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photo Royal navy 21 mai 2015 by Royal Navy Wooshh…. With a blast of high-pressure air one third of a tonne of naval firepower is propelled from its launcher aboard HMS Sutherland at 50mph as the frigate flashes up her weapons systems after a lengthy refit....

According to Russia’s largest defense manufacturer Almaz-Antey press service, company has disputed sanctions imposed in July and September 2014 against the company by the European Union.

May 21, 2015 (WAU) – Authorities in Western Bahr el Ghazal state have arrested three suspected men allegedly responsible for the assassination of Wau county paramount chief, Angelo Bagari, who was gunned down on 10 May along with his wife.

According to Wau county commissioner, Elia Kamilo Dimo, the prime suspect, Peter Unango, was identified as the master planner who killed the couple.

“Unango was identified through a probe by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) personnel based on many evidences including the letter of his own hand writing that he dropped in the compound of the chief with threatening words on the chief before the chief was killed,” said Dimo.

Unango was a member of Wau county youth known as Wau Pimalu who were inciting the 2012 December's violence and was convicted to jail for five years. He later last week escaped from the prison and killed the chief.

“He was the one during the Wau violence who led an attack on the chief Angelo Bagari for his stance with the state government to relocate the county headquarters from Wau town to Bagari,” said the commissioner.

The suspect was also previously found guilty of being responsible for burning down commercial trucks in Wau town during the December crisis.

“We have information about the place that the murderer went and took shower because in our customs, when you kill someone they will take you to shower with tree called ‘jal',”Kamilio explained.

He further explained that the investigation committee was working with the police's CID to conclude the probe into the killing.

(ST)

20 May 2015 by defenceWeb African Equity Empowerment Investments Limited (former Sekunjalo Investment Ltd) has acquired 25% of Saab Grintek Defence for R120 million, and will dispose of its 5% shareholding in parent company Saab South Africa for R20 million....

19 May 2015 by Guy Martin - defenceWeb A new addition to Denel Land Systems division Mechem’s vehicle lineup is the ‘Blesbok’ cargo truck version of the Casspir mine-resistant vehicle, which is in production for Angola. Three of these logistics variants...

Ismét nemes cél érdekében fognak össze a gútai fiatalok. Május 30-án, szombaton második alkalommal rendezik meg a vízimalom térségében a DGSprint jótékonysági terepfutást, amelynek bevételét, csakúgy, mint egy évvel korábban, egy beteg kisfiú gyógykezelésére ajánlják fel a szervezők.

May 21, 2015 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese freelance reporter has been killed in what relatives and local officials said was a targeted revenge attack.

Pow James Reath, who left Bor, the capital of Jonglei state at the onset of the conflict, was a freelance reporter with UN-run Radio Miraya FM and most recently worked for Radio Tamazuj and Gurtong website.

Reath, who held a diploma in journalism and mass communications in Uganda, was allegedly moving to a nearby non-governmental organization (NGO) base to get internet access when he and Yohannes Pal Kuek, a master's degree student who was on research mission, were killed.

“The killing of two young men in Akobo county on Wednesday has been strongly condemned,” said Gatwech Koak Nyuon, a peace activist in a statement extended to Sudan Tribune.

A displaced pro-government's Akobo county commissioner, Taban Juoch, who is based in Juba, confirmed the killing of the two young men. He said there were no details.

“We are told this was a revenge attack,” he said when contacted for comment on Thursday.

Unconfirmed reports suggested that the victims were killed on Wednesday in a revenge attack between the Chie-Tot and Chie-Majok of Akobo East county in Lou-Nuer territory which is all under the control of the rebel forces led by former vice president, Riek Machar.

Inter-clan revenge killings are common in South Sudan where justice is not often available for victims and civilians resort to taking the laws into their own hands.

Activist Nyuon called for justice for the victims who were well educated and died under unclear circumstances.

“I appeal to authority in Akobo to critically look into situation so that civilians are aware of the importance of an educated person,” he said.

(ST)

photo USAF 20.05.2015 par Philippe Chapleau - Lignes de Défense Depuis le 1er avril, l'US Air Force ne met plus en ligne que 60 CAP (combat air patrol) de MQ-1 Predator et de MQ-9 Reaper. Chaque CAP, c'est, en termes matériels, quatre drones, une station...

Indago VTOL Quad Rotor - photo Procerus Technologies 20 mai 2015 by Lockheed Martin This multi-mission payload combines the capabilities to record and live-stream data with a smooth, stable video capability in any weather condition. It is capable of 10...

