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Cristiano Ronaldo et son voyage à haut risque qui fait polémique

Afrik.com - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 21:00

L’international portugais de football Cristiano Ronaldo, par ailleurs quintuple Ballon d’or, a posé un acte qui a déclenché une très grosse polémique. L’ami de Badr Hari, champion marocain de kick-boxing, a déclenché une vive polémique. Alors que l’interdiction de voyages entre le Portugal et l’Italie a été levée, Cristiano Ronaldo en a profité pour effectuer […]

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Categories: Afrique

La Mauritanie importe près de 8000 masques depuis le Maroc

CRIDEM (Mauritanie) - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 21:00
Saharamédias - La Mauritanie, depuis le début du covid-19, a importé près de 790.000 masques depuis le Maroc, devenant le premier pays...
Categories: Afrique

Töff-WM mit fünf Doppel-Rennen: Dieser irre Kalender soll Lüthi den WM-Titel bringen

Blick.ch - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:39
Mit 13 Rennen in vier Monaten wollen die WM-Promotoren die Saison doch noch über die Runden bringen. Tom Lüthi freut sich, dass er ab Juli auf Titeljagd gehen kann.
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Sexfluencerin Katja Krasavice über ihr Leben vor dem Hype: Gemobbt, gehasst und hintergangen

Blick.ch - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:32
Katja Krasavice ist für ihre provokative Art bekannt. BLICK spricht mit ihr über die wichtigsten Punkte in ihrem bewegten Leben – ausser ihrem Lieblingsthema: Sex!
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Visa long séjour pour la France : Les précisions du Consulat

Algérie 360 - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:26

Le Consulat de France à Alger a apporté des précisions pour les titulaires de visas longs séjours (Visa D) désireux voyager en France avant la réouverture de l’Espace Schengen. Dans un communiqué rendu public ce jeudi, le Consulat a indiqué que le titulaire d’un visa français de long séjour ne peut pas voyager sauf s’il […]

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Categories: Afrique

Prinzessin Märtha Louise wurde vor angeblichen Sektenführer gewarnt: Schamlos-Schamane will seinen Ex-Freund zum Schweigen bringen

Blick.ch - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:19
Jahrelang lebte Prinzessin Märtha Louises Partner Durek Verrett mit einem Mann zusammen. Nun packt sein Ex-Freund in den Medien aus – und bekommt deswegen Ärger mit dem Anwalt des Schamlos-Schamanen.
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G5 Sahel : La BAD mobilise 20 millions $ pour freiner la propagation du Covid-19

CRIDEM (Mauritanie) - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:18
Alwihda Info - Le Conseil d'administration de la Banque africaine de développement a accordé, le 9 juin à Abidjan, une aide de 20 millions de...
Categories: Afrique

USA: Streit um Militärbasen: US-Abgeordnete bringen Gesetzentwurf ein

Blick.ch - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:15
Im US-Repräsentantenhaus haben Abgeordnete der Demokraten und Republikaner einen Gesetzentwurf zur Änderung strittiger Namen von amerikanischen Militärstützpunkten eingebracht. US-Präsident Donald Trump lehnt eine Umbenennung strikt ab.
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Covid-19 has increased children’s exposure to traffickers

Africa - INTER PRESS SERVICE - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:11

By Tasneem Tayeb
Jun 11 2020 (IPS-Partners)

With Covid-19 bringing economic activities across nations to a halt, more and more people are being pushed into poverty. Job losses, business losses and farming losses, leading to economic stress, are pushing many to the fringes of poverty. And as families are being rendered helpless, the worst sufferers are invariably the children.

“46 percent children suffer from multidimensional poverty,” suggests a report shared recently by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). And in the face of the growing economic hardships of the people, triggered by Covid-19, the number is likely to shoot up in the coming months.

From increased threats of modern slavery—domestic servitude, sex trafficking, and forced labour, such as begging—and reduced access to nutrition, basic healthcare facilities and education, to increased risk of emotional abuse and mental trauma, children today, especially the ones born into poverty, are at greater risk of exploitation.

According to Unicef, “The economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic could push up to 86 million more children into household poverty by the end of 2020.”

