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MEDIA MONITORING

22 April 2015

U.N. Helpless as Crises Rage in 10 Critical Hot Spots

Source: IPS News

21 April 2015 - The United Nations is fighting a losing battle against a rash of political

and humanitarian crises in 10 of the world’s critical “hot spots.”

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says even the U.N.’s 193 member states cannot, by

themselves, help resolve these widespread conflicts.

Not a single country, however powerful or resourceful as it may be, including the United

States, can do it,” he warned last week.

The world’s current political hotspots include Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, South Sudan,

Somalia, Afghanistan, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central

African Republic – not forgetting West Africa which is battling the spread of the deadly

disease Ebola.

Historically, the United Nations has grappled with one or two crises at any given time.

But handling 10 such crises at one and the same time, said Ban, was rare and

unprecedented in the 70-year history of the United Nations.

Although the international community looks to the world body to resolve these problems,

“the United Nations cannot handle it alone. We need collective power and solidarity,

otherwise, our world will get more and more troubles,” Ban said.

But that collective power is conspicuous by its absence.

Shannon Scribner, Oxfam America’s humanitarian policy manager, told IPS the

situation is serious and Oxfam is very concerned. At the end of 2013, she said, violent

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conflict and human rights violations had displaced 51 million people, the highest number

ever recorded.

In 2014, the U.N. appealed for assistance for 81 million people, including displaced

persons and others affected by protracted situations of conflict and natural disaster.

Right now, the humanitarian system is responding to four emergencies – those the U.N.

considers the most severe and large-scale – which are Central African Republic, Iraq,

South Sudan, and Syria.

These crises alone have left 20 million people vulnerable to malnutrition, illness,

violence, and death, and in need of aid and protection, she added.

Then you have the crises in Yemen, where two out of three people need humanitarian

assistance; West Africa, with Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea asking for eight billion

dollars to recover from Ebola; in Somalia, remittance flows that amount to 1.3 billion

dollars annually, and are a lifeline to millions who are in need of humanitarian

assistance, have been cut or driven underground due to banking restrictions; and then

there is the migration and refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, where almost 1,000

people have died trying to escape horrible situations in their home countries, Scribner

said.

The United Nations says it needs about 16 billion dollars to meet humanitarian needs,

including food, shelter and medicine, for over 55 million refugees worldwide.

But U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Monday virtually all of the U.N.’s

emergency operations are “underfunded”.

Last month, a U.N. pledging conference on humanitarian aid to Syria, hosted by the

government of Kuwait, raised over 3.8 billion dollars.

But the United Nations is appealing for more funds to reach its eventual target of 8.4

billion dollars for aid to Syria by the end of 2015.

“We need more support and more financial help,” said Dujarric. “But, most importantly,

we need political solutions.”

But most conflicts have remained unresolved or stalemated primarily due to sharp

divisions in the Security Council, the U.N.’s only political body armed with powers to

resolve military conflicts.

Asked if the international community is doing enough, Scribner told IPS there is no

silver bullet for dealing with these crises around the world because there are so many

problems causing them: poverty, bad governance, proxy wars, geopolitical interests

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playing out; war economies being strengthened through the shipment of arms and

weapons; ethnic tensions, etc.

The humanitarian system is not built for responding to the crises in the 21st century.

She said Oxfam is calling for three things: 1) More effective humanitarian response by

providing funding early on and investing more in local leadership; 2) More emphasis on

working towards political solutions and diplomatic action; and 3) Oxfam encourages the

international community to use the sustainable development goals to lift more people

out of poverty and address inequality that exists around the globe today.

Scribner said the combined wealth of the world’s richest 1 percent will overtake that of

everyone else by next year given the current trend of rising inequality.

The conflicts in the world’s hot spots have also resulted in two adverse consequences:

people caught in the crossfire are fleeing war-torn countries to safe havens in Europe

while, at the same time, there is an increase in the number of killings of aid workers and

U.N. staffers engaged in humanitarian work.

Over the weekend, hundreds of refugees and migrant workers from war-devastated

Libya died in the high seas as a result of a ship wreck in the Mediterranean Sea. The

estimated death toll is over 900.

On Monday, four staff members of the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF were reportedly

killed in an attack on a vehicle in which they were riding in Somalia, while four others

were injured and remain in serious condition.

