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Le gouvernement veut remettre à plat les concessions octroyées sur les plages du pays, abus et passe-droits étant devenus la règle. Les restaurateurs sont vent debout, tandis que la société Eagle Hills veut faire main basse sur la Grande Plage d'Ulcinj.

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Les ADF sont parmi les groupes militants islamistes les plus meurtriers d'Afrique. Ils opèrent en Ouganda et en RDC. Qui sont-ils et qu'ont-ils fait ?

The UK is grappling with its worst medicine shortage in four years, and the evidence points squarely at Brexit as a central cause.

In 2024 alone, drug companies reported 1,938 supply disruptions to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) – a sharp rise from 1,634 in 2023.

The worst-hit medications include essential treatments for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis, leaving vulnerable patients at risk.

This disturbing trend has been highlighted by the Nuffield Trust health think tank, which obtained the data under freedom of information laws.

Their analysis reveals a grim reality: while medicine shortages are a global issue, the UK’s situation is deteriorating faster than that of other European nations due to Brexit.

The root of the problem is evident.

The UK’s import growth of medicines has been the lowest among G7 countries since UK’s import growth of medicines has been the lowest among G7 countries since 2010, with the total value of imports falling by almost 20% since 2015 – the year before the EU referendum.

The collapse of supply chains previously connected to the EU is undeniable. As HM Revenue and Customs data shows, this decline is sharply concentrated on imports from the EU, making Brexit-related trade barriers the most likely cause.

Furthermore, UK drug exports to the European Economic Area – the 27 EU states plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein – have plummeted by a third since the 2016 Brexit vote.

The EU is responding to supply challenges by strengthening its internal systems, sharing supplies, and increasing domestic production.

Meanwhile, the UK finds itself increasingly isolated.

Pharmacies are on the frontline of this crisis. A survey by the National Pharmacy Association found that all 500 of its respondents were unable to fulfil at least one prescription daily due to unavailable medications.

This leaves patients distressed and frustrated, while pharmacists struggle to provide safe alternatives despite having suitable options on hand.

The government’s response has been to claim investment of up to £520 million to bolster domestic production of medicines and diagnostics.

However, without seamless integration into European supply chains, these measures fall far short of what is needed.

The solution is simple: end the madness of Brexit.

Rejoining the EU would restore the vital medicine supply chains that have been so needlessly severed. Britain cannot afford to remain on this destructive path.

It’s time to put patients first and repair the damage by rekindling cooperation with our closest and most important trading partner.

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(B2) Le Conseil européen a refusé de valider l'initiative de Kaja Kallas sur le soutien militaire à l'Ukraine. Une première

Donald Trump a signé le 14 mars un décret classant les médias américains diffusant à l'étranger parmi les « activités inutiles de la bureaucratie ». Le réseau Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty, créé en 1942, qui diffuse dans 21 pays en 28 langues différentes, est menacé.

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Donald Trump a signé le 14 mars un décret classant les médias américains diffusant à l'étranger parmi les « activités inutiles de la bureaucratie ». Le réseau Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty, créé en 1942, qui diffuse dans 21 pays en 28 langues différentes, est menacé.

- Le fil de l'Info / USA Balkans, Monténégro, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Médias, Radio Slobodna Evropa, Médias indépendants, Serbie, Kosovo, Macédoine du Nord, Albanie, Bulgarie

Pékin espère que l'amélioration des salaires et des remises encouragera les dépenses et permettra d'éviter une aggravation de la situation économique.

La ministre des sports du Zimbabwe, Kirsty Coventry, a été élue présidente du CIO, devenant ainsi la première femme et la première Africaine à occuper ce poste.

In the Horn of Africa, two peace processes are in acute danger: Local power struggles in South Sudan and Ethiopia’s Tigray region are at risk of escalating into regional crises. In South Sudan – as in 2013 at the beginning of the last civil war – a power struggle is raging over the possible successor to 73-year-old President Salva Kiir. He is already positioning his son-in-law as a potential replacement. At the same time, clashes between the White Army – a Nuer militia – and the South Sudanese army in the Upper Nile region are causing a stir after a United Nations helicopter was shot down and a high-ranking army general was killed.

During the civil war from 2013 to 2018, the White Army fought on the side of the main rebel group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement-in Opposition (SPLA/M-IO) under today’s First Vice President Riek Machar. Tensions between Kiir and Machar are intensifying once again – a dangerous déjà vu for the country, which has barely had time to recover after decades of conflict.

