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November 9-én, szerdán délután öt kamionból álló szállítmány lépte át a magyar-ukrán határt Záhonynál. Ebből az alkalomból sajtóértekezletet tartottak a tiszasalamoni Európa Hotelben. Soltész Miklós, az Emberi Erőforrások Minisztériumának egyházi, nemzetiségi és civil társadalmi kapcsolatokért felelős államtitkára elmondta: egyértelmű, hogy ha egy ország bajba jut, akkor a szomszédja segít neki. Nem véletlenül találkozott két hete a két ország külügyminisztere. Természetes, hogy amennyire erőnkből telik próbálunk segíteni – mondta, majd röviden összefoglalta az elmúlt időszakban Magyarországból hazánk felé irányuló törekvéseket.

– Nyáron 700 olyan ukrán gyermeket táboroztattunk, akiknek édesapja meghalt vagy komolyan megsebesült a Kelet-Ukrajnában zajló harcokban. Ezzel a kezdeményezéssel enyhíteni szerettük volna a gyermekekben kialakult feszültséget.

A segélyszállítmányhoz hozzájárult a Katolikus Karitász, a Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat, a Magyar Ökumenikus Segélyszervezet, a Magyar Vöröskereszt, a Magyar Református Szeretetszolgálat, a Baptista Szeretetszolgálat, a Johannita Segítő Szolgálat, a Szent Lukács Görögkatolikus Szeretetszolgálat és a Cedek, az Egységes Magyarországi Izraelita Hitközség Szeretetszolgálata. A közös akció keretében oltóanyagokat, kórházi ágyakat, gyógyászati segédeszközöket, tartós élelmiszert, ruhaneműt tartalmazó adományokat hoztunk Kárpátaljára és Ukrajna Kárpátokon túli területeire.

Talán szimbolikus az is, hogy a szállítmány súlya 56 tonna, hiszen köztudott, hogy Magyarország idén méltatta az 1956-os forradalom 60-ik évfordulóját. Így jelképesen szabadságot is hoztunk a több mint 30 millió forint értékű segéllyel. S külön adományaként 56 nagy kenyeret a lipóti pékségből.

Az államtitkár szerint több mint jelképes az a tény is, hogy a keleti régióban megsebesült katonák kezelésében is részt vállal Magyarország. – Mindez a keresztény szellemiséget erősíti, amelyben élünk. Látva a világ bajait, ez lehet a kapocs közöttünk. Magyarország számára fontos az is, hogy a migránsoknak segítsen, de mögöttük ott állnak a gazdag arab országok – zárta mondandóját a politikus.

Mihajlo Rivisz, a Kárpátaljai Megyei Tanács elnöke az egész képviselői testület nevében megköszönte azt, hogy Magyarország ilyen jó szomszédunknak bizonyul. Külön örömét fejezte ki aziránt, hogy Magyarország támogatja Ukrajna európai törekvéseit és területi egységének megtartását. – Jó érzés, hogy ez nem egyszeri segítség, hanem folyamatosan részesülhetünk Magyarország baráti támogatásából. Köszönhetően a magyar kormánynak és személyesen Orbán Viktor miniszterelnök úrnak, megyénk olyan egyedi gazdasági eszközt kapott, amelynek segítségével hamarosan előrelépést tapasztalhatunk a gazdaságban, a kultúrában, az oktatásban, az egészségügyben. Ez a gazdasági eszköz a Tisza Európai Területi Társulás, amely Kárpátalja, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megye és Kisvárda részvételével alakult meg. Azért is mondható egyedinek ez a szervezet, mert egy Európai Unión kívüli tagállam, Ukrajna is a tagja lehet – hangsúlyozta a megyei tanács elnöke.

