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Il aura fallu attendre 30 ans pour voir l’équipe nationale hongroise se qualifier pour une compétition internationale de football. Dimanche soir, les Magyars ont vaincu le signe indien. Ils ont validé leur ticket pour l’Euro 2016 en sortant à deux reprises vainqueurs (1-0 à Oslo, 2-1 à Budapest) des matchs de barrage qui les opposaient à la Norvège. Une qualification pour le moins inattendue qui s’apparente presque à un miracle pour la plupart des supporteurs de la Hongrie.

A première vue, les débats entre la Hongrie et la Norvège s’annonçaient assez équilibrés. La mission administrée aux Hongrois de vaincre les Nordiques, poussifs durant les matchs de qualifications, ne ressemblait pas à quelque chose de fondamentalement impossible. Pourtant, ils étaient peu nombreux avant le match aller, jeudi dernier, à Oslo, à croire en la qualification de leur équipe favorite. Malgré la victoire hongroise 1 à 0, ils n’avaient toujours pas l’air très rassurés, dimanche soir, à 20h45, à l’heure à laquelle la Hongrie a débuté son match retour à la Groupama Arena de Budapest. « IIs », ce sont les supporteurs magyars, qui, d’année en année et au fil des désillusions, avaient totalement perdu l’espérance de voir leur équipe nationale se qualifier pour une grande compétition de football.

L’une de leurs plus grandes déceptions a eu lieu contre la Yougoslavie en 1997 dans un match directement qualificatif pour la phase finale de la coupe du monde 1998. Encaisser 7 buts dans un match tant attendu par toute un peuple n’est pas une juste une spécificité brésilienne. Les Hongrois en savent quelque chose. Comme le Brésil contre l’Allemagne, la Hongrie avait subi un 7 à 1 pour le moins humiliant. Le genre de fessée qui laisse des traces.

Des lendemains de victoires, les supporteurs magyars en ont déjà vécus quelques-uns ces dernières années. Mais toujours pour du beurre. Des lendemains de qualification pendant lesquels le réveil est à la fois douloureux et euphoriques, ils ne sont plus très nombreux à en avoir connus dans les « kocsmák » du pays. Imaginez un peu! La dernière participation de la Hongrie à une Coupe du Monde remonte à 1986. L’ultime trace laissée par une équipe magyare lors d’un Euro date de… 1972! Une éternité. Le pessimisme ambiant des hongrois ne vient certainement pas de nul part.

Des valeurs de solidarité, une part de chance…

Lors de cette double confrontation entre la Hongrie et la Norvège, le match aller a sensiblement ressemblé au retour. Une équipe qui attaque très maladroitement : la Norvège et une autre qui défend plutôt bien et place quelques contres : la Hongrie. A ce petit jeu, ce sont les Magyars qui ont remporté la mise, non pas en proposant un jeu flamboyant mais en montrant des valeurs qu’on ne leur reconnaissait guère ces dernières temps : de la solidarité, de la rigueur, du réalisme.

En plus, la Hongrie a bénéficié d’une part de chance pendant ces rencontres. Les joueurs norvégiens ont, en effet, touché à 2 reprises les montants du but d’un Gábor Király alors totalement battu. Si ces poteaux s’étaient transformés en buts, le vainqueur de cette double confrontation n’aurait peut-être pas été le même. Mais ne boudons pas notre plaisir, c’est bien connu, la chance en football est toujours présente chez les grandes équipes. La chance. Un mot qui avait sensiblement disparu du vocabulaire des nombreux fans magyars. Pendant toutes ces années de galère, ces derniers n’ont pourtant jamais cessé d’être derrière leur équipe nationale. Malgré les défaites et les désillusions. Et dimanche soir, la roue a enfin tourné.

… et du talent pour une qualification méritée !

