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The auction on the placement of short-term bonds worth 15 million manats (1.6006 AZN/USD on Oct. 8) of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Finance will be held at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) Oct. 11, the BSE said.

Member of the Azerbaijani Parliament, Head of Working Group on Azerbaijani-Ukrainian inter-parliamentary ties Rufat Guliyev has met members of the Ukrainian parliament.

Selon des résultats provisoires, le Parti justice et développement (PJD) a obtenu 99 députés à l'issue des législatives marocaines, marquées par une forte abstention. Les islamistes devraient donc être reconduits à la tête du gouvernement.

Október 4-én a Spanyol Légierő (Ejército del Aire Español, EdAE) átvette az új Eurocopter H215 kutató-mentő helikopterét. A gép a 802. század állományába kerül Gran Canaria szigetén. A feladatkörhöz kapcsolódóan a gépet ellátták plusz üzemanyag tartályokkal, így hatótávolsága 560 kilométer lett. A pilótafülke kijelzői kompatibilisek az éjjellátó szemüvegekkel.

Október végén, vagy november elején az első Airbus Military A400M Atlas teherszállító repülőgép is átadásra fog kerülni a Spanyol Légierő számára. Az első repülését szeptember 5-én megejtő MSN44-es jelzésű gépet, még további 26 fogja követni, ezekből az utolsó 13 darabot exportra kívánják bocsátani.

Több millió font elköltése után megújult a brit haditengerészet TYPE-23-as DUKE-osztályú WESTMINSTER (F237) fregattja. A 24 éves egység a szokásos felújítások sorában ez a legutóbbi igen jelentős képességbeli növekedést hozott, ugyanis a BAE Systems Artisan 3D rádiólokátora is felszerelésre került, ami 800 célpontot képes nyomon követni. Szintén új az MK8-as jelzésű 114 milliméteres hajóágyú, mely percenként egytucatnyi lövés leadására képes. A WESTMINSTER (F237) fregatt várhatólag 2017 tavaszán fog szolgálatba állni.

Az Airbus Defence and Space bejelentette, hogy végrehajtotta első repülését a A330 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport) gép továbbfejlesztett variánsa.  A strukturális módisításokkal együtt az aerodinamika is módosításra került, ennek köszönhetően 1%-al csökken az üzemanyag-fogyasztás, de a fedélzeti számítógépek teljesítménye is megnövekedett. A típust eddig 10 ország választotta ki, 51 darabos mennyiségben, amelyből 28 már átadásra is került.

Következő év március 31-én feloszlik a RAF XV. repülőszázada, mely a Panavia Tornado vadászbombázókra kerülő hajózók típusátképzését volt hivatott végrehajtani. A típus szigetországba történő közelgő kivonását a Lossimouth-i bázison települő egység megszűnése is jelzi.

Tárgyalásokat folytat az orosz Uralvagonzavod Vietnammal. A T-90-es harckocsikat előállító üzem 100 páncélos eladásáról folytat egyeztetéseket az ázsiai állammal, jelenleg éppen az árról folynak a tárgyalások.

Az eddigi megrendelt 170 mellé további 90 Taurus KEPD 350K csapásmérő robotrepülőgépet vásárolna a Boeing F-15K Slam Eagle vadászbombázó számára Dél-Korea. A több mint 500 kilométeres hatótávolságú fegyvert az északi testvérállam földalatti nukleáris és rakéta létesítményeik ellen tervezik alkalmazni. A német-svéd vegyesvállalat, a Taurus Systems által gyártott csapásmérő robotrepülőgépért 1,8 milliárd dollárt fizettek ki, ezekből az év végéig 60 darab kerül átadásra.

Norvégiában hajtották végre az első éles gyakorlólövészetet az AMRAAM ER légvédelmi rakétával. Az Evolved Sea Sparrow rakéta megnövelt hajtóműszekciójával ellátott AMRAAM ER rakéta mintegy 50 százalékos növekedést tud felmutatni maximális hatótávolság és 70 százalékos növekedést maximális magasság tekintetében.

