Le projet d’agrandissement de la centrale nucléaire de Paks est-il condamné ? C’est ce que pense l’historienne Eva Balogh sur son influent blog anglophone. Selon elle, les difficultés économiques de la Russie, les pressions européennes, ainsi que divers signes indiquent que le projet ne verra probablement jamais le jour.
L’agrandissement de la seule centrale nucléaire du pays confié à la Russie est la clé de voute de la stratégie d’indépendance énergétique et géopolitique voulue par le gouvernement Orban. Le projet est très critiqué par l’opposition à gauche et l’Union européenne.
La Commission européenne a annoncé au mois de décembre qu’elle lançait une enquête en profondeur, soupçonnant des subventions illégales de l’État et des attributions d’appels d’offres tronqués.
Les Hongrois se montrent modérément optimistes pour leur pays en 2016.
Un sondage téléphonique auprès de 1000 personnes commandé par l’hebdomadaire de droite « Heti Válasz » et réalisé par l’institut Nézopont montre qu’un peu moins de la moitié des Hongrois estime que 2016 sera une bonne année pour le pays (48%). A l’opposé, 32% se disent pessimistes quant aux perspectives du pays.
Un an plus tôt, une étude similaire concluait que seulement un tiers des Hongrois était optimiste (34%) et 46% pessimistes.
53% des sondés envisagent une amélioration économique cette année, contre 34% un an plus tôt.
Il y a un an, la popularité du Fidesz était au plus bas et le parti était ébranlé par des scandales liés au train de vie ostentatoire de plusieurs de ses cadres. La « crise des migrants » a permis au parti de se repositionner comme la force centrale et incontournable sur l’échiquier politique.
January 10, 2016 (KHARTOUM) -The Government of South Sudan has asked Khartoum to cut the lease of Sudanese oil transportation facilities.
Juba said its request was prompted by the fall in oil prices on the international market.
Speaking to Ashrooq's TV the South Sudanese foreign minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin said a request to this effect was presented to the Sudanese government.
“Oil prices have dropped ..They are no longer like in the past ..We have to see how we can share the oil revenue under these conditions.. And if we suppose that the oil price can go down to 20 dollars, at that time there would be nothing to share,'' said the South Sudanese top diplomat.
He said the oil ministers in Khartoum and Juba were discussing the matter, but no decision has been reached so far.
Benjamin has, however, expressed optimism that a solution could be reached on the matter.
Oil prices have been on continuous decline , dropping to less than 36 U.S Dollars per barrel this week.
In August 2013 South Sudan agreed to pay to Khartoum $9.10 for the oil produced in Upper Nile state and $11 for that of Unity state which produces some 20% of South Sudan's oil. Also Juba agreed to pay the Transitional Financial Assistance (TFA) to the average of the agreed oil transportation fees.
In January 2015, South Sudan's petroleum minister, Stephen Dhieu Dau said his country will consider whether to continue paying Sudan $25 per barrel of oil or push for reduction.
The $25 per barrel of oil being paid was meant to expedite the repayment of a $3 billion compensatory package they agreed to pay Sudan.
Benjamin has further said that President Salva Kiir Mayardit had offered to mediate between Khartoum and the rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/North(SPLM/N).
The TV interview was shot during the recent visit by the South Sudanese official to Khartoum to attend Sudan's 60th independence anniversary celebrations.
Benjamin has denied his government ‘s intention to arrest the SPLM in Opposition leader Riek Machar and his group members when they finally return to Juba.
“Machar will be safe in Juba.. The guarantee for this is his agreement with President Salva Kiir that South Sudan should live in peace and stability,'' he said.
He said a transitional government will be formed once Machar is in Juba. ”Nobody is planning to arrest Machar when he arrives in Juba.. His advance team of 200 troops, led by Taban Deng, is already in Juba,'' he added.
Benjamin also defended Juba's decision to divide the country into 28 states which was seen as a violation of the peace accord between the government and Machar's group.
“The division of the states represents a popular wish that has nothing to do with the peace agreement signed with Machar,'' he said.
He also refused to describe the atrocities committed during the three year conflict as war crimes, saying what had been said was far from the truth.
He also strongly rejected the calls for referring the issue to the International Criminal Court.
“Those calls are coming from outside South Sudan and totally contradict the African Union's Committee report that denied the occurrence of war crimes and violations committed in the South.
In reply to a question, Benjamin ruled out the reunification of South Sudan with Sudan .
“The situation in the Sudan and Southern Sudan dictates the cooperation of two countries on the basis of two independent states,'' he said.
He said the option for confederation between the two countries is in need of many prerequisites to be met , foremost the promotion of trade and the economy and the cementing of the relations between the two countries.