Ian Richards, president of the Coordinating Committee of International Staff Unions and

Associations (CCISUA), told IPS: “We’re appalled at the loss of our colleagues in

Garowe, Somalia and are very concerned for those injured. They truly were heroes

doing great work in one of the world’s most dangerous locations.”

He said the United Nations has been clear that it will continue to operate in Somalia and

“our work is needed there.”

“We support the work of our colleagues in these difficult circumstances,” he said.

At the same time, Richards told IPS, “We should not lose sight of a context in which

U.N. staff and, in the case of local staff, their families, are increasingly targeted for their

work.”

It is therefore important, he said, that the secretary-eneral and the General Assembly

fully review the protection the U.N. provides to staff in locations where their lives are at

risk, so that they may continue to provide much-needed assistance in such locations.

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Oxfam’s Scribner told IPS attacks on aid workers have steadily risen over the years –

from 90 violent attacks in 2001 to 308 incidents in 2011 – with the majority of attacks

aimed at local aid workers. They often face more danger because they can get closer to

the crisis to help others.

Because local aid workers are familiar with the landscape, speak the local language,

and understand the local culture, and this also puts them more at risk, she said.

“That is why it is not a surprise that local aid workers make up nearly 80 percent of

fatalities, on average, since 2001,” Scribner added.

Last year on World Humanitarian Day, the New York Times reported that the number of

attacks on aid workers in 2013 set an annual record at 460, the most since the group

began compiling its database, which goes back to 1997.

“These courageous men and women aren’t pulling out because they live in the very

countries where they are trying to make a difference. And as such, they should be

supported much more by the international community,” Scribner declared.

Ex-DR Congo rebels of M23 reject deportation option

Source: Xinhua

22 April 2015 - Members of the former Congolese rebel group M23 should not be sent

back from Rwanda until the Kinshasa government honors the terms of a peace deal

signed in 2013 for their repatriation, a former rebel leader Jean Marie Runiga said

Tuesday.

Runiga said Kinshasa government violated the Nairobi protocol that granted amnesty to

the rebels.

Hundreds of M23 rebels fled to Rwanda and Uganda late in 2013 following a UN-

backed Congolese military operation in eastern Congo, which dislodged the rebels from

once controlled vast territory.

The DR Congo government and the rebels inked a peace agreement in December 2013

under which the repatriation of all fighters was to be done by the end of 2014.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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Runiga insisted Tuesday the Nairobi peace agreement has been violated by arresting,

mistreating and jailing those who repatriated.

He also said the conditions are not right for their return with Rwandan FDLR rebels and

other armed groups yet to be disarmed.

“FDLR is not being disarmed, our property and land was taken over by the FDLR,”

Runiga said, stressing that the Rwandan rebels should be uprooted before they

repatriate.

He was speaking to Rwanda government and Congolese officials who visited their

camp in Ngoma district in eastern Rwanda.

The Congolese officials led by Leon Kalima have been in Rwanda to discuss the

repatriation of the former fighters.

Parfait Gahamanyi, the director general in Rwanda’s foreign ministry said Rwanda will

continue to facilitate the discussions.

It was announced that the Congolese deputy minister of defense Rene Nsibu is due in

Rwanda on Wednesday for more discussions with the former rebels.

Appeal over murder of DR Congo rights activist Chebeya resumes

Source: AFP

21 April 2015 - A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday

resumed an appeal hearing in the murder of leading human rights activist Floribert

Chebeya after a break of almost two years.

The renowned founder of the association Voice of the Voiceless (VSV), Chebeya was

found dead in his car on the outskirts of Kinshasa on June 2, 2010, a day after he was

driven to police headquarters for an appointment with the chief of police, General John

Numbi.

The trial opened at the high military court sitting in Kinshasa's Makala prison. It was

attended by five of the initial eight defendants, all police officers.

"This is a continuation of the process to have the truth shine out," Jean-Joseph

Mukendi, a lawyer for Chebeya's family, told AFP.

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Numbi denied having had any meeting with the head of the non-governmental

organisation, but he was suspended from duty over the affair, which rocked the highest

circles of power.

A military court in 2011 convicted the deputy chief of police special services, Colonel

Daniel Mukalay, of murder and sentenced him to death, together with three other

officers. A fifth policeman was jailed for life, but three of the convicted men are on the

run.

Chebeya's chauffeur, Fidele Bazana, also vanished and his body has never been found.

During the first trial, the court concluded that Bazana had also been murdered.

