Uniformes noirs, vestes bombers, rangers – Les organisateurs annonçaient deux cent cinquante miliciens. Ce samedi 28 février, ils sont en réalité une trentaine tout au plus, transis de froid dans leurs uniformes noirs, vestes bombers, rangers et casquettes. Ils ont donné rendez-vous à la presse au début des collines encore enneigées du sud de Buda, dans l’indifférence générale d’un quartier résidentiel cossu. « Ils font quoi ces gens là-bas ? », interroge une femme d’une soixantaine d’années en marge du rassemblement : « C’est la Magyar Gárda (la Garde hongroise) qui tente un baroud d’honneur. « Aïe aïe aïe, non mais c’est pas possible… », soupire-t-elle en secouant la tête, surprise et dégoutée. Ces Gárdisták, ou plutôt ce qu’il en reste, sont là pour réclamer la tête de Gábor Vona, le président du parti d’extrême-droite Jobbik qui tient meeting le même jour. Coupable de se « gauchiser », il est devenu pour eux « indigne de porter la veste de la Gárda », explique Norbert Silip, l’un de leurs leaders, à des journalistes narquois.
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Mais où sont donc passées les milices qui étaient apparues l’année 2007 pour « protéger spirituellement la nation », intimider les Roms dans les villages et parader lors des grandes occasions jusqu’au cœur de Budapest ? Le Premier ministre Viktor Orbán les avait jeté dans l’illégalité à son arrivée au pouvoir, mais elles parvenaient à ressurgir, de façon très sporadique. C’est habillé aux couleurs de la « Gárda » que le leader du jeune parti, Gábor Vona, avait fait son entrée au parlement, au printemps 2010, en jurant de ne jamais trahir la cause. Pourtant, ses hommes ne le reconnaissent plus aujourd’hui. Qu’il déclare s’opposer à toute discrimination sur la base de l’ethnie ou de l’orientation sexuelle avait commencé à susciter le trouble. Qu’il souhaite une heureuse Hanouka aux Juifs de Hongrie et reconnaisse son droit à Israël d’exister leur avait été insupportable. Et le voilà qui affirme maintenant qu’une fois au pouvoir il ne s’opposerait pas à la construction de mosquées en Hongrie ! Depuis que quatre cents mille migrants ont traversé le pays en 2015, sa sympathie et son admiration personnelle pour l’Islam ne passent plus auprès de ses troupes clairsemées.
2018 dans le viseur
Face au Fidesz qui s’en prend sans relâche à l’Union européenne, au « globalisme » et aux migrants, qui applaudit Donald Trump et soutient Vladimir Poutine, l’extrême-droite traditionnelle est battue sur son terrain. Le Jobbik cherche donc sa place et s’engouffre dans les failles de la gouvernance du Fidesz : corruption, santé et éducation notamment. Gábor Vona veut pouvoir se présenter aux élections législatives en 2018 comme le seul recours à Viktor Orbán, qu’il accuse – lui aussi – de dérive autocrate. Certains des cadres les plus virulents (mais pas tous !) ont été mis à pied par la direction qui cherche maintenant à se rapprocher d’intellectuels de gauche pour parler éducation, culture et intégration des Roms. Mais cette stratégie de normalisation ne s’avère pas payante, en tout cas à ce jour. La popularité du Jobbik stagne, elle crée de fortes tensions en interne, jusqu’à risquer une scission du parti et les partis nationalistes en Europe refusent toujours de lever le cordon sanitaire.
Dans le bus au retour, un groupe d’étudiants étrangers se demandent qui est cet homme qui vient de monter, dans l’accoutrement à la fois inquiétant et loufoque de la Gárda. Ils reviennent du Szoborpark, où l’on a parqué les statues communistes déboulonnées dans les années 90. Le long de la route, des grands panneaux assènent les nouveaux messages du gouvernement : « L’économie est en croissance ! », « Les salaires augmentent ! ». Elles côtoient d’autres affiches grotesques montrant Gábor Vona aux côtés de l’ancien Premier ministre socialiste et d’un clown. Elles sont l’œuvre du Forum de l’Unité civile, une ONG pro-gouvernementale spécialisée dans le dénigrement des adversaires du Fidesz. Les extrémistes du Jobbik semblent donc avoir été durablement marginalisés par les populistes du Fidesz qui ratissent du centre jusqu’à l’extrême-droite.
