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(Own report) - Germany's Minister of the Economy, Sigmar Gabriel, will travel to Iran at the beginning of next week to initiate new business deals in a highly competitive market of the future. German authorities are doing all they can to insure that once sanctions are ended, Teheran will allot contracts to German companies. Besides Gabriel, for whom this will be his second trip to the Iranian capital in the past nine months, premiers or ministers of a total of six German states have either flown to Iran for talks or are planning to do so in the near future. The competition is intense. Asian countries - from China, via South Korea all the way to India - are currently by far the most important suppliers of this country that is exceptionally rich in raw materials. According to business circles, time is running out. Although Germany has good chances, in light of the strong competition from Asia, it cannot hope to reconquer its previous 30-percent market share in Iran's mechanical engineering and plant construction. However, if business is not accelerated, they could fall far behind. The first steps have been taken. Siemens will build a high-speed railway line linking Teheran to Isfahan and modernize Iran's electrical power supply.

The United Nations has strongly condemned an attack that took place on 25 April against the compound of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Bentiu, where a rocket-propelled grenade landed inside the perimeter of the compound and partly damaged one of the containers located in the humanitarian hub.

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IPI MENA this afternoon held its first Future Global Leaders Series by hosting possibly the youngest writer devoting his current and future writings to peace.

In a presentation attended by school principals, teachers, parents, and media representatives, nine-year-old Adam Jade Kadia presented his first book Hakeem the Adventurer to an audience of more than one hundred school children from different nationalities.

Adam elaborated on the adventures of Hakeem, the hero of his book, who took a fictional trip from Libya to different MENA and European countries, returning finally to a peaceful Libya. Adam’s tale highlighted Hakeem’s gains from the adventures he had and the friendships he built with the people he met in different countries.

“Today was an amazing day; different schools from Bahrain were invited by IPI MENA, with students from different background, cultures, nationalities, religions… but one goal, which is to spread peace around the world through children, as they are the future leaders,” the young author said.

“The role of adults, parents, and teachers is to educate and guide children to make the world a better place by being kind, respectful and spreading peace,” Adam said. “We hope that children from different parts of the world have learned a lot from today’s event, and we hope we could have more educative events like the one hosted by IPI MENA today.”

School children from New Horizon School, Al Bayan School, New Millennium School, New Indian School, Al Noor International School, Asian School, St Christopher’s School, British School, Royal Charity Organization’s School, and others interacted in an impressively lively way with Adam on the writing exercise, his future projects, and how he would serve peace.

To a last question about peace, Adam replied, “This would start by conciliating two of your school colleagues having an argument in the school playground.”

Adam is about to finalize a new 100-page book, Upid Hack. Shaikha Mai al-Otaibi, IPI MENA Advisory Council member, pledged to translate Adam’s books. She announced she would organize, in cooperation with IPI MENA, an all-Bahrain school convention at her Al Bayan School to introduce Adam and his books in order to inspire the thousands of children from Bahrain, the region, and other parts of the world.

In a statement, al-Otaibi said, “As a member of the IPI MENA Advisory Council from day one of its inception, I am a peace messenger, believer, and worker. I am glad to be here with Adam and all of you at IPI MENA. We all believe in you as the future leaders of this world that needs peace and security as an adequate environment, not only for your future, but also for the future generations.”

“I congratulate Adam for having embarked into the noble path of writing and for devoting his writings to peace, friendship and other values. I call on all of you to devote parts of your creativity and innovation to serve the universal values topped by peace,” she said.

Gloria Belendez-Ramirez, Mexican Ambassador of Happiness, also attended the meeting and encouraged youth to serve peace. Media representatives interviewed Adam and several other children on the event.

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In 1993 a military plane carrying Zambia's football team crashed killing all onboard, but 23 years on their families are still waiting for closure.

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Au Burkina Faso, le mandat lancé contre le président de l'Assemblée nationale ivoirienne vient d'être levé par la cour de cassation du pays pour vice de forme. La Cour de cassation reproche au juge de n'avoir pas informé le procureur du lancement du mandat d'arrêt.

