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Von Aleppo über den Jemen bis zum Südsudan herrscht Bildungsnotstand. Eine Rekordzahl von Kindern könne aufgrund von Konflikten und anderen Notlagen nicht die Schule besuchen, warnt UNICEF im Interview mit EurActiv Brüssel.

La victoire du « non » au référendum du 4 décembre a forcé le Premier ministre italien, Matteo Renzi, à démissionner, laissant l'avenir institutionnel du pays en suspens. Un article de notre partenaire Italia Oggi.

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December 7, 2016 (NAIROBI) -South Sudanese authorities should immediately reverse the expulsion of Associated Press reporter Justin Lynch and also cease interfering with journalists' ability to work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ), said.

Lynch was on Tuesday arrested by South Sudanese security officers and put on a flight to Uganda, the AP reported.

"The expulsion of Justin Lynch is yet another illustration of how much President Salva Kiir's government fears independent media coverage," said Murithi Mutiga, CPJ's East Africa representative.

"South Sudan needs independent journalism now more than ever. The government should reverse this decision and allow journalists to do their job without harassment," he added.

According to the journalist, the officers offered no official explanation for their action.

"Yesterday I was arrested and deported by members of South Sudan's National Security Service. The officers did not officially present me with a reason for my arrest and deportation, but repeatedly said that my reporting was too critical of the government. This is a violation of press freedom," the journalist wrote on Twitter.

South Sudan's Director-General of Information Paul Jacob Kumbo did not immediately return CPJ's calls requesting comment on the decision, CPJ said in its statement.

In the last year, South Sudanese authorities have shuttered media outlets and have beaten, threatened, and arrested journalists, CPJ research shows.

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Sprungbrett in eine längerfristige Beschäftigung? Bei einem Europäischen Solidaritätskorps können jungen Menschen Auslandserfahrungen sammeln. EurActivs Medienpartner "Der Tagesspiegel" berichtet.

Eine Maßnahme im Anti-Terror-Kampf, gegen Menschenhandel und organisierte Kriminalität soll es sein: Die EU will die Sicherheit von Reisedokumenten verbessern.

December 7, 2016 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese and Russian governments Wednesday agreed to negotiate an agreement on the use of nuclear energy in the East African country .

The protocol was signed at the end of the fourth meeting of Russian-Sudanese inter-governmental commission for trade and economic cooperation in Moscow.

"The Russian State Corporation for Atomic Energy (Rosatom) along with Sudan's Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity of the Republic are working on a draft memorandum of understanding for the peaceful use of nuclear energy that may be signed in 2017," the protocol said.

According to the Russian news agency TASS, the memo "also noted that Rosatom was planning to hold an expert seminar in Sudan next year to discuss the prospects for bilateral cooperation".

Since several years, Sudan announced it had plans to build a four- reactor nuclear power plant to fill the gap in power generation by 2030.

In May 2016, Sudan and China have signed a framework agreement to build a 600-megawatt atomic reactor.

Last Tuesday, Sudan's Minister of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity told Sudanese lawmakers that Sudan will start preparing for building a 1200 Megawatts nuclear power plant in 2017.

The meeting of the Russian-Sudanese inter-governmental commission for trade and economic cooperation was chaired by Sergey Donskoy, Russia's Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection and Sudan's Minister of Minerals, Sadig al-Karori.

At the end of the joint Russian –Sudanese meetings, the two ministers have signed agreements on minerals, agriculture, energy, health, education, oil and gas.

Russia is working to increase the commercial exchange with Sudan to reach $ 20 billion in the coming six years, Donskoy told reporters at the end of the joint Russia- Sudan meetings.

On his part, Minister al-Karori pointed that cooperation between Russia and Sudan could further increase to serve the interest of the two nations, saying that the two countries have set up a joint council to develop the economic relation between the two countries.

“Sudan is keen to involve Russia in Atlantis-II Project, which aims to jointly exploit Red Sea natural resources with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” he said.

In 2010, the Canadian Diamond Fields International and Saudi Manafa International Ltd. were licensed by the Saudi Sudanese Committee to conduct exploration activities in Red Sea rift valley.

In a feasibility study conducted in 2012, Diamond Fields International expected that Saudi Arabia and Sudan will make big profits from the extraction of copper, silver and zinc from Red Sea bed. At the time, it expected to start production in 2014 once technical studies are completed.

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Malte s’apprête à succéder à la Slovaquie à la tête de l’UE. Les récentes avancées du pays dans le domaine social des des libertés individuelles semblent augurer une présidence bien différente.

Le scandale des Luxleaks n’a pas empêché le Luxembourg de continuer à conclure des accords fiscaux préférentiels avec les multinationales. La vision de Berco.

Ce jeudi (8 décembre), Jean-Yves Le Drian sera à 9h à Nevers pour une visite de l’entreprise Renault Trucks Defense. A l’occasion de cette visite, le ministre de la Défense célébrera le dixième anniversaire de la reprise de ce site de la défense, ancienne base de soutien de l’armée de terre, par RTD.

Comme le rappelle le ministère de la Défense, 90% des véhicules de l’armée de terre française est produit par RTD. Forte de 1 300 salariés, l'entreprise compte trois marques en France (RTD, Acmat, Panhard), 5 usines de production (Limoges, Fourchambault, Saint-Nazaire, Marolles-en-Hurepoix et Saint-Germain-Laval), et 2 centres dédiés à la Recherche et développement (Versailles et Lyon).

