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Die Diskussion über Betrug fällt in die Woche, in der die Kommission die nationalen Zuweisungen bekannt geben will. Es geht um den Zeitraum von 2028 bis 2034 – ein Budgetposten von 300 Milliarden Euro aus dem vorgeschlagenen EU-Haushalt von zwei Billionen Euro für die kommenden sieben Jahre.

Au terme d'une importante réunion tenue, mardi 16 septembre 2025, le parti Bloc républicain (BR) a procédé à la désignation du colistier du candidat Romuald Wadagni à l'élection présidentielle de 2026 au Bénin. La formation politique de la mouvance présidentielle a porté son choix sur l'actuelle vice-présidente de la République, Mariam Chabi Talata épouse Zimé Yérima pour former le duo candidats de la mouvance présidentielle.

C'est Mariam Chabi Talata, qui sera la colistière du candidat Romuald Wadagni à l'élection présidentielle de 2026 au Bénin. Le secrétariat exécutif du parti Bloc républicain a procédé à sa désignation, mardi 16 septembre, au terme d'une importante réunion.
La vice-présidente de la République selon les militants BR, est une « femme de convictions et d'actions, engagée avec constance dans le service public ». Elle incarne à la fois « la rigueur, la proximité avec les populations et le sens élevé de l'État. Son parcours illustre un engagement continu en faveur du développement du Bénin et de l'émergence de la femme dans la sphère publique », précise le communiqué en date du 17 septembre 2025, et qui a sanctionné la réunion du secrétariat exécutif du parti.
Mariam Chabi Talata selon le BR, apparaît comme l'une des personnalités les mieux qualifiées pour accompagner le candidat Romuald Wadagni dans la poursuite des réformes et des actions de développement initiées depuis 2016 sous le leadership du Président Talon, et dans l'accélération de la dynamique de progrès socio-économique pour notre Nation.
Le secrétariat exécutif du BR se félicité de ce choix éclairé et stratégique, et en appelle à une mobilisation forte, massive et constante de toutes les militantes et de tous les militants du Bloc Républicain autour du DUO WADAGNI–CHABI TALATA.

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Thanks to an initiative of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, more than 150 women from Karakalpakstan have enhanced their IT and digital literacy skills. They also successfully acquired practical expertise in e-commerce and digital marketing, laying a solid foundation for the further development of their own businesses based on digital technologies.

The training sessions, which were attended by women from Nukus and nearby districts, concluded with an award ceremony held at the local branch of IT Park Uzbekistan — a modern and rapidly growing innovation hub in the capital of Karakalpakstan.

This marks the fourth initiative jointly implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and IT Park Uzbekistan since 2022. Over this period, more than 500 women from various regions of the country have taken part in the training programs.

"Empowering women is one of the OSCE’s key priorities. Providing women with digital skills opens new opportunities for personal and professional development and contributes to the sustainable development of the region, as well as improving overall quality of life," said Antti Karttunen, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.

Participants of the trainings highly appreciated the opportunity provided.

“This training was a major step forward for me,” said training participant Mehrinur Uzakbayeva. “Before, I hardly used a computer, but now I confidently navigate digital tools, have learned to sell online, and promote products through social media. What’s especially valuable is that such initiatives create new opportunities for women to unlock their potential. The training gave me not only knowledge but also the motivation to grow my business – and maybe even create jobs for other women in the future.”

Such efforts clearly demonstrate how targeted support and quality education can empower women to contribute meaningfully to the sustainable development.

L'ancien directeur général de la Société béninoise d'énergie électrique (SBEE), Godefroy Tchékété n'est plus. Il a tiré sa révérence ce mardi 16 septembre 2025.

Deuil à la SBEE. L'ex DG, Godefroy Tchékété a rejoint la demeure éternelle ce mardi 16 septembre 2025. Pour l'heure aucun détail sur les causes et les circonstances de la mort de l'ancien patron de la société distributrice de l'énergie électrique au Bénin. Le regretté est un ancien gouverneur du district 403-A2 de Lions Club de 1994 à 1995.
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Gazan children standing in the rubble of their demolished home in Rafah. Credit: UNICEF/Eyad El Baba

By Oritro Karim
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 17 2025 (IPS)

On September 16, the Israeli military began its ground offensive in Gaza City, accompanied by intensified bombardment of residential areas and a surge in civilian displacement. Concurrently, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, issued a report in which it found that Israel is responsible for committing genocide in Gaza, citing deliberate efforts to destroy Palestinian life, carried out with near-total impunity.

“The responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies with Israeli authorities at the highest echelons who have orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years now with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza,” said Navi Pillay, Chair of the Commission. “The Commission also finds that Israel has failed to prevent and punish the commission of genocide through failure to investigate genocidal acts and to prosecute alleged perpetrators.”

The Commission found that Israeli forces have repeatedly disregarded orders from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as well as warnings from UN Member States, human rights groups and civil society organizations. Israeli officials have dismissed the Commission’s findings, accusing it of bias and refusing to cooperate with its investigations.