Save the Children and Unicef suggest that, “Immediate loss of income means families are less able to afford the basics, including food and water, less likely to access health care or education, and more at risk of child marriage, violence, exploitation and abuse. When fiscal contraction occurs, the reach and quality of the services families depend on can also be diminished.”

And with more and more people becoming jobless, chances of families abandoning their children, or using them to earn money is increasing by the day. According to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report, “due to the pandemic, more children are being forced onto the streets to search for food and money, thus increasing their risk of exploitation.”

And more concerning are the lurking threats of the different ways in which children, in the wake of Covid-19 are being forced into sexual exploitation. For one, families in this part of the world, unable to feed “extra mouths”, often marry off their girls at an early age. Sometimes even in exchange for money. These little girls are subjected to marital rape by their husbands, and more often than not, suffer severe reproductive health damages due to the burden of early motherhood.

And if the girls are not so lucky, they are sold to traffickers by their husbands for money. Sometimes, in fact, predators marry young girls to be able to sell them for good money into sex slavery. While writing a detailed piece on this issue last year, I found that at times of desperation, the families themselves sell girls into prostitution. There have been cases where young sex workers had claimed that they had been sold to dalals by their own mothers.

Young boys face a different kind of fate. They are sent away to work in the informal sector to earn money for their families. And some of these young boys are preyed upon by predators for trafficking as slaves and sometimes into male prostitution.

According to a 2014 report by The Scelles Foundation, 42 million worldwide were involved in sex slavery. Of them, about eight million were men—it is not just women who are at the risk of being trafficked into sexual slavery. Male prostitution remains a less discussed issue, which is why when referring to sex slavery, the dialogues mostly centre around girls. But young boys do get raped and the possibility of them being forced into prostitution cannot be ignored.

And the children who have been sent out of the house to earn their living as beggars live with the constant threat of being exploited by their ring leaders. These girls and boys are not only taken advantage of by their employers but are also at times abused by the people giving them alms. I was once horrified when I saw a driver holding on to a semi-clothed girl’s hand while giving her alms. The girl—not knowing that it is not right for someone to touch her without her permission—was just happy that she got a note! Next time on the road, take a careful look, and the abuse of these children will become apparent.

But with Covid-19, you would think the demand for prostitution would have taken a hit, but you’d be wrong. The risk remains: according to Mama Fatima Singhateh, Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Covid-19 lockdown has resulted in people finding newer ways of availing prostitution services—through “delivery” or “drive-through”. According to Singhateh, people’s tendency to access illegal websites featuring child pornography has also increased— “Producing and accessing child sexual abuse material and live-stream child sexual abuse online has now become an easy alternative to groom and lure children into sexual activities and to trade images in online communities.”

A report published by the Council on Foreign Relations echoes the same fear— “While the current drop in global demand might temporarily disrupt exploitative circumstances, this effect is likely short-lived and eclipsed by increased vulnerability. Within sex trafficking, for example, the demand for commercial sex has dropped due to social distancing regulations. However, there is evidence that online sexual exploitation of children is on the rise, indicating that perpetrators are adapting in response to the environment.”

And this brings into the picture a new set of prey: children from middle-income to higher-income families who have access to the internet. These children, for whom the internet is the only means of staying connected with their friends and teachers, are at risk of being preyed upon by malicious traffickers.

And stuck at home, detached from the life they used to live, these children—according to Kazi Amdadul Hoque, Director-Strategic Planning and Head of Climate Action, Friendship, an international NGO—face a different kind of trauma. The fear of uncertainty, the fear of contagion and the depression from the lack of access to friends and outdoor activities make these children especially vulnerable to predators.

Child psychologist Tarana Anis suggests that now more than ever, parents and families have to be vigilant about the kind of online content their children are being exposed to, who their children are interacting with online, and which website they are accessing frequently. She suggests that families should engage in more shared activities and open discussions about current issues with their children.

This is certainly one way of tackling this problem. But we must keep in mind that the threat of physically trafficking children and selling them into prostitution or forced labour remains. Maybe there has been a decline in demand now, but it is only temporary. With the state’s resources already stretched fighting Covid-19, the government will find it difficult to fight off these other diseases, but this one definitely needs attention.