The appeal sought by both the defence and the prosecution began in June 2012, but

was suspended 11 months later. Civil parties in the case made a vain bid to the

Supreme Court to ensure that any final verdict in the murder trial could not be overruled.

Mukulay was present for Tuesday's appeal, along with the police lieutenant who was

jailed for life for being an accomplice to murder, and three officers released during the

first court hearing.

That initial hearing followed an investigation considered botched by civil parties, rights

groups and several Western governments.

Civil parties are seeking to have Numbi himself probed further and prosecuted. The

former police chief only testified as a witness during the first trial.

In 2012, one of the men who was sentenced to death and fled to Senegal directly

implicated Numbi in the murders of Chebeya and Bazana, but his evidence was

disallowed in court.

VSV director Dolly Ibefo said the association was "very sceptical" that the truth about

Chebeya's murder would ever come to light, athough President Joseph Kabila's regime

gave him a national funeral.

RDC: vifs échanges à la reprise du procès en appel des meurtriers de

Chebeya

Source: AFP/Libération

20 Avril 2015 - Le procès en appel des assassins présumés du défenseur des droits de

l’Homme congolais Floribert Chebeya et de son chauffeur a repris mardi à Kinshasa,

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après près de deux ans d’interruption, alors que de nombreuses zones d’ombre

subsistent sur cette affaire qui empoisonne jusqu’au sommet de l’État.

L’audience, qui a duré trois heures, a donné lieu à de vifs échanges entre les parties

civiles et le parquet. Le ministère public a proposé que, «pour gagner du temps», la

Cour juge uniquement les accusés présents en opérant «une disjonction des

poursuites» entre eux et les accusés en fuite.

Cette option, appuyée par la défense, a été pourfendue par les parties civiles. Selon

elles, cela fausserait le procès en ne permettant pas d’entendre le témoignage d’un des

policiers en fuite, qui a mis en cause l’ancien chef de la police, le général John Numbi.

La Haute Cour a renvoyé l’audience au 30 avril et promis de faire savoir alors sa

décision sur ce point.

Cinq des huit accusés étaient présents à l’audience devant la Haute Cour militaire

congolaise, réunie dans l’enceinte de la prison de Makala, dans la capitale de la

République démocratique du Congo : le colonel Daniel Mukalay, ex-numéro 2 des

services spéciaux de la police, condamné à mort en première instance pour avoir

orchestré l’élimination de Chebeya, un lieutenant de police condamné à la réclusion

criminelle à perpétuité pour complicité d’assassinat, et trois policiers relaxés lors du

premier procès.

Trois autres agents de la police, condamnés à mort en 2011, sont en fuite.

Fondateur de l’ONG La voix des sans-voix, Floribert Chebeya avait été retrouvé mort

dans sa voiture en périphérie de Kinshasa le 2 juin 2010. La veille, il s’était rendu à

l’inspection générale de la police pour y rencontrer le général Numbi. Son chauffeur,

Fidèle Bazana, qui l’avait conduit à la police, est porté disparu depuis ce soir-là. La

justice a conclu en premier instance qu’il avait lui aussi été assassiné.

L’enquête ayant précédé le jugement de la cour militaire de Kinshasa en 2011 avait été

dénoncée comme bâclée par les parties civiles, des organisations de défense des droits

de l’Homme et plusieurs chancelleries occidentales.

La reprise du procès a lieu dans un climat tendu en RDC à l’approche de la

présidentielle de novembre 2016, que l’opposition soupçonne le pouvoir de vouloir

reporter.

En janvier, plusieurs dizaines de personnes ont été tuées lors de troubles provoqués

par la nouvelle loi électorale. Après l’arrestation de plusieurs opposants, défenseurs des

droits de l’homme ou militants de la société civile, l’ONU a appelé dimanche les

autorités à «garantir» les libertés publiques.

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- Approcher 'la vérité' -

Le procès en appel s’était ouvert en juin 2012 et avait été suspendu onze mois plus tard

à la suite d’une requête déposée par les parties civiles devant la Cour suprême de

justice, qui l’a rejetée en août.

Les parties civiles cherchent à obtenir la comparution du général Numbi, qui avait été

entendu comme simple témoin en première instance et qui fait figure pour elles de

«suspect numéro un».

Écarté quelques jours après le meurtre, l’officier s’est toujours défendu d’avoir rencontré

Chebeya ou de lui avoir donné rendez-vous mais il a été mis en cause en 2012 par l’un

des condamnés à mort.

