Agrégateur de flux

La célébration du 26e anniversaire de la Résolution 1325 des Nations unies s'est tenue mardi 3 novembre 2026 à Kinshasa, avec pour objectif de renforcer la participation des femmes et des jeunes aux instances de décision et à la construction d'une paix durable.

Présent dans plusieurs secteurs stratégiques, le conglomérat camerounais Simo Kam envisage d'étendre ses activités au Bénin. Son président du Conseil de surveillance, Rodolphe Simo Kam, a été reçu le 3 novembre au Palais de la Marina par le chef de l'État, Romuald Wadagni.

Le Bénin va accueillir des investissements en provenance d'Afrique centrale. Le groupe camerounais Simo Kam manifeste son intérêt pour le marché béninois et ses perspectives de développement. Son dirigeant, Rodolphe Simo Kam, a échangé mardi 3 novembre 2026 avec le président de la République, Romuald Wadagni, au Palais de la Marina à Cotonou.

Accompagné de son épouse, Sorelle Simo Kam, et de sa fille, Laetitia Yvana Simo, l'homme d'affaires a présenté les différents domaines d'intervention de son groupe. Celui-ci développe ses activités dans le tourisme, l'immobilier, l'hôtellerie de luxe, la santé et l'agriculture. Un portefeuille diversifié qui traduit les ambitions multisectorielles de cette entreprise camerounaise.

Parmi les structures du groupe, figurent notamment Sofitoul, spécialisée dans le tourisme en Afrique centrale, SCI Lord Land, active dans la promotion immobilière, ainsi qu'All Luxury Suites Group, engagé dans le développement de projets hôteliers haut de gamme. Ce dernier porte notamment le projet Kempinski Shekinah Palace à Douala, au Cameroun.

Au cours de l'audience, Rodolphe Simo Kam a fait part de son intérêt pour les possibilités d'investissement qu'offre le Bénin. Une démarche qui témoigne de la volonté du groupe d'explorer de nouveaux marchés sur le continent et d'élargir son champ d'intervention au-delà de ses bases camerounaises.

L'initiative a reçu un accueil favorable du chef de l'État. Romuald Wadagni a salué les ambitions de l'entrepreneur et l'a encouragé à donner une suite concrète à ses intentions. Il a également exprimé son souhait de voir le groupe installer ses activités au Bénin.

Aucun projet précis, montant d'investissement ou calendrier d'implantation n'a été annoncé à l'issue de cette audience.

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Les nouveaux placements de travailleurs béninois au Koweït, aux Émirats arabes unis et à Bahreïn sont provisoirement interrompus. Cette décision, annoncée par l'ambassade du Bénin au Koweït, s'inscrit dans une démarche de réorganisation du recrutement de la main-d'œuvre à destination de l'étranger.

Le gouvernement béninois a suspendu temporairement l'envoi de nouveaux travailleurs vers le Koweït, les Émirats arabes unis et Bahreïn.

Koweït city

La mesure, communiquée par l'ambassade du Bénin au Koweït dans un avis daté du 19 octobre 2026, concerne les opérations de placement de main-d'œuvre vers ces trois destinations.

Derrière cette décision se dessine la volonté des autorités de reprendre le contrôle d'un secteur qui nécessite davantage de règles et de mécanismes de surveillance. Le gouvernement entend notamment renforcer l'encadrement des procédures de recrutement et assurer un meilleur suivi des compatriotes envoyés travailler hors du territoire national.

La suspension ne se limite pas aux seuls départs. Elle englobe également les démarches administratives susceptibles de contribuer à la réalisation de ces placements. A ce titre, l'ambassade mentionne notamment la certification des extraits de casier judiciaire destinés à la constitution des dossiers de recrutement.

L'ambassadeur du Bénin au Koweït, Badirou Aguemon, appelle les ressortissants concernés à se conformer strictement à cette mesure. L'objectif est d'éviter que des opérations de recrutement se poursuivent en marge des dispositions prises par les autorités béninoises.

Cette décision intervient dans un contexte où les départs de travailleurs béninois vers les pays du Golfe constituent une voie de recherche d'opportunités professionnelles pour de nombreux compatriotes. Le Koweït, en particulier, figure parmi les destinations qui attirent cette main-d'œuvre.

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La Société des Ciments du Bénin (SCB) s'apprête à renforcer son outil de production avec la construction d'une nouvelle unité de broyage à Sèmè-Podji. Le projet bénéficie d'un financement de 33,2 milliards de FCFA auquel contribuent la Banque ouest-africaine de développement (BOAD) et BOA-Bénin. Plusieurs centaines d'emplois sont annoncées à la clé.