Ethiopia: Split within the TPLF and growing tensions with Eritrea

In Ethiopia, a local power struggle in the Tigray region threatens to escalate into a regional crisis between the federal government in Addis Ababa and Eritrea. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – once Ethiopia’s ruling party and the Ethiopian government’s opponent in the war between 2020 and 2022 – is divided: A faction led by chairman Debretsion Gebremichael is opposed by a reformist faction under the president of the Tigray Interim Regional Administration, Getachew Reda. 

The Debretsion faction has large parts of the Tigrayan military on its side and has been taking over local administrative structures for months, sometimes violently. In the meantime, it has also brought media and parts of the administration in the provincial capital, Mekelle, under its control. The TPLF’s Debretsion faction is said to have good relations with Eritrea, whereas Getachew is counting on Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Bilateral relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea have cooled markedly since the Pretoria Agreement, which ended the war between the TPLF and the government in 2022. Both countries are accused of supporting opponents of the other’s regime.

Due to the increasing tensions, there is a risk that there will be a regionalisation of the conflict landscape. Uganda has already sent troops to support the South Sudanese government, as it did in 2013. Similar to previous clashes, Sudanese actors are also intervening. Over the weekend, militias of the Rapid Support Forces in South Sudan were already fighting against units of the SPLA/M-IO, which were apparently on their way to receive weapons from the Sudanese Armed Forces.

Failure of the peace agreements – fragmented international engagement

The current escalations are no coincidence. The respective agreements to end the civil wars in South Sudan and Ethiopia have only been implemented to a limited degree. Unilateral deviations by both governments from their obligations have de facto prevailed. Kiir rapidly replaced cabinet members and had high-ranking generals of the SPLA/M-IO arrested. In Ethiopia, important measures of the Pretoria Agreement, such as the demobilisation of militias and the withdrawal of Eritrean and Amharic troops from Tigray, have largely failed to materialise. 

International engagement with the region is increasingly fragmented – as are the states of the region themselves. In Ethiopia, for example, there is a lack of credible guarantors for the peace process. At the recent extraordinary summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on South Sudan, only two countries took part at the level of their president. Whereas the United States used to be the most important international partner for peace in the region, countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are now influential, but they tend to support certain sides rather than mediate in internal conflicts.

In view of the deteriorating situation, it is now time for high-level preventive diplomacy. A coordinated international approach could contain the escalation. An informal division of tasks would be conceivable: Influential countries such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia could defuse tensions at the intergovernmental level, while European actors could support IGAD and the African Union in local mediation processes.

De nombreux Congolais à l'extérieur ont déclaré leur inquiétude pour leurs familles qui vivent à l'Est de la RDC.

De nombreux Congolais à l'extérieur ont déclaré leur inquiétude pour leurs familles qui vivent à l'Est de la RDC.

Statistiques judiciaires 2024 : augmentation importante tant des affaires introduites devant la Cour de justice que des affaires clôturées par l’institution dans son ensemble

Zusammenfassung:

21. März 2025 – Das Ende der Ampelkoalition hat auch dafür gesorgt, dass das eigentlich geplante Forschungsdatengesetz vorerst auf Eis liegt. Es ist von zentraler Bedeutung, um den Zugang zu Forschungsdaten zu verbessern, wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu fördern und eine evidenzbasierte Politikgestaltung zu ermöglichen. Internationale Erfahrungen zeigen, dass eine bessere Datenverfügbarkeit die Zahl hochwertiger wissenschaftlicher Publikationen sowie deren Nutzung in politischen Entscheidungsprozessen erhöht. Zudem trägt sie zu einer effizienteren Verwendung öffentlicher Mittel bei – ein zentraler Aspekt angesichts der bevorstehenden schuldenfinanzierten Ausgaben in Billionenhöhe. Der vorliegende Entwurf des Forschungsdatengesetzes adressiert wesentliche Probleme: So würde es unter anderem eine Datentreuhandstelle schaffen, die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen für die Bereitstellung und Verknüpfung unterschiedlichster Daten verbessern und moderne Zugangsverfahren ermöglichen. Ein modernes Forschungsdatengesetz ist essenziell, um politisches Lernen zu fördern, die Wirksamkeit öffentlicher Maßnahmen zu bewerten und innovative Lösungen für gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen zu entwickeln. Die nächste Bundesregierung sollte das Gesetzgebungsverfahren priorisieren und auf den bereits geleisteten Vorarbeiten aufbauen, um unnötige Verzögerungen zu vermeiden.