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Les membres du du Haut Commissariat à la Réconciliation et au Renforcement de l’Unité Nationale (HCCRUN) ont tenu ce jeudi à Lomé une « conférence » avec les partenaires techniques et financiers (PTF) du Togo dans le cadre de la vulgarisation du plan stratégique de l’institution, a constaté une journaliste de Savoir News.

 

La rencontre a été présidée par Mme Awa Nana Daboya (présidente du HCCRUN) en présence de Dr Wiyao Evalo et Mme Kpondzo-Ahianyo Claudine, respectivement 1er et 2ème rapporteur du HCCRUN.

 

Des membres du corps diplomatique, des responsables des agences du système des Nations Unies et des institutions de la république ont pris part à cette réunion d’une grande importance pour le HCCRUN.

 

Le but visé par le haut commissariat pour la réconciliation en initiant cette rencontre est de présenter officiellement aux PTF, le plan stratégique 2016-2018 du HCCRUN et sa déclinaison annuelle sur la période 2016 (PTBA 2016).

 

Selon ce document, le HCCRUN prévoit travailler sur trois principaux axes : (i) l’appropriation et l’adhésion des populations et des acteurs à la mise en œuvre des recommandations et du programme de réparation de la CVJR, (ii) la mise en œuvre des réparations matérielles et immatérielles et (iii) la création des conditions favorables à la mise en œuvre des réformes politiques et institutionnelles et des garanties de non répétition. L’objectif du plan stratégique étant de permettre au HCCRUN à la fin de son mandat d’asseoir une société togolaise beaucoup plus harmonieuse.

 

« Notre institution a organisé la rencontre de ce jour pour faire le point de nos activités depuis le démarrage en mars 2015, la présentation de notre plan stratégique et de notre plan de travail budget annuel 2016 aux partenaires techniques et financiers, afin de solliciter leur implication à nous accompagner et à nous assister. Le HCCRUN voudrait donc pouvoir compter sur les contributions de chacun de vous partenaires techniques mais aussi financiers et surtout amis du Togo pour réaliser à terme les activités inscrites dans son plan stratégique », a précisé la présidente du HCCRUN.

 

Les PTF ont donc réitéré leur engagement à l’accompagner dans la mesure du possible afin que la réconciliation nationale soit effective au Togo.

 

« Les Nations Unies ont été associées aux premières œuvres du HCCRUN et nous allons poursuivre la même dynamique d’accompagnement en nous appuyant sur les valeurs du peuple togolais. Nous réaffirmons ici notre engagement à accompagner le HCCRUN surtout en ce qui concerne le renforcement de capacités institutionnelles et techniques et les conditions favorables à la mise en œuvre des réformes politiques et institutionnelles », a indiqué Mme Khardhiata Lo N’Diaye (coordonnatrice du système des Nations Unies au Togo).

 

Pour sa part M. Nicolas Berlanga-Martinez (chef de la délégation de l’Union Européenne au Togo) a confirmé l’engagement financier de l’UE à accompagner le HCCRUN car selon lui, « il y a des gens qui souffrent au Togo et qui ont besoin de réparation pour les préjudices subis ».

 

Quant à l’ambassadeur d’Egypte au Togo, il a expliqué que la contribution de l’Egypte au HCCRUN sera un échange d’expérience en matière de réconciliation entre le Togo et l’Egypte.

 

En rappel, le HCCRUN a été créé par décret n°2013-040/PR du 24 mai 2013 et modifié par le décret n°2014-103/PR du 03 avril 2014. Il a pour mission de procéder à la mise en œuvre des recommandations et du programme de réparation élaboré par la Commission Vérité, Justice et Réconciliation (CVJR). La durée de son mandat est de trois ans renouvelable une fois. FIN

 

Chrystelle MENSAH

 

source : Savoir News

 


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Plongée inédite dans le quotidien des 3 000 demandeurs d'asile sur l'île de Lesbos en Grèce. Notre confrère de Monte Carlo Doualiya Tarek Kaï a pu se rendre dans le camp de Moria où de violents affrontements ont éclaté cette semaine. Reportage.