Az Ukrajna keleti régiójában zajló harcok, a gazdasági válság, a hrivnya devalvációja, az energiahordozók árának emelkedése a lakosság, illetve a szervezetek elszegényedéséhez vezet – mondta Barta József, a megyei tanács alelnöke, a KMKSZ alelnöke. – Nagyon örülök, hogy ebben a bajban ilyen jó szomszédunk van. Magánemberek, karitatív- és civil szervezetek azért fogtak össze, hogy az itthon maradt értelmiség anyagi támogatásban részesüljön, hogy a szülőföldön maradva Ukrajnában építhessék Európát. A másik segítségre szoruló társadalmi réteg – a szociálisan hátrányos helyzetben élők. Itt helyben megfelelően fogunk intézkedni a segély szétosztásában – biztosította a jelenlévőket Barta József. Azt is elmondta, hogy ezúttal meglepően gyorsan lépte át a határt a konvoj, pedig ez az átkelő nem erről ismert. Reményét fejezte ki, hogy eljön majd az az idő is, amikor minden jármű gyorsan lépheti át a határt, vagy esetleg már határátlépésre sem lesz szükség, mivel az Európai Unió része leszünk mi is.

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November 9, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) announced on Tuesday they have initiated an intensive campaign, with the support of many groups, to pressure the authorities to free the detained doctors.

On 6 October, Sudanese doctors staged a strike and refused non-emergency treatments to patients to protest the poor working conditions, lack of medicines and protection of doctors after increasing attacks by frustrated patients and their families.

“We have set up an account via Twitter to launch a campaign with the support of Sudanese and international human rights activists and journalists to demand the release of detained doctors." CCSD said in a press release.

They pointed that 11 doctors from CCSD and subcommittees have been detained by National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) since nine days.

According to the statement seen by Sudan Tribune, the detainees are: Hassan Karrar, Omer Ahmed Saleh, Hosam al-Amin, Mohammed Abdel Latif, Mohamed Mujtaba, Abdallah Qureshi, Jihad Abdel Moneim, Ahmed al-Abwaba, Mohamed Hilali, Seid Ganat and Ahmed Sheikh."

The committee disclosed that NISS summoned on Tuesday other doctors and interrogated them “the number of doctors who have been summoned by NISS repeatedly reached 57,” it said.

On Tuesday, Amnesty International urged the Sudanese government to release ten doctors recently arrested and to halt security summons to the striking members of CCSD.

“The detained doctors are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. The ten were part of a group of 29 doctors arrested then released without charge on 29 October,” Amnesty stressed.

However, the CCSD last Tuesday announced resumption of a two-day strike every week during November, saying the government didn't honour its commitments.

On 13 October, the CCED called off the strike following government pledges to introduce a bill to the parliament to protect doctors, improve training conditions for registrars and improve work environment in hospitals.

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(B2 - exclusif) Depuis près de deux ans, l'Union européenne a déployé au Mali une mission de soutien aux forces de sécurité intérieure (EUCAP Sahel Mali), qui est d'une certaine façon le pendant civil de la mission militaire de formation EUTM Mali. Elle s'inscrit dans la suite de la mission similaire déployée au Niger, le […]

A senior United Nations relief official today announced the release of $12 million from the Humanitarian Fund in Central African Republic (CAR) for 26 projects for national and international non-governmental organizations and UN agencies in the sub-Saharan country.

A senior United Nations relief official today announced the release of $12 million from the Humanitarian Fund in Central African Republic (CAR) for 26 projects for national and international non-governmental organizations and UN agencies in the sub-Saharan country.

Noting the centrality of science in major global sustainable development agenda, the head of the United Nations educational and scientific agency underscored the importance of science centres and museums to build skill and capacities as well as to send strong messages about the importance of science for sustainable development.

November 9, 2016 (YAMBIO) - A teacher from Kings College in Gbudue, one of South Sudan's new states was on Wednesday shot dead by unknown gunmen.

The college principal, Sindani John said the deceased was ambushed while heading to school.

“I delegated my duty master to go and begin the program of the day at school but to my dismay I received a call that my master has been shot dead,” explained Sindani.

The incident, he said, has caused panic and fear among the residents.

It is still unclear the motive behind the killing of Emmanuel Dominic.

Calm has returned to the area, although there are fears of similar attacks.

