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NINETEEN people were killed and 143 others were wounded in two suicide bombings, minutes apart, targeting a market and a military camp in the town of Kerawa in Cameroon's Extreme Nord region on 3 September, Reuters reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, although

US communications company Telephonics plans to increase its investment in an Indian joint venture (JV) it operates with Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), it was announced on 5 September. In a statement, Telephonics said it will boost its stake in Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems (MTIS) from

The Royal Thai Navy's (RTN's) first M58 patrol boat has been launched, Thai shipbuilder Marsun confirmed to IHS Jane's on 7 September. The boat, Laemsing (561), was launched on 25 August at the RTN-owned Thonburi Naval Dockyard in Bangkok, Marsun's head of marketing Theerabhat Sroisena told IHS

Ukraine is working with NATO on a new 'roadmap' for wide-ranging technical co-operation in the defence sector between the two parties, according to the country's foreign minister, Pavlo Klimkin. The co-operation could take the form of new trust funds or direct liaison with NATO, he said. Speaking

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Le quotidien public Essahafa a publié dimanche une liste d'une centaine de combattants tunisiens morts en Syrie, accompagnée de leurs photos. Une première. Le journal explique qu'ils avaient rejoint les rangs du groupe Etat islamique ou encore du Front al-Nosra, la branche syrienne d'al-Qaïda. Et annonce qu'il publiera prochainement des révélations sur les Tunisiens de retour du jihad.

September 6, 2015 (NYALA) – Governor of South Darfur State Adam al-Faki Mohamed has announced that the state of emergency that has been in place since August 2014 will be lifted in the next three months, due to improvement in security conditions.

A Sudanese military tank is stationed near a security facility in South Darfur capital Nyala on 4 July 2013 (Photo: Getty Images)

Mohamed said in a press statement on Sunday that his Government will take pre-emptive measures that will include arresting the remaining outlaws still at large.

He disclosed that those outlaws that had been arrested under the emergency law will be dispatched to the prisons of Port Sudan, Red Sea State, to stand trial there. “Expulsion of criminals outside the State is a well-deserved punishment for those who tamper with the safety and security of citizens,” he noted.

The governor said the significant improvement in security conditions, following the arrest of 80% of the criminal gangs, had tempted them to consider lifting the state of emergency.

“The recent security measures have resulted in a sharp decline in crimes,” he added, noting that the incidents that occasionally take place are small criminal acts.

He further said the state of emergency had been a heavy burden on citizens, crippling their movement.

“This is against human rights,” he stressed.

Nyala, the State capital, was the scene of a brutal murder crime last Monday when armed men shot to death three citizens while walking around in al-Salam neighborhood around 10 pm.

Security forces laid hands on three suspects in connection with the crime.

The South Darfur State had imposed the state of emergency in August 2014 following a sharp deterioration in security, and the city saw frequent looting, murder and kidnapping incidents in downtown.

As part of those measures, a curfew was imposed from 10pm and vehicles with no number plates were banned.

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Finmeccanica's Selex has secured an order to deliver a suite of electronic warfare equipment for eight Lynx Mk21A aircraft used by the Brazilian Navy.

Lockheed Martin has secured a contract to continue to modernise Aegis hardware and software onboard the US Navy vessels.

DCNS has floated the newest French Frégate européenne multi-mission (FREMM) frigate constructed for the French Navy from its facility in Lorient.

The US Navy's latest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS 21) will be named as USS Minneapolis / St Paul, navy secretary Ray Mabus has announced.

 

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September 6, 2015 (JUBA) - South Sudanese government said Sunday it was reaching out for assistances from the government of neighbouring Sudan from which the young nation seceded in 2011, to help implement the regionally brokered and internationally backed peace deal with armed opposition under the leadership of former vice president, Riek Machar.

South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (L) and his Sudanese counterpart, Omer Hassan al-Bashir, attend a press conference at Khartoum airport on 4 November 2014 (Photo: AFP/Ashraf Shazly)

South Sudan's foreign minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, on Sunday said Russian foreign ministry will organize a meeting between Sudanese and South Sudanese foreign ministers to discuss ways to support the implementation of the deal.

“We are also asking the region, particularly those countries which have played a significant role in the mediation of the resolution of the conflict to stand with us and provide their support in any capacity. We expect Sudan as one of the countries which played a very important role in the mediation to play another positive role in the implementation,” Marial said in an exclusive interview with Sudan Tribune on Sunday.

The government, he added, affirmed full commitment to implementing the compromise peace agreement, despite reservations and called on the people to stand with the president Salva Kiir who signed the deal on 26 August.

Marial said he received an invitation from the government of Russia to travel to Moscow for a discussion on bilateral relations with Sudan on matters related to cooperation agreement and implementation of the peace deal.