Le secteur cimentier béninois s'apprête à accueillir un nouvel investissement industriel de taille. À Sèmè-Podji, la Société des Ciments du Bénin (SCB) prévoit la construction d'une unité supplémentaire de broyage de ciment, soutenue par une enveloppe financière de 33,2 milliards de FCFA.

Cette opération associe la BOAD et BOA-Bénin, dans le cadre d'un dispositif destiné à faciliter le financement de l'infrastructure. L'engagement des deux institutions financières a été formalisé à travers la signature d'un acte de garantie, intervenue début octobre 2026 à Cotonou.

La BOAD intervient notamment pour sécuriser le financement porté avec BOA-Bénin et favoriser la réalisation de cet investissement industriel, depuis sa construction jusqu'à sa mise en service. Pour la banque régionale de développement, cette opération vient concrétiser un partenariat engagé depuis plusieurs mois avec les différents acteurs du projet. « Cette cérémonie marque une étape symbolique pour nous, couronnant plusieurs mois de collaboration avec BOA-BENIN et SCB Bénin », a souligné Sandra Amichia, cheffe de mission résidente de la BOAD au Bénin.

Le projet présente des enjeux économiques et sociaux. La SCB table sur la création de plusieurs centaines d'emplois directs et indirects grâce à la nouvelle installation. Les retombées pourraient également concerner les activités connexes à l'industrie cimentière, notamment les services et les opérations liées à la chaîne de production.

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DÉCRYPTAGE - Sébastien Lecornu prévoit de faire passer le déficit de 21,8 milliards à 12,7 milliards d’euros en 2027. Une piste ambitieuse, qui suppose des choix impopulaires.

On Wednesday, MEPs voted to strengthen controls on chemicals used to make illicit drugs, while protecting legitimate trade, research and innovation.
Committee on International Trade
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

On Wednesday, MEPs voted to strengthen controls on chemicals used to make illicit drugs, while protecting legitimate trade, research and innovation.
Committee on International Trade
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

On Wednesday, MEPs voted to strengthen controls on chemicals used to make illicit drugs, while protecting legitimate trade, research and innovation.
Committee on International Trade
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

On Wednesday, MEPs voted to strengthen controls on chemicals used to make illicit drugs, while protecting legitimate trade, research and innovation.
Committee on International Trade
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

By James Alix Michel
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Nov 4 2026 (IPS)

I have stood on the corniche of Abu Dhabi at many moments over more than thirty years. Each time, I reflect on the distance this city has travelled: from a shoreline shaped by modest commercial buildings and dwellings to a capital whose architecture, institutions and ambitions look far beyond the horizon. Glass towers catch the Gulf light. The dome of the Louvre Abu Dhabi scatters sunlight across the water. Yet the transformation that interests me most is not the skyline itself. It is the thinking behind it.

What does it take to build a city of the future? Wealth, certainly. Technology, increasingly. But neither is sufficient without a vision of the society that city should serve. As a frequent visitor, a resident and a longstanding friend of the United Arab Emirates, I have watched that vision take shape. What I see is not a finished model, but a remarkable, evolving example of a country turning resources into possibilities.

That vision did not begin with glass and steel. Some leaders build institutions. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan built a nation, and gave it a soul. With wisdom, patience and an open heart, he brought the emirates together in 1971 and planted the seeds of unity, tolerance and generosity that still shape the UAE today. He believed in his people, cared for the land and the sea, and reached out to the world with kindness. The newly declared Zayed the Founder Day, to be observed each year on 7 January, is a beautiful way to honour a man whose vision lives on in every corner of this country. May Allah bless his soul.

No honest account of the UAE’s rise can overlook hydrocarbons. Oil provided the means for an extraordinary transformation. But natural wealth does not automatically produce lasting prosperity. Resources alone cannot build the institutions, skills and economic diversity needed to sustain development. What distinguishes the UAE, in my view, is its determination to treat oil revenue not simply as income to be spent, but as capital with which to prepare for a different future.

Trade, tourism, finance, manufacturing and technology have broadened its economy. Investment in education, healthcare and research reflects an understanding that the most enduring national resource is human capability. For small island states such as Seychelles, the lesson resonates. Our circumstances differ greatly, but the question is familiar: how do we use today’s opportunities to strengthen tomorrow’s resilience? The answer cannot be to wait until vulnerability becomes crisis.