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La CDPA (Convention démocratique des peuples africains) a lancé ce jeudi 28 avril à Lomé, avec l’appui de la fondation Friedrich-Ebert, son programme de contribution à l’enracinement de la démocratie et l’organisation d’élections locales démocratiques et paisibles au Togo au cours d’un séminaire que le parti organise. La rencontre permet aux militants du parti dirigé par Mme Brigitte ADJAMAGBO-JOHNSON de revisiter leur idéologie.
 

« Revisiter les valeurs démocratiques de la CDPA pour faire face aux défis de la démocratie et du développement durable au Togo », voilà le thème que porte une rencontre qu’organise ledit parti du 28 au 30 avril à Lomé. Ces assises permettent à la CDPA de revisiter les valeurs de la sociale démocratie pour laquelle elle adhère. Aussi, lui permettent-elles de lancer un programme qui consacre sa contribution à l’enracinement de la démocratie et l’organisation des élections locales. Un initiative qui amène la population à comprendre son éminent rôle dans le processus de démocratisation et de décentralisation.
 
« En tant que parti politique, nous nous sentons interpellés par la situation du pays. Nous avons l’impression que notre démocratie est bloquée. Il nous revient en tant que parti ayant contribué à l’avènement de la démocratie au Togo de faire en sorte que nous puissions aller au-delà de cette démocratie de façade », a indiqué Mme Brigitte ADJAMAGBO-JOHNSON, secrétaire générale de la CDPA.
 
Concrètement, ce programme sera articulé autour de deux pôles : le renforcement des capacités des militants et des populations ; et la composante dénommée « Sous l’arbre à palabre », une initiative puisée de l’expérience malienne de la décentralisation. Il y sera question d’offrir aux concitoyens la possibilité de débattre sur des sujets divers qui tournent autour du vivre-ensemble, un élément essentiel dans la démocratie.
 
« Nous avons le devoir de former nos militants pour qu’ils éduquent à leur tour les populations. Nous comptons sur cela parce que nous pensons qu’aucune démocratie ne peut se former sans une éducation du peuple », a déclaré Mme ADJAMAGBO.
 
Au cours des échanges, un comité d’experts déterminera quels devraient être les outils appropriés pour la formation des différentes couches précitées. Selon la secrétaire de la CDPA, d’ici un mois, le parti sera à même de former les formateurs qui à leur retourneront dans les fédérations pour former les militants à la base, ceux-mêmes qui transmettront leur savoir au reste de la population.
 
Notons qu’à cette rencontre prend part Pr Ali Nouhoum DIALLO, ancien président de l’Assemblée nationale du Mali et du Parlement de la CEDEAO. Il partagera avec les participants l’expérience difficile du Mali en matière
de décentralisation.
 
Ghislain A-K
 
source : horizon news
 


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Le président de Guinée équatoriale, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, a été réélu sans surprise avec un score de 93,7 % à la présidentielle du 24 avril. Il est au pouvoir depuis 1979.

A journalist from Radio Bundelkhand in India conducts an interview. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
NEW YORK, Apr 28 2016 (IPS)

For women journalists, violence and intimidation don’t just happen in conflict zones, they are every day experiences.

“You don’t even have to be in a conflict zone to be violated anymore,” New York Times reporter and author of the Taliban Shuffle Kim Barker said Wednesday at the launch of a new book documenting the daily violence and harassment which women journalists experience.

After writing an opinion-editorial on her experience of sexual harassment in the field, Barker said that an online commenter called her “fat” and “unattractive” and told her that “nobody would want to rape you.”

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) chose to focus its 2016 edition of the Attacks on the Press book series on the gender-based online harassment, sexual violence and physical assault experienced by women journalists, because of the impact of this violence on press freedom.

“In societies where women have to fight to have control over their own bodies, have to fight to reassert their right in the public space—being a woman journalist is almost a form of activism,” said Egyptian broadcast journalist Rawya Rageh who also spoke at the launch.

Much of the abuse takes place online where attackers can hide behind the anonymity of online comments.

“Our words, our will, can prevent the silencing of voices, the violation of our freedom of expression…and we, as journalists, have a huge responsibility in this regard." -- Jineth Bedoya Lima.