Brazíliában a 2015-ben bekövetkezett 41%-os költségvetési csökkentés ellenére továbbra is folyik a helyi építésű tengeralattjárók programja. Igencsak erős francia segítséggel megtámogatva négy hagyományos és egy nukleáris meghajtású egység elkészítését vették tervbe a dél-amerikai országban a SCORPENE-osztály terveinek alapján. A négy hagyományos meghajtású, S-BR jelzéssel illetett tengeralattjáró építése már folyik. Az SBR-1 várhatólag 2018 júliusában kerül vízre. Ezt az SBR-2-es 2020-ban, az SBR-3-as 2021-ben, míg az SBR-4-es 2022-ben fogja követni.

 

NETARZENÁL GALÉRIA

 

Panavia Tornado IDS.

Boeing C-17A Globemaster III.

Szuhoj Szu-27P.

Denel CSH-2 Rooivalk.

Lockheed UP-3D Orion.

Saab JAS-39D Gripen.

PZL-Mielec M-28B1R Bryza 1R.

McDonnell Douglas T-45A Goshawk.

Dassault Mirage IIIRS.

Szuhoj Szu-25K.

Saab 105Oe.

Eurocopter EC-665 Tiger HAD.

Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II.

Atlas Cheetah D.

Saab S100D Argus.

Mil Mi-24V.

Lockheed C-130BZ Hercules.

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October 7, 2016 (JUBA) – The armed opposition faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) has admitted to have lost one of their chapters' heads in the United States to the government under the leadership of President Salva Kiir.

In a joint statement signed by 14 heads of the SPLM-IO chapters in their 15 offices established in the states across the U.S. which have huge populations of South Sudanese, the states' representatives have however downplayed the significance of losing their colleague, Ahchor Dhel, who was the SPLM-IO's head of the chapter for South Dakota state.

The statement said Dhel is the only head of a state chapter who has switched side to President Salva Kiir and his deputy, Taban Deng, adding that the rest of the leadership and membership of the SPLM-IO chapter in South Dakota remains in full support of the former First Vice President, Riek Machar, and that an acting head has taken control of the situation in that particular state office.

“We the SPLM-IO chapters in the United States of America unanimously continue our support to SPLM/A IO under the leadership of Dr. Riek Machar Teny, the Chairman and C-in-C. We the fifteen Chapters also regret losing an individual from the Chapter of South Dakota. Ahchor Dhel ran the Chapter in South Dakota and has officially deserted his position. His official release is yet to be approved by the Mission Office of the office of Representative of the SPLM/A IO in USA, and he will be notified of his official release through a letter accordingly,” partly reads the statement.

“The Chapter Office of South Dakota is yet to identify a chapter leader. The Coordination Office shall monitor the process,” further reads the joint statement extended to Sudan Tribune and signed by 14 out of the 15 SPLM-IO heads of chapters in the United States.

They said all the SPLM-IO chapters in the U.S. continue to support Machar and condemned the new First Vice President, Deng, for allegedly having struck a secret deal with President Kiir to destroy the peace agreement and ensure that no various sectors reforms will be implemented so that they allegedly continue to loot the country's resources and intimidate, torture and kill daring citizens using their security organs.

The statement, which was officially released to the public by the SPLM-IO's national coordinator in the U.S., Sabata Ramba, called on all South Sudanese in the country and in the diaspora to mobilize their support behind Machar for better change in the country.

The statement bears the names of the opposition's heads of chapters for the states of Texas, Washington, Utah, Arizona, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas Missouri, Tennessee, North Dakota, Maine, Alaska, California, Colorado and acting head of South Dakota.

This comes following the visit to the U.S. of government's delegation led by the First Vice President, Taban Deng, who is reportedly returning to South Sudan over the weekend.

Officials of the SPLM-IO said they boycotted Deng and his delegation from visiting the chapters in the states and have instead invited a team sent by Machar to visit all the 15 highly populated states and brief the South Sudanese communities about the situation in South Sudan.

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October 7, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - The internal groups of the opposition umbrella Sudan Call and the Future Forces of Change (FFC) alliance on Thursday have agreed to join efforts in order to build a national political project that could bring all Sudanese together.

