Agrégateur de flux

Du 31 mai au 6 juin, la ville de Zagreb en Croatie accueille "Cest is d'best", un festival de cirque et de théâtre de rue. Clowns, jongleurs, cracheurs de feu, mimes, prestidigitateurs, danseurs et musiciens se produisent en extérieur dans toute la ville.

Jusqu'au 4 juin, la ville de Bergen en Norvège accueille le festival "Nattjazz" (nuits du jazz). Depuis 1973, ce festival programme chaque année près de 100 concerts nocturnes, attirant les plus grands artistes de jazz, de rock, d'électro et de musique classique.

jusqu'au 3 juin, Prague accueille le festival de culture tsigane "Khamoro" (qui signifie "soleil") avec des spectacles de musique et de danse, des représentations théâtrales, des projections de films, des expositions et des discussions avec des personnalités tsiganes.

Les 3 et 4 juin, Cracovie accueille sa "parade des dragons", référence à un conte polonais selon lequel un dragon vivait dans une grotte sous le château du Wawel. Une grande parade défile sur les quais de la Vistule, au pied du château, avec de grands dragons dans les airs et sur l'eau, et un feu d'artifice.

Le festival des nuits de Fourvière débute le 1er juin à Lyon. Il propose jusqu'au 5 août un programme culturel pluridisciplinaire (théâtre, musique, danse, cinéma) au Théâtre antique de Fourvière.

Le Fondation Beyeler, à Riehen en Suisse, organise jusqu'au 1er octobre une exposition sur le photographe Wolfgang Tillmans. Deux cents travaux photographiques réalisés sont exposés.

Swiss Brugger and Thomet APC9 Submachine Gun

Quinze suspects sont désormais détenus cinq jours après l’attentat qui a coûté la vie à 22 personnes à Manchester, dans le nord de l’Angleterre. La police britannique estime avoir procédé à l'arrestation d'une grande partie du réseau derrière cette attaque terroriste. Treize personnes sont en garde à vue au Royaume-Uni et deux en Libye, le père et l’un des frères du kamikaze. Dimanche 28 mai, un homme de 25 ans et un autre de 19 ans ont encore été interpelés à Manchester, et les opérations policières se poursuivent.

Une nouvelle coalition de plusieurs organisations de la société civile a vu le jour au Burkina Faso. Composée d'organisations qui ont pris part à l'insurrection populaire d'octobre 2014, elle se donne pour mission de maintenir la veille citoyenne et d’interpeller les dirigeants burkinabè qu'il y a lieu de prendre des mesures contre les actes de violence et contre les mauvaises conditions de vie. Selon ses premiers responsables, elle veut amener les dirigeants à regarder dans le sens des aspirations du peuple burkinabè.

May 28, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Secretary-general of the United Nations, António Guterres has praised Sudan's role in mitigating the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, said Sudan's foreign ministry.

In a press release extended to Sudan Tribune Sunday, foreign ministry spokesperson Gharib Allah Khidir said foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour received a message from Guterres in which he pledged to attract addition funds to enable Sudan to cope with the large influx of South Sudan's refugees.

He pointed that Guterres expressed appreciation for Sudan's government efforts to provide assistance for those affected by the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan and mobilising support from relevant national actors.

The UN secretary general thanked Sudan for opening three humanitarian corridors to transport relief to South Sudan.

According to Khidir, Guterres stressed that he is “counting heavily on the Sudanese government to support regional and international efforts to pressure the conflicting parties in South Sudan to stop the fighting”.

Three United Nations agencies declared an outbreak of famine in the young nation in February, saying an additional 1 million people were are the brink of starvation.

On 30 June, the World Food Programme (WFP) began providing food assistance to South Sudan using a new corridor opened by Sudan.

According to the latest report released by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), Sudan's has received over 417,000 South Sudanese refugees since December 2013.

South Sudan became the world's newest nation after declaring independence from Sudan in 2011. However, in 2013 the country was plunged into civil war killing tens of thousands of people and displacing millions.

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May 28, 2017 (JUBA) - The Aweil community in South Sudan have called for reconciliation between President Salva Kiir and the former chief of staff for South Sudan army (SPLA), Paul Malong Awan.

S Sudan's President Salva Kiir is received by former Chief of General Staff of the SPLA Paul Malong Awan at the airport in Juba March 6, 2015 (Reuters)

The community, in a statement issued on Saturday, said Awan's removal from his position should not affect his decade-long relationship with the president simply over divergence in opinion.