According to the Pew Research Center, 40 percent of Internet users have experienced some form of online harassment. Though men are also subject to harassment, online abuse towards women tends to be more severe, including sexual harassment and threats of violence.

For example, one journalist reported to the The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) that a troll had threatened to “human flesh hunt” her.

Alessandria Masi, a Middle East correspondent for the International Business Times, recalled the comments she received in an essay in CPJ’s book: “I have been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army for writing an article that was critical of Syrian President Bashar Assad and asked how many people I have to have sexual relations with to get my article published.”

Online abuse is a symptom of deep-seated and pervasive sexism, many note. University of Maryland Law Professor and Author of “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace” Danielle Keats Citron stated that online gender harassment “reinforce(s) gendered stereotypes” where men are perceived as dominant in the workplace while women are sexual objects who have no place in online spaces.

But the threats do not just stay online, they also often manifest in the real world.

Deputy Editor of a Colombian Newspaper Jineth Bedoya Lima was kidnapped and raped in 2000 after exposing an underground network of arms trafficking in the country.

In 2012, after reporting on the dangers of female genital mutilation, Liberian journalist Mae Azongo received death threats including that she will be caught and cut if she does not “shut up.” She was forced to go into hiding with her nine-year-old daughter.

A year later, Libyan journalist Khawlija al-Amami was shot at by gunmen who pulled up to her car. Though she survived, she later received a text message warning her to “stop your journalism” or be killed.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) journalists also face similar threats, CPJ added. Most recently, Xulhaz Mannan, editor of Bangladesh’s only LGBT magazine, was hacked to death in his home.

However, many do not report their cases.

“It was almost like this dirty little secret, you didn’t talk about it…because you had to seem like you were just like one of the guys,” Barker said. She pointed to Lara Logan’s case as the dividing point.

While covering the Egyptian Revolution for CBS, Logan was violently sexually assaulted by a mob of men. During an interview on “60 Minutes,” she described how she was pulled away from her crew, her clothes ripped off, beaten with sticks and raped.

When asked why she spoke out, Logan said that she wanted to break the silence “on what all of us have experienced but never talk about.”

One key reason that many journalists do not speak out is the fear of being pulled out of reporting because of their gender or sexual orientation.

“It’s a catch-22,” said Rageh to participants. “I don’t want to reinforce this idea of who I am or what I am is going to curtail my ability to cover the story, but of course there’s an issue that needs to be addressed,” she continued.

CPJ’s Vice Chair and Executive Editor of the Associated Press Kathleen Carroll noted that the threat of sexual violence has long kept women out of the field of journalism. But there are ways to handle such threats that do not lead to the exclusion of women, she said.

Carroll stated that good tools and training should be provided to journalists, both women and men alike. IWMF established a gender-specific security training, preparing women to be in hostile environments. This includes role-play scenarios, risk assessments and communication plans.

Effective, knowledgeable and compassionate leaders are also needed in news agencies in order to help staff minimize threats, Carroll added.

Panelists urged for reform, noting that women are needed in the field.

“The more women you have out there covering those stories, the more those stories get told,” Barker said.

In an essay, Lima also reflected on the importance of women’s voices, stating: “Our words, our will, can prevent the silencing of voices, the violation of our freedom of expression…and we, as journalists, have a huge responsibility in this regard. Our words can stir a fight or bury the hope of change forever.”

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The pastoralists of Ethiopia’s Somali region are forced to move constantly in search of pasture and watering holes for their animals. Credit: William Lloyd-George/IPS

By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 28 2016 (IPS)

Ten presidents and prime ministers from around the world will work together to resolve the growing global water crisis amid warnings that the world may face a 40 percent shortfall in water availability by 2030.

The figures continue to be staggering:  despite improvements, at least 663 million still do not have access to safe drinking water.

And projecting into the future, the United Nations says an estimated 1.8 billion people – out of a total world population of over 7 billion – will live in countries or regions with water scarcities.

The crisis has been aggravated by several factors, including climate change (triggering droughts) and military conflicts (where water is being used as a weapon of war in several war zones, including Iraq, Yemen and Syria).