Solidaires comme jamais –  vraisemblablement marqués et révoltés par la mort de l’un de leurs anciens coéquipiers, le gardien de but Márton Fülöp, décédé des suites d’un cancer le jour de la première confrontation contre la Norvège – les joueurs hongrois n’ont pas juste gagné grâce à leur bonne organisation. Ils ont aussi fait preuve de talent. En témoigne, le but de Tamás Priskin qui, d’une magnifique frappe à la 14eme minute, a fait lever l’ensemble des supporteurs hongrois de la Groupama Arena. Le plus talentueux demeure sans doute, Balázs Dzsudzsák, la star de l’équipe qui aurait tellement mérité de marquer le but du 2-0 devant son public. Ce but de la délivrance est finalement arrivé à la 83ème minute du match. Il fut l’œuvre – tout un symbole de la poisse nordique – d’Henriksen… contre son propre camps! 4 minutes plus tard, le défenseur norvégien se rattrapait et marquait cette fois-ci dans les bonnes cages. Mais c’était trop tard pour transformer le dimanche le plus festif de l’année à Budapest en un « szomorú vasárnap ». L’équipe de Hongrie a enfin vaincu ses vieux démons. Ses supporteurs peuvent respirer. Les Hongrois seront bien présents à l’Euro en France, en juin prochain !

It is time for the two countries to resolve their differences and work together.

According to the ministry, Russia’s Frigate rocket booster carrying a state-of-the-art Defense Ministry satellite successfully separated from its Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket.

Megnyitották az Ásotthalom-Királyhalom (Bački Vinogradi) határátkelőhelyet kedd reggel, miután megszűnt a szerb oldalon az informatikai probléma - tájékoztatta a Csongrád Megyei Rendőr-főkapitányság szóvivője az MTI-t.

Russian Defense Ministry said that a Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket laden with the newest defense satellite was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the country’s northwest.

November 16, 2015 (JUBA) – Angry civilians attacked a military barracks in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state over the weekend and killed a soldier before making off with several ammunitions, area authorities and local residents said on Monday.

South Sudanese SPLA soldiers are pictured in Pageri in Eastern Equatoria state on August 20, 2015 (Photo AFP/Samir Bol)

The attack came a day after an area engineer was killed and the suspects allegedly retreated to a barracks located near Ikwotos county headquarters.

Local residents told Sudan Tribune that Engineer Lopus Athanasio was shot dead about three kilometers from the county headquarters Wednesday.

Traces of the killer's footsteps reportedly led residents to an army barracks forcing angry youth armed with machetes and rifles to retaliate. While at the army unit, the group demanded that soldiers hand over the engineer's killers.

The army allegedly responded by firing at the youth and this sparked off the violence.

“When we talked to them, they denied and ordered us out of the barracks and as we were getting out they started shooting us with machine guns and threw a hand grenade [at us]. We then decided to shoot back to them,” a local resident, who preferred anonymity, told Sudan Tribune over phone.

Sounds of gunfire reportedly caused panic as scared residents scampered for safety.

Authorities in Eastern Equatoria state, however, said they had dispatched a team of investigators to determine the cause of the violence.

“Between the time of following the footprints which went to the barracks but did not enter inside, and before they investigated why the footprints were traced to the barracks, confusion erupted among the civilians and the army of which 32 huts of the army were burnt and one army [man] killed,” said local government minister, Lokai Iko.

According to the commissioner for Ikwotos county, Peter Lokeng, those who attacked the military detach stole properties, including six AK-47 rifles.

“We received some guns which have been looted by civilians about six and also the properties of soldiers were reportedly burnt,” he said, urging residents to remain calm.

The army spokesperson, Col. Philip Aguer said he was unaware of the violent incident.

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November 16, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - More than 381 people have been infected and 118 others have died over the past four months after coming down with dengue fever in the western Sudan region of Darfur, a heath official said on Monday.

yellow fever patients being treated at the isolation wards of Nyala Teaching Hospital -(File Photo WHO)

The Sudanese state health minister Sumia Idriss said that the outbreak of dengue fever, killed 118 people in the five states of Darfur since last August. However she expected a decrease on cases suspected of the disease saying the region may be declared free of the fever within three weeks.

While briefing the parliament about the situation in Darfur, Idriss further said that up to Friday 13 November the highest number of reported cases is in West Darfur (268) followed by Central Darfur (53), North Darfur (43), East Darfur (11) and South Darfur (6).

She further told the Sudanese legislators that the death rate stands at one percent.

The state minister further said that the ministry dispatched medical teams to the region and provided the technical support. She said the government allocated 103 Million SP to address the situation, indicating that the dengue fever have no specific medical treatment so far but efforts are focused on the preventive measures to combat the transmission of the disease.

