today,...
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Thousands of Eritreans and Sudanese pressured to leave Israel
Eritreans in Israel September 10, 2014 (Tel Aviv) – Israeli authorities have unlawfully coerced almost 7,000 Eritrean and Sudanese nationals into returning to their home countries where they risk...
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Hugely important advance in relations with Horn of Africa countries, says...
Lapo Pistelly: Italian Deputy FM Italy’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, has returned from Sudan after taking part in the Regional Conference on Human...
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Statement by Eritrea’s FM at the AU regional conference on Human Trafficking
Eritrea Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Eritrea wholeheartedly welcomes the convening of this meeting keenly aware that this is but the latest in a long series of forums organized to address the critical...
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Leaders Commit Billions in Major New Development Initiative for the Horn of...
Horn of Africa 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...
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