Cet homme, le major Paul Mwilambwe, est aujourd’hui sous contrôle judiciaire au

Sénégal, où il est poursuivi pour le meurtre de Chebeya, la justice sénégalaise ayant

accepté, cas rare, de se saisir de cette affaire au nom de sa compétence

extraterritoriale.

Les parties civiles estiment donc qu’on peut facilement produire son témoignage devant

la Haute Cour, mais celle-ci a refusé jusqu’à présent toutes leurs demandes en ce sens.

«Les dépositions que Paul Mwilambwe a données jusqu’à présent nous rapprochent

plus de la vérité que les éléments que nous avons dans le dossier actuellement à la

Haute Cour militaire», a déclaré à la presse Me Jean-Joseph Mukendi, avocat de la

famille Chebeya, à l’issue de l’audience.

Me Didier Dimina, avocat du colonel Mukalay, a déclaré de son côté être favorable à la

proposition de «disjonction des poursuites» du ministère public. «Les prévenus en

détention ont déjà fait plusieurs années sans connaître leur sort», a-t-il dit.

L’assassinat de Chebeya et de Bazana avait suscité l’indignation en RDC et à

l’étranger. Le militant des droits de l’Homme, qui était devenu de plus en plus virulent

dans sa critique du président Joseph Kabila, au pouvoir depuis 2001, avait eu droit à

des obsèques nationales.

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Fosse commune de Maluku : l’Asadho exige des enquêtes

indépendantes

Source: Agence d'Information d'Afrique central

Par Lucien Dianzenza

Pour l'ONG, la commission à constituer devra contenir des fonctionnaires de la

Monusco, des organisations des droits de l’Homme nationales et internationales

et des agents des institutions publiques.

21 Avril 2015 - Dans une conférence de presse tenue le 21 avril à son siège, dans la

commune de la Gombe, en rapport avec les 421 corps enterrés dans une fosse

commune à Maluku, l’Association africaine de défense des droits de l’Homme (Asadho)

a exhorté le gouvernement à procéder aux expertises scientifiques en vue d’identifier

les personnes enterrées ainsi que la cause et les circonstances de leur mort.

Pour cette ONG, en plus de confier les enquêtes à une commission indépendante, le

gouvernement devra également s’abstenir de tous actes de nature à empêcher,

influencer et orienter le cours de l’enquête indépendante sollicitée. L’Asadho s’est

également opposée aux enquêtes menées actuellement par la justice congolaise dont

elle réclame l’arrêt immédiat. « L’Asadho dit non aux enquêtes conduites jusqu’à ce jour

par la justice congolaise, pour la simple raison que le gouvernement ne joue pas à la

transparence », a expliqué le président de l’Asadho, Me Jean-Claude Katende. Pour ce

juriste qui ne prête pas foi en la justice congolaise, en effet, le gouvernement devrait

mettre fin à ses enquêtes parce qu’elles « n’apporteraient rien ». « La justice congolaise

ne va pas aboutir à des conclusions différentes de ce qui a été précédemment avancé

», a-t-il soutenu.

L'Asadho, qui appelle la communauté internationale à exiger la constitution d’une

commission indépendante pour mener ces enquêtes, lui a également recommandé de

s’impliquer pour que cette commission ait les moyens logistiques, matériels et financiers

pour mener ce travail alors que, d’autre part, elle doit appeler la RDC à respecter ses

engagements nationaux et internationaux en matière de droits humains.

Exhumer les corps, une obligation !

L’Asadho a également fustigé l’attitude du gouvernement, qui laisse à la justice la

latitude de décider sur l’exhumation ou non de ces corps enterrés à Maluku. Pour cette

ONG, la décision de l’exhumation de ces corps ne doit pas être une possibilité laissée à

la justice mais plutôt une obligation, étant donné que cet exercice devra permettre de

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procéder aux expertises scientifiques pour identifier les personnes enterrées, la cause

et les circonstances de leur mort.

Cette association a également qualifié de diversion, tous les autres enterrements

collectifs annoncés et effectués après celui qui est querellé. À en croire Me Jean-

Claude Katende, la justice et les autorités du pays visent, par ces actes, banaliser le fait

décrié.

L’Asadho, qui a salué la déclaration de l’Union européenne exigeant une enquête

urgente, transparente et crédible, s’est aussi réjouie de l’appui financier que le

gouvernement belge a accordé au Bureau conjoint des Nations unies aux droits de

l’Homme pour lui faciliter la participation à ces enquêtes.

