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The Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen are responsible for twice as many civilian casualties as all other forces put together, United Nations human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said today.

The announcement didn’t come as a surprise as it has been reported repeatedly that the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia, had targeted many times populated territories in Yemen during its campaign against the Yemeni rebels, known as the Houthis.

The coalition supports the exiled Yemeni government led by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and tries to bring it back in power after being forced to withdraw from Yemen because of military actions performed by the Houthis and military forces loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Since the start of the airstrike campaign in March 2015, the citizens of the poorest state in the Middle East are witnessing a humanitarian destruction. At least 7.6 million people are now seriously “food insecure” in Yemen. Moreover, on 5 January, the UN reported that civilian casualties in Yemen topped 8,100, with nearly 2,800 of them killed, amid Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, shelling by Houthi groups and other clashes.

On 4 March, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, also told journalists in Geneva, Switzerland that civilian casualties continued to mount in Yemen, during February. Last month, a total of at least 168 civilians were killed and 193 injured and around two-thirds of them were hit by the Arab-coalition airstrikes. In the country as a whole, 117 civilians were killed and another 129 wounded as a result of airstrikes in February, with the largest number of casualties (99) attributed to airstrikes hitting the capital, Sana’a.

Today, it was reported that another airstrike on 16 March, on a market in northern Yemen’s rebel-held Hajja province, caused the death of 119 people, including 22 children. According to reports, after the carnage caused by the airstrike, a panel of UN experts has said the coalition has carried out 119 sorties and called for the urgent need for establishing an international probe for war crimes in Yemen.

After the market massacre, the Arab-coalition spokesman, Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri, told AFP in an exclusive interview that the coalition is “in the end of the major combat phase,” in Yemen. His statement was welcomed by the White House spokesman Josh Earnest.

However, a similar announcement was made in April 2015. Then, al-Asiri, had said that the objectives of the campaign have been met and the Shia rebels, are no longer a danger.

Two days ago, the Dutch MPs asked from the national govenmrent to enforce an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia, to pressure the oil-rich country to shop shelling in Yemen. A similar call was made by the MEPs to the EU main policy-makers.

This is not the first time The Netherlands are trying to stop the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen. In 2015,  Dutch diplomats in the UN, asked for an independent war crimes inquiry in Yemen. However, the inquiry was blocked by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries such as Bahrain and Qatar which claimed that a war crimes investigation must be launched by the Yemeni government.

 

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A gas facility jointly run by Norway's Statoil and BP comes under rocket attack but no one is hurt, officials say.

Suivez le débat de BBC Afrique sur le second tour de la présidentielle au Niger avec les représentants des deux candidats.

Les dernières infos • #réfugiésbalkans : à Tabanovce, la gale fait des dégâts
Albanie : après la route des Balkans, la « route de l'Adriatique » ?
« L'Albanie est prête à accueillir les réfugiés »
Londres voudrait construire des camps de réfugiés en Albanie
Crise des réfugiés, crise de l'UE : la « balkanisation » de l'Europe est en marche

/ Populations, minorités et migrations, Albanie, Questions européennes, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso, Migrants Balkans

Les dernières infos • #réfugiésbalkans : à Tabanovce, la gale fait des dégâts
Albanie : après la route des Balkans, la « route de l'Adriatique » ?
« L'Albanie est prête à accueillir les réfugiés »
Londres voudrait construire des camps de réfugiés en Albanie
Crise des réfugiés, crise de l'UE : la « balkanisation » de l'Europe est en marche

/ Populations, minorités et migrations, Albanie, Questions européennes, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso, Migrants Balkans

On the second anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, the EU has once again condemned Moscow's actions and called upon the countries of the UN to join in sanctions against Russia.

The BBC went along to the annual Design Indaba festival in Cape Town, South Africa.