“We believe that the near-crisis involving his sacking is a considered matter of your administration and should not be allowed to be exploited by war merchants, or ethno-regional players who, by any statistical measure, are rooting against the stability of the country”, partly reads the community's statement.

It further called for calm among communities, while urging elders and representatives in different Parliaments to stand behind the reconciliation effort so that this matter is quickly put to rest.

“Gen. Malong deserves a special pat on the back or a medal of honor for having gracefully and caringly handled the delicate situation following his unceremonious discharge. He has already, in our humble view, won the admiration of many South Sudanese for such a rare demonstration of statesmanship,” noted the statement.

“Our position as a community is that of peace and integrity of the country. We call upon you, Mr. President, to allow General Malong to exercise his freedoms, including freedom of movement to any place of his choice as a responsible citizen of this country,” it added.

President Kiir relieved the former army chief from his position, but the decree announced on the state-owned television cited no reasons.

Malong was replaced by Lt. General James Ajonga Mawut, who was the deputy chief of general staff for administration and finance.

The removal of the former army chief of general staff came as the army was repeatedly accused of gross human rights violations, rape, atrocities and war crimes on civilians in conflict-affected areas.

Malong, who also recruited a notorious militia from his home region, had been accused of failing to crack down on abuses by the SPLA.

The conflict in South Sudan had driven over a million children out of the country, the United Nations recently said, warning that the future of a generation is ‘on the brink.'

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En moins de 48 heures, six assassinats ont lieu à Naples, dans le sud de l'Italie. La tension monte et le maire de la ville lance un avertissement au gouvernement. Les Napolitains sont inquiets.

May 28, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Guinean President and Chairperson of African Union (AU) Alpha Conde Sunday has arrived in Khartoum on a three-day visit to discuss the security situation in the continent.

The official news agency SUNA Sunday quoted Sudan's foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour as saying “Conde's visit to the country comes upon an official invitation from President Omer al-Bashir”.

“Important issues relating to the African continent will be discussed during the visit, especially the situation in South Sudan and Libya, and the role and position of Sudan on these issues,” he added.

According to Ghandour, the two sides will also hold talks on bilateral relations between the two countries, saying they will discuss economic, political and cultural issues of common concern.

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May 28, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan rebels allied to the country's former First Vice-President have dismissed as untrue claims that members of their forces have joined the Juba government in response to the national dialogue declared by President Salva Kiir.

David Otim (R), principal representative for the SPLM/A in Opposition in Uganda, and Oyet Nathaniel Pierino speak at a press conference in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on 22 September 2014 (ST)

Officials in Imatong, one of South Sudan's newly created states said the armed opposition under the overall command of General Patrick Ohiti accepted in principle to join the national dialogue.

The move, officials say, came after months of intense negotiations.

But the rebel-appointed governor of Imatong state, Nathaniel Pierino denied the claim, referring to it as a “fabrication” from government.

“It's understandable that the newly appointed SPLM-IG [ruling party in government] governor of a decentralizes pseudo state of Imatong Hon. Tobiolo Alberto Oromo is seeking the attention of the president by appearing a good boy by spreading unfounded rumors and propaganda,” he told Sudan Tribune over phone on Sunday.

He said they would never join the “fake” and “one-sided” dialogue.

“This is utterly untrue statement and I would like to categorically state that SPLA-IO has been provoked and we are considering the best possible response to prove to the regime and South Sudan that we are not what they say and will never be part of the so-called dialogue,” said Pierino.

He said claims made by the pro-government officials were meant to penetrate their system by using the media as a propaganda tool.

“I am directing all the military organs of the SPLA-IO in Imatong state to convene an emergency security and command meetings to discuss this provocative and destabilizing propaganda of the regime and take appropriate action to punish the regime,” said Pierino.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir officially launched the long-awaited national dialogue initiative in the capital, Juba on Monday.

Initiated by the South Sudanese leader in December last year, the national dialogue initiative is both a forum and process through which the people South Sudan shall gather to redefine the basis of their unity as it relates to nationhood, redefine citizenship and belonging, as well as restructure the state for national inclusion.

Since mid-December 2013, tens of thousands of people have been killed and over two million displaced from the East African nation.

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May 28, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - A new round of fighting has erupted on Sunday between government forces, and the Sudan Liberation Movement-Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) and the SLM- Transitional Council (SLM-TC), amid conflicting reports about the losses on both sides.

The Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militiamen clashed during four days from 19 to 22 with the SLM-MM and the SLM-TC in North and East Darfur States. The government army killed several leading rebel commanders and arrested the SLM-TC leader and other commanders.

Sudan said the SLM-MM and SLM-TC fighters came from Libya and South Sudan. Also, Khartoum accused Juba and Cairo of supporting and providing weapons to the two armed groups. The two neighbouring countries denied the accusations.

Spokesperson of the RSF, Adam Salih, told the official news agency SUNA Sunday that their forces defeated the rebels at Ain Siro area in Kutum locality, North Darfur State.

He pointed out that the rebel force was among those who fled the fighting in Wadi Hawar and entered the Sudanese-Chadian border, saying the RSF has been pursuing rebels fleeing last week's battles.

Salih stressed the RSF inflicted heavy losses in lives and equipment on the rebels, saying they were able to destroy and seize a large number of military vehicles.
He added that the fighting and the hunt down is still ongoing, saying the RSF is monitoring the border to pursue the fleeing rebels.

Meanwhile, in a joint statement extended to Sudan Tribune, SLM-MM and SLM-TC said government troops and RSF fighters attacked their positions at Ain Siro and the Northwest Kutum mountain range in North Darfur State.

The two rebel groups stressed the government attack have been repulsed and heavy losses in lives have been inflicted on the attackers, saying more than 13 four-wheel-drive Land Cruisers vehicles loaded with heavy weapons have been burned and destroyed.

According to the statement, large numbers of innocent villagers have fled the area.

The Sudanese army has been fighting a group of armed movements in Darfur since 2003. UN agencies estimate that over 300,000 people were killed in the conflict, and over 2.5 million were displaced.

BASHIR MEETS HAMETTI

The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Sunday evening has been briefed by the head of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, (aka Hametti) on the recent clashes with the rebel groups.

In press statements following the meeting, Hametti said he briefed the President of the Republic on the latest developments in the recent military clashes in Darfur and "the victories achieved by the army and RSF", adding they "chased the rebels to the borders of the country".

Hametti pointed out that the government forces were able to hit the rebellion in the state of North Darfur, stressing that "Sudan will not be hurt in Darfur after today".

On Saturday the leader of Sudan Liberation Movement, Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) accused the Sudanese government of attacking their positions in the region in an attempt to impose its solution through the barrel of the gun to the 14-year conflict.

"Peace will never be achieved as long as the homeland is held hostage by the regime of the National Congress. The regime wants the whole Sudanese people to give up and stamp on a treaty whose clauses are drafted according to the victor's terms imposed upon the vanquished," he further said.

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May 28, 2017 (NAIROBI) – The Court of Appeal in South Sudan has ruled as “unconstitutional” a controversial wiretapping system used by South Sudan National Security Service (NSS) to listen to phone calls.

Napoleon Adok Gai (Getty image)

The device, which has been a subject of investigations by the United Nations panel of experts, was acquired by South Sudan from Israel.

In delivering its verdict in the case of the 16 people accused of corruption in the president's office, the Appeal Court held that “The trial judge had erred in facts and law when he convicted accused N0.1 John Agou Wuoi, accused N0.2 Anyieth Chaat Paul and accused N0.8 Kur Ayuen Kou on illegally and improperly obtained evidence from wiretapping telephone which violated Article 22 of the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan 2011”.

The court agreed with a precedence cited by Advocate Kiir Chol Deng and summarised by the learned judges on page 56 of the judgment, which stated: “Map Vs. Ohio (1962) where the Supreme Court of the United States of America held that: evidence obtained in violation of the constitution has to be excluded from State as well as Federal trials, that is to say the prosecution cannot use evidence gained by illegal means to convict the accusees, even if the evidence is not obtained in direct contravention of the letter of the Constitution, where such evidence is obtained in such manner as to be reprehensible according to the spirit of the constitution, such evidence shall not be admitted”.

Another precedence cited and summarised on page 73 of the judgement read; “I also agree with learned Advocate Kiir Chol Deng in citing the Kenyan precedent of the appeal of the case of The Republic Vs. Gachoka and another (1999) EKLR, the court of appeal of Kenya held that “at the end of the day, it is the duty of the courts to enforce the provisions of the constitution, otherwise there would be no reason for having those provisions in the first place”.