One of the most revealing aspects of Abu Dhabi’s transformation is its investment in culture. The Louvre Abu Dhabi and the wider Saadiyat Cultural District express an ambition extending beyond tourism. They place art, history and encounters between civilisations within the country’s vision of development. The preservation of Qasr Al Hosn and other heritage sites provides an important counterpoint. A city moving rapidly towards the future must also maintain a conversation with its past. Modernity is too often measured in height, speed and scale. Museums, libraries and places of learning offer something less easily measured: space for reflection, creativity and understanding.

The same principle applies to education and healthcare. Institutions such as NYU Abu Dhabi, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi illustrate the effort to make knowledge and specialised care part of the country’s foundations. Here, the city of the future acquires its deeper meaning: not only in what it displays, but in what it enables people to become.

Artificial intelligence has become central to the UAE’s ambitions. Its digital investments and the establishment of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence signal a determination to help shape technological change. The value of that ambition lies in its human purpose: improving services, healthcare and education, and helping communities manage resources more intelligently. That responsiveness is also felt in ordinary moments.

I have often been struck by Abu Dhabi’s maintained public spaces, walkways and the sense of ease I experience walking its streets. The UAE ranks among the world’s safest places by residents’ perceptions of nighttime safety. Gallup’s 2025 Global Safety Report found that 90 percent of people surveyed in the country felt safe walking alone at night. For me, this is more than a statistic. That quiet freedom from fear is a precious part of daily well-being.

So, too, is the greening of a desert city. Trees, gardens and flowering verges soften the urban landscape. Abu Dhabi’s continuing tree-planting programmes, including native ghaf trees, seek to expand shade and improve the environment along walking and cycling routes. These are not merely decorative touches. They express care for how people experience the places they inhabit. As an islander and an advocate for ocean conservation, I am particularly interested in how urban ambition connects with environmental responsibility.

The UAE’s investment in solar power and other low-carbon energy sources, together with its net-zero commitment, reflects an effort to prepare for a changing energy future. Its continuing dependence on hydrocarbons also makes clear the complexity of that transition. The journey requires sustained implementation: cleaner energy, responsible water use, reduced emissions and habitat protection. The UAE’s mangrove restoration and marine conservation efforts are especially meaningful to me. Mangroves protect coastlines, shelter marine life and store carbon. Coral reefs sustain biodiversity and coastal livelihoods, even as warming seas place them under pressure. For Seychelles and other island nations, these are not abstract concerns. They are questions of security, identity and survival. A city’s relationship with the natural world does not end at its waterfront.

Another defining feature of the UAE is the diversity of those who live and work there. People from across the world contribute to its economy and daily life. Such diversity calls for more than mutual respect. It calls for belonging—and the assurance that every person’s safety matters, whatever their nationality. During the regional conflict, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan gave powerful expression to that responsibility, placing the protection of citizens, residents and visitors at the top of the UAE’s priorities. “In the UAE,” he said, “everyone is Emirati through their love for this land and their contributions to it.” I find those words deeply meaningful. They speak of belonging not simply as something felt, but as a responsibility embraced by leadership. The Abrahamic Family House, bringing a mosque, a church and a synagogue together within one complex, offers another expression of coexistence. That spirit must also be lived beyond symbolic spaces. Workers’ dignity, fair treatment and opportunities across different backgrounds remain essential measures of progress. Recognising achievements need not mean overlooking the work that remains.

My perspective is also deeply personal. Over decades, I have witnessed the friendship between the UAE and Seychelles develop into practical cooperation. During my years in public office, I saw that partnership support water and electricity infrastructure, renewable energy, healthcare, housing and education. For a small island country, such cooperation is felt in families’ lives: access to treatment, reliable water, a home, or better opportunities for children. I remember with gratitude the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. I also deeply value my longstanding friendship with President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, whose visionary leadership and commitment to his country’s development I have had the privilege of observing at close quarters. That friendship informs my account. It reinforces my belief that national achievement acquires greater meaning when it helps others strengthen their resilience.

The UAE’s experience cannot simply be replicated. Its resources, scale and circumstances are distinctive. The lesson here is not to imitate its skyline, but to draw inspiration from its willingness to imagine beyond present constraints—and to translate that imagination into action. Perhaps that is the deepest meaning of the UAE’s great leap. What I see taking shape is more than a skyline: it is a vision of prosperity that brings knowledge, culture, human well-being and care for the natural world into the same frame. Still evolving, still confronting the challenges that accompany rapid change, the UAE offers a beautiful example of what becomes possible when imagination is matched by the resolve to act.