The government, along with bringing the poor under social safety schemes, must also mobilise the law enforcement agencies to strictly monitor the trafficking situation in the country. And families should spend more time with children and educate them about the risks that they might face online. The communities must look out for each, support each other and report suspicious activities. It is time we start looking out for ourselves, our loved ones and our communities, and report the wrongs to the concerned authorities, for the greater good of our children.

Tasneem Tayeb is a columnist for The Daily Star.
Her Twitter handle is: @TayebTasneem

This story was originally published by The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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Families, communities and policymakers must now work in tandem to eliminate this life-scarring menace

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Categories: Africa

Bio Tchané rassure du Plan gouvernemental pour atténuer les effets socioéconomiques

24 Heures au Bénin - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:04

Le ministre d'Etat chargé du plan et du développement Abdoulaye Bio Tchané, a animé ce jeudi 11 juin 2020, une conférence de presse sur le Plan gouvernemental annoncé ce mercredi en Conseil des ministres et destiné à atténuer les effets socioéconomiques de la pandémie du Coronavirus au Bénin.

Le Plan de riposte selon le ministre d'Etat chargé du plan et du développement, est la réponse aux effets néfastes de la crise à la Covid-19 sur l'économie du Bénin, à l'instar de celles des autres pays de la planète.
A cet effet, le gouvernement, renseigne-t-il, a revu à la baisse les prévisions de la croissance économique en la ramenant à « 3,5%, contre 7,6% initialement retenu pour l'année 2020 ».
Dans le but d'apporter une réponse à cette situation, le gouvernement du Bénin a mis en place un plan de soutien et de riposte au secteur productif, a souligné Bio Tchané.
Ce plan qui a une portée fortement sociale comporte des mesures en faveur des entreprises formelles, des artisans et petits métiers de services de l'informel », a-t-il ajouté.
Le ministre d'État a souligné que les mesures sont évaluées à environ 74,12 milliards FCFA, et regroupées en trois points.
Le premier concerne un soutien d'un montant de 63,38 milliards de FCFA au profit des entreprises surtout les PME. Cette dotation est destinée à la prise en charge des salaires des employés déclarés, au remboursement des crédits de TVA, à l'exonération du paiement de la taxe sur véhicule à moteur (TVM). Elle prend aussi en compte les loyers commerciaux sur trois mois au profit des agences de voyage déclarées. Cette dotation est également destinée à la prise en charge intégrale des factures d'électricité et d'eau pendant 03 mois pour les hôtels et les agences de voyage à hauteur de 4,1 milliards de FCFA. Le gouvernement a également créé un fonds de bonification de 30 milliards de FCFA pour permettre aux acteurs économiques et aux entreprises d'avoir accès à des crédits à taux zéro dans les banques et les systèmes financiers décentralisés (SFD).
La deuxième batterie de mesures est purement sociale et consiste à un appui de 4,98 milliards de FCFA destinés aux artisans et ceux exerçant de petits métiers. Il prend en compte 55.000 personnes exerçant dans les branches suivantes : soins corporels, coiffure, couture, bars restaurants, maquis et discothèques. Il s'agit de ceux d'entre eux qui se sont inscrits sur la plateforme digitale ouverte à cet effet, ainsi que dans les mairies et centres de promotion sociale.
Enfin la troisième catégorie des mesures sociales du gouvernement est une subvention de portée générale, qui s'applique à tous les citoyens, sur les tarifs de l'électricité et d'eau pour un montant de 5,76 milliards de FCFA.
Selon le ministre d'Etat chargé du plan et du développement, le souci du gouvernement est d'alléger le plus possible les peines des concitoyens et des entreprises les plus frappées par la crise du Coronavirus. Il a par ailleurs précisé que le gouvernement du président Patrice Talon envisage également une subvention particulière au profit des pauvres et extrêmes pauvres dès la fin de l'opération de leur identification qui est en cours. Le montant de cette subvention n'est pas pour le moment évalué, a informé Abdoulaye Bio Tchané.
Un mécanisme de soutien au secteur agricole sera défini et mis en œuvre selon l'ampleur de l'impact dans chaque filière concernée, a-t-il annoncé.
Sur le volet sanitaire de la crise, le Bénin s'est distingué par des mesures réalistes adaptées à son contexte socioéconomique et à son environnement social, a apprécié le ministre d'Etat. Ce qui lui a valu de nombreuses félicitations venant d'autres pays, qui n'ont pas hésité à s'inspirer du modèle béninois de riposte.
« Une fois encore, le génie béninois a parlé », s'est réjoui Abdoulaye Bio Tchané indiquant que c'est dans cet esprit de clairvoyance, d'efficacité et de réalisme que les mesures sociales annoncées en conseil des ministres ont été prises.