The Court of Appeal further to said this on the issue of illegal searches and arrest carried out by the General Intelligence Bureau on page 70 of the judgement, “the arrests and search may not have conformed to provisions of section 75,76 and 77 of the Code Criminal Procedures Act 2008”.

The accused were arrested under section 7 of the National Security Service Act 2014, but not convicted under the same section thereof.

The Court of Appeal, on page 65 of the judgment, said “the judge of the court of instance did not also clarify role of each accused in commissioning of the offence, that is the link to the whole thing and these needs to be made clear in the judgement from evidence provided to the court”.

The judge had never quoted the specific sections of the laws subject to violations or the charges, nor did he discuss ingredients of the alleged offences committed by the accused in relation to evidence adduced by the parties before the court but accused were generally convicted without specifying acts or role of each accused in commission of the crime and intention”, it further stated.

The court verdict went further on page 66 stating, “in other words the trial judge should discuss mens rea and actus reus (action and intention) of different offences alleged to have been committed by each individual in order to prove guilt or commission of the alleged offence beyond reasonable doubt”.

The court cited a precedence of the Sudanese case of Sudan government Vs Fatima Hussein reported in SLJR 1966 at page 75-80; it has been remarked in the Sudan by Imam J “it is clear that for any crime to be complete, generally speaking, requirement of the law concerning mens rea and actus reus (action and intention) must both be satisfied else no crime would have been committed and the accused would be entitled to an acquittal”.

The majority decision of the appeal court ruled on page 64 of the Court of Appeal Judgement; “it is clear that the trial judge had erred in law when he decided to sentences the 16 accused persons to imprisonment for 7 years each for violation of sections 14/15 of Anti-money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Act 2012 without conviction. It is also clear from records that the trial judge did not quote sections 14/15 of AMLACTF of 2012 and discuss them in light of the evidence adduced before the court by both parties, prosecution and defence to reach a just conclusion. It is a duty of the Court to discuss ingredients of every offence by posing questions and answering the same from evidence availed before it by the parties and the law, section in question, subject of violations.

In response to some grounds or contentions raised by the defence lawyers in their memorandum of the appeals presented to the court on behalf of appellants, the court had this to say to respond to No.4 on page 71 of the judgement “at this moment NO comment since it is my view somewhere in this judgement that the judgement of the court of the first instance be quashed and case papers be returned to the trial judge to discuss evidence adduced before it with law, that is to discuss ingredients of the offences with evidence available”.

Appearing in court on 4th May 2016 as prosecution witness N0.24, Napoleon Adok Gai, the spy- master behind the new advance communication gadget told the court the phone interception recordings he played in court as evidence against accused N0.8, Kur Ayuen Kou were done on his own personal accord. He was not authorised by his superior like the Director General of General Intelligence Bureau to monitor phone number either written or verbally.

This particular advance communication wiretapping device sold to the Government of South Sudan is now a subject of a legal battle in Israel. This is after an Israeli Member of Parliament filed a lawsuit, challenging the legality of Israel Defense Ministry decision to keep selling sophisticated wiretapping spy tools to South Sudanese government even after the bloody civil war broke out.

Tamar Zandberg, who currently represents Meretz party in the Israeli parliament, Knesset, filed a Legal case with High Court of Justice arguing that Jerusalem should stop selling listening devices to Juba because the tools are being used by the South Sudanese government to monitor its citizens unlawfully.

In her legal challenge, MP Tamar Zandberg added that she wants the High Court of Justice of Israel to legally barred the export license issued by Israeli's Defense Ministry, saying the license allows South Sudanese government to keep buying sophisticated listening devices from the Israeli government.

A recent report released by the U.N panel of experts accused the Israeli government of supplying South Sudan with high-tech communications interception equipment.

The report further said that Israel keeps exporting modern spy devices to South Sudan's government even after it agreed to a UN request to stop selling weapons to the violence-wracked nation.

In that report, the panel also alleged that the “advance spy tools” are being used by Juba to “eavesdrop on its opponents.”

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En Côte d'Ivoire, après une première audition vendredi, Souleymane Kamagaté, alias SoulToSoul, est de nouveau convoqué par la section de recherche de la gendarmerie d'Abidjan ce lundi matin. Le chef du protocole de Guillaume Soro devra fournir des explications sur l'important stock d'armes retrouvé à son domicile de Bouaké pendant la dernière mutinerie dans le pays. Le président de l'Assemblée nationale et son entourage disent jouer la transparence et l'apaisement dans cette affaire.