Leaders of the opposition "Sudan Call" sign an agreement on the alliance's structures in Paris on 22 April 2016 (ST Photo)

In a joint press statement extended to Sudan Tribune on Friday, the two sides said they discussed the ongoing developments of the national dialogue, stressing the need for joint work to unify political efforts to build a national project.

The statement added “to achieve that end, the two sides called on the government to adhere to the basic dialogue agreements and to create conducive climate”, saying the two sides are keen to engage in joint work and coordinate with all political forces.

According to the statement, the two sides agreed to continue to meet, consult and coordinate in order to fulfill that objective.

The Sudan Call, which was established in Addis Ababa on 3 December 2014, includes the National Umma Party (NUP) and rebel umbrella of Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), and the Civil Society Initiative (CSI).

Sudan Call internal groups include the Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP), Sudanese Baath Party (SBP), Center Alliance Party (CAP), Sudanese National Party (SNP) and Sudanese National Alliance (SNA).

FFC, which was launched last February, is actually formed of three existing coalitions that for different reasons failed to join the opposition alliance of the National Consensus Forces (NCF), or the Sudan Call.

The FFC groups are National Forces Alliance (NFA), National Forces of Change (NFC) and National Unity Parties (NUPs). Some members of these groups, like RNM and Just Peace Forum (JPF), were part of the national dialogue process.

Both Sudan Call and FFC are not part of the government-led national dialogue conference which will begin its meeting on Monday.

Monday's conference which will take place with the participation of regional leaders will not include the opposition armed and political groups.

The government slammed the holdout opposition groups saying they are not serious about peace and dialogue and stressed they would go ahead with the outcome of the conference without waiting the opposition Sudan Call forces.

(ST)

October 7, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - Khartoum and Juba on Thursday have agreed to extend the deadline of the “zero option” agreement on the apportionment of debt between the two countries for the second time.

South Sudanese refugees wait at a border gate in Joda, in the Jableen locality in Sudan's White Nile State, after arriving from the South Sudanese war zones of Malakal and al-Rank, January 16, 2014. (Photo Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)

Sudan inherited the entire external debt that existed prior to the secession of South Sudan in 2011. Both sides decided to reach out to creditors to obtain debt relief and if that fails will sit down to see how it can be divided using the "zero option".

In September 2012, Sudan and South Sudan signed the “zero option” agreement under which Sudan would retain all the external liabilities after the secession of South Sudan, provided that the international community gave firm commitments to the delivery of debt relief to Sudan within two years. Absent such a commitment, Sudan's external debt would be apportioned based on a formula to be determined.

In 2014, Juba and Khartoum agreed to extend the “zero option” deadline for another 2 years till October 2016 in order to avoid immediate apportionment of debt between the two countries.

Sudan's Finance Minister Badr al-Dain Mahmoud met with his South Sudanese counterpart Stephen Dhieu Dau on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) in Washington on Thursday.

According to the official news agency (SUNA), the two ministers agreed to extend the “zero option” agreement and the work of the joint committees besides the banking correspondence to facilitate the flow of business operations between the two countries.

Sudan's external debt is estimated to have grown by 27% since 2008 from $32.6 billion to $41.4 billion in 2011. The IMF said the debt amounted to about US$45 billion in 2014 (79 percent of GDP), of which about 85 percent was in arrears.

JOINT COMMITTEES MEETING

Meanwhile, Sudan's Foreign Ministry said the joint committees between Juba and Khartoum would resume its meetings in December.

Sudan's State Foreign Minister Kamal Ismail said the meetings would discuss the implementation of the agreements signed between the two countries, pointing the meeting would also determine a timetable for the meetings of the various committees according to the concerned technical bodies.

He told SUNA that the meetings of the joint committees shall not be affected by the ongoing war in South Sudan.

In September 2012, both Sudan and South Sudan signed a series of cooperation agreements, which covered oil, citizenship rights, security issues, banking, border trade among others.

In March 2013, the two countries signed an implementation matrix for these cooperation agreements. However, the execution of the agreements didn't go according to the plan.