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February 7, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA) - A rebel official from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) has dismissed allegations that the group is preparing to relieve its leader, Riek Machar, and to elect another one.
An opposition source who requested anonymity on Monday told Sudan Tribune that the SPLM-IO leadership at the headquarters in Pagak is set to elect a new leader to replace Machar.
The source pointed that Machar's presence in Johannesburg complicates the decision making process, stressing that he cannot continue to run the movement remotely from South Africa.
But an opposition official dismissed this false "rumours and malicious propaganda", pointing an accusing finger at the government in Juba saying they are "fabricating" such unfounded reports.
"The government in Juba is behind this malicious and baseless propaganda and it should not surprise anyone because this is not the first time for the fascist regime in Juba to manufacture lies with the intention to create confusion and mistrust within the leadership of the People's Movement under the leadership of Riek Machar," said Peter Oyoyo Kleto, SPLM-IO deputy representative to Republic of Tanzania told Sudan Tribune.
"I want to assure and inform all our comrades and all South Sudanese inside and outside the country that the leadership of SPLM/A IO is fully behind the leadership of our Chairman Riek Machar and his deputy Henry Odwar" he further said.
Kleto called upon President Salva Kiir to accept peace through the revival of the August agreement.
He went to say that the armed opposition movement under Machar leadership has huge support both inside and outside the country, warning that "any attempt to sideline him from the country's affairs will never bring peace to the country"
the rebel official called on the African union, Troika countries, European Union and the UN to work for a political process to revive the August agreement to end any further bloodshed and end the suffering of the people.
The SPLM-IO leader and former First Vice President is currently South Africa since October 2016. In November of the same year he attempted to regain the headquarters in Pagak near the Ethiopian border.
But the Sudanese and Ethiopian authorities barred him from entering into their territory, in line with a regional decision to prevent the resumption of hostilities in the young nation.
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February 7, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan and Bahrain Tuesday have agreed to increase bilateral coordination and consultations at the level of regional and international organizations .
The memorandum of understanding was signed by the Undersecretary at the foreign ministry A Abdel-Ghani al-Naeem and his Bahraini counterpart Wahid Mubarak Sial at the end of a consultations meeting held in Khartoum on Tuesday.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Garib Allah Khidir said the meeting discussed the implementation of bilateral agreements signed by the two countries.
"The two sides reviewed bilateral relations and agreed to improve bilateral coordination at the regional and international levels, as well as increasing consultations in the diplomatic, economic, cultural and security fields, with a special focus on investments," Khidir futher said.
The tiny kingdom of Bahrain has joined the other Gulf monarchies which are engaged in agricultural projects in the Sudan.
Manama implements " Bahrain's bounties " project, which represents one of the largest Arab investments in Sudan. The agricultural projectwhich occupies an areas of one hundred thousand acres, is located in the Northern State.
On a related development, the meeting coincided with a visit to Khartoum by a high ranking military official from the Gulf region.
The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, concluded Tuesday a two-day visit to Khartoum where he met with the President Omer al-Bashir and his defence minister Awad Ibn Ouf.
The content of the military talks was not disclosed.
Sudan and the UAE are part of a Saudi-led regional coalition fighting the Shiite Houthi militants in Yemen.
President Bashir recently announced that Khartoum is preparing to dispatch more troops to the Saudi Arabia from where they will move to Yemen .
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“Before my husband was even buried, my brother-in-law was making moves [to take over my property]…,” a widow living in a homestead outside Bulawayo with her three children told me, “I only realised about three weeks later that I was being left out.”
