In the face of famine, a Talabani official calls for humanitarian aid “without political bias”

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AFP: In the face of famine, a Talabani official calls for humanitarian aid “without political bias”

German Villette: In northern Afghanistan..the Taliban prevent women from entering public baths

Le Monde: NATO members show unity on Ukraine ahead of US-Russia talks

(Le Monde: The European Union.. Emmanuel Macron looks forward to an ambitious future for Europe)

Le Figaro: meeting The UN Security Council on Sudan on Wednesday

AFP: A new general has been chosen to lead the Pentagon’s operations In the Middle East

Le Point: Ethiopia..Amnesty for the leaders of the opposition and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front

LEXPRESS: Biden delivers his State of the Union address on March 1

The Washington Post: The Pentagon : Iranian-backed militias may be behind the recent attacks on our forces in Syria and Iraq

An Afghan woman asks for alms on a snow-covered bridge in Kabul

AFP.. In the face of famine, a Talabani official calls for providing humanitarian aid “without political bias”

The country’s economy collapsed with the end of international aid, and the onset of winter led to a deterioration in the humanitarian situation. No country in 2021 witnessed a turbulent year like Afghanistan, which fell into the hands of the Taliban. The country’s economy, already one of the poorest in the world, collapsed with the end of international aid, and the onset of winter made the humanitarian situation dire.

That is why Deputy Prime Minister and co-founder of the Taliban, Abdul Ghani Baradar, On Friday (January 7), the international community to intervene. “The world must support the Afghan people without any political bias and fulfill their humanitarian obligations,” he said in a video released by state media. “In different places at the moment, people do not have food, shelter, warm clothes or money.”

Snow has covered most of central and northern Afghanistan in recent days, with many parts affected From the south of the flood. According to Abdul Ghani Baradar, this complicates the living conditions of Afghans who are already severely affected by the interruption of international aid, even if he asserts that the Taliban is ready to face this “emergency situation”.

Since the fall of the previous Afghan government backed by the United States and its allies in mid-August, Western countries have cut off the aid taps that kept the country at arm’s length. Washington froze nearly $10 billion in Afghan Central Bank reserves, and the World Bank and International Monetary Fund suspended aid.

In early December, the United Nations warned of the threat of famine, estimating that 23 of 40 million Afghans are at risk of “severe” food shortages this winter.

But donors want to avoid dealing with a pariah international system that no country has yet recognized. The Taliban believe their victory is clear enough not to have to compromise in return, especially on women’s rights.

Some steps forward were highlighted in December, with the adoption of a UN resolution to facilitate Humanitarian aid to Afghanistan for a year and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation pledged to set up a donation fund and try to unlock part of the country’s assets.

Women of Afghanistan are prohibited from entering public baths

German newspaper Villette.. in northern Afghanistan.. Taliban prevent women from entering public baths

The Taliban continues to restrict the lives of women in Afghanistan with strict new rules. In the north of the country, women are no longer allowed to visit public baths. The decision provokes rejection and anger.

The Islamic Taliban movement banned women in northern Afghanistan from using public bathrooms. Sardar Muhammad Haidari, the regional representative of the newly created Ministry of Preservation of Virtue, announced last Monday that women in Balch and Herat provinces would not be allowed to visit public baths. Some facilities were already closed. In the country’s second largest city, only 39% of the city’s neighborhoods have adequate access to water and sanitation facilities.

Winus Azizi of Visions for Children in Afghanistan told the Guardian that many of homes do not have the means to heat large quantities of water. “That’s why people rely on bathrooms in the winter,” she said. Islam calls for religious cleansing after menstruation, childbirth and intercourse, with many going to the baths. I have seen women regularly perform cleansing rituals in the bathroom because there is no hot water in the house.”

Heather Barr, assistant director of women’s rights at Human Rights Watch, told the newspaper that she was “outraged” at the “cruelty of Keeping women away is the only way to quell the cold for no reason.” The Taliban seemed intent on “interfering with every aspect of a woman’s life.”

In the past few weeks, the Taliban have already issued stricter regulations For public life.

Recently, for example, drivers have been instructed not to play music in the car.In addition, women should not be allowed to travel more than 45 miles (about 72 kilometers) ) Without a male companion Most girls’ secondary schools remain closed In many cases, women can no longer return to their jobs. Many have fled the country since the Islamists came to power in August 2021.

Putin and Kasim Tokayev at the presidential residence in Strelna (Russia)

Le Monde: Sacrifice of Kazakhstan’s Independence

Under this title, Le Monde newspaper devoted its editorial to the indications of the President of Kazakhstan’s use of Russian forces to confront the massive wave of protests in the country.

In the face of an unprecedented popular uprising, the former Soviet republic formally requested the intervention of the Russian army, giving Vladimir Putin an opportunity to increase his grip on the region.

This is a new situation in the former Soviet Union: in the face of an unprecedented popular uprising, the President of Kazakhstan called for the intervention of forces from allied countries, led by the Russian army. Since Thursday, January 6, Russian soldiers have arrived by plane in Almaty, the main city of this vast republic in Central Asia.

Communications and air links have been severely disrupted since the beginning of the unrest, and it is difficult to obtain An accurate and reliable picture of the development of the situation. But it is clear that what started on January 2 in the city of Zhanawzin in western Kazakhstan, as a movement of anger over the doubling of fuel prices, quickly spread to the rest of the country and turned into a violent protest against the regime and its management of fuel in light of the economy based on the exploitation of gas and oil and its corruption.

It is clear that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was taken by surprise and made some concessions. Announcing the resignation of the government – and in a sign that he had correctly understood the subject of the dispute – he removed former President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The latter, who was already in power at the time of the Soviet Union and is now 81 years old, ended up leaving the presidency in 2019 but has maintained his influence through a new body, the National Security Council. A symbol of his countrymen’s discontent, at least one of his statues was smashed during the riots.

