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Kevin Rideout, who was kidnapped outside his home in the capital last October, is now with US officials.

Le président tchadien Mahamat Deby a gracié le chef de l'opposition et ancien Premier ministre Succès Masra, ouvrant ainsi la voie à sa libération.

Le président tchadien Mahamat Deby a gracié le chef de l'opposition et ancien Premier ministre Succès Masra, ouvrant ainsi la voie à sa libération.

Une opération menée après près de six mois d’enquête vient de mettre au jour une organisation criminelle aux ramifications internationales. La Sûreté nationale annonce le […]

L’article 26 arrestations, un bateau et 12 millions de DA saisis : un réseau criminel tombe après 6 mois d’enquête est apparu en premier sur .

Avant le retour des élèves en classe le 14 septembre 2026, les écoles maternelles et primaires devront se préparer durant toute la semaine précédente. La programmation prévoit notamment la prise de service des enseignants, les inscriptions, le nettoyage des établissements, l'organisation des classes et une journée pédagogique le 9 septembre.

Dès le lundi 7 septembre 2026, les directeurs et enseignants des écoles maternelles et primaires du Bénin seront mobilisés pour mettre en place les conditions nécessaires au démarrage des activités scolaires.

Cette première journée sera notamment marquée par la passation de service entre les directeurs sortants et entrants et la prise de service des enseignants mutés.

Le premier conseil des maîtres devra également permettre de répartir les enseignants dans les classes, de définir la périodicité du dépôt des préparations de cours et des planifications mensuelles, ainsi que de remettre les documents et matériels de travail.

Les écoles devront aussi ouvrir les registres d'inscription et d'admission des écoliers.

Dans les établissements disposant d'une cantine, une vérification de la mise en place des vivres est également prévue.

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Le mardi 8 septembre sera notamment consacré à l'implication des parents d'élèves. Des assemblées générales sont prévues, ainsi que l'organisation du nettoyage des enceintes scolaires et de leurs abords immédiats.

Les listes de fournitures scolaires devront par ailleurs être remises aux écoliers et aux parents.

Les opérations de recrutement et d'admission se poursuivront, tandis que les cuisines et les dispositions pratiques des écoles à cantine devront être aménagées.

Le mercredi 9 septembre constituera un temps particulier avec la tenue de la journée pédagogique et de réflexion des enseignants.

Les jeudi 10 et vendredi 11 septembre, les équipes continueront notamment le nettoyage des écoles, les inscriptions et admissions ainsi que l'aménagement des espaces intérieurs et extérieurs. La mise en place du dispositif de gestion collégiale de l'école est également prévue.

Le vendredi devra aussi être consacré à la rédaction du rapport d'exécution des tâches de pré-rentrée, destiné aux structures chargées du suivi.

Au terme de cette séquence, les établissements devront être prêts à accueillir les élèves.

La reprise des cours est fixée au lundi 14 septembre 2026 sur toute l'étendue du territoire national.

Selon le chronogramme rendu public par le Ministère des enseignements maternel et primaire, les premiers devoirs devront être inscrits dans les cahiers d'activités ou de devoirs des écoliers. Les résumés de cours devront figurer également dans les cahiers de leçons dès le début des activités scolaires.

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Le maire de Qusra affirme que les troupes israéliennes ont demandé aux familles de quitter leurs maisons, utilisant certaines d'entre elles comme casernes.

Le maire de Qusra affirme que les troupes israéliennes ont demandé aux familles de quitter leurs maisons, utilisant certaines d'entre elles comme casernes.

Pris en flagrant délit de pollution de l'environnement, un individu a été verbalisé, à Cotonou, lundi 10 août 2026, à 100 000 FCFA par la police.

La Police poursuit la traque contre les auteurs de la pollution environnementale à Cotonou. Un individu demeurant à Yagbé a été interpellé, lundi 10 août 2026, pour ''pollution environnementale par urination sur la voie publique''. Le mis en cause a été surpris en flagrant délit d'uriner sur un espace public. Sa libération a été conditionnée par le paiement d'une contravention de 100 000 francs CFA dans les caisses du Trésor public.

