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Le Secrétaire général de l'Onu s’est dit préoccupé par la série d'attaques contre les soldats de la MINUSMA. Mali : un casque bleu et 3 civils tués Minusma : Ansar Dine revendique l'attaque Mali: la Minusma visée par les jihadistes

Le groupe panafricain a nommé ce Pakistanais directeur exécutif, chargé du pôle banque de grandes entreprises et d'investissement. Il remplace l'Ivoirien Charles Kié, parti diriger la filiale nigériane d'Ecobank.

Cet article Amin Manekia – Ecobank est apparu en premier sur JeuneAfrique.com.

À quelques mois de son départ, le patron de la banque, l'une des plus importantes de la première économie du continent, se montre optimiste : la crise qui frappe le secteur ne freinera pas son expansion panafricaine.

Cet article Phillips Oduoza : « Nous espérons bientôt réaliser la moitié de nos bénéfices hors du Nigeria » est apparu en premier sur JeuneAfrique.com.

Sans tambour ni trompette! La cérémonie de livraison du premier porte-hélicoptères de type Mistral et de passage sous pavillon national se déroulera à Saint-Nazaire ce 2 juin, de 10h30 à 12h, à l’intérieur du hangar à hélicoptères et sur le pont d’envol du Gamal Abdel Nasser. Il n'est pas prévu que cette cérémonie soit ouverte aux médias, pour des "raisons de sécurité".

Le BPC devrait ensuite partir la semaine prochaine en direction d’Alexandrie, son port d’attache. 

La livraison du second porte-hélicoptères, qui porte le nom d'un autre ancien président égyptien, Anouar el-Sadate, est quant à elle prévue courant septembre.

Croatie : à la fac de philo de Zagreb, des plénums contre la « cléricalisation » de l'éducation
Croatie : un nouveau gouvernement ouvert en grand à la droite extrême
Radicalisation et discours de haine en Croatie, à qui la faute ?
Croatie : Zlatko Hasanbegović, un révisionniste pro-nazi au ministère de la Cutlure
Manifs, grèves et mobilisations : le réveil civique de la Croatie
Radicalisation et discours de haine en Croatie, à qui la faute ?

/ Croatie droitisation, Croatie, Courrier des Balkans, Société, Politique intérieure

Croatie : à la fac de philo de Zagreb, des plénums contre la « cléricalisation » de l'éducation
Croatie : un nouveau gouvernement ouvert en grand à la droite extrême
Radicalisation et discours de haine en Croatie, à qui la faute ?
Croatie : Zlatko Hasanbegović, un révisionniste pro-nazi au ministère de la Cutlure
Manifs, grèves et mobilisations : le réveil civique de la Croatie
Radicalisation et discours de haine en Croatie, à qui la faute ?

/ Croatie droitisation, Croatie, Courrier des Balkans, Société, Politique intérieure

June 1, 2016 (JUBA) – In unexpected move which is described as a breakthrough, the South Sudan's presidency has agreed to review the 28 states and come up with a recommendation on the number of new states within 30 days.

President Salva Kiir walks his First Deputy Riek Machar and Vice-President James Wani on 26 April (Photo Moses Lomayat)

The resolution came out after a joint meeting of the President, Salva Kiir, First Vice President, Riek Machar and Vice President, James Wani, at the presidential palace on Wednesday.

In a joint statement to the press by the two deputies after the meeting, a committee of 15 members will be constituted from all the parties to the August 2015 peace agreement and from the international partners to come up with recommendation on new states.

“We discussed the issue of the 28 states. We decided to tackle this through a committee. That committee will be composed of 15 members…So that they can work on the number of states, review them and they come up with recommendation on the number of the states and this will be within 30 days. Within 30 days this work will be done,” said First Vice President, Riek Machar, in a press statement to the media following the meeting, also broadcasted on the South Sudan TV, (SSTV) on Wednesday evening.

Machar said the 15 members of the committee will include 10 South Sudanese from the parties in the peace deal and 5 others from the international partners. He added that they would ask South Africa and Tanzania to bring in two members from their countries.