Dengue fever is spread by mosquito bites and manifests itself in symptoms including a sudden high fever, rashes, nausea, headaches and others. There is no treatment that specifically addresses the ailment though measures can be taken to mitigate its symptoms.
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For his part, the federal minister of Health Bahar Idriss Abu Garda Monday briefed President Omer Hassan al-Bashir about the measures taken by his ministry to combat the outbreak in Darfur.

Speaking to the media after the meeting, Abu Garda said that the dengue fever has been reduced in Darfur thanks to the efforts exerted by the ministry of health in the region.

He pointed out that the ministry is ready to combat any outbeak, adding that President Bashir has directed to provide the needed services through the comprehensive health coverage.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that there is a need for $1.94 million to implement a comprehensive response and containment plan the the World Health Organization (WHO) prepared together with the Sudanese health ministry.

OCHA further said that the government provided 3.45 million Sudanese Pounds (about US$557,000), for the affected states.

The comprehensive response plan covers all aspects of disease surveillance, laboratory analysis, vector control, case management and community mobilization, the UN agency said.

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According to a document published on Tuesday, Vladimir Putin has signed a decree implementing the country’s defense plans for 2016-2020.

November 16, 2015 (BOR) - The Twic East county population in South Sudan's Jonglei state have asked for military protection in the wake of increased rebel activities in the area.

The map of Jonglei state in red

A state MP representing people with special needs in Twic East, Deng Ajang, told reporters in the capital, Bor Monday that fear has forced several people out of their houses after the Maar village incident that killed 21 people, injuring eight others.

Ajang accused the country's armed opposition forces (SPLM/IO) of attacking Maar village last week. These allegations were, however, dismissed by the rebels.

“The fear is there, the fear of any attack since they [the rebels] are targeting civilians, it has caused a lot of fear among the people. People who fear their lives, will see how best they will be safe”, he said, in reference to civilians who fled to flooded islands in swamps.

Ajang said government forces have not surfaced in the village since last week's attack.

“The [Sudan Peoples Liberation Army] SPLA is informed, and will come to verify the attack and see the body of one of the attackers who has been killed”, stressed the lawmaker.

Meanwhile, humanitarian agencies currently operating in the world's youngest nation have expressed their concerns over the thousands of the population fleeing the area, mostly children and women, amidst warnings of a potential disaster in the offing.

Other agencies, on the other hand, said their developmental projects in villages affected would be derailed for a number of months since they would have no civilians to assist.

Critics of the country's ruling party say the SPLM policy of taking towns to the people in the villages wouldn't be feasible this time where nobody, within the government, allegedly cares about the mass killing of unprotected civilians by either rebels or raiders.

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Au Zimbabwe, les fermiers vont désormais devoir payer des impôts sur leur terre. C’est ce qu’a révélé lundi 16 novembre le journal d’Etat, The Herald. Selon ce quotidien, tous les bénéficiaires de la réforme agraire, mise en place par le gouvernement dans les années 2 000, vont désormais devoir s’acquitter de plusieurs taxes.

November 16, 2015 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese justice minister, Paulino Wanawilla on Monday acknowledged the existence of corrupt officials in government, saying even staff in his ministry mandated to prosecute those involved in corruption engage in the practice.

Anti-corruption activists demonstrate in the South Sudan capital, Juba,on 11 June 2012 (ST)

Speaking at the opening of a one month long training for public prosecutors on Monday, Wanawilla urged legal experts to have ethics and professionalism.

“I know in South Sudan corruption is not in one place, but it's very sad when everybody is stealing,” he said.

“I know [there is corruption]. I have evidences of people in this ministry [of justice] who are legal counselors and take bribes,” the minister added, without further elaboration.

Allegation of corruption and admission of it existence are not new in South Sudan. Since its independence, however, nobody has ever been prosecuted for graft.

Since the ruling Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) came to power in 2005 over $4 billion of state funds have gone unaccounted for, according the South Sudan's President Salva Kiir.In July 2012, President Kiir wrote to 75 top politicians asking them to return money stolen from public coffers and be exempted from prosecution. It remains unknown if any money was returned to an account opened in neighbouring Kenya.

South Sudan was perceived as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, the 2014 Transparency International's annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) indicated. Only four countries ranked worse than South Sudan, which was 171st out of 175 nations listed.