En juillet dernier, les agents de la Brigade de protection du Littoral et de la plage (BPLP) avaient sanctionné une femme pour la même infraction.

La miction et la défécation à l'air libre sont des pratiques malsaines qui polluent dangereusement l'environnement. Malgré les nombreuses actions de sensibilisation, certaines personnes s'adonnent toujours à ces actes contraires aux règles d'hygiène et de salubrité publique dans les espaces pubics.

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By CIVICUS
Aug 14 2026 (IPS)

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CIVICUS discusses the challenges posed by Paraguay’s ‘anti-NGO law’ with Hugo González, executive director of the Paraguayan Network of LGBTQ+ Artists (REPAR+), a civil society organisation (CSO) that promotes the rights of LGBTQI+ people, which has joined the constitutional challenge against this law.

Hugo González

Thirty-eight CSOs have appealed to the Supreme Court of Paraguay to block Law 7363, which regulates CSOs. Presented as a transparency measure, the law subjects organisations to a registration and monitoring regime that civil society considers disproportionate. Its implementation further restricts Paraguay’s constrained civic space, with groups working on gender equality and sexual diversity under particular pressure.

What are the problems with Law 7363?

The law was enacted in November 2024, and its regulations came into force in October 2025. It applies to CSOs that receive or manage private or public funds from national or international sources and use those funds to influence public policy or state activities. The regulatory decree defines influence broadly, including reports, press releases and other forms of public expression.

The law establishes a public register administered by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and requires balance sheets, minutes, supporting documents and annual reports on programmes, beneficiaries, professionals, staff and affiliated entities. It also prohibits reference to donor confidentiality to circumvent these controls and provides for sanctions ranging from a formal warning to suspension and deregistration.

Civil society doesn’t oppose transparency. We were already complying with civil, labour, tax and anti-money laundering obligations, so this law was unnecessary. We call it the ‘big stick law’ because it duplicates controls, uses broad definitions and turns public advocacy into a risk factor that triggers extraordinary scrutiny for punitive purposes.

In what political context was the law passed?

The bill was passed thanks to the majority held by the ruling Colorado Party. The process moved forward against a backdrop of stigmatisation of CSOs, human rights activists and journalists, and coincided with the work of a congressional committee that framed CSO funding within a narrative centred on money laundering.

The law also reflected the convergence between parts of the ruling coalition and conservative religious networks. Among its main proponents were legislators such as Gustavo Leite and Lizarella Valiente, who have also participated in activities and initiatives linked to evangelical organisations. While this doesn’t prove that these organisations drafted or funded the law, it does highlight an asymmetry in access and scrutiny between groups that influence public policy.

The law treats different groups that influence the same policies very differently. It imposes extensive controls on CSOs but expressly exempts churches and religious groups.

What impact is the new law having?

The impact began even before the first sanctions were imposed. Ever since the Ministry of Economy and Finance launched the registration portal, CSOs have had to devote time, money and staff to complying with the new accounting, administrative and legal requirements. For small organisations or those run by volunteers, this means that a large proportion of their resources is no longer being channelled into activities, assistance, research or support services.

Uncertainty is also a factor. Although sanctions are not yet being applied on a large scale, the law is having a deterrent effect. Donors, organisations and supporters fear the consequences of getting involved or advocating for causes.

The obligation to provide detailed information on beneficiaries and supporters poses privacy risks, particularly in small communities and among vulnerable groups. The safety of these people depends on who has access to the information, for what purpose and with what effective safeguards.

What obstacles do LGBTQI+ organisations face, and how does the new law exacerbate them?

In Paraguay, gender and diversity organisations operate in a context of structural discrimination, characterised by hate speech, exclusion from education and the labour market, barriers to accessing healthcare and difficulties in reporting violence. Added to this is the lack of a comprehensive anti-discrimination law, legal recognition for same-sex couples and accessible administrative procedures for the recognition of gender identity. All this leaves LGBTQI+ people in a particularly vulnerable situation.