Also, Vice President, James Wani, who also spoke to the press with Machar, confirmed the outcome of the joint meeting of the Presidency with President Kiir's participation.

“Really, I have nothing to say further, what the First Vice President has just articulated is absolutely in place. These are the issues we agreed on,” Vice President Wani said.

“But one would want to underline the fact that the meeting of today by the three of us has been one of the most successful meetings,” Wani added.

He reaffirmed that the inclusive committee to be formed will not only review the number of states but also work and recommend on their new boundaries within 30 days. It was not however clear when the committee will be formed to start their work on the new states.

Machar also said the Wednesday meeting tackled the need to release prisoners of war on both sides.

He also said the presidency has agreed to come up with a budget for cantonment of forces in the country.

The rest of the remaining issues, they said, will be tackled during the coming Friday's council of ministers meeting.

Earlier, in a 31 January resolution, the East African regional bloc, IGAD, which brokered the peace agreement, called on the parties to form a boundary commission to work on the number of new states within 30 days, or revert to the current 10 states in case of no agreement.

Observers close to the decision making processes in the rival parties say the most probable outcome will be for the parties to revert to the 10 states, citing lack of agreement.

Earlier, the government said the issue of the 28 states was a “red line” and refused to review them, but the Wednesday breakthrough has come as a positive step.

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Olaszország nyolcezer kilométer hosszú tengerpartját és félmillió négyzetkilométer területű felségvizét tartja folyamatos ellenőrzés alatt az olasz parti őrség, amely az utóbbi huszonöt évben félmillió embert mentett meg, az utóbbi két évben pedig többet minden korábbinál – mondta Filippo Marini, az olasz parti őrség országos szóvivője egy szerdán sugárzott tévéinterjúban. A cikk folytatása …

Tovább….: http://www.vajma.info/cikk/kulfold/56245/Az-olasz-parti-orseg-felmillio-embereletet-mentett-meg-az-utobbi-25-evben.html

      

June 1, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - An estimated 226,950 South Sudanese refugees have fled to Sudan since December 2013, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said in a report attributed to its refugee agency UNHCR.

South Sudanese refugees perform a traditional dance as President Omer Hassan al-Bashir addresses a crowd a rally held in Ed Daein, East Darfur, April 5, 2016. April 5, 2016. (Photo Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)

According to the report, the influx of South Sudanese refugees into Sudan, a nation from which it seceded in 2011, resulted from its conflict and deterioration of food security.

UNHCR further estimates that nearly 69,000 people have arrived to various states in Sudan from the world's youngest nation since the beginning of this year until 22 May.

As such, the report says, UNHCR and partners are currently updating their response plan to cope with the newcomers as more arrivals are expected in the coming weeks.

Humanitarian organisations are reportedly continuing to provide humanitarian assistance and basic services for the South Sudanese refugees in Kour Omer camp, while the World Food Program plans to distribute shares of food material for this month, with an estimated 28,428 refugees at Kour Omer camp expected to get food aid.

Last month, OCHA reported that the number of South Sudanese refugees fleeing the conflict in their country had risen to about 80,000 people since mid-December 2015.

The Sudanese government has earlier expressed concern over the situation in South Sudan after mutual accusations between the rival parties of violating the peace agreement signed in Addis Ababa and called on them to abide by the agreement.

"The crisis in South Sudan has significant implications for the region's countries, especially Sudan since peace and security represent an integral issue and no state can be stable while its neighbours suffer from strife and lack of security”, the Sudanese foreign affairs ministry was quoted in an earlier statement on the matter.

The statement further stressed that Khartoum “is following with great concern the persistent reports of the South Sudanese rival parties violating the Addis Ababa agreement and the mutual accusations in this regard and the confrontations that took place in Jonglei, Upper Nile and Al- Wehda states during the past two days”.

Sudanese officials also encouraged leaders in neighbouring South Sudan to amicably resolve their differences through dialogue in order to end the suffering of its population.

