BRUSSELS | 10 September 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Ethiopia, Sudan and the international and regional situation, Brussels demonstration for Eritrean refugees in Libya, drone strike kills 3 in Tigray, thousands displaced in Sudan’s Blue Nile. Migration and refugee situation (per 10 September) A demonstration calling for an […]
EEPA reports on Kenya shuts-down small foreign owned businesses
BRUSSELS | 7 September 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Sudan, Ethiopia, SAF retakes Hamrat al-Wiz in North Kordofan, Ethiopians among foreigners fighting for RSF, Kenya shuts-down small foreign owned businesses. Situation in Sudan (per 7 September) The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied forces captured Hamrat al-Wiz in […]
EEPA reports on Heavy fighting erupts in Baidoa, Somalia
BRUSSELS | 3 September 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Sudan, Ethiopia, EU countries push for “return hubs”, Heavy fighting erupts in Baidoa, Somalia, Drone strikes two WFP trucks in South Kordofan. Migration and refugee situation (per 3 September) Ministers of Denmark, Austria, The Netherlands, Germany and Greece are […]
Ben Okri—a Great Novelist and an Immigrant—Hits Out
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden | 2 September 2026 (IDN) — “In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road, and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river it was always hungry.” This must be one of the best opening lines ever penned […]
EEPA reports on ENDF base in Asosa expands military activity
BRUSSELS | 31 August 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Sudan, Ethiopia, Night-time curfew lifted in Khartoum, ENDF base in Asosa expands military activity, 2 peacekeepers killed in South Sudan. Situation in Sudan (per 31 August) The night-time curfew and state of emergency in Khartoum has been lifted after […]
From organising my data to exploring Humanitarian Data Spaces: My FAIR engineering journey with VODAN Africa
By Daniel Tesfa ADDIS ABEBA, Ethiopia | 28 August 2026 (IDN) — I come from the social sciences. My research focuses particularly on patterns of human trafficking and the post-war refugee crisis in the Horn of Africa. When I first joined the VODAN Africa FAIR Engineering journey, my ambition was relatively simple: I wanted to […]
EEPA reports on Ethiopia’s national dialogue concludes talks
BRUSSELS | 24 August 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Sudan, Ethiopia, Flash floods in Sudan, Ethiopia’s national dialogue concludes talks and Sharp rise of child-malnutrition in Somalia. Situation in Sudan (per 24 August) Forces allied with Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) claimed to have defeated a Rapid Support Forces […]
Beyond the battlefield: Women and girls facing sexual violence in post-Pretoria Tigray, Ethiopia
By Filmon Gebremikael, Daniel Tesfa and Shim Masha ANTWERPEN | Belgium | 22 August 2026 (IDN) — Semhal Hadush was a civil servant in a municipal office in the Central Zone of Tigray. She was forcibly conscripted by the Tigray Defense Force (TDF) from her workplace and taken to the Werie military training center in […]
EEPA reports on US deportations to Liberia
BRUSSELS | 21 August (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the Migration situation in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan, and on East Africa regional and international situations Migration and refugee situation (per 21 August) Liberia has agreed to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the US, including nationals from Africa, […]
EEPA reports on AU delegation visits Khartoum
BRUSSELS | 17 August (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on Sudan, Ethiopia, Forced recruitment in Oromia, AU delegation visits Khartoum and Heavy fighting erupts in Baidoa, Somalia. Situation in Sudan (per 17 August) Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sovereignty Council Chair, called for a […]