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Le 7 février, le Parlement écossais s'est opposé, par 90 voix contre 34, au projet du gouvernement britannique de sortir de l'Union européenne. Le Parlement a aussi publié un rapport exprimant la volonté de l'Écosse de disposer de sa propre politique d'immigration.

Le 8 février, l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) a publié son "Étude économique de la Suède", dans laquelle elle salue la résilience et la forte croissance de l'économie suédoise.

Le 7 février, le président moldave Igor Dodon a rencontré le président du Parlement européen Antonio Tajani, le président du Conseil européen Donald Tusk et la Haute représentante Federica Mogherini avant de se rendre au quartier général de l'Otan à Bruxelles.

Jean-Claude Juncker a déclaré le 10 février accorder à l'Ukraine la deuxième partie du prêt de 1,8 milliard € en raison de la levée du moratoire sur l'exportation de bois par l'Ukraine, qui violait ses propres engagements vis-à-vis de l'OMC et de l'Union européenne.

Selon les données publiées par Eurostat le 10 février, au 1er janvier 2017, 22 des 28 États membres de l'Union européenne appliquaient un salaire minimum national : seuls le Danemark, l'Italie, Chypre, l'Autriche, la Finlande et la Suède n'en disposaient pas.

Le célèbre carnaval de Venise se déroule du 18 au 28 février avec de nombreux spectacles, défilés, soirées, fêtes et bals.

Jusqu'au 29 mai , la Tate Britain accueille les œuvres de David Hockney, artiste majeur du XXe siècle, au sein d'une exposition ambitieuse.

Du 16 février au 14 mai, une exposition est consacrée à l'oeuvre de Caesar van Everdingen, peintre flamand contemporain de Rembrandt, au musée Sinebrychoff d'Helsinki. Il s'agit de la première exposition regroupant 30 œuvres de l'artiste.

Du 16 au 26 février se tient la 15ème édition du Festival international du film de Dublin avec de nombreux films internationaux.

Du 16 au 18 février se tient le festival Sónar à Reykjavik, l'un des plus importants festivals de musique électronique en Europe. Créé à Barcelone, il s'exporte dans des villes européennes depuis 15 ans et fait partie du programme "Creative Europe" de la Commission européenne.

Du 16 au 20 février a lieu Tanzolymp, festival international de danse à Berlin. De jeunes danseurs venus du monde entier vont concourir afin d'obtenir une bourse ainsi que la possibilité d'être entraînés par les meilleurs professionnels de la danse.

Du 15 au 19 février, le Grand Palais de Paris accueille de nombreux artistes lors de son Art Capital 2017. L'exposition s'organise en quatre salons : "artistes indépendants", "comparaisons", "artistes français", "dessin & peinture à l'eau".

February 12, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's opposition National Umma Party (NUP) on Sunday has condemned the killing of seven cattle herders in South Kordofan saying it is holding consultations to form a national committee to investigate the incident.

Seven cattle herders from the Hawazma tribe have been killed and one injured on Friday morning near Al-Hujairat area, some 30 kilometres west of Kadugli, South Kordofan capital.

The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) accused the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/North (SPLM-N) rebels of committing the crime and called on the African Union and the international community to investigate the incident.

For its part, the SPLM-N issued a statement denying any involvement in the attack, pointing its army has no presence in the Al-Hujairat area.

In a statement extended to Sudan Tribune on Sunday, the NUP said it is making contacts to establish the truth and identify the culprits, adding that consultations are underway to form a national committee to probe the incident.

It announced that a delegation from the NUP would arrive in the area during the coming days to offer condolences, calling on the residence to stay unified against those who attempt to create sedition in the homeland.

“The regime doesn't only bear responsibility for the deteriorating security situation in South Kordofan but also for failure to protect the residence due to its [failed] policies in the region,” said the NUP.

The statement pointed that the security situation in South Kordofan is extremely dangerous, saying that attacks and violations are being committed against the residents on daily bases.

The NUP further described the incident as “heinous massacre”, saying it represents a dangerous precedent and a continuation of the crimes targeting residents and their cattle amid complete absence of the state and its institutions.

It added that the incident is part of the repercussions and effects of the ongoing war in South Kordofan, pointing to the prevalence of armed robberies in the region.

