Tag: Uganda

  • EL AL Pilots And African Refugees And Asylum Seekers

    EL AL Pilots And African Refugees And Asylum Seekers

    Israeli pilots refused to take part in “the illegal and inhumane deportations of African refugees and asylum seekers from Israel. Pilots of EL AL, the Israeli national carrier refuse to cooperate with the deportations of refugees and asylum seekers who were not provided with proper and legal vetting of their claims. For more than a

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  • Eritrean Refugees in Israel and Reverse Operation Moses

    Eritrean Refugees in Israel and Reverse Operation Moses

    on January 17, 2018, Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers and activist staged a mock slave auction outside the Knesset in Jerusalem to protest Israeli plans to deport them back to the country they escaped from or to third countries. While Israel offered Rwanda and Uganda to receive the asylees at $3500 per person, Libyan Militias and

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  • Announcing Awate IGAD Forum

    Announcing Awate IGAD Forum

    Dear friends, Two days ago, we launched the 2018 fundraising entitled “Support Awate.com” campaign which will continue for some time. The response during the last two days has been encouraging to the extent that it inspired us so much we have decided to announce one of our enhancement plans ahead of time–we believe we do

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  • Abdullahi “Farmaajo” Elected as President of Somalia

    Abdullahi “Farmaajo” Elected as President of Somalia

    Abdullahi Mohammed “Formaajo”, a dual citizen of Somalia and the USA was elected president of Somalia on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 in the third round. For roughly a year between 2010-2011, Formaajo had served as prime minister of Somalia. Together with Hassan Sheikh Hassan, the outgoing president, they are credited for bringing Somalia this far

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