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Hassan Rohani, le président iranien, sera en France les 16 et 17 novembre prochain. Mais selon RTL, alors qu'un dîner aurait dû être organisé à l'Elysée, il n'aura finalement pas lieu pour une histoire...

+VIDEO Interrogé sur Europe 1, le ministre de l’Economie a estimé que l’amendement voté dans la nuit et permettant d’assouplir la loi Evin sur la publicité sur l'alcool ne contrevient pas aux objectifs de santé public.

Vis ma vie de chauffeur et de taxi. Thomas Thévenoud a voulu fêter le premier anniversaire de la loi qui porte son nom in situ. Sur un siège passager avant, décontracté en jean, moustache et bracelet brésilien...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing today of a peacekeeper from the United Nations mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) following a confrontation with armed elements in the town of Batangafo, amid ongoing violence in the strife-torn country where elections are set to take place before the end of the year.

UAE Major General Abdullah Al Hashimi (left) shakes hands with Saab Group Presid

November 9, 2015 (RUMBEK) - A pastoral youth killed five South Sudan army soldiers amd wounded 11 others from the military unit in Lakes state, officials said Monday.

Map detail showing South Sudan's Lakes state in red

The incident occured in Cuei-adukan, located about five kilometres from town.

Clashes erupted when armed soldier forcefully tried to seize the pastoralist's gun, which provoked the youth to attack the military barracks and cause havoc.

A criminal investigation department official confirmed the clashes, describing the incident as an unfortunate fight that left soliders dead while the killer escaped unhurt.

“We have lost five combat soldiers – we have 11 soldiers that sustained gunshot wounds and we admitted them in Rumbek hospital for treatment – those pastoralist youths are very rough and our forces have disengaged from fighting them," said Moses Dut.

Madit Bil, a youth who participated in the clashes, said the army seized his gun by force.

"The soldiers beat me and took away my gun by force – they beat me, released me and then I decided to come back as a man and I take away my gun in the same way that they seized my gun – now I have my gun with me and I will see how will take it again, said Bil.

He regretted the lootings and burning of houses allegedly carried out by soldiers, whom he advised to act as trained soldiers. Bil said that around 20 houses were set on fire by soldiers while an old man who was very sick was burnt alive.

Marial Amuom Malek, Lakes state security advisor confirmed the shooting and said that state governments had controlled the situation and normal business had resumed.

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November 9, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - The joint political and security committee between Sudan and South Sudan headed by the minister of defence in the two countries will meet in the next Monday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

South Sudan's defence minister Kuol Manyang Juuk shakes hands with his Sudanese counterpart Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Ouf while AUHIP member Abdulsalam Abubakar applauds, after the signing of an agreement to operationalize the buffer zone between the two countries on 14 October 2015 (Courtesy photo by the AUHIP).

The members of the two delegations will discuss the implementation of the recommendations of the last extraordinary meeting between the two sides in last September.

On 14 October 2015, Sudanese defence minister Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Ouf and his South Sudanese counterpart Kuol Manyang Juuk signed an agreement providing to operationalize the demilitarized zone and to deploy the UN supported joint monitoring units.

The semi-official Sudanese media Center (SMC) Monday has reported that the meeting will discuss the activation of the implementation mechanisms according to the security arrangements agreement between Sudan and South Sudan, in addition to discuss the establishment of the demilitarized border zone between the two countries.

According to a statement by the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) which brokers the process, the 16 November meeting was supposed to discuss a report by UNFISA force commander and to take place in Khartoum.

Juba and Khartoum on 27 September 2012, signed the cooperation agreement to end the tension erupted between the two countries since the separation of South Sudan in July 2011.

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November 9, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The European Union (EU) pledged to help establish a training center for Sudanese police that specializes in migration issues and educating refugees and IDP's.

A soldier and rescued migrants on the deck of Maltese army patrol boat in Valletta, Malta, January 2015. (Photo Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi)

The EU envoy in Sudan, Thomas Ulicny met with the minister of Interior Ismat Abdel-Rahman and told him that providing the necessary technical support to the Sudanese police is meant to help it fully play its role in reducing illegal immigration and combating human trafficking rings.