South Sudan president Salva Kiir and the armed opposition leader, Riek Machar signed a peace agreement in August last year to end the conflict in the country. The accord, among others, called for the deployment of international forces to monitor the cease-fire and allow humanitarian aid to reach those affected as well as cooperate with the UN and other humanitarian agencies currently operating in the conflict-hit nation.

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Károly herceg szerdán felavatta a Brassó megyei Szászfehéregyházán létesített és róla elnevezett képzési központot. A központban hagyományos mesterségeket tanítanak, díjmentesen. A Károly Herceg Alapítvány elnöke, Aura Woodward elmondta, az első képzés a napokban kezdődik. Ennek keretében hagyományo...

Democratic Party president Bojan Pajtic alleges that PM Aleksandar Vucic is an autocrat posing as a European democrat and says opposition parties should unite against his rule at the next round of elections.

Senior member of China's business delegation to Zagreb says trade could improve - and Croatia could meet some of China's demand for wine, pharmaceuticals and dairy and agricultural products.

One month after President Ivanov’s pardons sparked mass protests, BIRN looks at how the ‘Protestiram’ movement has organised and developed in Macedonia.

May 31, 2016 (KHARTOUM)- The Sudanese Foreign Minister, Ibrahim Ghandour, will participate in an anti International Criminal Court (ICC) meeting, to be held at the International Security Council on the 9th of June in New York.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Sudanese foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour Oct 2, 2015 - (Photo UN/Evan Schneider)

Ghandour will be part of a seven- African minister committee formed by the African Union Peace and Security Council last January to explain the position of the regional body from the war crimes court.

The African Union committee will address the United Nations Security Council to request the postponement of ICC cases against the African leaders, and to suspend any decision already taken against incumbent African leaders.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Ghandour said the committee comprises ministers from Algeria, Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, Kenya and Sudan.

He pointed to the full coordination between these countries, saying that each minister will make a speech before the Security Council, as the ICC prosecutor will submit his report on the same day.

The ICC issued two arrest warrants against Sudanese President Omer Hassan al-Bashir in 2009 and 2010 for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed in Darfur but Khartoum says the court has no jurisdiction over Sudan, accusing it of becoming a political tool to target African leaders.

In 2013, the African leaders refused ICC decision that calls the Kenyan President, Kenyatta to appear at the ICC, demanding the adjournment on the move based on the basic Rome State, but Kenyatta decided later in 2014 to attend the ICC trial as the first move by incumbent president.

During the AU summit on 1 February following his election as the African Union Chairman, the Chadian President Idriss Deby criticized the ICC saying it only focuses on African leaders.

"Elsewhere in the world, many things happen, many flagrant violations of human rights, but nobody cares," Deby said at the close of the African summit.

However the summit didn't take a decision to withdraw collectively from The Hague based court saying it is up to every state to take the appropriate decision.

However, the Kenyan presidency issued a statement saying that the summit decided "to develop a road map for the withdrawal of African nations".

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Depuis l'arrivée au pouvoir, en octobre 2015, du parti de droite eurosceptique Droit et Justice et la réforme du tribunal constitutionnel, l'opposition évoque des atteintes au travail des magistrats. L'Union européenne (UE) craint pour l'indépendance de la justice. Un dialogue a été amorcé depuis quelques semaines entre les autorités polonaises et l'exécutif européen. Mais ce mercredi, la Commission est allée plus loin en lançant un avertissement.

June 1, 2016 (NEW YORK) – United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called on warring parties, turned peace partners, “to fully and unconditionally implement all parts of the Agreement”, uphold the permanent ceasefire and address the economic crisis and dire humanitarian situation in the country.

A UN Security Council meeting (Photo: UN/Paulo Filgueiras)

In the recent resolution passed this week, the Council also called on the parties in the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) to abide by the communiqué of the East African regional bloc, IGAD, on the fate of the controversial 28 states, which it asked the parties to suspend, discuss or revert to 10 states in case of disagreement.

