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Noch 6 Rennen und 8 Teams hoffen: Millionen-Kämpfe im Schatten von Red Bull

Blick.ch - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 20:00
Noch stehen in der Formel-1-WM acht Rennen aus. Während die Entscheidung an der Spitze gefallen ist, kann man sich dahinter auf packende Duelle freuen.
Categories: Swiss News

Az EU növeli az ukrán gabona szállítását lehetővé tevő szolidaritási útvonalak kapacitását

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:56
Ukrajna, Moldova és Románia között létrejött együttműködés révén az Európai Unió növeli az ukrán gabona szállítását lehetővé tevő szolidaritási folyosók kapacitását, és ösztönzi a beruházásokat a vonatkozó közlekedési infrastruktúrába - jelentette ki Adina Valean közlekedésért felelős uniós biztos Brüsszelben.

Walliser vor Gericht: Hund steigt auf Herdplatte, um Wurst zu essen – Grossbrand

Blick.ch - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:53
Skurriler Fall im Oberwallis: Ein Hundebesitzer behauptet, sein Vierbeiner hätte seine Wohnung abgefackelt. Eine Anklage kassierte er dennoch.
Categories: Swiss News

Az összes vércsoportban hiány van Rh-negatív vérből

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:48
Kritikus szintre csökkentek a vértartalékok Rh-negatív vérből az összes vércsoportban. Véradásra kérik az embereket.

«Hätte an der WM spielen können»: Nati-Verteidigerin Bühler bekommt ihr Spanien-Duell

Blick.ch - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:39
Am Dienstag kommt es für die Frauen-Nati in der Nations League zum Wiedersehen mit Spanien. Im WM-Achtelfinal setzte es gegen den späteren Weltmeister ein Debakel ab. Damals nicht dabei war Abwehrchefin Luana Bühler – obwohl sie hätte spielen können.
Categories: Swiss News

Israel Adesanya: UFC star apologises for drink driving

BBC Africa - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:38
UFC fighter Israel Adesanya apologises for getting "behind the wheel after drinking at a dinner" in Auckland.
Categories: Africa

Morawiecki: Ellenőrzik majd a Szlovákiából érkező járműveket

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:36
Mateusz Morawiecki lengyel miniszterelnök bejelentette, hogy a fokozódó migráció miatt ellenőrzik majd a Szlovákiából Lengyelországba érkező mikrobuszokat és furgonokat, valamint más gyanús járműveket a határátkelőhelyeken.

Le président de la république, Tebboune, reçoit le nouveau président de la FAF, Sadi

Algérie 360 - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:24

Le président de la république, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, a reçu cet après-midi le nouveau président de la fédération algérienne de football, Walid Sadi. Par ailleurs, la […]

L’article Le président de la république, Tebboune, reçoit le nouveau président de la FAF, Sadi est apparu en premier sur .

Categories: Afrique

Wende nach Missbrauchsvorwürfen: Wirft Pfarrer Franz Sabo nun doch nicht hin?

Blick.ch - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:24
Wirft er hin oder nicht? Franz Sabo will sich als Pfarrer zurückziehen, sonntags keine Messen mehr feiern. Ganz aufhören will er allerdings nicht. Thomas Pfeifroth wirft Sabo vor, ihn im Alter von 17 Jahren sexuell missbraucht zu haben.
Categories: Swiss News

African Coups and Resource Rights

Africa - INTER PRESS SERVICE - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:22

What Africa needs is deep systematic changes in land governance. Communities need to control the disposition of their territories; peace will never happen if populations are stuck in economic instability. Credit: Tommy Trenchard/IPS

By Solange Bandiaky-Badji
WASHINGTON DC, Sep 25 2023 (IPS)

When the heads of state of all United Nations members spoke in front of the UN General Assembly last week, a number of African leaders were not able to attend, having been removed from office in military-led coups.

On the surface, these nations do not share many similarities outside of geography and colonial histories. Consider Gabon and Niger, the most recent countries to experience “regime change.” Gabon is a small, biodiverse nation; the president under house arrest and his father before him have been in power since 1967. Niger is a much larger, mostly desert country; the president under house arrest had been elected in 2021.

While France, the U.S., Russia, and China have condemned or worried about the wave of coups, they have mainly focused on the need to restore “constitutional order” and democracy. The root cause of the coups and conflicts in Africa is about resource extraction that drives poverty and human rights violations

This instability, taking place across West and Central Africa, has drawn plenty of attention, both regionally and internationally. But missing in the debates on which international power is behind each coup or whether they should be tolerated is the far more basic question on resources.

While France, the U.S., Russia, and China have condemned or worried about the wave of coups, they have mainly focused on the need to restore “constitutional order” and democracy. The root cause of the coups and conflicts in Africa is about resource extraction that drives poverty and human rights violations.

There are now seven African countries whose militaries have removed national governments, and all of their economies are largely dependent on resource extraction. Mali and Burkina Faso are among the world’s leading producers of gold. Chad and Sudan depend on oil extraction. Niger is the world’s fourth largest producer of uranium. Guinea holds between one quarter and half of the world’s bauxite reserves, the primary source of aluminum. Gabon is the second biggest producer of manganese in Africa and its economy also depends on oil and gas extraction, even as the government was exploring ways to tap emerging carbon credit markets for the tropical forests that cover almost 90% of its land.

The land needed for resource extraction, and the labor needed for the mines, drilling operations, or refineries—this economic activity comes at a cost. Families eking out a livelihood based on agriculture or forest products have little recourse when larger economic interests swoop in and take their land and resources.

In these countries, the rural communities have lived on and tended the land for generations—far longer than the governments have been in power. Land and property ownership is the basis of individual wealth in the Global North. But in the Global South, legal systems that disenfranchise rural communities are accepted because of the resources that their land contains.