“Our relations with Russia have been recording tremendous movement towards developing strategic relations and both of us would like to build on this beginning for the benefits of our people and the two countries in number of areas,” he said.

He described the role of Russia in trying to reconcile the views of the two countries on a wide range of post secession issues as “act of a very important friend.”

The top diplomat revealed the meeting between him and Sudanese minister of foreign affairs, Ibrahim Ghandour, was being arranged by the Russian minister of foreign affairs of Russia, Seje Labrov.

The meeting, according to him, will be held for two days from 9 - 11 September during which the discussions will be moderated by the hosting official on a wide range of post secession issues.

One of the issues he expected to be discussed is how the government of Sudan would help in the implementation of the recently signed peace agreement with the rebels.

Russia is the chair of the United Nations Security Council this month of September and urged the two parties to respect the ceasefire or face sanctions.

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Le quartier européen de Bruxelles sera paralysé ce lundi par des milliers d'agriculteurs et de tracteurs qui entendent manifester leur mécontentement face la situation de l'élevage bovin et surtout porcin ainsi que pour le secteur laitier, très sévèrement touché. Les ministres de l'Agriculture de l'Union européenne auront donc une pression certaine pour trouver une solution à la crise qui secoue les éleveurs européens.

Près de 40 nœuds au compteur, le Watercat M18 AMC se faufile entre les îles de la côte sud suédoise. 19.9 mètres de long, 4.3 mètres de large pour un tirant d’eau de 1.1 mètre, l'engin en aluminium, conçu pour le débarquement de troupes, les évacuations ou encore les patrouilles, a été commandé à 12 exemplaires par la marine finlandaise à Marine Alutech. Un chantier installé en Finlande et qui teste avec le Watercat M18 AMC les performances du dernier-né de la gamme marine de Scania, le V8 de 16.4 litres.

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Quand on est en situation de faiblesse, mieux vaut afficher une image plus impressionnante que la réalité pour intimider l’adversaire. Dans la nature, les cas sont légion et, la semaine dernière, les Britanniques ont offert un bel exemple de cette stratégie. Volontairement ou non, militaires et industriels sont parvenus outre-manche à faire passer auprès des medias anglais et internationaux un simple concept ship pour ce qui constituerait l’ossature de la Royal Navy dans 35 ans.

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Der serbische Ministerpräsident Aleksandar Vucic hat von der europäischen Staatengemeinschaft mehr Solidarität im Umgang mit Flüchtlingen eingefordert.

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September 6, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's foreign ministry said its mission in Geneva is making intensive efforts to abort moves by the United States at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to relegate Sudan to agenda item 4 which means that human rights situation in the country requires the world's attention and monitoring.

A general view of participants during the 29th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 3 July 2015 - (UN Photo)

Sudan's foreign ministry spokesperson, Ali al-Sadiq, has vehemently criticized Washington for seeking to move Sudan back to agenda item 4, stressing that Sudan's mission in Geneva would coordinate with the friendly nations within the UNHRC to resist the U.S. attempts.

“This is not the first time that some western countries target Sudan and seek to move it back to the square of trusteeship,” he told reporters on Sunday.

Al-Sadiq stressed that Sudan and its allies are capable of refuting any claim by the U.S., pointing to efforts made by the government to improve human rights conditions “away from the misleading fallacies by parties hostile to Sudan”.

In November 2013 the then Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti offered rare praise of the U.S. disclosing that it had played a significant role in the UNHRC's resolution which kept Sudan under agenda item 10 of technical assistance for another year, despite attempts by some parties to move Sudan back to agenda item 4 of monitoring.

Last week, media reports said that Washington has embarked on moves within the UNHRC to move Sudan back to agenda item 4 which allows intervention under chapter 7 of the UN charter.

The US representative announced during a procedural session at the UNHRC that his country intends to lodge a draft resolution to relegate Sudan to agenda item 4 which provides for appointing a special rapporteur for human rights in the country.

Observers say that Washington's move was intended to put pressure on Khartoum particularly as agenda item 4 allows for international intervention in the country's internal affairs on issues pertaining to human rights.

It is worth mentioning that recent reports of international rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have accused the Sudanese army and its allied militias of committing war crimes in the conflicts areas.

This week, a Sudanese rights group, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) sent a letter to the members and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council saying that human rights situation in Sudan continue to deteriorate, and marked by harsh political repression and continued impunity.

"Over the past four years in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, the Sudanese government has engaged in indiscriminate and targeted aerial bombardment of civilian areas, killing and wounding hundreds, if not thousands, of civilians," said the ACJPS.

The group further urged the different delegations "to support the development and adoption of a strong and responsive resolution on Sudan under agenda Item 4 at the 30th session of the Human Rights Council in September".

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