“Welcoming the resolve indicated in the IGAD Council of Ministers Communique of 31 January 2016, urging the TGNU to abide by and take no action inconsistent with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 30-31 January 2016 communique, which was subsequently endorsed by the parties and JMEC, on the issue of the Presidential Decree on the creation of 28 new states and calling on the United Nations Security Council to support consequences in the event the South Sudanese parties fail or refuse to implement the Peace Agreement…,” partly reads the resolution of the UN Security Council.

It also demanded that the parties to the conflict take immediate action to ensure unconditional humanitarian access across the country.

It further recalled the communique of the 28th Extraordinary Session of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government, which inter alia, invited collective action as appropriate by the States of IGAD to enact asset freezes and travel bans, and deny the supply of arms and ammunition and any other material that could be used in war.

“Reiterating its concern at persistent restrictions placed upon the movement and operations of UNMISS, strongly condemning the attacks by government and opposition forces and other groups on United Nations and IGAD personnel and facilities, and the detentions and kidnappings of United Nations and associated personnel and calling upon the Government of South Sudan to complete its investigations of these attacks in a swift and thorough manner and to hold those responsible to account,” it reads.

The Council stressed that the “situation in South Sudan continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security in the region.”

It expressed deep concern at the failures of South Sudan's leaders to fully implement their commitments pursuant to the Agreement, and to bring an end to the hostilities. It further condemned the continued and flagrant violations of the ceasefire provisions of the Agreement, including violations as documented by the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Mechanism.

It called on the South Sudan's leaders to fully and immediately adhere to the permanent ceasefire in accordance with their obligations under the Agreement, and allow in accordance with relevant provisions of international law and the UN guiding principles of humanitarian assistance, full, safe and unhindered humanitarian access to help ensure timely delivery of humanitarian assistance to all those in need.

The Council underscored its willingness to impose targeted sanctions on South Sudanese leaders who continue to violate the agreement in order to support the search for an inclusive and sustainable peace in South Sudan.

It decries policies or actions that threaten transitional agreements or undermine the political process in South Sudan, including planning, directing, or committing acts that violate applicable international human rights law or international humanitarian law, or acts that constitute human rights abuses in South Sudan.

The Council further decried targeting of civilians, including women and children, through the commission of acts of violence, including killing, maiming, torture, or rape or other sexual and gender-based violence, or abduction, enforced disappearance, forced displacement, or attacks on schools, hospitals, religious sites, or locations where civilians are seeking refuge.

“The obstruction of the activities of international peacekeeping, diplomatic, or humanitarian missions in South Sudan, including the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism or of the delivery or distribution of, or access to, humanitarian assistance,” it pointed out as among the violations.

It also accuses parties of attacks against United Nations missions, international security presences, or other peacekeeping operations, or humanitarian personnel.

“Expresses its intent to monitor and review the situation at 90 day intervals fi'om the adoption of this resolution or more frequently, as needed, and invites the JMEC to share relevant information with the Council, as appropriate, on its assessment of the parties' implementation of the Agreement, adherence to the permanent ceasefire, and facilitation of humanitarian access, also expresses its intent to impose any sanctions that may be appropriate to respond to the situation, which may include an arms embargo and the designation of senior individuals responsible for actions or policies that threaten the peace, security or stability of South Sudan, including by impeding tile implementation of the Agreement, or by failing to take effective and comprehensive steps to cause forces under direct or indirect control to cease military operations, acts of violence, as well as human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law, and to enable full access for humanitarian assistance,” it said.

Although the world body renewed sanctions on South Sudan for one more year, it also said it shall be prepared to adjust the measures contained in the resolution, including by strengthening through additional measures, as well as modification, suspension or lifting of the measures, as may be needed at any time in light of the progress achieved in the peace, accountability, and reconciliation process.

The resolution said further actions will depend on the implementation of the August 2015 peace agreement and the parties' commitments, including the ceasefire, and compliance with the UN resolutions.

(ST)