L’Église catholique en RDC veut former plus de 30 000 observateurs

électoraux

Source: La Croix

21 Avril 2015 - La Conférence épiscopale nationale du Congo (CENCO) a lancé jeudi

16 avril un programme de formation d’observateurs électoraux. Près de 30 600

collaborateurs devraient être chargés de superviser l’ensemble du processus électoral

dans le pays.

L’Église catholique veut former des observateurs indépendants, capables d’évaluer le

bon déroulement d’un scrutin, selon les standards internationaux, ont rapporté les sites

de Radio France internationale et de Radio Okapi.

Les États-Unis vont soutenir la formation d’un premier groupe de 600 observateurs,

assurant un financement d’un million de dollars pendant deux ans. Mais pour les 30 000

autres observateurs restant, l’Église catholique congolaise cherche toujours des fonds.

Consolider la démocratie

Le projet entre dans le cadre du renforcement des capacités institutionnelles et

techniques du pays, afin de contribuer à la consolidation de la démocratie en RDC, «

par une observation professionnelle et crédible des élections locales, municipales,

urbaines, législatives et présidentielle », a précisé le quotidien congolais Le Phare.

« Nous ne cherchons pas un pouvoir politique. Notre rôle, c’est d’accompagner le

peuple. Lui indiquer le chemin. La consolidation de la démocratie fait partie des outils

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dont le peuple a besoin pour vivre mieux », a affirmé le président de la Commission

Justice et Paix, Mgr Fridolin Obongo.

Les pays de la CIRGL invités à créer des organes de lutte contre la

fraude minière

Source: ACP/MCN, via mediacongo.net

(http://www.mediacongo.net/show.asp?doc=82238#.VTdJLoffrcs)

20 Avril 2015 - Les pays membres de la CIRGL (Conférence internationale sur la

région des Grands Lacs) ont été invités à créer des organes nationaux de lutte contre

la fraude et la contrebande minières au sein des Etats membres, à la clôture samedi 18

avril à Kinshasa de la première réunion des services des Etats membres de cette

organisation.

Les participants ont demandé aux Etats de faciliter les procédures et les formalités

relatives aux enquêtes et aux poursuites des actes d’exploitation illégale des

ressources naturelles. Ils ont recommandé, en outre, le prélèvement des échantillons

pour confirmer les caractéristiques des minerais nationaux pour une analyse par

empreinte digitale, en vue de prévenir les conflits et de mettre en œuvre le mécanisme

d’alerte rapide.

L’objectif est de promouvoir les échanges d’informations en temps réel sur l’exportation

des minerais dont les documents ne correspondent pas au mécanisme régional de

certification de la CIRGL. Il a été souhaité, au cours de ces assises, que les Etats

membres qui n’ont pas encore mis en place le mécanisme régional de certification des

ressources minières, de le faire avant la fin de l’année en cours.

La promotion et le renforcement des visites d’apprentissage par les pairs dans le cadre

de cette lutte ont été exigés ainsi que la mise en application des accords de convention

d’assistance mutuelle entre les services de douanes des Etats membres sur le cas de

fraude et de contrebande minière en passant par le renforcement des mécanismes de

contrôles internes de l’exploitation et du commerce illégal des ressources naturelles.

Les participants ont en plus recommandé la collaboration et la coopération régionales

par un échange permanent d’informations sur les flux financiers et matières entre les

Etats membres, de recourir au système de notification d’avance sur les mouvements de

minerais d’un Etat à l’autre. Il s’agit également de créer dans chaque Etat membre une

base des données nationale pour rendre disponibles les statistiques de production et de

commercialisation.

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Pour sa part, le représentant du Premier ministre à ces assises, le vice-Premier ministre

Thomas Luhaka Losendjola, s’est dit convaincu que les participants aux travaux de

Kinshasa ont balisé la voie permettant aux Etats membres de la CIRGL d’éradiquer la

fraude minière, cette rencontre ayant permis de faire l’état des lieux de la situation de

la fraude et de la contrebande intra et transfrontalières des minerais dans l’espace

CIRGL et formuler des recommandations.

