Baktérium- és vírusellenőrzést kér a jövő évi riói olimpia szabadtéri vizeire a vizes sportokat tömörítő nemzetközi szövetség (FINA).
A FINA az ötkarikás szervezőknek, valamint Eduardo Paes polgármesternek is eljuttatta azt a levelet, amelyben a versenyzők egészségi állapotáért aggódva kéri a vizsgálatokat.
Az elmúlt hónapokban több olyan felvétel készült, amelyen az látszik, hogy a riói szabadtéri vizek rendkívül szennyezettek, tele vannak hulladékokkal, haltetemek borítják a felszínt és a partokat.
A FINA a levelében úgy fogalmaz, hogy szennyezés nélküli, baktériumoktól és vírusoktól mentes vízben szeretné látni a nyíltvízi úszók küzdelmeit, amelyeket egyébként ugyanott bonyolítják majd le, ahol a triatlonosok úszószámát is.
Az elmúlt hónapban az ENSZ Egészségügyi Világszervezete (WHO) már javasolta a riói szervezőknek a vízminőség vizsgálatát.
Cornel Marculescu, a FINA általános igazgatója azt mondta: az elmúlt hetekben rendezett tesztversenyek szereplői közül eddig senki sem jelzett megbetegedést.
September 17, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – Former South Sudan's vice-president and leader of the armed opposition faction, SPLM-IO, said the fuel tank explosion which reportedly resulted to over a 100 people dead and many more injured was a tragedy that should be investigated.
The designated first vice-president paid his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of those who lost their loved ones in these untimely deaths.
“This is a great tragedy which has in a single day befallen our citizens in Western Equatoria state. On behalf of the SPLM/SPLA and on my own behalf, I pay my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families who have lost their loved ones in this tragic incident,” Machar said in a statement on Thursday from his office's media official.
The incident occurred on Thursday, according to reports, when a fuel tanker carrying petrol overturned on the road about 7km from Maridi town, prompting hundreds of residents in the area to rush to the scene to get fuel which was spilling down from the tanker.
A gunshot by unknown person maybe to try to disperse the crowd, or with ill intention resulted into the explosion of the tanker, killing over a hundred people instantly, with some dying later on.
But the rebel leader's spokesman said there was need to thoroughly investigate the incident.
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September 17, 2015 (JUBA) – An independent newspaper has been ordered by security agents in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, not to publish stories on Friday, a source told Sudan Tribune late on Thursday.
The Juba Monitor newspaper, which is owned by a former BBC correspondent, a South Sudanese national. Alfred Taban, has been told to stay off on Friday after publishing an opinion critical of the government soldiers' crackdown on civilians in Wonduruba payam of Lainya county in Central Equatoria state.
“We are told not to publish on Friday and our editor-in-chief, Alfred Taban, has been called to attend a meeting at the office of the national security on Friday,” a source asking to remain unanimous in fear of repercussions told Sudan Tribune on Thursday.
Alfred Taban wrote an opinion castigating the behaviours of the army in Wunduriba payam that led to displacement of tens of thousands of people, with some local reports suggest that up to 80,000 have been displaced in Lainya county for the past one week of army's random shooting at civilians in the area suspected to host rebels.
Wunduruba payam of Lainya county is home to the current government minister of cabinet affairs, Martin Elia Lomoro.
He said the aggression of the army amounted to creating more enemies to the government of president Salva Kiir, a move that is against a peace agreement signed last month.
The veteran journalist suggested army's “rebooting” and restructuring to reflect a diverse composition of South Sudan. He lamented that all South Sudanese communities have to send sons and daughters to the army who are entrusted to propel nationalism as opposition to tribalism.
Juba Monitor is the only independent English language newspaper after the Citizen was shut down by the security in July. Citizens newspaper's chief editor, Nhial Bol Aken, said he had to quit journalism last week after receiving a series of threats against his life.
At least 9 journalists have been killed so far and many more tortured or imprisoned by government's security personnel for the past four years after independence in 2011.
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Giving an interview on Bloomberg on 10 September 2015, Research Fellow of ELIAMEP Dr Angeliki Dimitriadi discussed the refugee crisis. You can read the article here.
Minderjährige Asylsuchende und Flüchtlinge haben in Österreich zwar formal das Recht auf Bildung, de facto tragen aber viele Faktoren zum Ausschluss aus dem Bildungssystem bei. Das Land muss diese Hürden und Barrieren dringend aus dem Weg räumen. Nicht nur um dem Menschenrecht auf Bildung gerecht zu werden, sondern um den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt auf Dauer zu sichern, meint Monika Mayrhofer.
September 17, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudan's armed opposition faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) has condemned the ongoing offensive by president Salva Kiir's forces against their bases in Central Equatoria state.
In a statement issued on Thursday, SPLM-IO led by former vice- president, Riek Machar, said government forces have continued to violate the ceasefire and target civilians in Wunduruba payam, south of the capital, Juba.
“We have been receiving disturbing reports of ongoing ceasefire violations by soldiers of Salva Kiir. They have continued to attack our bases in Wunduruba payam at Lainya county while at the same time targeting civilians in the area,” said Machar's spokesman, James Gatdet Dak, in a statement extended to Sudan Tribune on Thursday.
He also said president Kiir's forces on Wednesday attacked civilians in Mundri county of Western Equatoria state, shooting at civilians in Jambo and Lui areas, looting property and burning houses to ashes.
“We condemn this barbaric act by the regime,” he said.
Dak said many civilians have been killed by government troops in the area while thousands more have been displaced and in dire humanitarian situation.
He accused the government of violating the ceasefire deal with the intention to try to regain territories from the opposition faction before it could declare positions controlled by their forces.
He said this is the same strategy the government has been attempting to implement in other states including the two oil-rich Unity and Upper Nile states, which shall be governed by the opposition governors for 30 months in accordance with the peace agreement signed in August.
“The regime's intention is to try to capture territories we have been holding. The plan is to claim control of these areas so that their military team could declare them as their areas of control at the workshop on security arrangements in Addis Ababa,” he said.
He called on the East African regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), to monitor and verify the violations and for the international community to condemn these violations.
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