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November 9, 2016 (JUBA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir has ordered all the state governors to take a complete charge of the security situation in their respective states.

SPLA forces patrol the street of Wau town on May 16, 2016 (ST)

Kiir, who has been meeting governors of the 28 states in governor over the past days, said that the government was now preparing to implement peace.

“As you return to your states, please make it a priority to ensure security situation is under control and make an urgent matter to mobilise the communities to accept working together for peace, reconciliation and unity of the people,'' said the president in a statement broadcast by the official TV South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) on Tuesday.

"This is very important. The country needs to move forward with the implementation of the peace agreement,” he stressed.

The head of state, whose meetings with the state governors has been the lead broadcast over the past three days, was featured on Tuesday holding separate meetings with the governor of Northern Liech, Aweil East, Yei and Gdudue state. All of whom reportedly briefed him about what they are doing in their troubled states.

South Sudan has been in a brutal civil war for the past three years as Salva Kiir struggles to consolidate his power, as the existence of his administration appears limited to major town in Upper Nile and now Equatoria region.

Armed insurgents loyal to the former Vice President and opposition leader, Riek Machar, continue to say they would march on Juba if the regional peace implementation mechanism fails to resuscitate the peace agreement.

The government has lost control of areas within the Central Equatoria and also major roads that connect Juba to major towns.

The deteriorating security situation on high ways pushed President Kiir to threaten that the best thing he will do is to relocate his army headquarters to Yei to better command and direct his troops to defeat rebels, a statement that was highly challenged by the opposition and human rights groups.

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November 9, 2016 (NYALA) - Ten people were killed and fifteen others injured on Wednesday in a retaliatory attack by armed cattle herders in Goghana area at the locality of Graida, 86 km. south of Nyala, South Darfur state capital.

On Tuesday, five people were killed and several others wounded in violent attacks between cattle herders and farmers in Goghana area prompting Wednesday's retaliatory attack.

Member of South Darfur's legislative council from Graida constituency Omer Mohamed Ibrahim told Sudan Tribune that armed herders attacked the villages of Dahab Sharo, Myola, Kafla and Roina at Goghana administrative unit in Graida locality.

“Gunmen from the herders' militias riding on four-wheel vehicles, horses and camel backs have carried out a barbaric attack against villages of voluntary return in the area killing 10 residents and injuring others” he said.

“Some residents sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Graida hospital for treatment,” he added.

He pointed that large numbers of IDPs have returned to the camps following the attack which led to the burning of four voluntary return villages, adding the herders destroyed and looted the farms following the attack.

Clashes between farmers and pastoralists in the past led to furious tribal clashes and dozens of people were killed and massive displacement occurred after burning down villages.

It is noteworthy that large numbers of IDPs refuse to return to the original villages, demanding protection against the Arab cattle herders who are allied with the government.

To fight a rebellion that erupted in 2003 in Darfur, the Sudanese government armed the Arab tribes, mainly pastoralists, to fight insurgents from the African tribes, who are farmers.

The two groups have often conflict over water and land in the arid region.
Ibrahim said the security situation has significantly deteriorated following the attack, pointing to inability of the limited military force in the area to maintain security and impose the rule of law.

He called upon South Darfur government to take immediate measures to stop the lawlessness situation in the area, pointing out that the residents, particularly women and children are living in dire humanitarian conditions.

The MP further said the repeated attacks against the voluntary return villages have posed a real challenge to the federal government, demanding the latter to assume its responsibility and deal with the issue as a top priority.

For his part, Haroun Abdalla, local administrative chief told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday that farmers in Goghana area accused cattle herders of trespassing on their farms, pointing that clashes erupted between the two groups killing 2 farmers and 3 herders and injuring others from both sides.

South Darfur State and its capital Nyala, the largest town in the region, have been witnessing a state of security breakdown in recent years.

Since July 2014, the governor of South Darfur Adam Mahmoud Jar al-Nabi, declared an indefinite emergency situation in the state, including a curfew from 07:00 pm to 07:00 am (local time) in Nyala.

