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Des armes israéliennes se cachent-elles derrière « l’agriculture » au Sud Soudan ?
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, le 25 juillet 2019
▻https://www.agencemediapalestine.fr/blog/2019/07/26/des-armes-israeliennes-se-cachent-elles-derriere-lagriculture-a

De nouvelles révélations sur un général israélien accusé de trafic d’armes jettent un doute supplémentaire sur ses déclarations comme quoi il ne ferait qu’aider les Africains dans des projets agricoles.

En décembre dernier, le gouvernement américain a prononcé des sanctions contre Israel Ziv, général israélien à la retraite qu’il accuse de fournir des armes pour alimenter la guerre civile du Sud Soudan.

D’après le Département du Trésor américain, Ziv s’est servi d’une société agricole « comme couverture pour vendre à peu près pour 150 millions $ d’armes au gouvernement, dont des fusils, des lance-grenades et des lance-roquettes portables ».

On dit aussi qu’il « a planifié l’organisation d’attaques par des mercenaires sur les champs pétroliers sud-soudanais et leurs infrastructures, pour essayer de créer un problème que seules sa société et ses filiales pourraient régler ».

Des télégrammes diplomatiques ont par ailleurs révélé que les fonctionnaires américains étaient déjà préoccupés par les activités de Ziv en Amérique Latine depuis 2006. On dit qu’il a fourni des conseils militaires à la Colombie et au Pérou sur la façon d’écraser les soulèvements.

Mais quelle pourriture humaine ?!

#Sud-Soudan #Trafic_d'armes #mercenaires

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Israel’s scramble for Africa: Selling water, weapons and lies
Ramzy Baroud, Al Jazeera, le 23 juillet 2019
▻https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/israel-scramble-africa-selling-water-weapons-lies-190722184120192.html

For years, Kenya has served as Israel’s gateway to Africa

The Palestinian leadership has itself shifted its political focus away from the global south, especially since the signing of the Oslo Accords. For decades, Africa mattered little in the limited and self-serving calculations of the Palestinian Authority. For the PA, only Washington, London, Madrid, Oslo and Paris carried any geopolitical importance - a deplorable political blunder on all accounts.

Yet, despite its many successes in luring African governments to its web of allies, Israel has failed to tap into the hearts of ordinary Africans who still view the Palestinian fight for justice and freedom as an extension of their own struggle for democracy, equality and human rights.

#Kenya #histoire
#Ouganda #Sud-Soudan #Rwanda #Ethiopie #Tanzanie #Guinée #Liberia #Tchad #Niger #Mali #Nigeria #Cameroun

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With Nearly 400,000 Dead in South Sudan, Will the U.S. Change Policy? - FPIF
▻https://fpif.org/with-nearly-400000-dead-in-south-sudan-will-the-u-s-change-policy

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The United States has also taken sides in the war. The Obama administration supported President Kiir, helping him acquire arms from Uganda, a close U.S. ally in the region. “Uganda got a wink from us,” a former senior official has acknowledged.

To keep the weapons flowing, the Obama administration spent years blocking calls for an arms embargo.

[...]

Jon Temin, who worked for the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff during the final years of the Obama administration, has been highly critical of the Obama administration’s choices. In a recent report published by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Temin argued that some of the worst violence could have been avoided if the Obama administration had implemented an arms embargo early in the conflict and refrained from siding so consistently with President Kiir.

“The United States, at multiple stages, failed to step back and broadly reassess policy,” Temin reported.

[...]

More recently, the Trump administration has started paying some attention. The White House has posted statements to its website criticizing South Sudanese leaders and threatening to withhold assistance. Administration officials coordinated a recent vote at the United Nations Security Council to finally impose an arms embargo on the country.

In other ways, however, the Trump administration has continued many of the policies of the Obama administration. It has not called much attention to the crisis. With the exception of the arms embargo, which could always be evaded with more winks to Uganda, it has done very little to step back, reassess policy, and change course.

The United States could “lose leverage” in South Sudan “if it becomes antagonistic toward the government,” U.S. diplomat Gordon Buay warned earlier this year.

#etats-unis #sud-Soudan

Le corps de la femme, terrain de guerre
▻https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-idees/150717/le-corps-de-la-femme-terrain-de-guerre

« Unwanted », de #Dorothée_Munyaneza © Christophe Raynaud de Lage Que deviennent les enfants nés des viols pendant les guerres ? Peut-on réparer des violences qui ne peuvent guérir ? Échange entre la chorégraphe rwandaise Dorothée Munyaneza et #Yves_Daccord, directeur général du CICR.