In response to the Commission, Israeli President Isaac Herzog told journalists, “While Israel defends its people and seeks the return of hostages, this morally bankrupt Commission obsesses over blaming the Jewish state, whitewashing Hamas’s atrocities, and turning victims of one of the worst massacres of modern times into the accused.”

The Commission described its report as the “strongest and most authoritative UN finding to date”, while noting that it operates independently from the UN and does not speak on its behalf. Currently, the UN does not categorize Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide, but has been under increasing pressure from its agencies to do so. Back in August, over 500 staff from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk to explicitly recognize the situation as a genocide. “OHCHR has a strong legal and moral responsibility to denounce acts of genocide,” said the letter signed by the UNHCR Staff Committee in Geneva. “Failing to denounce an unfolding genocide undermines the credibility of the U.N. and the human rights system itself.”

Humanitarian experts project that ongoing bombardments will result in an immense loss of human life and eliminate the remaining prospects of survival for those still in the enclave. The UN Human Rights Council (HCR) noted that controlled detonations in Gaza City have leveled entire neighborhoods and are in the process of wiping out “the last viable element of civilian infrastructure’ essential for survival.

The Commission reports that since October 7, 2023, Israel has repeatedly bombarded densely populated residential areas, often relying on explosive weapons with wide-area impacts. One spokesperson for the Israeli security forces told the Commission that they were “focused on what causes maximum damage”. The Commission has documented numerous instances of Israeli forces targeting high-rise buildings and residential apartment blocks, leading to the destruction of entire neighborhoods and the deaths of almost all civilians involved.

Additionally, the Commission observed that the number of bombs used by Israel in the past two years is unprecedented in comparison to other world conflicts, noting that Israel drops in less than a week the number of bombs the United States used in Afghanistan over an entire year —concentrated in a much smaller and more densely populated area.

Airstrikes and shellings on critical civilian infrastructures have disrupted nearly all aspects of life for Palestinians in Gaza. According to the report, damage to agricultural lands across the entire enclave poses significant long-term risks to food production and accelerated food insecurity, leading to famine.

As of February 2025, 403 school buildings in Gaza have been damaged by Israeli bombardment, including eighty-five that have been completely destroyed and seventy-three left only partly functional. The Commission warns that the strikes have effectively collapsed Gaza’s education system, disrupting schooling for over 658,000 children. Without urgent intervention, thousands are expected to suffer long-term psychological harm and stunted cognitive development due to the loss of education and psychosocial support services.

Furthermore, the widespread destruction of hospitals and the immense number of traumatic injuries from Israeli attacks have overwhelmed hospitals and healthcare centers across Gaza, leading to the collapse of the healthcare system. The siege has led to severe shortages in fuel and electricity, while also causing the looting and damaging of life-saving medical supplies and medications. As a result, patients with chronic illnesses and infections from diseases have been deprioritized, leading to a sharp increase in the number of preventable deaths and complications. Medical experts told the Commission that the targeting of healthcare facilities has severely restricted access to care for thousands of Palestinians, with children being among the most affected.

According to the report, between October 2023 and July 2025, approximately 53,000 Palestinians in Gaza were killed as a direct result of Israeli military operations. The Commission reports that Palestinians in Gaza were also attacked in their homes, in hospitals, as well as shelters, such as schools and religious sites. Israeli forces also repeatedly targeted journalists, healthcare personnel, humanitarian workers, and other protected individuals, sometimes even during ceasefire periods and without warning.

The report also documents Israeli forces targeting Palestinians in evacuation routes and designated safe zones, finding that women and children were most often directly targeted and killed, often while alone and in areas not experiencing active hostilities. In every case reviewed, the Commission found that Israeli forces were aware of civilians’ presence but opened fire regardless. Many of the victims were children carrying makeshift white flags , including toddlers who were reportedly shot in the head by snipers.

Furthermore, the report underscores that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was largely ineffective in providing direct relief to struggling Palestinians and has been linked to a surge in civilian deaths. As of July 31, at least 1,373 Palestinians had been killed while trying to access food, with 859 killed near GHF sites and 514 along convoy routes—with most fatalities attributed to the Israeli military.

Furthermore, Israeli forces have effectively hindered humanitarian operations through routine bombardments and shellings. From October 2023 to July 2025, the Commission recorded at least 48 staff and volunteers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) that were killed. Additionally, medical personnel also informed the Commission that Israeli forces deliberately shelled ambulances, with many workers stating that they believed that they had been intentionally targeted.

The Commission also found that Israel weaponised the withholding of life-sustaining necessities, such as food, water, fuel, and humanitarian aid, leading to a sharp increase in preventable civilian deaths. According to the report, families in Gaza have less than one liter of water per person per day for drinking, cooking, and hygiene, which is far below international minimum standards for daily water consumption.

Moreover, water shortages have led to a deterioration of the sanitation system, which is particularly pronounced in displacement camps, where nearly 400,000 kilograms of waste piles up each day. This has led to the rampant spread of infectious diseases such as Hepatitis A.