The decision also banned riding of motorcycles by more than one person, holding weapons while wearing civilian clothes, vehicles driving around without license plates, and wearing of Kadamool (a turban which covers the face).

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November 9, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's Minister of Information Ahmed Bilal Osman on Wednesday said members of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP) were arrested for inciting residents to topple the regime following government decision to raise fuel and electricity price.

In a statement extended to Sudan Tribune on Wednesday, SCoP said the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) has detained its chairman Omer al-Digair and seven leading members on Tuesday.

The opposition party said with al-Digair's arrest, the number of its detained members has risen to twenty-one members.

Osman, who spoke at the Information Ministry's regular media forum Wednesday, said SCoP's members who are found to be involved in the incitement against the regime would be referred to justice and the rest will be released.

In recent months, the SCoP has challenged the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and organized political activities in public and open places calling on the citizens to resist the regime and take to the streets in protest against the deterioration of living conditions at all levels.

Osman downplayed the view that the government austerity measures have undermined the national dialogue process, saying "this is not true".

On Saturday, the largest partner in Sudan's government, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) led by Mohamed Osman al-Mirghani criticized the economic measures and described them as “the first nail in the coffin of the national dialogue and its outcome”.

SCoP leader Omer al-Digair (ST Photo)

Also, a number of political parties participating in the dialogue said the government took its decision at entirely the wrong time, saying this would undermine the dialogue process and raise political tension.

However, Osman said these measures were taken to rescue the Sudanese economy “in order not to repeat the experience which we went through in 2013”.

In September 2013 following the government's decision to lift fuel subsidies, demonstrations broke out in several Sudanese states. Rights groups said that at least 200 people were killed but the government put the death toll at 85.

Last week, the government lifted fuel subsidies and increased electricity price in a bid to stop the surge in inflation and control the fall of Sudanese pound in the black market.

Several small-scale protests broke out in several towns across Sudan, including the capital Khartoum, Atbara, Wad Madani and Nyala to protest the government's move.

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November 9, 2016 (PRETORIA) - South Sudan's ex-First Vice President, Riek Machar has congratulated the newly elected United States President, Donald Trump, saying it ushers in an era of stronger relations.

Machar speaks on a mobile phone after an interview with Reuters in Kenya's capital Nairobi July 8, 2015

“We trust that together with your people and working closely with other world leaders who share the same ideals of democracy, justice, human rights and economic empowerment, your presidency would usher in a new order where honesty and transparency are b the bases for relations,” he said in a statement.

Machar, who leads an armed rebel movement, urged Trump to play a role a greater role in ending three years of conflict in South Sudan.

He accused South Sudan President Salva Kiir of pursuing a war agenda, despite the popular liberation struggle for the right of self-determination which led to South Sudan's independence in 2011.

“The country is now governed by a regime that has committed genocide in December 2013 and plunged the country into a war that continued to date. The regime aborted the peace agreement that was signed in August 2015 and is currently engaged in targeted killings, rapes and force displacement of communities based on ethnicity,” the rebel leader, currently in South Africa, stressed.

According to Machar, his armed opposition movement, remains committed to peaceful resolution of the conflict to end the suffering of people and strongly opposes any militarily remedy to the conflict.

He urged Trump and his new administration to stand behind South Sudanese in the current suffering to bring peace in the country.

“It is our hope that your new administration would have a fresh look at the situation in South Sudan and deal with it fairly as you stated. Mr. President Elect, in your victory speech. My people are yearning for peace. We wish you success,” further said the ex-Vice President.

Many South Sudanese believe the coming of Republican candidate to the most powerful country could have a positive impact and lasting solution to the ongoing conflict in South Sudan.

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November 9, 2016 (JUBA)- Kenyan troops serving in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have started leaving the country in compliance with withdrawal order by the government.

Last week, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered the withdrawal of troops in response to the sacking of the Kenyan commander of the UNMISS force.

Multiple sources with the United Nations told Sudan Tribune on Wednesday that up to 100 Kenyan soldiers and officers have pulled out from Wau.