#Culture-Idées #conflits #Congo #Corps_des_femmes #Irak #rwanda #Sud-Soudan #Syrie #viol #violences_faites_aux_femmes

US ambassador ’outraged’ over South Sudan harassment
▻https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-ambassador-outraged-over-south-sudan-harassment-143548818.html

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, says she is “outraged” that South Sudan’s government has harassed civil rights activists who met with a U.N. Security Council delegation during a visit to the young nation.

Power said in a statement issued Saturday that the delegation observed “chilling” living conditions for civilians trapped in the ongoing conflict between the government and rebel forces. She says the South Sudanese government should elevate, not suppress, the voices of activists “who organize peacefully and provide constructive criticism.”

She says the Security Council is “engaging directly with the government of South Sudan to underscore that intimidation and threats toward civil society must cease immediately.”

#étranges #indignations et #aveuglement des #Etats-Unis
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Israel’s role in South Sudan under scrutiny
▻http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4852711,00.html

Escalating violence in South Sudan is casting a light on Israel’s murky involvement in that conflict and raising questions about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new strategy of strengthening ties with African countries.

Netanyahu has been forging alliances across Africa in an effort he says will help blunt Palestinian diplomatic initiatives against Israel at the United Nations.

But critics say these new ties — illustrated by Netanyahu’s high-profile visit to several African countries in July — have come without regard for the human rights records of those allies.

Such concerns have been magnified by Israel’s close ties to South Sudan, whose government has used Israeli arms and surveillance equipment to crack down on its opponents. Critics say Israel’s global arms export policies lack transparency and proper oversight, and ignore the receiving country’s intended use.

#Afrique #Israel

Affaire LSK : les liaisons dangereuses de #Dominique_Strauss-Kahn
▻https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/economie/170516/affaire-lsk-les-liaisons-dangereuses-de-dominique-strauss-kahn

Dominique Strauss-Kahn lors de l’inauguration de la National Credit Bank le 14 mai 2013 © RFI Le 14 mai 2013, #Thierry_Leyne et Dominique Strauss-Kahn participent ensemble au lancement de la National Credit Bank, une #banque au Soudan du Sud. C’est la première fois que les deux hommes sont vus côte à côte. L’affaire LSK remet sous les projecteurs cette curieuse banque, installée dans un trou noir de la finance mondiale. Enquête.

#Economie #banques #criminalité_financière #Igor_Setchine #Justice #Rosneft #Sud-Soudan

New Estimate Sharply Raises Death Toll in South Sudan
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/world/africa/new-estimate-sharply-raises-death-toll-in-south-sudan.html

The International Crisis Group said Thursday that the number of dead from the conflict was close to 10,000 people, a major increase from earlier estimates by the United Nations.

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Centre d’actualités de l’ONU - Soudan du Sud : mobilisation de l’ONU pour venir en aide aux civils déplacés

▻http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=31770&Cr=soudan+du+sud&Cr1=

3 janvier 2014 – Alors que des pourparlers de paix sont sur le point de débuter entre le gouvernement du Soudan du Sud et les rebelles, de hauts fonctionnaires des Nations Unies dans le pays ont exhorté vendredi toutes les parties au conflit à protéger les civils et à permettre aux personnels humanitaires de leur venir en aide.

Lors d’un point de presse donné à Genève, Jens Laerke, du Bureau des Nations Unies pour la coordination des affaires humanitaires (OCHA) a cité Toby Lanzer, le Coordonnateur humanitaire de l’ONU au Soudan du Sud, qui précise qu’au cours des deux dernières semaines, la violence a entraîné le déplacement d’environ 200.000 personnes et indirectement touché plusieurs centaines de milliers d’autres.

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Centre d’actualités de l’ONU - Soudan du Sud : le nombre de civils réfugiés dans les bases de l’ONU est désormais de 63.000
▻http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=31748&Cr=soudan+du+sud&Cr1=

27 décembre 2013 – Environ 63.000 civils se sont refugiés dans les bases des Nations Unies au Soudan du Sud alors que l’opération de maintien de la paix déployée dans ce pays, la MINUSS, s’efforce de renforcer ses troupes et d’obtenir les hélicoptères dont elle a besoin face à un conflit qui a tué des milliers de personnes et provoqué le déplacement d’au moins 122.000 autres au cours des 12 derniers jours.