Ulicny said the EU extended an invitation to the Sudanese Ministry of Interior and the Sudanese police to attend EU-Africa migration conference in Malta this week.

For his part, the interior minister stressed the importance of cooperation and coordination of efforts and exchange of experiences and activating security agreements and protocols between countries to curb human trafficking and illegal migration.

The minister pointed out that Sudan has sought hard to control its borders with neighboring countries to curb the influx of refugees and human trafficking that resulted in the spread of many crimes that affected the cultures and customs of the peoples of the region.

The minister of Justice Hassan Awad al-Nur who met with the EU ambassador as well discussed the Malta summit agenda next week.

He noted his ministry's efforts in the preparation of legislation, drafting laws and training of advisers on rules related to human trafficking and smuggling with the aid of EU technical help.

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The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy – ELIAMEP is seeking a researcher-IT expert for a 5-month position (February – June 2016). The job position is part of the Research Programme LOMIGRAS: “Mainstreaming and Monitoring Immigrants’ Integration in Local Government in Greece”, which is funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of Greece through the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism (EEA Grants).

 Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience 

• Post-graduate degree (Ph.D or MA) in computer sciences or statistics.
• Ability to use and apply social research data through the creation of relevant technological instruments
• Proven experience in the development of web-based applications.
• Proven experience in the analysis of quantitative data.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in English and Greek.

Main duties

• Develop indicators and monitoring tool for assessing immigrant integration at the local level.
• Analysis of secondary quantitative data.
• Develop of web-based application on monitoring and assessment tool (MAT).
• Conduct pilot-testing of the web-based application of the MAT in the Municipality of Athens.
• Contribute to the report on a set of policy recommendations regarding the assessment of local integration tools and strategies at local, national and European levels.
• Programme’s website design and management
• Contribute to the organisation of three workshops in Athens and Thessaloniki and the final conference in Athens.
• Contribute to networking and disseminating research results of LOMIGRAS.

Deadline for application: 25 November 2015

Please submit your application electronically including cover letter and CV with «MIGR_11b.15″ in subject line, to migration@eliamep.gr.

The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy – ELIAMEP will recruit a research fellow for a 5-month position (December 2016 – April 2016).

The job position is part of the Research Programme LOMIGRAS: “Mainstreaming and Monitoring Immigrants’ Integration in Local Government in Greece”, which is funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of Greece through the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism (EEA Grants).

 Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience 

• Pοst-graduate degree (M.A. or Ph.D) in political or social sciences.
• Previous experience in management and coordination of research projects.
• Proven experience with empirical research on migration.
• Proven experience and record of publications in the field of migrant integration in Greece and in Europe.
• Experience in organising workshops, networking and disseminating research results.
• Excellent IT skills and use of multimedia.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in English and Greek.

Main duties

• Assist to the project’s principal investigator with the management and coordination of the LOMIGRAS research project.
• Conduct interviews with key informants in various municipalities in Greece.
• Engage in the analysis of qualitative data of empirical research by municipality.
• Co-authoring reports on integration of migrants in local government.
• Involvement in the organisation of two workshops in Athens and Thessaloniki and the final conference in Athens.
• Contribute to networking and to the dissemination of research results of LOMIGRAS.

Deadline for application: 25 November 2015

Please submit your application electronically including cover letter and CV with «MIGR_11d.15″ in subject line, to migration@eliamep.gr.

On November 9th, IPI hosted a Distinguished Author Series featuring Steven Lee Myers, author of The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin.

Click here to view the event video on YouTube>>

The New Tsar is a highly readable and deeply researched narrative about the ambitious and determined onetime Russian spy who, emerging from a grim childhood of poverty in Leningrad, rose through the ranks of the KGB and post-communist political disorder in Moscow to consolidate tsar-like personal rule and become a consequential, unpredictable, and destabilizing world leader. He has ushered in a new authoritarianism, quashing dissent, repressing inchoate revolts, defying Western rivals, and all the while building widespread support at home for his mission of restoring assertive Russian power and influence in places ranging from Ukraine to Syria. Praising the book for revealing “why Putin acts the way he does”, Robert D. Kaplan, author of In Europe’s Shadow, says, “Personalities determine history as much as geography, and there is no personality who has had such a pivotal effect on 21st century Europe as Vladimir Putin.”