“Oh yes, 100 Kenyan soldiers and officers have gone today. They came from Wau, which is one of the places to which they have been deployed in the country. They are in Kuacjok, Wau and Aweil,'' a UNMISS official told Sudan Tribune on Wednesday.

The official, who is not authorised to speak with the press, added that the withdrawal of Kenyan troops would take some days because they need to be replaced.

"What is happening now is that the United Nations is deploying Nepalese soldiers to places in which Kenyan were deployed. Today, a company was deployed to Wau”, he added.

He further said the world body was exerting necessary efforts to fill the gap from other places.

“Because the mission does not want to create a vacuum, the management has started pulling out troops from other areas and started deploying them to where Kenyans are leaving,” he said.

Last Thursday, United Nations peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous regretted Kenya's decision to withdraw troops from South Sudan.

Ladsous pointed that Kenya has been a solid contributor to UN peacekeeping efforts in South Sudan. Also he said the United Nations is assessing what consequences Kenya's withdrawal will have on a UN plan to beef up its peacekeeping force there.

The French diplomat underlined that there are over 200,000 displaced persons in the UNMISS camps, relying on UN protection. He added that the UN is trying to deploy reinforcements as quickly as possible.

(ST)

November 9, 2016 (KHARTOUM/WASHINGTON) - Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Wednesday has congratulated newly-elected US President Donald Trump upon his election as the next U.S. president, as a Trump adviser pledged to not lift sanction on the east African country.

"I am pleased to extend to Your Excellency in my name and on behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Sudan warmest and most sincere congratulations on your election as President of the United States of America," said he in a message to the elected president.

Al-Bashir further expressed his best wishes to Trump adding "looking forward to work with you to upgrade relations between our two friendly countries."

Sudan has been under US economic sanctions since 1997 and remains on the US blacklist of state sponsors of terror since 1993. After 2003 sanctions were twice tightened over the conflict in the Darfur region and human rights violations in other parts of the country.

Trup didn't speak about Sudan during his election campaign. However one of his foreign policy advisers, Walid Phares, vowed to support the struggle of Sudanese people for freedom.

In a telephone call to American-Sudanese from the Nuba Mountains area South Kordofan two days before the elections, Phares regretted that the issue of Sudan "has been marginalized" by Obama's Administration during his two terms.

He further vowed that if Trump is elected his administration in the first 100 days would appeal to the international community to start putting a policy that would address and stop the "drama" of Sudan and South Kordofan particularly.

The adviser who is of Lebanese-Maronite origins further said they would work with the war crimes tribunal, the International Criminal Court (ICC), to implement its decisions on Sudan, before to say they would not lift the economic embargo.

"There is no reason for why we and our European allies lifting the sanctions, this is unacceptable. Lifting the sanctions on Bashir's regime is not acceptable," Phares emphasised.

Further he went to pledge to provide the necessary support for the Nuba people to decide for their future and pointed to the case of Kurd in Syria and Irak.

''We will give you the ability first of all to not be suppressed and second of all to get the freedom for decide for yourself," he said before to conclude by appealing the Nuba community in the United States to vote for Trump.

Last October, President Barak Obama extended Sudan's sanction for another year saying that The actions and policies of the Sudanese government continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States".

Sudan's Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour Wednesday said he do not expect major change in the U.S. policy towards Sudan.

Nonetheless, Ghandour stressed that Sudan would continue to engage in dialogue with the United States until it reaches understandings to normalize bilateral relations.

He further expressed hopes that the new U.S administration leadership "remember that there is a country that has been under sanctions since more than twenty years without any guilt. And (these sanctions) have affected the Sudanese people and the vulnerable in particular."

(ST)

Opinión - 10/11/2016
Miguel Otero Iglesias
Las encuestas se han vuelto a equivocar: Donald Trump ha ganado las elecciones de EEUU y el desconcierto es mayúsculo. En casos de tanta incertidumbre, lo más sensato es plantearse una serie de escenarios.