De son côté, le secrétaire exécutif de la CIRGL, Alphonse Ntumba Luaba, a réitéré la

disponibilité du secrétariat de la CIRGL par un appui technique en faveur des Etats

membres, avant de promettre la matérialisation des résolutions de la réunion de

Kinshasa dans un futur proche, à travers des mesures pour éviter la fraude et la

contrebande minière ainsi que la création d’une base des données des minerais.

SOUTH SUDAN

South Sudan army rescues two women, four children from LRA captivity

Source: APA

21 April 2015 - Two women and four children have been rescued from the Lord’s

Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group after ten years of abduction.

The women and their children were discovered by a group of SPLA soldiers as they

were conducting patrols at the South Sudan/ DR Congo border in Ezo County, Western

Equatoria State.

Ezo County Commissioner Moiide Albert Paul told the UN Radio in South Sudan that

they will be handed over to the African Union LRA Task Force in Nzara County.

Our army was patrolling our borders to ensure the maximum security of the citizens and

their properties the commissioner said.

Then they came across footprints and then from there shortly after they saw the women,

all of them Acholi, with four children. Then they brought them and right now they are

here in Ezo he pointed out.

They said they were abducted in Uganda in 2002 and then all this number of years they

have been roaming in the forests of Congo and Central Africa Republic with their four

children.

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Soudan du Sud : "les conditions de vie s'améliorent pour les

humanitaires"

Source: http://www.portail-humanitaire.org/news/actu/2015-04-21-Soudan-du-Sud-:-

21 Avril 2015 - Le Soudan du Sud est un pays souvent redouté par les humanitaires

expatriés qu’ils soient occidentaux ou pas. Ils s’imaginent des conditions de vie

difficiles, une population austère, de graves problèmes de sécurité… Une image que ne

partage pas Agnieszka Goscinska qui vient de rentrer en Europe après avoir passé un

an dans le pays en tant que chef de mission.

Je ne comprends pas pourquoi les humanitaires ne veulent pas venir ou ne veulent pas

rester très longtemps au Soudan du Sud. Les gens y sont très agréables. Un peu

rustres parfois au début car c’est une culture de guerrier, ils sont fiers. Souvent ils nous

testent, ils nous rentrent dedans mais c’est vraiment pour savoir ce que vous avez dans

le ventre, ce que vous valez en tant que personne. En réalité, ils aiment les gens avec

du caractère, les personnes qui s’affirment. Certes, il faut connaitre les limites à ne pas

franchir pour ne blesser personne mais les Sud Soudanais apprécient ceux qui

assument leurs idées. Il faut savoir être ferme tout en étant juste et prêt à écouter et/ou

discuter… Car les Sud Soudanais parlent beaucoup et de nombreuses décisions sont

prises entre eux de manière collégiale. Une fois cette barrière du « test » franchie, ça va

beaucoup mieux. Ceux qui vous accordent leur confiance vous l’accordent totalement et

ils deviennent vos amis pour la vie !

Des conditions de vie meilleures pour les humanitaires

Les expatriés pensent aussi à tort que les conditions de vie sont difficiles ici. Si c’était

vrai il y a encore un an, quelques mois peut-être, c’est de moins en moins le cas

aujourd’hui. Quand je suis arrivée, je vivais sous la tente, mes toilettes étaient les

mêmes que ceux que l’on construisait pour les bénéficiaires de nos programmes…

Aujourd’hui, ça a changé. Par exemple, à Juba, la capitale, j’avais un très bon lit, la

télévision par satellite, il y a des restaurants… Alors oui, c’est très difficile de trouver du

bon vin, du saucisson, du fromage, des yaourts, d’aller au cinéma ou au théâtre comme

dans les capitales occidentales, mais n’est-ce pas le cas dans beaucoup de pays

d’Afrique et d’ailleurs?

La sécurité s'améliore

L’autre grande crainte pour les expatriés, concerne l’insécurité. Le plus jeune pays du

monde leur parait totalement instable et beaucoup craignent pour leur sécurité. Je

comprends leurs craintes mais aujourd’hui dès qu’il y a des menaces d’attaques ou

d’offensive qui se préparent, nous sommes, les humanitaires, à chaque fois prévenus

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par les autorités. Si on se tient aux recommandations des autorités, alors il y a peu de

risques pour nous. Finalement, le pays n’est pas aussi dangereux que l’on se l’imagine.