The resource extraction sector does not provide a suitable replacement for the livelihoods that community members lose when their lands are taken. We have yet to see an example where miners, for example, are adequately compensated and protected from workplace hazards.

In the Sahel, Niger is often commended for its recognition of customary tenure rights. Niger has a progressive Rural Code adopted in 1993 that set innovative land governance systems, legislation and institutions.

A Rural Land Policy was adopted in 2021 with provisions to recognize rights and prevent land conflicts. Niger also has the most progressive pastoral law in the Sahel, adopted in 2010, that recognizes the rights of nomadic communities dependent on livestock. Burkina Faso and Mali also have strong protections for community rights, but enforcement was lacking in all three countries.

Foreign investors are always happy to exploit these countries’ resources; enforcing community rights is never their priority. Equitable sharing of the benefits from the extractive sector, to provide local youth with gainful employment or land ownership, and respecting rural land ownership arrangements, are rarely on the table.

I look at Senegal, where I was born and raised, and all the ingredients are there for the country to join this string of coups. Government revenues depend on resource extraction—phosphate mines drive most of the economy.

Natural gas and oil have been discovered off the coast and the government ambition is to make Senegal an oil, gas, and hydrocarbon giant. While Senegal has been the most stable country in the Sahel, we are seeing democratic rollback with arrests of opposition political leaders and citizens, which triggered massive street protests.

And, Senegal’s legal system does not protect the land rights of rural communities—leaving them without a basis for wealth. Senegal has struggled to come up with a new land policy and law to take into account the current political and economic context and give ownership rights to the communities. The land law in force is the “Loi du Domaine National,” adopted immediately after we gained independence from France in 1964.

Ultimately, it’s not about who is in power and is certainly not limited to former French colonies. This is all about how resource extraction is prioritized. What Africa needs is deep systematic changes in land governance. Communities need to control the disposition of their territories; peace will never happen if populations are stuck in economic instability.

“Africa is a beggar sitting on a gold mine,” said Birago Diop, the 20th century Senegalese poet and storyteller. Despite their natural riches, four of these seven countries—Mali, Niger, Sudan and Chad—scored in the bottom 10th of the global “Prosperity Index;” the other three score in the bottom 40%.

The challenge before all of us—for Africa’s regional bodies like ECOWAS and the African Union, and for global institutions like the UN—is how we can leave these outdated economic models in the 20th century. Two decades into this century, we still haven’t embraced the need for a more equitable approach to natural resources. Until we do so, no government is safe.

Dr. Solange Bandiaky-Badji, PhD is Coordinator of the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI). She holds a PhD in Women’s and Gender Studies from Clark University, Massachusetts, and an MA in Environmental Sciences and in Philosophy from Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal.

Categories: Africa

Lengyelország szigoríthatja az ellenőrzést a Szlovákiával közös határszakaszán

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:15
Lehetséges, hogy Lengyelország intenzívebben ellenőrzi majd a Szlovákiával közös határszakaszát, hogy megállítsa a Németországba tartó menekülteket. Erről Piotr Müller kormányszóvivő tájékoztatott.

Fünf Spiele, sechs Tore: Probe-Stürmer wird zum «Luoto-Sechser» für den SCB

Blick.ch - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:15
Am Tag vor dem Saisonstart verpflichtete der SCB Joonas Luoto mit einem Try-out-Vertrag und der Option, ihn bis Ende Saison zu verpflichten. Das ist nun bereits mehr als eine Option.
Categories: Swiss News

Adoptivkinder fordern 500 Millionen Euro: Drogerie-Imperium Müller wegen Erbstreit in Gefahr

Blick.ch - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:07
Bei der Drogeriekette Müller ist ein Familienstreit entbrannt. Anita Müller sieht das Firmenimperium in Gefahr.
Categories: Swiss News

Les meilleurs régimes pour les personnes minces qui souhaitent prendre du poids

BBC Afrique - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:06
Dans un monde où nous semblons tous vouloir être minces, il est difficile d'imaginer que certaines personnes veulent et ne peuvent pas prendre du poids.
Categories: Afrique

Vienna to vote against EU glyphosate re-approval

Euractiv.com - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:03
Austria will vote against the European Commission’s proposal to renew the approval of glyphosate, the country’s agriculture ministry confirmed on Monday (25 September).
Categories: European Union

Italienische Medien empört: Papst Franziskus muss auf Macron warten – und ist genervt

Blick.ch - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:02
Ein gefundenes Fressen für die italienischen Medien: Nach seiner Ansprache bei der Messe in Marseille trifft Papst Franziskus den französischen Staatspräsidenten Emmanuel Macron. Doch dieser lässt den Papst warten.
Categories: Swiss News

Szeptember utolsó hetében is folytatódik a rendkívül meleg időjárás

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:02
Szeptember utolsó hetében is folytatódik a szokatlanul meleg időjárás. A hétvégi lehűlés ellenére is elérheti a 25 Celsius-fokot a napi átlaghőmérséklet.

Wie geht es Kult-Kater Larry?: Briten-Regierung dementiert Gerüchte über Gesundheit von Premier-Büsi

Blick.ch - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 19:00
Kater Larry ist 16 Jahre alt und wohnt seit 2011 in der 10 Downing Street in London. Bereits mit fünf britischen Regierungschefs teilte er sich ein Zuhause. Wie steht es um seine Gesundheit?
Categories: Swiss News

L’UE bloque l’acquisition d’eTraveli par Booking.com

Euractiv.fr - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 18:38
En vertu du règlement européen sur le contrôle des concentrations, la Commission européenne a bloqué l'acquisition d'etraveli par Booking.com, invoquant la position déjà dominante de la seconde sur le marché.
Categories: Union européenne

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