Deux employés de la morgue d'un hôpital de Dar es-Salaam en Tanzanie ont avoué à la police avoir ouvert le ventre d'un citoyen ghanéen décédé pour lui voler la drogue dissimulée dans son estomac.

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Actualité :- Les dossiers africains du président Macron- Libye : derrière la bataille de Brak- Centrafrique : Les quatre erreurs de François Hollande- Algérie : une société bloquée au bord de l’implosion
Economie :L’impasse économique africaine
Génétique :L’Afrique du Nord n’est pas arabe

Editorial de Bernard Lugan :Misrata et l’anarchie libyenne
En Libye la guerre est désormais totale. Jusqu’à présent tous se battaient contre tous dans un climat d’anarchie duquel aucune solution ne pouvait émerger. Désormais, trois grands camps s’affrontent qui devraient peu à peu engerber les multiples forces secondaires qui mettent le pays en coupe réglée. Nous commençons donc à y voir plus clair car, c’est du rapport de force qui va s’établir entre ces trois grandes composantes que sortira la paix future et la reconstruction de la Libye.
1) En Cyrénaïque, depuis le début du mois de mai 2014, le général Khalifa Haftar, a lancé l’Opération dignité contre les milices islamistes. Aujourd’hui, il contrôle la région, à l’exception de la ville de Derna. Après les derniers attentats dirigés contre les coptes et qui furent téléguidés depuis Derna, le maréchal Sissi va appuyer encore davantage le général Haftar, avec une priorité : liquider cette poche islamiste.Le général Khalifa Haftar est issu de la tribu des Ferjany dont le fief est la ville de Syrte, ville natale du colonel Kadhafi. Il fut avec ce dernier, un des auteurs du coup d’Etat militaire qui renversa le roi Idriss en 1969. S’il s’est ensuite brouillé avec son camarade, il n’a en revanche jamais rompu les liens avec sa tribu, ce qui le place au cœur d’une alchimie tribale stratégique située à la jonction de la Cyrénaïque et de la Tripolitaine. Il est soutenu par l’Egypte, les Emirats arabes unis et la Russie. Actuellement, il livre bataille dans le Fezzan afin d’isoler les forces de Misrata (voir l’article consacré à la bataille de Brak page 3 de ce numéro).
2) A Tripoli, le GLUN (Gouvernement libyen d’union nationale) est désormais disposé à s’entendre avec le général Haftar. C’est pourquoi il est actuellement combattu par Misrata (Frères musulmans) qui serait la grande perdante d’un accord GLUN-Haftar. Alliées à de multiples composantes islamistes, les milices de Misrata occupent une partie de Tripoli, ce qui provoque l’exaspération de la population. Pour mémoire, le 15 novembre 2013, les miliciens de Misrata y avaient ouvert le feu sur une foule réclamant déjà leur départ, faisant plusieurs dizaines de morts et des centaines de blessés.
3) Misrata, ville riche, puissante, fief des Frères musulmans et tournée culturellement et politiquement vers la Turquie est une sorte de corps étranger sur le littoral libyen. De tout temps, elle a mené une politique autonome et, aujourd’hui, elle sent bien qu’elle risque d’être prise en étau entre le général Haftar et un pouvoir tripolitain reconstitué. Bien que soutenue par la Turquie et par le Qatar, sa position est fragile. Misrata a en effet contre elle, outre la population de Tripoli, les milices de Zenten, celles du djebel Nefusa, celles des Warfalla et les  tribus de la région de Syrte qui n’ont pas oublié le traitement ignominieux que ses membres réservèrent au colonel Kadhafi après qu’ils l’eurent capturé.
Comme rien ne pourra être entrepris en Libye tant que la puissance de Misrata demeurera intacte, les actuels combats de Tripoli doivent donc être suivis avec attention. En effet, si les milices de Misrata étaient chassées de la ville, une telle défaite marquerait un tournant dans le conflit libyen car deux options seraient alors ouvertes :1) Misrata accepte de négocier. La sortie de guerre prendrait alors la forme d’un fédéralisme à trois têtes : Tripolitaine, Misrata et Cyrénaïque. Le Fezzan des Toubou regarderait vers Benghazi et      celui des Touareg vers Tripoli.
2) Misrata refuse de négocier. Toutes les forces de Libye risquent alors de se coaliser contre elle et des comptes séculaires se régleront alors.