Passió 2016 című produkcióját mutatja be virágvasárnap délelőtt fél tíztől Kápolnásfaluban, a templom előtti téren a szentegyházi Szent Gellért Alapítvány keretében működő Szent Imre Társulat.
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With characteristic deadpan delivery, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the sudden withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria earlier this week, declaring their campaign a success.  Before the day was through, Russian aircraft and crews were already departing from Hmeymim air base in Latakia.  Since this announcement, the media has been alight with speculation on the meaning of Russia’s sudden departure, its political and military implications, and the reasons for this seemingly unexpected move.  Much of the discussion has thus far missed the mark.  There is no Russian withdrawal from Syria, but rather a drawdown of the air contingent present in Latakia. Putin simply moved pieces on the board, without altering the equation.

This maneuver is more about political perceptions than military reality. It constitutes a political reframing of Russia’s intervention in order to normalize Moscow’s military presence in Syria, and make it permanent, while convincing Russians at home that the campaign is over. Putin’s statement is yet another successful effort to achieve a domestic and international publicity coup.

The “withdrawal” announcement is not about how Russia leaves, but about how it stays in Syria.

Click here to read the rest of the article, which is co-authored by myself and Michael Kofman.

The Tunisian women bringing their babies up on the inside

L’UE et la Turquie cherchent à conclure un accord sur la crise migratoire, qui prévoirait notamment le renvoi en Turquie des réfugiés et migrants arrivés illégalement dans les îles grecques. Plus de 45 000 personnes sont actuellement bloquées en Grèce, du fait de la fermeture de la « route des Balkans ». Depuis que la frontière macédonienne a fermé, au début du mois, leur nombre ne fait qu'augmenter. Ils s'interrogent sur la meilleure marche à suivre.

Le PIB du Rwanda a augmenté de +6,9 % en 2015, contre +7 % en 2014, porté notamment par la bonne santé du secteur agricole et des services. Les comptes extérieurs du pays se sont toutefois détériorés, en raison notamment de la baisse des revenus des exportations minières.

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Plus de 50'000 adresses électroniques, noms et autres listes de diffusions ont été copiés mais pas rendus publics.

Az elmúlt esztendőkben a Föld napjához időzítették, ezúttal több hétvégére és szakaszra szeretnék felosztani az Olt folyó megtakarítását Balánbányától Tusnádfürdőig. Április 1-től zajlik a szemétgyűjtés, a szervezők több önkéntest várnak.
Kategória: Aktuális/Csíkszék

Selon des employés, aucune victime n’est à déplorer.

Harminckét térfigyelő kamerát vásárolt a közelmúltban a makfalvi önkormányzat. Két nagy képernyőt is beszereztek, amelyen a több helyen rögzített felvételeket egy időben lehet követni.
Kategória: Aktuális/Marosszék

Bejegyezték a libánfalvi sós túrót (telemeát) a Védett Eredetű Névvel és Földrajzi Behatárolással bíró termékek lajstromába. Ez Románia harmadik ilyen jellegű terméke.
Kategória: Aktuális/Marosszék

Chez nos voisins européens, le temps passé dans les embouteillages diminue. Chez nous il a augmenté en 2015, faisant de la Suisse le 5e pays le plus congestionné.

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A declaration to tackle global wildlife trafficking routes has been signed by the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) – a coalition of companies from across the global shipping industry.

As reported by Hellenic Shipping News online, the declaration was unveiled by The Duke of Cambridge, President of United for Wildlife, and is the culmination of 12 months of work to develop a plan, led by the transport sector, to crack down on illegal wildlife trafficking routes.

The declaration states that shipping must earn a reputation for being a trusted and responsible partner in the communities that it touches around the world.

The United for Wildlife Transport Taskforce Buckingham Palace Declaration is a landmark agreement, outlining 11 commitments aiming to help support the private sector in fighting the illegal wildlife trade. These include: increasing passenger, customer, client, and staff awareness about the nature, scale, and consequences of illegal wildlife trade, promoting the declaration’s commitments across the entire transport sector , improving the training of staff within the transport sector to enable them to detect, identify and report suspected illegal wildlife trade, and acknowledge staff who champion this cause, and notifying relevant law enforcement authorities of cargoes suspected of containing illegal wildlife.

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Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, on 17 March, conducted a monitoring exercise on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan as part of his mandate, read the message posted March 18 on the OSCE’s website.