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- ChroniqueJanuary 9, 2016 (YAMBIO) - Authorities in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state said hundreds of citizens have fled the capital, Yambio to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and were living in critical conditions with no food, medicines and shelter.
The mayor of Yambio town, Daniel Badagbu and a high level delegation visited Nabiapai border and met huge numbers of internally displaced persons stranded at the DRC border in very awful living conditions.
Badagbu said South Sudan army attacked a group a gangs in Soura village, seven miles away from Yambio. The group allegedly looted several houses, raped women and caused insecurity among the population in Yambio town.
There are, however, no official reports on the causalities involved during the military confrontation between the armed group and the national army.
The armed group is alleged to be the South Sudan People's Patriotic Front SSPPF headed by Alfred Futuyo. The groups declared their positions to join the SPLM/IO in November 2015 accusing the Government of South Sudan of failing to address the insecurity in former Western Equatoria State of which elements of SPLA soldiers were killing innocent people and burning their houses, and dominant of one tribe in the National army.
No assessment has been conducted in Dungu and other remote areas of the DRC to know the exact numbers of civilians displaced by the conflict in Yambio county.
Yambio county authorities have urged all the displaced persons to come back home, saying the security situation had continued to improve in recent weeks.
John Mineala, one of the displaced persons, said life had become so expensive in Yambio town due to insecurity and hiked prices of commodities more than it was before.
“Live has become very scary in Yambio town which was not there before, we continue to live in fear at night because armed groups are looting our money and properties. Not even that prices of commodities are increasing every day, it is better to go and live somewhere” he said.
The South Sudanese conflict, which began in December 2013, has reportedly forced 2.3 million people out of their homes, 650,000 of these across borders and 1.65 million are displaced inside the country.
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January10, 2016(EL-GENEINA) - Throngs of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Sunday stormed the premises of the government of West Darfur State for fear of armed militia attacks. But, local security authorities forcefully evacuated them amid conflicting reports about fatalities in the incident.
The IDPs fled Moli village, 20 KM South of El-Genaina to the state capital after the murder of a pastoralist near their area, fearing revenge attacks.
The state's government spokesperson, Abdallah Mustafa, told Sudan Tribune that the villagers headed towards El-Genaina , hoping to find refuge in the nearby IDP camps.
Mustafa further accused some "political entities" , he did not name, of having exploited the situation and "instigated the crowd to protest inside the Government premises”.
He said some IDPs began to sabotage and burning cars and spread chaos. Then the situation forced the authorities to intervene.
He stressed the situation is under control and returned to normal after the evacuation of protesters from the government building.
Eyewitnesses told Sudan Tribune that more than one thousand IDPs, mostly women and children, entered the government building, carrying their belongings on donkeys.
The presence of the Federal Minister of Social Welfare Masha'ir al-Dawallab , in the premises of West Darfur state prompted the security to evacuate the IDPs.
The state government categorically denied any fatalities during the evacuation of the protesters.
However eyewitnesses confirmed to Sudan Tribune the killing of three persons by the security that used live ammunition and tear gas.
The witnesses said not less than 27 persons were hurt while many others had fainted due to the tear gas and were taken to hospital.
So far, no official figure was released about the number of the victims.
MOLI VILLAGE
Regarding the reasons of the displacement of the villagers, the IDPs said they decided to leave their home area after threats by the pro-government militiamen to burn the village after the herder's body was found near Moli.
The militia gave them two days to implement one of two options: to pay blood money (diyya) or to surrender his killer.
As the villagers failed to respond positively, the militias carried out widespread attacks, burning the village and looting the locals belongings a matter that prompted a mass exodus from the villages in the areas towards the premises of the state government.
The West Darfur is seen as a safe state in the troubled region where the tribal violence replaced fighting between the government forces and rebels.
REBELS CONDEMN
The Sudan Liberation Movement - Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) condemned the brutality of the security forces, and said the state government and to provide protection not to kill them.
''Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement strongly condemns the vicious attack on Moli village, south of El Geneina in West Darfur, resulting in the burning of the entire village and the displacement of all its citizens," said JEM spokesperson Gibreel Adam Bilal.
Bilal further slammed West Darfur government for failing to provide protection to the civilians or to hear their complaint.
The spokesman of the office of the SLM-AW chairman, Mohamed Abdel Rahman al-Nayer said the number of the victims reached 10 people. He further said the militiamen burned down six villages outside El-Geneina.
Al-Nayer called on the African Union and the UN as well as the joint peacekeeping mission UNAMID to investigate the incident and to shoulder their responsibility of protecting the citizens.
He also urged rights groups to campaign for an investigation by regional and international right institutions.
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