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Categories: Afrique

Cikk - Jószomszédi viszony: az EU kapcsolata a keletre fekvő országokkal

Európa Parlament hírei - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:03
Az EU számos módon támogatja keleti szomszédjait és a nyugat-balkáni országokat a Covid19-járvány kezelésében, de emellett már a jövőbeli kapcsolatok kialakításán is dolgozik.

Forrás : © Európai Unió, 2020 - EP

Le «mariage pour tous» fait un carton inattendu au parlement

24heures.ch - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:02
Le National accepte massivement le projet qui intègre aussi la procréation médicalement assistée. La balle est dans le camp du Conseil des États.
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Umweltverschmutzung: Forscher finden grosse Mengen Plastikpartikel in US-Nationalparks

Blick.ch - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:01
In Nationalparks und Naturschutzgebieten im Westen der USA wie Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain und Joshua Tree haben Forscher deutlich mehr Mikroplastik entdeckt als zuvor vermutet.
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Mauritanie, Covid-19 au cours des 24heures : 156 nouveaux cas, 108 guérisons et 3 décès, 1439 au total

CRIDEM (Mauritanie) - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 20:00
Le ministère de la santé a annoncé jeudi 11 Juin l’enregistrement de 108 nouvelles guérisons au cours des dernières 24 heures. « Ce...
Categories: Afrique

L'abbé Mathias Vigan renvoyé de l'église catholique

24 Heures au Bénin - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 19:58

Le pape Mathias Vigan de la mission de Banamè n'est plus prêtre de l'Eglise Catholique. C'est ce qu'a notifié Mgr Victor Agbanou dans un communiqué final au terme de la troisième session plénière de la Conférence épiscopale du Bénin, tenue du 9 au 11 juin 2020 à Ouidah.

Selon Mgr Victor Agbanou, la Conférence épiscopale du Bénin a reçu de Rome, un courrier de la Congrégation pour la doctrine de la foi, portant renvoi de l'état clérical de Monsieur l'abbé Mathias Vigan. Certes il y a plusieurs années que Mathias Vigan a choisi la mission de Banamè. Ce dernier n'est plus prêtre de l'Eglise catholique romaine. La décision officielle de sa radiation a été notifiée à la Conférence épiscopale du Bénin le 30 mars dernier.
Né le 24 février 1967 à Wokou, un petit village de la commune de Djidja, dans le département du Zou, Mathias Vigan a été ordonné prêtre dans l'église catholique romaine le 30 octobre 1999. Après quelques années de sacerdoce, il rejoint la secte fondée par une jeune femme à Banamè (Abomey).
Parfaite de Banamè, de son vrai nom Vicentia Tadagbé Chanvoukini fonde en 2010 la Mission catholique de Banamè et se réclame Dieu Esprit Saint ou le Dieu visible.
En novembre 2012, Dame Parfaite consacre l'abbé Mathias Vigan, Pape Christophe XVIII, le principal berger, représentant et frère jumeau du seigneur et sauveur Jésus-Christ à la tête de la Mission sur la Sainte colline à Banamè.
L'Église de Banamè a attiré des milliers de fidèles et en dépit des mises en garde des évêques, des prêtres et des religieuses ont quitté l'Église catholique pour rejoindre la mission.
L'abbé Mathias Vigan a été excommunié avant d'être renvoyé de l'Eglise catholique romaine.

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Categories: Afrique

From farm to fork: The women championing agricultural transformation in Africa

Africa - INTER PRESS SERVICE - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 19:56

By African Development Bank
Jun 11 2020 (IPS-Partners)

From Sudan to Mali, Senegal to Mozambique, and Zambia to Mauritania, women are changing the face of agriculture, adapting and innovating to tackle the challenges of climate change, and feeding the continent’s growing population.

African women are actors along the entire agricultural value chain, as farmers, livestock breeders, food processors, traders, farm workers, entrepreneurs and consumers.