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« Les priorités des déplacées sont l’alimentation, la santé, le logement, l’eau, les services d’assainissement et d’hygiène, la protection et la gestion des camps », a expliqué vendredi la MINUSS, qui note que les agences humanitaires auront besoin de 166 millions de dollars pour répondre aux besoins immédiats jusqu’en mars 2014. « Des moyens aériens supplémentaires et un soutien logistique sont nécessaires pour permettre de répondre à cette situation. »

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Soudan du Sud : « Une bataille de pouvoir qui pourrait déboucher sur un conflit ethnique » - Soudan du Sud - RFI

▻http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20131225-soudan-sud-une-bataille-pouvoir-pourrait-deboucher-conflit-ethnique?ns_

Le Conseil de sécurité a autorisé, mardi 24 décembre, le renforcement des troupes de l’ONU au Soudan du Sud. Le nombre de Casques bleus va y passer à 12 500 hommes, contre 7 000 jusqu’à présent. Au micro de RFI, Adama Dieng, conseiller spécial de Ban Ki-moon pour la prévention des génocides, se dit particulièrement préoccupé. Il s’alarme du risque de conflit ethnique et pointe la responsabilité des leaders politiques qui manient l’incitation à la haine.

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#soudan #soudan-du-sud #sud-soudan

Political Fight in South Sudan Targets Civilians - NYTimes.com

▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/world/africa/south-sudan-crisis.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131225&_r=0

JUBA, South Sudan — The security forces went house to house, rounding up civilians by the dozens and binding the wrists of some with wire, survivors said. Some were summarily shot in the street, they said, while others were hauled off to crowded cells. Bodies of the executed were tossed into shallow graves, one recalled. Another jail where civilians had been taken reeked of death, a witness said.

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#sud-soudan #soudan #soudan-du-sud

Centre d’actualités de l’ONU - Soudan du Sud : sur fond d’aggravation du conflit, Ban propose de renforcer le nombre de Casques bleus

▻http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=31726&Cr=Soudan+du+Sud&Cr1=

23 décembre 2013 – Le Secrétaire général Ban Ki-moon a convoqué lundi une réunion de crise avec ses principaux conseillers sur la détérioration de la situation au Soudan du Sud, proposant le renforcement de l’opération de maintien de la paix des Nations Unies dans ce pays afin de mettre fin à un conflit marqué par une flambée de violences interethniques.

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« Je suis déterminé à faire en sorte que la MINUSS dispose des moyens dont elle a besoin pour mener à bien sa tâche primordiale de protection des civils », a déclaré Ban Ki-moon lors d’une conférence de presse donnée à New York quelques heures après son retour des Philippines, où il s’était rendu pour évaluer la situation après le passage du typhon Haiyan.

#soudan #sud-soudan

#South_Sudan clashes kill hundreds as 20,000 flee their homes
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/south-sudan-clashes-kill-hundreds-20000-flee-their-homes

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A handout photo released by the UNMISS shows South Sudanese civilians seeking shelter, entering the UNMISS compound adjacent to Juba airport on December 17, 2013. (Photo: AFP / UNMISS - Rolla Hinedi)

Hundreds of people have died and up to 20,000 others have fled to UN bases in days of fierce fighting in South Sudan’s army after an alleged coup bid, officials said. The United States ordered non-essential embassy staff out of the country, the world’s youngest nation and awash with guns after decades of war, amid fears of a descent into wider ethnic violence. In the capital Juba, gunfire still rang out into the early hours of Wednesday morning, an AFP reporter said. read (...)

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A Juba, Omar el-Béchir et Salva Kiir vont tenter de réconcilier les deux Soudan - Soudan/Soudan du Sud - RFI

▻http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20130412-juba-omar-el-bechir-salva-kiir-vont-tenter-reconcilier-deux-soudan?ns_c

Le président soudanais Omar el-Béchir est attendu ce vendredi 12 avril à Juba, la capitale du Soudan du Sud à la tête d’une délégation composée de plusieurs ministres et de nombreux officiels. Nordistes et sudistes, qui ont fait la guerre pendant 22 ans quand ils étaient dans le même Etat ne parviennent pas réellement à faire la paix depuis qu’ils se sont séparés en 2005. De nouveaux textes signés en mars tentent de relancer l’application des précédents accords. Khartoum cherche, manifestement, avec cette visite, à afficher sa bonne volonté dans l’application des nouveaux textes.