Along Abu Dhabi’s corniche, the towers catch the light, but it is the horizon that holds my gaze. As someone who has returned to these shores over many years, and whose friendship with this country has deepened along the way, I find both beauty and inspiration in its unfolding story. I leave each walk with a feeling that reaches far beyond this waterfront: that the future need not simply be something we await. It can be something we have the courage to imagine—and the determination to build.

James Alix Michel is Former President of the Republic of Seychelles.

IPS UN Bureau

 

 

 

 

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Ship transits through the Strait of Hormuz have dropped by over 90 per cent since the crisis escalated in late February 2026. Credit: Unsplash/Angus Gray

By Oritro Karim
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 4 2026 (IPS)

On November 2, the United States launched a series of limited, defensive strikes on Iranian targets on Qeshm Island and strategic areas along the Strait of Hormuz. Fired in response to earlier strikes from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on U.S. aircraft and drones over the Strait, U.S. President Trump noted that the operation does not signal a broader escalation of hostilities and that a diplomatic solution could still be reached.

“I’m not looking to, you know, kill lots of people, but if we have to, we’ll have to. But I’m not looking to do that. And we’re very strong right now,” Trump told Fox News on November 3. “Every ship is at the bottom of the sea. They had 288 airplanes. Every airplane is laying on small little pieces, tiny little pieces all over the runways of Iran. They have no airplanes.”

“They have no anti-aircraft. We took some out last night. It’s just a minor attack. It wasn’t war. They built an anti-aircraft facility. It took them about two months. We watched it get built; as soon as it was completed, we hit it last night very nicely,” he continued.

Occurring on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, the strikes contradict Trump’s previous statement that the U.S. would not strike Iran ahead of the vote. The U.S.’s role in the Iran War has proven to be increasingly unpopular domestically, largely due to rising fuel prices and economic shocks resulting from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This has created significant headwinds for the Republican Party as it aims to consolidate control over Congress.

The strikes, launched with no warning, came as Iran announced a two-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks with Washington. Iranian officials previously stated that the plan could be enacted within one week if the U.S. met seven of its core conditions. This includes lifting the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports and coastal areas, establishing a shipping route for the reopened Strait agreed upon by Iran and Oman, removing U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil, and agreeing to a ceasefire that extends to Lebanon.

On November 3, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Speaker of Iran’s Parliament and chief negotiator, declared that Iran had “delivered a firm and rational response” to Washington, adding that “the ball is now in America’s court” to accept its conditions and prevent further escalation. He warned that Iran’s military is readily prepared to retaliate against future attacks from the U.S.

“If Washington makes another strategic miscalculation, it should know that this time, it will face a new battlefield and will find itself even more desperate than it is today,” he cautioned.

Regional officials in the Middle East reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Trump to intensify military strikes, citing concerns over Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and the need to establish absolute deterrence before Iran can rebuild its capabilities. Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, rejected these claims, stating that the U.S. is making its own foreign policy decisions without Israeli influence.

Before the strikes, U.S. Vice President JD Vance told reporters on November 2 that both he and the president felt “pretty good” about the prospects of reaching a negotiated settlement with Tehran.

“The Iranians are always a little unpredictable, and as the president always says, he retains kinetic options. He retains non-kinetic options, but we’ve certainly made some progress. We’ll see if we can make some more,” said Vance. “Having destroyed their nuclear program, we want to make sure they don’t rebuild it or try to rebuild it. That’s what matters most to the United States. We do think that there is a pathway there, but it really does require a firm commitment and a verifiable commitment that they don’t rebuild that nuclear program,” he added.

Hours earlier, Trump told reporters at the reopening of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington that Iran reportedly “want(s) to make a deal, and that could happen.” He added that Tehran previously requested Washington stop targeting its leaders, with Trump affirming that the U.S. would comply.

On November 3, Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, stated that Washington’s response to Iran’s demands was unsatisfactory, casting doubts that mediation efforts from Pakistan and Qatar have been effective.

“America’s response to Iran’s rights and demands was not convincing,” Rezaei wrote in a statement shared to X (formerly known as Twitter). “They must fully and explicitly address Iran’s seven conditions and act upon them; only in this case will the Strait of Hormuz be reopened.”

On November 2, Iranian authorities announced plans to train a paramilitary force of over 1 million volunteers amid fears of renewed hostilities. Ali Kowsari, deputy head of training for the Basij—a paramilitary force affiliated with the IRGC—announced that starting this week, 1,5000 training bases across the country will aim to train 1 million “sacrificial volunteers.” This follows the previous openings of similar facilities in Tehran in August and September.

IPS UN Bureau Report