Quand Shafi, CoordoLog d’origine afghane, est arrivé ici il y a quelques mois, il m’a

confié qu’il avait quand même eu un peu peur de venir. Cela m’avait un peu étonné de

la part d’un Afghan, collaborateur de Solidarités International depuis de nombreuses

années. Aujourd’hui, lui aussi s’étonne de cette réaction et de ses à prioris. Maintenant,

nous sommes humanitaires et travaillons dans des zones à risques, que ce soit au

Soudan du Sud, en RDC ou au Myanmar…

Pourquoi je pars?

J’ai vécu dans ce pays pendant plusieurs années. J’y suis très attachée, mais je ne

veux pas non plus devenir la spécialiste humanitaire du Soudan du Sud ! Aujourd’hui, je

voudrais continuer à apporter de l’aide en urgence aux personnes qui souffrent. Peut-

être au Yémen. Mais ceux que je souhaiterais vraiment aider ce sont les Nord-coréens.

Le Soudan du Sud ? J’aimerais vraiment y revenir dans quelques années, quand, je

l’espère, le conflit se sera apaisé et que je pourrais remonter le pays du sud au nord en

descendant le Nil.

SUDAN

Sudan election: ruling party admits low voter turnout

Source: Radio Tamazuj

21 April 2015 - A leading member of Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP)

admitted that there was low voter turnout in the recent elections.

Secretary for political affairs Mustafa Osman Ismail attributed the low turnout to use of

an old and unrevised electoral register.

“There were millions of names that were not revised such as names of dead and

citizens who have become South Sudanese nationals,” Ismail said.

“Many electorates have changed their residences, besides students who have

graduated as well as military posts that have been changed,” he added.

Ismail said that his party has formed a committee to study and analyse the performance

of the party in the recent election, adding that his party will prioritize the National

Dialogue and peace as well as improvement of economy though a five-year plan.

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However, election results have not yet been announced. The outcome is expected to be

released on 27 February.

The African Union Election Observation Mission recently acknowledged that voter

turnout was less than 40% due to lack of space for "serious opponents" to the NCP.

Major opposition parties have boycotted the vote and say they will not recognize its

outcome. The 'Troika' – Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States – said they

do not consider the elections to express the will of the people.

Sudan: '4.800 Million Sudanese Cast Their Votes'

Source: Radio Dabanga

20 April 2015 - The head of the National Election Commission NEC), Mukhtar El Asam,

announced on Sunday that the number of votes cast in the presidential and

parliamentary election reached 4.800 million. 13.8 million Sudanese were eligible to

vote.

He predicted that the percentage of the voter turnout will lie between 36 and 38 percent

in the end. "It may reach 40 percent", he said, stressing that the low numbers were

expected.

The numbers do not include voters abroad, and in El Gezira state, where the voting

process was extended, because of logistical problems. For the same reason, the start of

the election was postponed to Friday in El Tina, Um Baru, and Karnoi localities in North

Darfur.

The voting process abroad commenced on Friday too, in the seven centres in Saudi

Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, the UK, and Belgium.

The election was suspended in the insecure border areas of El Dibab in West Kordofan,

northern Abyei, and seven constituencies in South Kordofan.

On Friday, the counting of the ballots started. The election period, scheduled for 13-15

April, was extended with one day, to boost the extremely low turnout on the first three

days.

El Asam said that about 80 percent of the votes cast in Khartoum state have been

counted, showing a victory for the ruling National Congress Party, and its leader,

President Omar Al Bashir.

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Soudan: scrutin pas crédible, estiment Washington, Londres et Oslo

Source: MaliActu.net

21 Avril 2015 - Les Etats-Unis, la Grande-Bretagne et la Norvège ont dénoncé lundi le

Soudan, qui selon eux n’a pas été capable d’organiser des élections libres et crédibles

la semaine passée.

Dans une déclaration conjointe, les trois pays ont indiqué qu’ils regrettaient « l’échec du

gouvernement du Soudan à organiser des élections libres, justes et dans un climat

propice ».

Marquées par une faible participation, les élections présidentielle et parlementaires

nationale et régionales se sont déroulées de lundi à jeudi. Le président Omar el-Béchir

et son parti sont largement assurés de l’emporter.

Washington, Londres et Oslo ont mis la faible participation sur le compte de «

restrictions de la liberté et des droits politiques » et de conflits permanents dans

certaines parties du pays.

Le scrutin a été marqué par de très nombreux problèmes.