#soudan #sud-soudan #nord-soudan

Sudan and South Sudan: a Civilised Divorce

►http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/190-issues/51976-sudan-and-south-sudan-a-civilised-divorce.html

By Ahmed Badawi
African Arguments
October 3, 2012

Sudan and South Sudan: a Civilised Divorce
( Security Council Issues )

A landmark cooperation agreement has been signed between the governments of Sudan and South Sudan last week. After years of civil war and the shutdown of South Sudan’s oil production in January, the agreement includes the restart of oil exports and a demilitarized border zone. Despite these achievements, Washington has pointed out that both countries still need to decide on an agreement on the border areas of the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile state. However, the US economic sanctions on Sudan and its inclusion of Sudan on the US terrorism list clearly mark the US’ own national and economic interests in the region.

Divorce with kids involved is often a painful affair. But once the recriminations have been cast and the tears have dried, the two protagonists, it’s hoped, will work together for a common good: providing their children – and themselves – with a stable environment to move on and thrive. And that’s exactly what the slew of landmark cooperation agreements (see them here) just signed between the governments of the ‘Two Sudans’ represents for their respective populations, a year or so on from the birth of South Sudan.

#soudan #sud-soudan #frontières

The Sudans’ Oil Agreement : An Important Step on a Long Road Ahead

►http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/206-sudan/51860-the-sudans-oil-agreement-an-important-step-on-a-long-road-ahead.

By Omar Zaki
Think Africa Press
August 28, 2012

After numerous failed negotiations, Sudan and South Sudan finally managed to settle the long disputed transit of oil at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa this month. Disagreement over the transport of South Sudanese oil through Sudan led South Sudan to shut down the production of oil altogether in January, with alarming consequences for both economies. Despite the Sudans’ Oil Agreement leading the way to greater cooperation between the two countries, many issues still remain. The main obstacle to the possibility of peaceful co-existence is the lack of clear borders and border security. Since the independence of South Sudan, conflict endures in Abyei, South Kordofan and the Blue Nile.

After an unsettling year of failed negotiations, heated disputes, and cross-border violence, Sudan and South Sudan this month came to a landmark agreement over the transit of oil.

Failure between the neighbouring governments to agree on a price for the transport of South Sudanese oil through Sudan eventually led to shutdown of production in January. For two economies heavily dependent on oil, the consequences have been dire. The negotiated breakthrough could therefore have monumental significance for both populations, although there is still far to go and numerous highly contentious issues between Sudan and South Sudan remain unresolved.

#soudan #sud-soudan #énergie #pétrole #afrique-est #corne-afrique

Up to 50,000 flee South Sudan tribal turmoil: UN | Top News | Reuters
►http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE80102V20120102

Up to 50,000 people have fled tribal violence in a remote border area of South Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday, in the latest episode of upheaval to hit the new African nation.

South Sudan became independent in July last year under a 2005 peace deal with Khartoum to end decades of civil war. But the new nation is struggling to build state institutions and stop rebel and tribal bloodshed that has killed thousands.

On Monday, some 6,000 armed members of the Lou Nuer tribe attacked the remote town of Pibor in Jonglei state bordering north Sudan after days of clashes with the rival Murle tribe, U.N. sources said.

#Sud-Soudan

Newest nation South Sudan ravaged by war, climate - Yahoo! News
►http://news.yahoo.com/newest-nation-south-sudan-ravaged-war-climate-190434754.html

#climat #mines #guerre #sud-soudan

Foreign groups snap up South Sudan farmland: report | Top News | Reuters
►http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE72M0NK20110323?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

Foreign governments, companies and people sought or acquired about 26,400 km, or 2.64 million hectares of land in southern Sudan from 2007 to 2010 for agriculture, biofuel and forestry projects, the report said.

#terres #Sud-Soudan

The Southern Sudan pie
►http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/19544

The successful South Sudan secession referendum in January 2011 and eventual independence celebration cooled the frayed nerves of many who had adopted a wait-and-see attitude over South Sudan.

However it is instructive to note that since 2005 USA, China, India, Norway, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Turkey, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa and their respective private sectors have been in the forefront seeking to secure business concessions with the new nation. To make this easier and faster all these nations have embassies and consulates in both Juba and Khartoum. Southern Sudan’s massive oil boom, tourism concessions, logging, lucrative mining and infrastructure tenders, medical supplies, education, financial services, agriculture, defense contracts and commodities supplies are a glee to many triggering what is now politically referred to as “land grab”.

#Sud-Soudan #business

Bienvenue au sud-Soudan, 193ème Etat indépendant au monde ! Et bienvenue aux problématiques inhérentes à un pays tout neuf. La Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) explique ainsi que cette indépendance est une bonne nouvelle pour l’ #environnement... >
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