Le système acoustique de modélisation sous-marine SPARTA de Way Maritime (Way Maritime) 20 mai 2015 par Bastien Duhamel – 45eNord.ca La société Lockheed Martin Canada a annoncé qu’elle allait accorder un financement de recherche et développement en matière...

Le NCSM Preserver ravitaillant la frégate américaine USS Ingraham en mer d'Arabie en novembre 2001 dans le cadre de l'opération Apollo, la participation militaire canadienne dans la campagne internationale contre le terrorisme (Photo: caporal Brian Walsh,...

May 21, 2015 (BOR) – The caretaker governor of South Sudan's Jonglei state, John Kong Nyuon has sacked the Duk county commissioner, Akech Deng.

The former commissioner for Duk county, Akech Deng (ST/File)

Nyuon, in a decree announced Wednesday, did not explain why he sacked the ex-commissioner, barely a year since he was appointed.

In the past, however, Deng has been accused of allegedly threatening aid agencies operating in Duk, and taking sides on issues between the Dinka Hol and Nyarweng.

The Catholic Relief Service (CRS), in a 25 May letter, accused the ex-commissioner of allegedly interfering in their operations and demanded that immediate action be taken.

“The Duk commissioner leads an NGO [non-governmental organisation] called Wundeng Wings of Hope which he is promoting in the county and in Juba, using his position and powers as a Jonglei state government official; he tried to compel JFSP [Jonglei Food Security Programme] to hand over control of beneficiary registration and the distribution of food and NFIs [non-food items] to his NGO, although he has been told repeatedly that donor regulations on accountability forbid CRS complying with this instruction”, partly reads CRS's letter a source extended to Sudan Tribune.

The JFSP is currently implementing services in nine of Jonglei's 11 counties.

Duk county was, however, included in the extension programme last year.

Since the country's crisis, CRS has been the only organisation with staff on the ground, providing food and non-food support to the conflict populations from July 2014.

CRS, in the letter, claimed the former commissioner did not support their work, further alleging that the latter wanted JFSP resources diverted to the local NGO he founded.

In March this year, Deng terminated services of the Relief and Rehabilitation coordinator of the county on the grounds that he did not support in his push to acquire food and none-food items brought in to the county by CRS and World Food Program for his NGO.

Sudan Tribune could not independently verify claims against the former commissioner.

(ST)

On Tuesday 19 May, the guest performance by the Latvian National Opera (LNO) of Arturs Maskats’ opera Valentina hosted by the Deutsche Oper Berlin earned rapturous applause from the German audience.

 

Mise en scène en 1935, La guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu s’attache à décrire les rouages d’une guerre inévitable. Hélène, épouse du roi grec Ménélas, a été enlevée par le Troyen Pâris. Tandis que les partisans de la guerre attisent les passions, d’autres essaient d’éviter le conflit, tel Hector. Mais ses efforts ne suffisent pas à apaiser les bellicistes : la guerre de Troie aura donc bien lieu.

Cette pièce en deux actes et en prose sera donnée par la troupe de l’École navale lors de trois  représentations:
- Dimanche 24 mai, 14h, en salle Surcouf, Foyer du Marin, rue Yves Collet, Brest.
- Lundi 22 juin, 20h, en salle Étourdi, École navale, Lanvéoc .
- Jeudi 9 juillet, 20h, Cercle national des Armées Saint-Augustin, Paris.

Entrée libre et gratuite; une recette "au chapeau" aura lieu à l’issue de la pièce au profit de la SNSM.

A bécsi Kaláka Club, az Ausztriai Magyarok Gazdasági Érdekközössége megalakulásának 30. évfordulóját egy szakmai konferenciával ünnepelték meg május 20-án Bécsben.

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/ Serbie, Seselj, Défense, police et justice, Relations internationales

EU-Ratspräsident Donald Tusk hat zum Beginn des EU-Gipfels in Riga das Verhalten von Moskau in der Ukraine-Krise scharf angegriffen. Die EU halte laut Tusk trotz der Einschüchterung Kurs in ihrer Politik Richtung Osten. Bundeskanzlerin Merkel beruhigte indes, die Partnerschaft richte sich nicht gegen Russland.

Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel hat die Rückkehr Russlands zu G-7 als derzeit "nicht vorstellbar" bezeichnet. Die Opposition kritisiert indes die Krisenpolitik der Kanzlerin scharf: Klimagespräche im Kreis der G-7 ohne Russland und China seien nicht zielführend.

Der britische Premierminister David Cameron hat zwei Wochen nach seinem Wahlsieg die Debatte um eine EU-Reform eröffnet. Er werde die Gespräche über Reformen und über die Neuverhandlung der Beziehungen zu Grossbritannien beginnen, sagte er beim EU-Gipfel in Riga.