The High Level Panel on Water, announced jointly by the the United Nations and World Bank last week. is expected to mobilise financial resources and scale up investments for increased water supplies. It will be co-chaired by President Ameenah Gurib of Mauritius and President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico. The other eight world leaders on the panel include: Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia; Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh; János Áder, President of Hungary; Abdullah Ensour, Prime Minister of Jordan; Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands; Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa; Macky Sall, President of Senegal; and Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan.

At a UN panel discussion last week, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson of Sweden said water lies at the nexus between sustainable development and climate action.

"If the water service fee is beyond a household’s ability to pay, it is a human rights violation.” -- Darcey O’Callaghan, Food and Water Watch.

Referring to the two extremes in weather patterns– droughts on the one hand and floods on the other – Eliasson said one of his colleagues who visited Pakistan after a huge flood, remarked: “Too much water and not a drop to drink.”

When world leaders held a summit meeting last September to adopt the UN’s post-2015 development agenda, they also approved 17 SDGs, including the elimination of extreme poverty and hunger and the provision of safe drinking water to every single individual in the world – by a targeted date of 2030.

But will this target be reached by the 15 year deadline?

Sanjay Wijesekera, Associate Director, Programmes, and Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene at the UN children’s agency UNICEF, told IPS: “As we enter the SDG era, there is no doubt that the goal to get ‘safely managed’ water to every single person on earth within the next 15 years is going to be a challenge. What we have learned from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is that water cannot be successfully tackled in isolation.”

He said water safety is compromised every day from poor sanitation, which is widespread in many countries around the world, particularly in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Currently, nearly two billion people worldwide are estimated to be drinking water which may be faecally contaminated.

As a result, UNICEF and others working on access to safe water, will have to redouble their efforts on improving people’s access to and use of toilets, and especially to end open defecation.

“As we address water, sanitation and hygiene, we must also take into account climate change. Droughts, floods, and extreme weather conditions all have an effect on the availability and the safety of water,” said Wijesekera.

He also pointed out that some 160 million children under-5 live in areas at high risk of drought, while around half a billion live in flood zones.

Asked how best the water crisis can be resolved, Darcey O’Callaghan, International Policy Director at Food and Water Watch, told IPS the global water crisis must be addressed in two primary ways.

“First, we must provide clean, safe, sufficient water to all people because water is a human right. Affordability is a key component of meeting this need. Second, we must protect water sustainability by not overdrawing watersheds beyond their natural recharge rate.”

“If we allow water sources to run dry, then we lose the ability to protect people’s human rights. So clearly, we must address these two components in tandem,” she said.

To keep water affordable, she pointed out, it must be managed by a public entity, not a private, for-profit one. Allowing corporations to control access to water (described as “water privatization”) has failed communities around the globe, resulting in poor service, higher rates and degraded water quality.

Corporations like Veolia and Suez — and their subsidiaries around the world—are seeking to profit off of managing local water systems, she said, pointing out that financial institutions like the World Bank and regional development banks often place conditions on loans to developing countries that require these systems to be privatized.

“But this is a recipe for disaster. Profits should not be the priority when it comes to providing water and sanitation services to people”, said O’Callaghan.

Asked if the public should pay for water, she said there is no longer any question that water and sanitation are both human rights. What the public pays for is water infrastructure upkeep and the cost of running water through the networks that deliver this resource to our homes, schools, businesses and government institutions.

“The UN has established guidelines for water affordability –three percent of household income—and these guidelines protect the human right to water. If the water service fee is beyond a household’s ability to pay, it is a human rights violation.”

One approach that has shown promise are public-public partnerships (PPPs). In contrast to privatization, which puts public needs into the hands of profit-seeking corporations, PPPs bring together public officials, workers and communities to provide better service for all users more efficiently.

PUPs allow two or more public water utilities or non-governmental organizations to join forces and leverage their shared capacities. PPPs allow multiple public utilities to pool resources, buying power and technical expertise, she said.

The benefits of scale and shared resources can deliver higher public efficiencies and lower costs. These public partnerships, whether domestic or international, improve and promote public delivery of water through sharing best practices, said O’Callaghan.

The writer can be contacted at thalifdeen@aol.com