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En RDC, une mission de contrôle a révélé qu'environ 11,7 millions de dollars avaient été détournés entre avril et juin pour la seule ville de Kinshasa. De l'argent qui était destiné à la paie des fonctionnaires et aux frais de fonctionnement de certaines administrations. Cinq ministères sont concernés dans les secteurs de l'éducation, la santé et la recherche. Un coup dur alors qu'on présentait la bancarisation de la paie des fonctionnaires en RDC comme le moyen d'éviter les détournements. Du côté de l'association congolaise des banques, on tient à rassurer : ce n'est pas le système bancaire qui en cause. Alors comment a-t-il pu s'opérer ?

Malgré les attentats et malgré me risque sécuritaire, la Cop 21 ne sera pas annulée. Les autorités françaises l'ont rapidement signifié. Les préparatifs se poursuivent donc pour ce grand rendez-vous. Au Mali, le gouvernement a présenté ses objectifs nationaux pour la COP 21 et, au Bénin, le président Boni Yayi s'est rendu à l'ambassade de France à Cotonou pour une rencontre en préparation du sommet sur le climat.

Le parquet rwandais a requis 15 ans de prison à l'encontre de David Kabuye, ex-capitaine rwandais en retraite poursuivi depuis mars pour «incitation au soulèvement» et «diffamation». David Kabuye est le mari de l'ancienne chef du protocole de la présidence, elle aussi tombée en disgrâce.

En Libye, les combats contre l'organisation Etat islamique sont toujours aussi féroces à Derna, dans l'est du pays. Depuis mars dernier, le gouvernement de Tobrouk, reconnu par la communauté internationale, a lancé une offensive contre le groupe jihadiste. Grâce à une coalition hétéroclite de combattants islamistes et d'habitants, l'organisation Etat islamique avait été chassée de la ville en juillet dernier. Depuis, c'est en périphérie de Derna que les combats ont cours, avec l'aide des bombardements aériens libyens mais aussi américains.

November 16, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned that unusually heavy and widespread rains that fell recently in northwest Africa, the Horn of Africa and Yemen could favor desert locust breeding.

A man holds locusts as a Swarm of locusts arrives in Israel near the Egyptian border on March 6, 2013 in Kmehin, Israel (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

"Extreme weather events, including torrential downpours, have the potential to trigger a massive surge in locust numbers. Rain provides moist soil for the insects to lay their eggs, which in turn need to absorb water, while rains also allow vegetation to grow which locusts need for food and shelter," said Keith Cressman, FAO Senior Locust Forecasting Officer.

"The effects of a locust plague can be devastating on crops and pastures and thus threaten food security and rural livelihoods," he added.

FAO said that in the winter breeding areas along both sides of the Red Sea, seasonal rains began in early October, which is slightly earlier than normal.

“If the rains continue, there would be sufficient time for two generations of breeding to occur this year in the coastal areas of Sudan, northern Eritrea, southeast Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen”.

FAO emphasized that prevention through early warning and early reaction is the key in reducing damage caused by desert locust on agricultural areas.

“After unusually heavy rainfall, it is imperative that countries mount the necessary field surveys and maintain them on a regular basis for routine monitoring of breeding conditions and locust infestations. The finding of significant infestations requires control operations to avoid a further escalation in locust numbers. It is critical that the results of survey and control operations are reported quickly and accurately so that swift decisions can be taken to prevent the spread of locusts to other countries”.

FAO noted that it operates a desert locust Information Service that receives data from locust-affected countries. This information is regularly analyzed together with weather and habitat data and satellite imagery in order to assess the current locust situation, provide forecasts up to six weeks in advance and if required issue warnings and alerts.

In 2013, Sudan entered a dispute with FAO with the former saying that the latter is conspiring against the country in its attempt to combat a locusts invasion.

At the time, the Sudanese government said it wrote to FAO asking it for help but that the UN body offered a mere $25,000 in assistance which they saw as an insult.

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Le gouvernement israélien a annoncé dimanche 15 novembre autoriser l'immigration des Éthiopiens juifs, les Falashmoras, au cours des cinq prochaines années. En 2013, pourtant, Tel Aviv avait annoncé avoir rapatrié les derniers juifs d'Éthiopie et, depuis, fermé ses portes.