Additionally, more than ninety percent of the population in Gaza has faced acute food insecurity since October 2023, with the most severe cases being concentrated in northern Gaza. According to figures from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), as of July 2025, food consumption has fallen far below the famine threshold in most areas of the enclave and malnutrition has reached the famine threshold in Gaza City.

The report found that Israeli forces were responsible for deliberately starving and depriving civilians in Gaza of resources that are paramount for human survival, with PRCS stating that Gaza is “unable to sustain life in its current state as civilians find their basic needs unmet”.

The Commission warns that the near-total impunity that Israeli forces and officials have emboldened the continuation of atrocities in Gaza, with global pressure mounting from the international community which urgently calls for an immediate de-escalation of hostilities, unimpeded humanitarian access, and credible mechanisms to hold perpetrators accountable.

“The international community cannot stay silent on the genocidal campaign launched by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza. When clear signs and evidence of genocide emerge, the absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity,” said Pillay. “Every day of inaction costs lives and erodes the credibility of the international community. All States are under a legal obligation to use all means that are reasonably available to them to stop the genocide in Gaza,” she added.

Following the report’s release, the leaders of twenty aid agencies working in Gaza, including Oxfam International, CARE and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), issued a joint statement also urging member states to take action to “prevent the evisceration of life in the Gaza Strip”.

“All parties must disavow violence against civilians, adhere to international humanitarian law and pursue peace. States must use every available political, economic, and legal tool at their disposal to intervene. Rhetoric and half measures are not enough. This moment demands decisive action,” the statement reads.

“The UN enshrined international law as the cornerstone of global peace and security. If Member States continue to treat these legal obligations as optional, they are not only complicit but are setting a dangerous precedent for the future. History will undoubtedly judge this moment as a test of humanity. And we are failing. Failing the people of Gaza, failing the hostages, and failing our own collective moral imperative.”

IPS UN Bureau Report

 

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 188 - Draft report European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs
Committee on Security and Defence
Christophe Gomart

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

AMENDMENTS 1 - 188 - Draft report European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs
Committee on Security and Defence
Christophe Gomart

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

This paper highlights evidence that moderate, regular sunlight supports longevity, heart and immune health, and wellbeing beyond vitamin D. ESA calls for balanced European policies that protect against overexposure while promoting sunlight as an essential health resource.

A spokesperson for the Israeli military said the corridor would remain open for just 48 hours from midday on Wednesday

Au Gabon, après l’élection présidentielle du 12 avril dernier remportée haut la main par Brice Oligui Nguema, auteur du coup d’État qui a balayé le régime d’Ali Bongo, le pays organisera les 27 septembre et le 11 octobre prochain des élections législatives couplées aux locales. La campagne électorale dans la perspective de ces scrutins est ouverte depuis la nuit de mardi 16 à mercredi 17 septembre, à minuit. Le coup d’envoi de cette campagne a été officiellement donné par le ministre de l’Intérieur Hermann Immongault lors d’une conférence de presse. 

Le climat politique est tendu avant le scrutin présidentiel du 25 octobre, notamment en raison de l’exclusion de figures de l’opposition, dont Laurent Gbagbo, à la suite de décisions de justice.

Les États-Unis ont mis en place de nouveaux frais de 1 dollar pour l’inscription à la loterie de diversité. Cette règle, publiée le 16 septembre […]

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The 32-year-old footballer was in court accused of raping two women and sexually assaulting another.

Le Kazakhstan vise une politique étrangère constructive afin de protéger ses intérêts nationaux tout en favorisant la croissance et la stabilité à long terme.

The post Tokaïev présente la feuille de route numérique et politique du Kazakhstan appeared first on Euractiv FR.

Des travaux d’entretien prévus en 2026 réduiront les liaisons TGV entre Lausanne et la capitale française. Face à l’inquiétude, les CFF assurent que l’offre restera fournie.

Au Soudan du Sud, le parti de Riek Machar, le SPLM-IO, a déclaré l’accord de paix « abrogé » après l’annonce le 11 septembre de son l’inculpation et de la suspension du vice-président. Riek Machar a été placé en résidence surveillée fin mars, accusé d’avoir planifié des attaques contre l’armée du président Salva Kiir au nord-est du pays. Il est désormais inculpé de « trahison », « meurtres », « crimes de guerre » et même de « crimes contre l’humanité ». Dans ce contexte, l’accord de paix semble plus que jamais menacé, mais le camp de Salva Kiir affirme le contraire.

Le projet de nouvelle Loi fondamentale ouvre la voie à une candidature du chef de la junte, Mamadi Doumbouya, à une future élection présidentielle.

Le ministre de l’Économie, Stéphane Theurillat, tire la sonnette d’alarme: 10% de la population active jurassienne est concernée par des demandes de chômage partiel.

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey plays for Villarreal against Tottenham, a day before he is set to appear in court on rape and sexual assault charges.