Emirates National Oil Company est bien partie pour remporter le contrat de gestion du terminal pétrolier du port de Berbera, au Somaliland, selon les informations recueillies par "Jeune Afrique".
This year’s second edition of the European Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Course is taking place in Orléans, France, 18-29 May. It gathers transport aircraft from five European Member States training together to increase interoperability.
The main objectives of this course initiated by the European Defence Agency, run by the European Air Transport Command (EATC) and hosted for the first time by the French air force were presented to a group of Distinguished Visitors on 21 May. The EAATTC series of events aims to provide air transport crews with a robust airlift tactics syllabus in order to enhance interoperability between European air forces.
EAATTC15-2, the 2nd of three similar courses to be held in 2015, put the emphasis on formation-flying techniques and procedures. The complexity of the missions flown during the event increases over the course of the exercise, and graduating crews are presented with an official certificate at the end of the event.
“The French air force has been extremely supportive in the organisation of EAATTC15-2 and is now delivering a top-level training in close cooperation with the EATC “, EDA Course Director Michele Rega underlined during the DV Day. “Organised as part of the wider European Air Transport Fleet partnership, the EAATTC series of events makes a tangible and long-lasting contribution to the increase of military airlift capabilities in Europe”, he added.
May 21, 2015 (WAU) – Authorities in Western Bahr el Ghazal state have arrested three suspected men allegedly responsible for the assassination of Wau county paramount chief, Angelo Bagari, who was gunned down on 10 May along with his wife.
According to Wau county commissioner, Elia Kamilo Dimo, the prime suspect, Peter Unango, was identified as the master planner who killed the couple.
“Unango was identified through a probe by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) personnel based on many evidences including the letter of his own hand writing that he dropped in the compound of the chief with threatening words on the chief before the chief was killed,” said Dimo.
Unango was a member of Wau county youth known as Wau Pimalu who were inciting the 2012 December's violence and was convicted to jail for five years. He later last week escaped from the prison and killed the chief.
“He was the one during the Wau violence who led an attack on the chief Angelo Bagari for his stance with the state government to relocate the county headquarters from Wau town to Bagari,” said the commissioner.
The suspect was also previously found guilty of being responsible for burning down commercial trucks in Wau town during the December crisis.
“We have information about the place that the murderer went and took shower because in our customs, when you kill someone they will take you to shower with tree called ‘jal',”Kamilio explained.
He further explained that the investigation committee was working with the police's CID to conclude the probe into the killing.
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May 21, 2015 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese freelance reporter has been killed in what relatives and local officials said was a targeted revenge attack.
Pow James Reath, who left Bor, the capital of Jonglei state at the onset of the conflict, was a freelance reporter with UN-run Radio Miraya FM and most recently worked for Radio Tamazuj and Gurtong website.
Reath, who held a diploma in journalism and mass communications in Uganda, was allegedly moving to a nearby non-governmental organization (NGO) base to get internet access when he and Yohannes Pal Kuek, a master's degree student who was on research mission, were killed.
“The killing of two young men in Akobo county on Wednesday has been strongly condemned,” said Gatwech Koak Nyuon, a peace activist in a statement extended to Sudan Tribune.
A displaced pro-government's Akobo county commissioner, Taban Juoch, who is based in Juba, confirmed the killing of the two young men. He said there were no details.
“We are told this was a revenge attack,” he said when contacted for comment on Thursday.
Unconfirmed reports suggested that the victims were killed on Wednesday in a revenge attack between the Chie-Tot and Chie-Majok of Akobo East county in Lou-Nuer territory which is all under the control of the rebel forces led by former vice president, Riek Machar.
Inter-clan revenge killings are common in South Sudan where justice is not often available for victims and civilians resort to taking the laws into their own hands.
Activist Nyuon called for justice for the victims who were well educated and died under unclear circumstances.
“I appeal to authority in Akobo to critically look into situation so that civilians are aware of the importance of an educated person,” he said.
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