Opinión - 10/11/2016
Federico Steinberg
¿Qué podemos esperar de Trump en política económica? ¿Terminaremos hablando de Trumponomics? ¿O sus políticas serán tan erráticas e incongruentes que no tendrá sentido acuñar este término?

Comentario Elcano 46/2016 - 10/11/2016
Fernando Reinares
La amenaza del terrorismo yihadista evoluciona mientras los avances en asuntos europeos fundamentales para la seguridad continúan aún por debajo del óptimo necesario.

Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) has rejected suggestions that it may pull out of the race for the German Navy's MKS 180 programme as a result of the acquisition of teammate Blohm + Voss GmbH by the rival Lürssen group. The MKS 180 programme, which covers the build of four multirole

The electoral victory of Donald Trump as US president-elect will mean new and uncomfortable pressure on the European allies to step up to the plate on defence spending, according to European Union (EU) and NATO diplomats. It could also spur support in Europe for more strategic autonomy from the

Lors d’une conférence de presse spéciale tenue le mercredi 9 novembre, le président tchèque Miloš Zeman a exprimé «sa joie énorme» face à la victoire de Donald Trump à l’élection présidentielle aux États-Unis.

Il a souligné qu’il avait été «l’un des rares hommes politiques européens» à soutenir ouvertement le candidat républicain. Et, en effet, en septembre dernier, lors d’une interview pour un journal tchèque, le président Zeman a déclaré : «Sans vouloir me mêler des affaires des États-Unis, je dois dire que si j’avais été citoyen américain, j’aurais voté Donald Trump.»

Hormis cette déclaration quasi officielle, Miloš Zeman était maintes fois intervenu en faveur du candidat Trump, tout en n’oubliant pas de jeter de l’opprobre sur la candidate démocrate. Il y a encore quelques jours, lors d’un meeting organisé dans la ville d’Orlová, en Silésie tchèque, le président tchèque a repris cette blague très rigolote de Donald Trump sur Hillary Clinton, cette «femme incapable de satisfaire son mari et qui souhaiterait satisfaire l’Amérique».

Au lendemain de l’élection américaine, le sourire satisfait du président tchèque derrière son micro en disait long sur son humeur triomphale. Dans son for intérieur, il devait se dire que peut-être – qui sait ? – son propre soutien avait fait pencher la balance du côté du candidat Trump.

«La pseudo-élite hautaine» en ligne de mire du porte-parole présidentiel

Dans sa lettre de félicitations adressée au candidat élu, le président tchèque se vante de se faire traiter par la presse de «Donald Trump tchèque» et l’invite d’emblée en visite officielle en Tchéquie. La source de cette précipitation, il faut la chercher dans l’isolement de Miloš Zeman sur la scène internationale. À cause de ses propos antimusulmans et de ses prises de positions pro-Poutine, les chancelleries occidentales ont fini par mettre au ban l’actuel chef de l’État tchèque. Aujourd’hui, ce dernier espère y échapper en nouant un lien d’amitié «entre parias» avec le futur président américain. Grâce à sa première femme qui était tchèque, Donald Trump sait au moins situer ce petit pays européen sur un globe ; c’est déjà ça de gagné !

Dans un statut publié le même jour sur son profil Facebook, le porte-parole présidentiel Jiří Ovčáček lui aussi jubile : «Les Américains ordinaires nous ont démontré qu’on pouvait vaincre cette coalition stratégique entre les médias mensongers et la pseudo-élite hautaine. Montrons, nous aussi, en 2018, que nous savons battre cette alliance entre les médias et la soi-disant élite.»

En 2018, il y aura l’élection présidentielle en Tchéquie où Miloš Zeman, multipliant des propos controversés et des bévues, hésitait à se représenter ; aujourd’hui, il est presque sûr qu’il le fera.

What was expected to be a modest transition of defence policy following a projected Hillary Clinton election victory was rocked in the early hours of 9 November when Donald Trump was declared the winner and defence companies and experts scrambled to guess what will happen next. After-hours trading