Cette visite n'a rien d'anodin puisque Volvo a fait savoir qu'il comptait se séparer de son pôle Défense (voir mon post du 4 novembre  ici).

Les grandes manoeuvres ont démarré sans attendre que Volvo mette formellement en vente RTD.

Le président du Gicat (et président de Nexter), Stéphane Mayer a été auditionné par la commission de la Défense de l'Assemblée nationale. Voir la vidéo ici. 

Interrogé par le député Daniel Boisserie, il n'a pas caché que le rapprochement entre Nexter et l'allemand Krauss-Maffei n'était qu'un premier pas dans la consolidation européenne, "le but étant d'accueillir d'autres acteurs". Et il a rappelé que RTD et Nexter sont "partenaires" et "complémentaires" dans le programme Scorpion. CQFD.

Pourtant, d'autres noms d'acheteurs potentiels circulent. Saab, Rheinmetall ou CMI Defence montreraient un intérêt certain pour le dossier. Et tenteraient de se faire entendre.

Le ministre de la Défense va-t-il insinuer que les jeux sont faits? Comme le confiait un industriel et acteur de la filière: "Après tout, le marché est le marché, et la BITD devrait avoir une certaine liberté de manœuvre sans se voir imposer des choix politiques".

 

Despite the dismally low interest rates on savings, most Serbs still keep their spare cash in the banks or invest in real estate, partly because they fear – or do not know about – the alternatives.

Verschärfte Regeln für die Abschiebung, Transitzentren, ein weites Verbot der Vollverschleierung: Die CDU zieht mit einem härteren Kurs in der Flüchtlings- und Integrationspolitik in den Bundestagswahlkampf 2017.

Das italienische Parlament hat grünes Licht für den Haushalt 2017 gegeben. Damit ist der Weg frei für den Rücktritt von Regierungschef Matteo Renzi.

L’Irlande va peut-être dire adieu à un morceau de son histoire. Une lettre de 1916 signant la reddition des rebelles après l’insurrection de Pâques a été mise en vente à la maison Adam’s de Dublin pour une valeur estimée à plus d’un million d’euros. Le propriétaire, qui n’est pas Irlandais et qui ne vit pas en Irlande, a tenté d’approcher l’Etat pour une vente, mais le gouvernement a répondu que l’argent des contribuables pouvait être mieux employé. Une décision qui a surpris alors que le pays fête cette année le centenaire du soulèvement.

Les parties civiles réclament une "peine exemplaire" à l'encontre du président de Radio Courtoisie. Sa défense, elle, invoque la liberté d'expression. Récit de l'audience.

December 7, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - The Carter Center Wednesday announced that a delegation of experts has started meetings in Khartoum with the Sudanese stakeholders to explore ways to bring peace in Sudan.

The African Union with the support of German government and Troika countries seeks since several years to end the armed conflicts in Darfur region, South Kordofan and Blue Nile. However since last August the peace talks are deadlocked over cessation of hostilities and humanitarian access deals.

"The meetings are not part of the official mediation that the African Union is conducting, but rather supplemental, exploratory gatherings designed to begin to identify points of common ground among all key Sudanese parties," said a statement extended to Sudan Tribune.

The five-member delegation of experts met on Wednesday with several government officials at the Sudanese presidency, , the National Assembly, the Sudan Armed Forces, the National Intelligence Service, the National Dialogue, and others, the statement said.

On Thursday and Friday, the visiting team will meet with "representatives of Sudanese groups advocating for the interests of women, youth, traditional communities, and the poor. It will also meet with armed and political opposition actors".

"The Center is prepared to meet with all Sudanese stakeholders," further stressed the statement.

The delegation of experts includes Roelf Petrus Meyer former South African minister who negotiated the end of Apartheid regime with the National Congress Party, Monica McWilliams an Irish politician and a delegate to Ireland's Multi-Party Peace Negotiations, Amine Ghali of Tunisia, former member of a national body on transitional justice after the Tunisian revolution, Miriam Coronel Ferrer of the Philippines, former government chief negotiator with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Karim Thabetn, a former UN development programme in his country the Yemen.

The independent American center, which had long presence in Sudan and contributed to the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, is one the rare Western non-governmental organization that the Sudanese government was keen to work with and its founder former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had been received at different times by President Omer al-Bashir.

“The Carter Center has a long history in Sudan and is invested in its success,” said Jordan Ryan, vice president of the Center's peace programs and a participant in the meetings. “We want to do whatever we can to help bring peace to its people, and we think facilitating meetings like this is a small way we can contribute to the peace process."

"This week's meetings are exploratory, but we hope they will be the first in a series,” he pointed.

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La justice française a condamné, jeudi, l'ex-ministre du Budget Jérôme Cahuzac à trois ans de prison ferme pour fraude fiscale et blanchiment. Retour sur l'affaire qui a déclenché le plus retentissant scandale du mandat de François Hollande.

Dans une lettre adressée au gouvernement et publiée sur Internet, la plus haute juridiction française s'inquiète d'avoir été placée sous contrôle direct d'une inspection dépendant du pouvoir exécutif. Le tout sans en avoir été avertie, et par un simple décret pris par... Manuel Valls.