The event was moderated by IPI Senior Adviser for External Relations Warren Hoge.

Serco has reached an agreement with the Australian Government to amend the terms of its contract to provide in-service support to the fleet of Armidale-class patrol boats (ACPB).

The USs Navy's Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) has conducted a successful test flight of a Trident II D5 Missile aboard the navy's Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), the USS Kentucky.

The UK Royal Navy frigate HMS Richmond has rescued more than 130 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea as part of a day-long operation by European navies.

The navies of the US and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have started the annual bilateral training event, Exercise Clear Horizon 2015, in a bid to improve cooperation and enhance capabilities in mine countermeasure operations.

Le Conseil d'Etat a ordonné lundi au sénateur-maire FN de Fréjus (Var) David Rachline d'autoriser, à titre provisoire sous huit jours et sous astreinte de 500 euros par jour de retard, l'ouverture au public...

Le taux de chômage des personnes handicapées reste supérieur à 20 %.

Le gouvernement a envoyé son document d'orientation aux partenaires sociaux. Ils devront poser d'ici à janvier « les principes de fonctionnement » du futur compte.

November 9, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - A new batch of Sudanese ground troops arrived in Yemen's port city Aden Monday to participate in the Saudi-led campaign against the Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi militants, said sources.

Sudanese troops arriving in Aden, Yemen (Al-Arabiya TV)

Military sources in Aden told several Yemeni media outlets that a Sudanese force consisting of 400 officers and soldiers has arrived Monday morning at Al-Zait seaport in Al-Braiga.

The Sudanese army has not commented on the reports.

Since mid-October, around 850 Sudanese soldiers had arrived in Aden to join the coalition. Also, Sudanese officials including president Omer al-Bashir and the defence minister Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Ouf have expressed readiness to send 6,000 troops to Yemen.

The spokesperson for the Sudanese army Ahmed Khalifa al-Shami has earlier said the arrival of the vanguard ground troops in Aden comes within the framework of Sudan's participation in the “Operation Restoring Hope” carried out by the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen.

He pointed out the deployment of the Sudanese troops in Yemen is the responsibility of the coalition command, saying the troops receive direct orders from the command and ready to carry out any tasks entrusted to it.

At a time when Saudi Arabia's strongest allies including Egypt and Pakistan have declined requests by Riyadh to send ground troops to Yemen, Khartoum has recently shifted its alliances in response to growing economic pressures at home.

Late last year, Sudanese authorities ordered the closure of the Iranian Cultural Centre in the capital Khartoum and other states and asked the Iranian cultural attaché to leave the country in a move seen as a gesture of goodwill towards the Arab Gulf states.

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November 9, 2015 (BOR) - A three months vacination campaign targeting an estimated 8,000 heads of cattle is underway in Twic East county of South Sudan's Jonglei state.

Cattle keeper Abraham Thon stands in front of some resting cows outside Bor, the capital of South Sudan's Jonglei state, on 20 September 2014 (ST)

Veterinaries Sans Frontiers (VSF) Germany and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation( FAO) are conducting the initiative on animals and small ruminants in a region where majority of the rural population depend on livestock rearing activities.

The Twic East county commissioner, Dau Akoi said the three month project will enhance food security, reduce and eradicate the common diseases among animals in his county.

“We are targeting 8,000 heads of cattle, goats and sheep all together. The program would run for three months or more. This is because we want to improve level of food security in this place by ensuring proper care for the animals in the area”, Akoi explained.

A number of community health animal workers were trained on how to administer the vaccines, identify the symptoms of sickness in the animals and give the right treatment.

VSF will, as part of the program, vaccinate up to 2,000 animals while FAO will assist 6,000 animals within the period of three months or more according to the commissioner.

These year, however, no cases of Hemorrhagic Septicemia and East Coarse Fever were reported among animals. The vaccination is being administered free of charge.

“It is free of charge, no one would be expected to pay for anything. But if the community show their commitments to host the vaccinators, give them meals in areas where they will not be able to get food, since work would be intensive. That would be great”, said Dau.

(ST).