The statement pointed that recruitment of the outlaws in the government militias poses serious security, social and economic danger on the lives of the residents.

South Kordofan and neighbouring Blue Nile state have been the scene of violent conflict between the SPLM-N and Sudanese army since 2011.

(ST)

February 12, 2017 (JUBA)- South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Sunday dismissed charges that he and the SPLA chief of General Staff Paul Malong Awan have turned the national army into a tribal institution.

President Salva Kiir speaks during the inauguration of the new SPLM premises in Juba on 15 November 2013 (Photo Moses Lomayat)

“There are people when they are with the government and in the army, appreciate the work of the SPLA but when they go, they say it is a tribal army. When has SPLA become my army and when it has become a tribal army,” asked president in a meeting on Sunday.

The president made the remarks on Sunday at his residence in which he met and held a usual informal meeting with some prominent members of the Jieng (Dinka) Council of Elders.

A deputy chief of South Sudan army, General Thomas Cirilo, on Friday 10 February resigned from the army and accused President Salva Kiir and military leadership of spearheading a tribal agenda.

Cirilo further accused the He the duo (Kiir and Awan) of "deliberately orchestrated planned violations" of the August 2015 peace agreement" which led to fighting in Juba in July last year. He also accused them of targeting non-Dinka tribes, pointing to the ongoing violence in the Equatoria and Upper Nile regions.

The head of state attributed the dominance of his ethnic group to lack of people wanting to join military, citing the 2012 national mobilization when the army wanted recruits.

“When people are not ready to join the army and others accepted to volunteer, is it me or the chief of general staff who stopped them from joining”, asked Kiir. “If some people want to go, they are free to go but they should not make claims which are not true”.

Kiir said he was not surprised about people leaving the SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army) because it was allegedly not the first time it was being left. “How many times have people left the SPLA and did the same people not come back,” asked president?

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February 12, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese police on Sunday has arrested several foreigners from some Arab countries after an explosion at a residential building where it uncovered base ingredients for fabricating a bomb.

Police official spokesperson Lt. Gen. Omer al-Mukhtar earlier Sunday stated that “police investigations are underway to find out the details and motives of the crime”.

Also Sky News TV, reported the police apprehended foreign Arab nationals and seized quantity of weapons and explosives.

In a statement on Sunday night, Sudanese police confirmed the explosion, saying a police officer who was stationed near the incident's site informed the rescue police that he “heard a small blast at Arkawit suburb, south of Khartoum,”. The police underscored that it was later made certain that it came from one of the buildings in the area”.

The statement added that “police force backed by forensic and explosive specialists besides a dedicated team from the National Intelligence and Security Service was dispatched” to the incident's scene, pointing the teams “stormed the apartment and found local materials used in making crude explosives and foreign passports”.

“The investigations revealed that a suspect began to make an explosive device but it detonated and caused him minor injury that forced him to seek treatment in a nearby hospital. [However] they refused to treat him without informing the police which made him leave without treatment,” read the statement.

The statement said that the police would resolve the case and captures the suspects within hours, stressing the seized materials are not highly explosive.

It is noteworthy that the police on Sunday morning has closed down a street in the 46th neighbourhood of Arkawit area and set up blocks 80 meters along the street and positioned its vehicles on both sides of the street.

Eyewitnesses told Sudan Tribune that police found explosives in an apartment at the residential building; saying one of them exploded on Sunday morning and hit one of the residents, where traces of blood were seen at the scene.

According to the eyewitnesses, the police evacuated large number of yellow paper bags containing holdings that have been collected from the apartment.

They pointed out that they heard gunshots at 2:00 am (local time), saying the area was then cordoned off by police with sniffer dogs.

The same eyewitnesses added that the four-story building includes a number of apartments inhabited by Arab nationals.

Khartoum has remained a safe place for foreign diplomats and organisations also there was no terrorist attacks on the Sudanese government institutions despite the regional troubles, its collaboration in the war against Daesh and involvement in the Yemeni war.

The last terrorist attack in Khartoum was in 1993 when the Palestinian Black September Organization carried out an attack on the Saudi embassy in the Sudanese capital.

(ST)

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