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Ghana police seize big haul of illegal weapons
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Reuters Africa, 15/12/2015
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ACCRA Dec 15 (Reuters) - Authorities in Ghana have seized a large illegal weapons cache including assault rifles and anti-aircraft ammunition, but police said on Tuesday it was unlikely they were meant for a specific militant or rebel group.
The police detained a 63-year-old man from Niger in a raid in Ghana's second city of Kumasi on Saturday and charged him with unauthorized possession of weapons, said police spokesman Yusif Tanko.
He described the seizure as the biggest in living memory in Ghana, a stable democracy whose capital, Accra, has sub-Saharan Africa's lowest crime rate, according to a study published this year.
"Our investigation does not point to any terrorist organisation linked to them. They started selling the arms to petty criminals. If they were meant for something big they would not be selling them to petty criminals in the market," Tanko said.
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Niger fixes Feb. 21 date for presidential, legislative polls
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Reuters Africa, 15/12/2015
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NIAMEY Dec 15 (Reuters) - Niger's government on Tuesday fixed Feb. 21 as the date for a presidential election that incumbent Mahamdou Issoufou, who the opposition accuses of leading a campaign of repression, is heavily favoured to win.
Legislative elections will be held the same day and campaigning for both will take place from Jan. 30 to Feb. 19, according to an official communique released following a cabinet meeting.
Issoufou won election in 2011 in a poll that restored democratic rule following an army coup a year earlier. While he has become an important ally of the West in the fight against regional Islamist militants, critics have complained that he has become increasingly authoritarian.
Authorities agreed to audit voter rolls before next year's vote under pressure from the opposition, who criticised the lists.
Issoufou's Niger Party for Democracy and Socialism exp... |
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Sahel: l'économie parallèle des trafics
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RFI, 16/12/2015
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Dans le Sahel, entre 2013 et 2014, les trafics de drogue, d'armes et de tabac ont rapporté près de 3,5 milliards de dollars d'après l'ONUDC, l'Office des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime. Dans les années 2000, à cause de la surveillance accrue des côtes du Golfe de Guinée, la route de la drogue change et met le cap sur le désert sahélien. Les grosses cargaisons autrefois transportées par voie maritime laissent place à des petits chargements transportés par des moyens allant de la voiture au petit avion. L'arrivée de la drogue et des autres trafics qui y sont liés dans le Sahel a créé un véritable choc qui a bouleversé l'économie locale.... |
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Des pays africains dans la coalition antiterroriste
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Deutsche Welle, 15/12/2015
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Ils sont bien formés au maniement des armes. Ils savent comment sélectionner des cibles et préparer des attaques - et ils ont été formés pour ne reculer devant rien : ce sont des combattants de l’organisation "Etat islamique". Ils sont des bombes à retardement qui menacent tout les pays y compris sur le continent africain.... |
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L’Arabie saoudite forme une coalition islamique antiterroriste de 34 pays
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Jeune Afrique, 15/12/2015
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Montrant sa volonté de rester un partenaire crédible dans la lutte contre le terrorisme, l'Arabie Saoudite a formé une coalition islamique antiterroriste de 34 pays, a annoncé mardi l'agence officielle Spa. En font partie l’Égypte et le Sénégal parmi de nombreux autres États africains.
Cette coalition, placée sous la conduite de l’Arabie saoudite, sera dotée d’un centre de commandement basé à Ryad pour soutenir les opérations militaires dans la lutte contre le terrorisme, a ajouté l’agence Spa, mardi 14 décembre. Sans surprise, l’Iran est exclu de la liste.
En revanche, l’Afrique y est très représentée. Selon le communiqué de l’agence saoudienne, une vingtaine d’États africains ont rejoint la coalition : le Bénin, le Tchad, la Tunisie, le Togo, le Sénégal, Djibouti, le Soudan, la Sierra Leone, la Somalie, le Gabon, la Guinée, les Comores, la... |
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Saudis announce Islamic anti-terrorism coalition
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BBC, 15/12/2015
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Saudi Arabia has said 34 mainly Muslim nations have joined a new military alliance to fight terrorism.
