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Dear Amnesty Activists and supportersPlease take urgent action to stop Eritrean asylum-seekers being deported to Eritrea, where they would face torture and imprisonment. Here is a sample letter. Please also look at our Write for Rights case from Türkiye. After the last elections in Poland the government changed, but there are no improvements for refugees stuck in […]

The Africa File provides regular analysis and assessments of major developments regarding state and nonstate actors’ activities in Africa that undermine regional stability and threaten US personnel and interests. Key Takeaways: Somalia: The presidents of Egypt, Eritrea, and Somalia formalized and deepened an anti-Ethiopian alliance during a trilateral summit on October 10. The summit is part of […]

Tensions have been rising among countries in the Horn of Africa in recent years, due to regional disputes and internal conflicts. For example, in January 2024, Ethiopia signed a deal with Somaliland to access one of its ports on the Gulf of Aden. Somalia has viewed the deal as a provocation, as Somaliland is not […]

The Government of Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Eritrea remained on Tier 3. During the reporting period, there was a government policy or pattern of forced labor in its compulsory National Service, local citizen militia, and in […]

Hundreds of Eritrean nationals are at imminent risk of forcible return to Eritrea where they would face a real risk of torture, arbitrary detention and other serious human rights violations. Reports indicate that around 300 Eritreans recently detained in Türkiye without adequate access to communication or legal support have been deported to Eritrea. The authorities […]

When fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in Khartoum in mid-April, Eritrean brothers Abdel and Dahlak* said goodbye to each other in the Sudanese capital. Dahlak, the younger of the two, had some savings, so could afford to flee the city on a bus with other Eritreans. […]

As of May 2024, Uganda hosted roughly 1.7 million refugees. Of the total, around 55 percent came from neighboring South Sudan. The Democratic Republic of the Congo ranked as the second leading origin of refugees living in Uganda. Approximately 518,400 Congolese citizens have searched for asylum in the bordering country so far. Uganda houses the […]

n 15 April 2023, the outbreak of war in Sudan marked the beginning of a new era of suffering for refugees who had sought safety in the country. These refugees, mostly from neighbouring countries, had fled conflict, persecution, and violence in their homelands, seeking protection in Sudan. Prior to the war, there were approximately 1.1 million […]

As of December 2023, Ethiopia hosts 958,016 refugees and asylum seekers and remains one of the largest refugee hosting countries in Africa. The refugee population has grown significantly in 2023, as Ethiopia welcomed more than 130,000 refugees and asylum seekers, following the outbreak of armed conflict in Somalia and Sudan. The largest group of refugees […]

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