« Le résultat de ce vote ne pourra pas être considéré comme l’expression crédible de la

volonté du peuple soudanais », ajoutent les trois pays. « Nous condamnons les actes

de violence durant la période électorale et continuons à soutenir les Soudanais qui

veulent faire avancer un processus politique pacifique et légitime » destiné à établir des

réformes et à parvenir à une stabilité du pays.

Arrivé au pouvoir en 1989 à la faveur d’un coup d’Etat et âgé de 71 ans, le général

Béchir est d’ores et déjà assuré d’être réélu pour un nouveau mandat de cinq ans

puisque qu’il n’affronte que des candidats peu connus et que la majorité de l’opposition

boycotte le scrutin.

M. Béchir est réclamé par la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) pour crimes contre

l’humanité et génocide au Darfour.

Les résultats sont attendus fin avril et dans l’éventualité où aucun candidat n’obtiendrait

la majorité, un second tour serait nécessaire.

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Bourse de Paris : Américains, Anglais et Français privés de visas

soudanais-sources

Source: Reuters

Par Louis Charbonneau; Nicolas Delame

22 Avril 2015 - Khartoum a jusqu'à présent refusé toutes les demandes de visas

présentées par des diplomates américains, britanniques et français qui souhaitaient se

rendre dans la région du Darfour, ont déclaré mardi à Reuters des diplomates onusiens.

Ils expliquent que ces refus témoignent de l'attitude de plus en plus agressive du

Soudan à l'égard de la mission Union africaine-Nations Unies au Darfour (Minuad) dont

Khartoum souhaite la fin.

Créée en 2007, la Minuad doit assurer la protection des civils au Darfour et favoriser un

règlement politique à la crise ouverte en 2003.

Les diplomates privés de visas souhaitaient se rendre au Darfour en janvier sous la

conduite de l'ambassadeur britannique adjoint aux Nations unies, Peter Wilson.

Les deux autres diplomates visés sont l'Américain David Pressman et le Français Alexis

Lamek.

"En interdisant aux ambassadeurs des Etats-Unis, de Grande-Bretagne et de France de

se rendre au Darfour, le Soudan montre qu'il ne veut pas coopérer", a dit une source

diplomatique qui s'exprimait sous le sceau de l'anonymat.

"Khartoum veut que la Minuad quitte le Soudan".

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa sends soldiers to anti-immigrant hotspots

Source: Reuters

21 April 2015 - South Africa sent soldiers on Tuesday to help stop anti-immigrant

violence in areas of Durban and Johannesburg where at least seven people have been

killed in the past three weeks.

South Africa has been criticized by governments, including China, Nigeria and

Zimbabwe, for failing to protect foreigners as armed mobs were shown on TV looting

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immigrant-owned shops and front-page photographs in a Sunday newspaper showed a

Mozambican man being beaten and stabbed to death in broad daylight.

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said a Zimbabwean couple were shot in the

Johannesburg shanty town of Alexandra on Monday night but survived.

Briefing reporters on the deployment of troops to Alexandra and to the coastal town of

Durban, where the violence started, she said: "There will be those who will be critical of

this decision but the vulnerable will appreciate it."

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini defended himself on Monday against claims that previous

comments he made about foreigners sparked the anti-immigrant attacks.

On Tuesday, four men, aged between 18 and 22 years old, were charged in Alexandra's

Magistrates Court with the murder and robbery of the Mozambican man, Emmanuel

Sithole, a street vendor in the low-income area.

The men covered their heads with hoodies when they were brought into the court. They

are set to appear again on May 4.

Outside the court, protesters picketed and locals gathered.

"It's not right this thing, they shouldn't have killed him," said Fulufhelo Ravhura, a 37-

year-old Alexandra resident. "That guy was selling sweets and cigarettes, how was he

stealing anyone's job?"

Periodic outbreaks of anti-immigrant violence have been blamed on high

unemployment, which is officially around 25 percent although economists say is much

higher, widespread poverty and vast wealth gap.

Hundreds of Malawians marched on South Africa's High Commission in the capital

Lilongwe on Tuesday, demanding charges be laid against King Zwelithini amid calls for

a boycott of South African businesses.

Malawi's Information Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, said on Monday two Malawians

were killed in the attacks and that efforts were under way to repatriate about 3,000 of its

nationals.

In Zambia, two private commercial radio stations have stopped playing South African

music.

In 2008, South African troops helped to end violence after more than 60 foreigners were

killed in similar unrest as locals vented frustrations, particularly a lack of jobs.