A joint operations centre is to be established in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, state media reported.
Countries from Asia, Africa and the Arab world are involved in the alliance but Saudi Arabia's main regional rival Iran is not.
It comes amid international pressure for Gulf Arab states to do more in the fight against so-called Islamic State.
Saudi Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman said the new alliance would co-ordinate efforts against extremists in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Afghanistan.
Neither Iraq nor Syria, whose governments are close to Shia-ruled Iran, are in the coalition, nor is Afghanistan.
An effective force? Frank Gardner, security correspondent, BBC News
Two things stand out immediately about this new Saudi-based Islamic Coalition.
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Towards greater collective accountability in Niger
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The Sphere Project, 10/12/2015
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(*) By Aninia Nadig
The contribution of humanitarian standards as a common language to improve collective accountability was emphasised at a workshop attended by key humanitarian actors in Niamey in mid-November.
Collective accountability at humanitarian country team level emerged as an important factor that could be improved in the Niger Operational Peer Review carried out by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Senior Transformative Agenda Implementation Team (STAIT) in March 2015.
Committed to providing direct support on accountability to field operations, the IASC Task Team on Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) conducted a mission to Niamey (Niger) from 17-19 November.
As part of the three-day mission, the IASC Task team on AAP and PSEA facilitated a one-day workshop for clusters coordinators and facil... |
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Niger to audit electoral register ahead of February vote
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Reuters Africa, 12/12/2015
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NIAMEY Dec 12 (Reuters) - Niger will audit its electoral register ahead of a presidential election in February 2016 following demands from opposition parties, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said on state television.
The decision is a victory for parties opposed to President Mahamadou Issoufou who is favourite to win a second five-year term in the election and it could relieve political tensions in the Sahelian country.
"Some representatives of political parties wanted an audit of certain aspects of the register. We have agreed for a team to define the terms of the audit by Dec. 18 at the latest," Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said late on Friday.
"The register, once it is finalised, will be a consensus document that will permit us to move towards a peaceful, calm and transparent election."
The independent national electoral commission rejected a separate request from the opposit... |
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Jean-Yves Le Drian : « Le rapprochement entre Daesh et Boko Haram est un risque majeur »
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Jeune Afrique, 14/12/2015
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Alors que la France intensifie ses frappes en Syrie, le ministre dresse le bilan des opérations militaires au Mali et en Centrafrique, alerte sur la présence de l'État islamique en Libye et appelle les pays de la région à redoubler d'efforts pour le combattre.
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Jeune Afrique : En septembre 2013, François Hollande déclarait, en parlant du Mali : « Nous avons gagné cette guerre. » N’était-ce pas un peu prématuré ?
Jean-Yves Le Drian : Non. Et d’ailleurs, la situation au Mali n’est plus la même qu’au moment du déclenchement de l’opération Serval, début 2013. À l’époque, le pays était directement menacé par des groupes terroristes qui voulaient en faire un sanctuaire fondamentaliste, d’où ils auraient ensuite pu menacer d’autres pays en Afrique et même en Europe. Ils étaient à Gao, à To... |
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Niger Government to speed up asylum procedures for those fleeing conflict and persecution
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UNHCR, 10/12/2015
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Niger is well regarded as a country with an ‘open door policy’ in terms of welcoming refugees and asylum seekers who are fleeing conflicts or persecution in their country of origin. Over 54,000 Malian refugees currently enjoy prima facie recognition (which means that they are recognized as refugees on a group basis and do not need to undergo individual refugee status determination procedures) while Nigerian refugees fleeing the conflict in Northern Nigeria enjoy temporary protection status and can still formally apply for refugee status if they so wish.
In addition, there are 121 asylum seekers from a wide range of other countries (even though the majority hails from the Central African Republic) who are currently awaiting decisions on their application for refugee status. Once granted, they would join 366 already recognized (on the basis of individual procedures) refugees from th... |
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