Through the African Development Bank’s Technologies for African Transformation (TAAT) initiative, millions of African women have gained access to new agricultural technologies that have boosted their crop yields, enabling them to tap new markets and increase their incomes .

Improved seeds can help Africa’s smallholder farmers, the majority of whom are women, to produce high crop yields even in areas plagued by climate change-related drought, floods and locust swarms that can destroy an entire harvest. Add in the constraints recently imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s a tough time to be a subsistence farmer.

Fathia Mohamed Ahmed, who belongs to a collective of two dozen women farmers in Sudan’s Darfur region is one such farmer. Through the TAAT initiative, her collective has been provided with high quality seeds for cultivating sorghum, a grain suited to hot, dry conditions. Sorghum, also known as millet, yields a grain that is rich in carbohydrates, protein and other nutrients that can be made into porridge, flatbreads, and cakes.

As a result of higher yields, collective members have gained opportunities for business expansion, including selling sorghum for cash at local markets. “It is an important breakthrough for the group to start our business,” Fathia said. “Our group is still in its infancy, but our focus is to grow and increase our agricultural business activities in the near future.”

West across the Sahel in Mali, 54-year-old Dramane Diallo works alongside a group of women who cultivate rice in Baguinéda, in lowlands on the banks of the Niger river.

Thanks to a Bank-funded food and nutrition project, rice and cereal harvests in Mali’s “rice bowl” have risen sharply, and farming families are reaping the benefits. “It used to be that you couldn’t go near the embankments because they were in such poor condition. We had problems irrigating our fields,” Dramane said. “But the irrigation channels have been restored and this has made my work less of a chore.”

At the local market, new produce is available. Every evening, stallholder Adiaratou Traoré goes to meet growers in their fields to buy vegetables to sell the next morning. One of her customers, Ténin Traoré, is enjoying the new variety of food on offer:

“Agricultural products used to be scarce in our market. Despite the demand, what was available from farmers was expensive and poor quality. It hasn’t been like that for the last two years. Now, we have a modern market, we have everything we need and the quality is good too,” she said.

In neighbouring Mauritania, the government partnered with the Bank to roll out a $12 million irrigation project that has breathed new life into the west Brakna region, which is prone to droughts, food insecurity and other effects of climate change.

The development of irrigation systems and dredging of backwaters that flow out of the Senegal River has increased the arable and irrigated farmland from 300 hectares to almost 7,000 hectares.

The project has benefited local women, including Oumou Salif Diop, president of a cooperative of 150 women farmers. The women, who grow tomatoes, onions and rice among other crops, have received training under the project.

“We know how to work and how to preserve what we harvest,” said Oumou. “We farm better, generating better yields and higher profits. Compared with before, there has been a huge change.”

Further up the agricultural value chain is Monica Musonda, a Zambian businesswoman and CEO of food processing company Java Foods(link is external), which produces affordable and nutritious snacks made from local ingredients.

Although African women are well represented in cultivation, primary processing and as market traders, Monica is one of only few female entrepreneurs that have created large, profitable agri-businesses.

One problem is access to finance. The Bank estimates that a $15.6 billion financing gap exists for African women in agricultural value chains. Women are forced to rely on personal savings and family loans which are rarely enough to fund businesses to scale.

The Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) adopts a three-pronged approach–improving access to finance, providing technical assistance and strengthening the enabling environment—to close that gap.

As well as supporting women farmers’ access to improved seed technologies and irrigation systems, The Bank is also promoting women’s transition into the most profitable segments of agricultural value chains. And with good reason: when African women thrive their societies share fully in the dividends.

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Categories: Africa

Unterwegs in Kroatien: Reise in die Heimat der Dalmatine

Blick.ch - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 19:50
Mit Empfehlungen bisher unentdeckter Landschaften sorgt die Website «European Best Destinations» immer wieder aufs Neue für Fernweh, sie hat einen kroatischen Strand zum schönsten von Europa gekürt Das Land an der Adria hat alles, was ein ideales Ferienland braucht.
Categories: Swiss News

Szívcsontot azonosítottak a csimpánzok egy részénél

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Thu, 06/11/2020 - 19:45
Szívcsontot azonosítottak a csimpánzok egy részénél az angliai Nottinghami Egyetem kutatói.

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