Law 7363 exacerbates these difficulties, as it imposes broad and unclear requirements on CSOs that defend these rights. REPAR+’s artistic activities can be regarded as advocacy, culture and support all at once. The vagueness of the law, combined with discretionary powers and the threat of suspension, makes it impossible to predict how these activities will be classified, and could stifle critical voices before any sanction is imposed.

How has civil society mobilised to challenge the law at the Supreme Court?

The response has combined dialogue, international appeals, litigation and technical analysis. Since December, CSOs working on community development, culture, the environment and human rights, as well as rural communities, have filed constitutional challenges against the law and its implementing decree. REPAR+ has joined the effort because we believe freedoms of association and expression are essential for organisations that support LGBTQI+ people, denounce discrimination and engage in public policy.

We hope that the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court will examine these challenges independently and urgently, in the light of the Constitution, the American Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. A favourable ruling would directly protect the organisations bringing the challenges and establish an important precedent. We don’t seek to be exempt from accountability. We seek to prevent a regulatory process from becoming a form of political surveillance, exposing vulnerable people or serving as punishment for dissent.

What action is needed in and outside Paraguay to reverse these restrictions?

Within Paraguay, the court must rule urgently and prevent irreparable harm while it considers the merits of the case. However, a lasting solution requires Congress and the executive to repeal or comprehensively modify the law, through a pluralistic consultation process. Any regulation should be precise, avoid duplicate registrations and protect beneficiaries, donors, victims and workers. Intrusive requests should be subject to independent scrutiny and sanctions should be limited to what is strictly necessary and proportionate. These criteria should apply equally to anyone who manages public funds or influences policy, including religious organisations.

The international community could continue to monitor the situation at the United Nations, particularly through the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review process, and at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. It can also take action through embassies and cooperation agencies. Donors should offer flexible support to cover accounting, legal, security and technological costs, rather than withdrawing out of fear of the new regime.

Paraguay also needs a comprehensive anti-discrimination law, effective recognition of gender identity and protection for human rights defenders and journalists.

We are not asking for external guardianship or privileges. We are calling for democratic solidarity to preserve a space where people can organise, question and propose ideas. Transparency should strengthen democracy, not expose vulnerable people or turn criticism of those in power into a cause for suspicion.

CIVICUS interviews a wide range of civil society activists, experts and leaders to gather diverse perspectives on civil society action and current issues for publication on its CIVICUS Lens platform. The views expressed in interviews are the interviewees’ and do not necessarily reflect those of CIVICUS. Publication does not imply endorsement of interviewees or the organisations they represent.

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Paraguay: ‘The new law’s purpose is to increase government control over civil society’ CIVICUS Lens | Interview with Marta Ferrara and Olga Caballero 25.Oct.2024

 

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Mitten durchs Wattenmeer führt eine der ungewöhnlichsten Bahnstrecken der Welt. Die sogenannte «Halligbahn» verbindet zwei kleine Inseln mit dem Festland. Auf den nur 90 Zentimeter breiten Gleisen sind sogar private Züge unterwegs.

Credit: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 2026 (IPS)

Pakistan, one of few South Asian countries to oscillate between democratic governments and authoritarian regimes, is cracking down on journalists, including foreign correspondents covering the political situation in the world’s fifth most populous nation, with an estimated population of over 250 million people and ranking behind India, China, the United States, and Indonesia.

According to one report, Pakistan is technically under a nominal civilian coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, but political analysts and experts describe the actual state as being under “constitutional militarism” or deep military dominance, with the military establishment holding sweeping authority

The government’s crackdown of journalists has triggered criticisms from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists.

Beh Lih Yih, CPJ’s Asia-Pacific regional director told Inter Press Service (IPS): Pakistan is tarnishing its own international reputation by restricting journalists from reporting from large parts of the country.

“The latest attempt to censor media coverage highlights the deteriorating situation of press freedom in the country, which remains one of the most dangerous places for journalists, with high numbers of media killings and enforced disappearances”.

“Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government must withdraw the restrictive measures and immediately stop targeting journalists, whether through detention or questioning. Pakistan must uphold its constitutional and international obligations to protect press freedom if it wants to be taken seriously as a democracy.”

According to the New York Times August 10, the government has imposed new restrictions that require all journalists working for foreign news media to seek permission to travel outside Pakistan’s three major cities.

The rules come after a surge of news media, covering elections in the Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir, a disputed region where protesters have been campaigning since early June for more political autonomy.

The Times said reporters in Pakistan have in recent years faced increased censorship and financial pressure, including frozen bank accounts and the suspension of government advertising , forced removal, arbitrary arrests and imprisonment, according to journalists and human rights groups.

In August 2026, UNESCO did not issue a specific statement or direct criticism regarding Pakistan’s latest media restrictions. Instead, a major pushback against Pakistan’s newly enacted Foreign Media Facilitation Guidelines 2026 came from press freedom organizations like the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), and Amnesty International.

Meanwhile, the New York based Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Pakistani authorities to withdraw draconian new guidelines requiring journalists working for international media outlets to obtain authorization before reporting outside Islamabad, Karachi, or Lahore, in a move likely to censor coverage of unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

The guidelines, reviewed by CPJ, require international and Pakistani journalists who contribute to foreign media organizations, including social media and web-based platforms, to obtain a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the information ministry for “official assignments, especially for work outside Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.”

“The Foreign Media Facilitation Guidelines open the door for Pakistani authorities to further restrict international media coverage, prevent journalists from reporting freely outside Pakistan’s three main cities, and risk exposing them to administrative retaliation,” said CPJ Afghanistan and Pakistan Representative Waliullah Rahmani. “These guidelines mark yet another appalling blow to press freedom in Pakistan, where journalists are already facing an intense crackdown, particularly those reporting on unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.”

The five-page guidelines were introduced days after the government criticized international reporting on elections and protests in Kashmir and accused Al Jazeera of engaging in “yellow journalism,” a term for sensational reporting. Access to Al Jazeera’s website has been restricted.

Authorities can suspend or revoke journalists’ accreditation or media outlets’ for “acts against the ideology, sovereignty, security or public order of Pakistan,” the guidelines say.

Authorities have banned coverage of protests demanding electoral reform in Kashmir, after international outlets reported on police brutality during clashes with demonstrators, and suspended mobile and internet services. International media say that at least 40 people died ahead of the vote, which began on July 27, according to CPJ.

CPJ said the information ministry did not respond to emailed request for comment.

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Fast 40 Grad am Freitag, doch Abkühlung naht hoffentlich. Ab dem Wochenende sinken in der Schweiz die Temperaturen. Erste Regenschauer und Gewitter könnten bis ins Flachland vordringen.

Beim Zubereiten von Frühstück erhält das Wasser, in dem die Eier gekocht werden, zumeist wenig Aufmerksamkeit. Zu Unrecht. Bei Pflanzen kann es nämlich wahre Wunder bewirken.

Eine 78-jährige Fussgängerin ist am Donnerstagabend in Horgen bei einem Unfall tödlich verletzt worden. Ein Auto erfasste die Frau auf einem Fussgängerstreifen. Die Polizei sucht Zeugen und klärt die Unfallursache.

Was viele nicht wissen: Neben dem üblichen Geschirr kann man auch einige andere Dinge in der Spülmaschine bestens waschen. Oder hättest du je daran gedacht, deine Flipflops in die Spülmaschine zu tun?

In Deutschland wütet aktuell ein Waldbrand. Westlich der Metropole Köln in Nordrhein-Westfalen mussten bereits über 1800 Menschen evakuiert werden. Aktuell brennt eine Fläche von etwa 35 Fussballfeldern.

Ein Glas Orangensaft gehört für viele zu einem guten Frühstück dazu. Doch Vorsicht: Der Fruchtsaft hat, egal ob frisch gepresst oder ab Konserve, unglaublich viel Zucker. Es ist sogar vergleichbar mit einem Glas Cola.