She is not alone in this experience. We interviewed more than 60 widows from throughout Zimbabwe and found that in many cases, their inlaws would claim all of their property and resources after their husbands died, in many cases leaving them homeless, landless, and penniless.
This is a silent epidemic of genderbased violence. And the results can be catastrophic.
Widows in Zimbabwe are routinely evicted from their homes and land, and their property is stolen by in-laws when their husbands die.
Many widows lose everything they have worked for. Their children may have to drop out of school.
They depend on the charity of others when they used to be standing on their own two feet, staying with relatives, trying to find income opportunities. Those who can still work must start from nothing, resulting in poverty that follows them for the rest of their lives.
Many other widows I spoke to from all over Zimbabwe during research for the Human Rights Watch report “You Will Get Nothing” on the rights of widows said that inlaws evicted them from their homes, and forced them off the lands they worked for their livelihoods.
January 24, 2017 Report “You Will Get Nothing”Violations of Property and Inheritance Rights of Widows in Zimbabwe
This cuts off women’s economic empowerment at the root, by taking away the stability of a home and livelihood, on top of grief over the loss of a spouse.
Over 70 percent of women in Zimbabwe are involved in the agricultural economy.
The loss of a field is the loss of the most valuable incomegenerating asset most women have.
This happens to thousands of women each year in Zimbabwe.
Relatives move in when the woman is grieving and vulnerable. Many widows are older women who may not have the information or the financial resources they need to fight a husband’s family.
Many families claim that it is their right to take the family’s property under customary law. But it is greed, not culture, that drives this practice.
Property grabbing is a problem in other southern African countries as well. Botswana and South Africa have both taken legal steps to end the practice.
The introduction of the Marriages Bill is an opportunity for Zimbabwe to take practical legal steps, too. It should make registration available for marriages of all types.
Widows I spoke with who were in unregistered customary unions were the most vulnerable.
Courts ask their inlaws to verify their unions in court. Even if they know their rights, and get themselves to court, the widows are often at the mercy of their inlaws to confirm that they were married.
Women whose marriages were registered and who are able to get legal help still face challenges, but are more likely to be successful in the courts.
Bethel’s inlaws tried to use her unregistered status as leverage for a bribe from her.
She was fortunate to obtain free legal services from a local organisation to rebuff them, and keep her home.
Where the law does not protect, it should be amended so that it protects everyone.
As a Zimbabwean, I have been working on human rights for many years. It is time Zimbabweans started seeing widows differently.
Their equal property rights are not optional, nor is this a “family matter.” Zimbabwe should put a spotlight on widows’ rights.
Property grabbing violates women’s rights, harms children, and hinders development.
For the good of this country, Zimbabwe should seek to change laws and support widows, because they are entitled to the same rights as every other person here.
February 7, 2017 (PAGAK) - South Sudan's former military attaché in Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, Gai Chatiem has joined the armed opposition led by South Sudan's ex-first vice president Riek Machar.
Chatiem, in an interview with Sudan Tribune on Tuesday, said he decided to join the armed opposition faction to fight for a "just war".
He claimed the Juba regime was using a “divide and rule” policy, described it as the worst ideology for governing South Sudan.
“I have been serving in the government for the longer time and I thought their tribal policy could have improved after several objections from the people, but only learned that the direction pursued by the government is hell to the South Sudanese,” he said.
The former military attaché called for a mass defection from members within the government to join the rebellion in the country.
The armed opposition spokesperson, Col. William Gatjiath Deng, confirmed the former military attaché's to the armed opposition.
“This morning Monday, February 06, 2017, Brigadier General Gai Chatiem, who served as South Sudan defense attaché in Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda, joined the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO). Gen. Chatiem reported to the SPLM/A-IO Headquarters Pagak and was warmly received by the top SPLA-IO military leadership and command,” Deng said in a statement.
Chatiem is reportedly at the SPLA-IO headquarters in Pagak, where he allegedly vowed to resist the “autocratic” and “authoritarian” leadership and policies being perpetuated by the Jieng Council of Elders (JCE).
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