Situation in Sudan (per 13 April) The International Ministerial Conference on Sudan will take place on 15 April in Berlin, Germany. The conference is hosted by the German government together with France, UK, US, EU and AU, on the day which marks the 3rd anniversary of the outbreak of Sudan’s conflict. Foreign ministers from key […]
Situation Report: Court case of alleged Eritrean smuggler Kidane starts in the Netherlands
The summary of the Walid Hearings in Court in The Netherlands can be accessed on the EEPA website Kidane first Court Hearing The Netherlands (per 31 March 2026) Kidane appeared in a public Court hearing for the tribunal in Zwolle, The Netherlands. The Zwolle Tribunal was previously in charge of the trials of Walid (Tewelde […]
Violent Eritrean smuggler Walid gets maximum sentence of 20 years in Dutch court
On 27 January 2026, the Dutch court in Zwolle delivered a significant verdict in the case against a suspect known as Walid, or Tewelde Goitom, convicting him on nearly all charges related to widespread human rights abuses against refugees in Libya. The court, in a comprehensive ruling totaling around 100 pages, sentenced Walid to the […]
How Rushtrek Tours Is Redefining the Tanzanian Travel Experience
By Kizito Makoye and Adam Ihucha DAR ES SALAAM / ARUSHA, Tanzania | 27 January 2026 (IDN) — The moment tourists arrive in Tarangire National Park, in Tanzania’s northern Arusha region, they see a breathtaking scene of a giant elephant curling up its trunk into the earth, leaving a plume of red dust wafting into […]
Stickergate: A Bell that Tolls for All
By Tisaranee Gunasekara* “This isn’t just about Palestine, it’s about everyone’s right to dissent…” Clare Hinchcliffe (Middle East Eye, 20.3.2025). COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 26 April 2025 (IDN) — Zoë Rogers is 21, English, a dog-lover. In August 2024, she, together with five others, crashed a modified prison van into Elbit Systems, an Israeli weapons […]
Sudanese Refugees Imprisoned and Impoverished by Ethiopian Visa Policy
By Augustine Passilly* The writer is a freelance journalist based in Ethiopia, and previously in Sudan. This article is part of The New Humanitarian’s wider body of reporting on abuses against Sudanese refugees in Chad, Egypt, and South Sudan. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia | 21 February 2025 (IDN) — Sudanese refugees living in Ethiopian cities are […]