(ST)

October 7, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's Finance Minister Badr el-Din Mahmoud has discussed with the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Africa and the Middle East, Eric Meyer, efforts to combat illegal migration and terrorism besides the impact of sanctions on the Sudanese economy.

Sudanese finance minister Badr al-Din Mahmoud

The official news agency (SUNA) said the two officials met on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) in Washington.

According to SUNA, the Sudanese minister briefed the U.S. official on the challenges facing Sudan including the large flow of refugees from neighboring countries besides combating illegal migration and terrorism, saying the international community didn't provide any financial support for his country in this regard.

Mahmoud added that Sudan achieved positive economic growth rates despite the challenges it faces.

The official news agency pointed the meeting also discussed the recent political developments in Sudan including the national dialogue besides relations between Washington and Khartoum.

It added that Meyer mentioned the Sudan's unwavering efforts to combat illegal migration and terrorism, acknowledging the negative impact of the U.S. sanctions on the Sudanese economy.

He called on the Sudanese government engage in contacts with the U.S. States Department and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to reach understandings on the financial transfers particularly the lists of exemptions.

Sudan has been under U.S. trade and economic sanction since 1997, so financial institutions and banks are very careful when it comes to transaction and business in connection with this country.

After a severe punishment of $9 billion on the BNP Paribas in May 2015, many institutions stopped banking transfers and transactions fearing sanctions.

Late last month, U.S. officials said that U.S. sanctions on Sudan do not include private and remittance humanitarian aid to the eastern African country and encouraged transactions with Khartoum within the framework of many authorizations and licenses.

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October 7, 2016 (JUBA) - Four homes for South Sudanese former ministers and senior ex-intelligence officials who turned critics of President Salva Kiir have been raided and locked in the national capital, Juba, sources have said.

Targeted are homes to Mac Paul Kuol, former SPLA Military Intelligence (MI) director, Majak Agoot, former deputy minister of Defense and head of National Security Services (NSS) before South Sudan's independence from Sudan in 2011, Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior, widow to late John Garang, founder of the ruling party, SPLM, and Oyay Deng Ajak, former minister for National Security, who was also chief of general staff for the South Sudanese army (SPLA).

The raid which occurred on Thursday was allegedly carried out by the National Security Services (NSS), a government unit that searches, confiscates or detains people without court warrants.

Majak, who has been criticising rival leaders in South Sudan and advocates for temporary administration without President Salva Kiir and opposition leader, Riek Machar, confirmed the raid on his Juba house in a social media post on Thursday.

He accused President Kiir's government of allegedly copying from the neighbouring Sudanese government such actions which terrorize people.

“Copycatting Khartoum - the NSS has broken into my Juba family home; terrorizing the occupants; confiscating documents, and locking it up," he wrote on Twitter, attracting critical comments from his followers.

By "copycatting Khartoum" the former spy chief, who was deputy to security chief in Khartoum, was referring to notorious Sudanese NSS that targeted assets and families of dissident politicians.

Sources told Sudan Tribune that some family members have been arrested, others beaten up and ordered to leave the compounds of the former SPLM senior officials.

Majak and Oyai were arrested at the onset of the conflict in December 2013 but Nyandeng, who is also critical of President Kiir's administration, joined the former detainees as nonviolent group during the two years of war between president Kiir's soldiers and those loyal to his former deputy, Machar.

Ex-military intelligence chief, Mac Paul, was dismissed in May 2014, a month after dismissing as false, government's account of an alleged coup plot by Machar and others which was made the cause that triggered the violence on 15 December 2013.

Majak said in his Twitter message that Mac's home, who like Majak, is from Dinka Bor or Twic county, home county of the former leader, John Garang, was also raided.

“Gen. Mac Paul's home has also been vandalized - a rogue measure of bad taste which is beneath the esteem & standards of the rule of law," former deputy minister of defense wrote.

Government officials contacted by Sudan Tribune for comment declined, treating the issue as "sensitive."

But critics of the government described the move as "deposition" and desperate attempt to intimidate opponents of the government. Government supporters, however, praised the move as necessary to punish "traitors."

(ST)