Bloody suppression

These concessions were not enough. The casualties in the clashes, if we believe the figures announced by the Ministry of the Interior on Friday, are heavy: 26 demonstrators and 18 members of the security forces were killed, hundreds were wounded, and 3,000 were arrested. President Tokayev claims to have restored “constitutional order”. But at what cost?

At the expense of the bloody repression of the security apparatus, which was controlled by the president by appointing one of his relatives at their head instead of one of Nazarbayev’s men. And at the expense of Moscow’s call for help under the pretext of “terrorist” aggression, it is likely to justify the intervention of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which links Kazakhstan That is Prussia, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It was not necessary for President Vladimir Putin to be asked to immediately send 3,000 men, who would be supported by a few hundred troops from other countries, except for Kyrgyz people for the time being. These foreign forces are supposed to ensure the security of strategic points while Kazakh forces try to restore order.

If they succeed, Mr. Tokayev will have kept his seat and turned the page on Nazarbayev, but he will be, like his Belarusian colleague Alexander Lukashenko, indebted to Moscow for staying in power. For a country that in recent years has attempted some sort of equal distance between Beijing and Moscow, and has also cultivated its relations with Turkey and Europe, this is a major concession and a tragic step backwards. To hope to increase his control over a part of this disappearing empire which he greatly regrets: after Armenia and Belarus, he will also gain control of Kazakhstan. But on the eve of initiating the negotiations he demanded with the United States by again threatening Ukraine, he appears above all as the contested master of a field plagued by incessant revolutions, where he can rule only by force and repression.

Ukrainian Marine Corps in Donetsk region, Ukraine

Le Monde: Ukraine..NATO members show unity before US-Russian talks )

Before the opening of US-Russia talks on Monday January 10th in Geneva to defuse the threat of Russian intervention in Ukraine, NATO demonstrated its unity.

Russia, which has massed tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine’s borders in recent months, is demanding security guarantees from the West, in particular an end to all military cooperation between NATO, Ukraine and Georgia and any NATO expansion To Eastern Europe.

The Russian military build-up around Ukraine continues and is accompanied by a threatening letter from Moscow if its demands are not accepted. “Nevertheless, they are unacceptable demands and the risk of a real new conflict,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday, January 7, after a video conference with the heads of diplomacy of the alliance’s 30 member states.

Moscow’s proposals

At the end of last year, the Kremlin announced two treaty proposals obligating NATO to exclude Ukraine from any future membership and reduce its forces near the border with Russia. “There is no doubt that NATO will waive the principle of each country’s right to choose its own path, including what kind of security agreement it wants to be a part of,” Stoltenberg said. NATO intervention in Ukraine

Jens Stoltenberg warned: “We must prepare for the possibility of a failure of the consultations… If Russia decides to use military means against a neighbour, it will be subject to severe economic and political sanctions.”

But he reiterated that NATO will not intervene militarily because Ukraine is not a member of NATO. “Ukraine is a partner, but it is not covered by the collective defense clause among the 30 allies,” he said. Nevertheless, the alliance is preparing to strengthen its military presence on its eastern flank. Jens Stoltenberg stressed that “we have great capabilities,” noting that NATO had a rapid reaction force of 40,000 men.

But the Allies set conditions. And British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss called on the Russian government to “de-escalate, pursue diplomatic channels and respect its commitments regarding the transparency of military activities.” For his part, her Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau stressed that “talks with Russia cannot take place in light of an escalation situation towards Ukraine and NATO.” Jens Stoltenberg insisted that “no discussion of Europe’s security would take place without the Europeans at the negotiating table”. Russia to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. He promised in Kiev that “there will be no discussion of Ukraine without Ukraine.” He added that a “diplomatic solution” with Russia “is still possible” if Moscow plays the game of dialogue to defuse the crisis over Ukraine. “But a diplomatic solution is still possible and preferable if Russia chooses this path,” he said a week before talks between the West and Moscow.

The French president insisted on Friday that “the entire geopolitical situation in the region requires That Europe and the European Union be able to present their vision of things and work and sit around the table with all stakeholders” at a meeting in Paris with members of the European Commission, chaired by German Ursula von der Leyen. Moscow to participate in the NATO-Russia Council meeting on Wednesday, after the Geneva talks, the first since the summer of 2019. “This is a positive sign because tensions are high,” said Jens Stoltenberg. The meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will be followed in Vienna the following day.

Macron and Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference at the Elysee

Le Monde: The European Union.. Emmanuel Macron is looking forward to an ambitious future for Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron looks forward to an ambitious future for Europe during his country’s presidency of the European Union “We are now at work,” he said in a press conference on Friday, January 7th. If it officially began on January 1, the French presidency of the Council of the European Union, it actually began at the end of this week, when Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, and twenty-six commissioners traveled to Paris on Thursday and met Friday with the President of the Republic, Prime Minister Jean Castix, and a number of members His government, as well as deputies.

Instead of giving the long speeches about the “sovereign” Europe that he had been inviting five years ago at the Elysee Palace, Emmanuel Macron insisted that he wanted France to be the Presidency of the Union. PFUE “European Moment.” Against the backdrop of the election campaign in France, at a time when Euroscepticism is growing in strength, the President knows that he must show, on this occasion, that building society can improve the lives of French people.

Paris intends to complete negotiations between the 27 countries and the European Parliament on certain draft directives, such as those on the European minimum wage, which are intended to encourage countries with lower social prices to raise higher wages. To enable the European Union to adopt a new digital regulation. Schengen reform

The Elysee also wants to push through some issues that member states have not yet agreed upon. With regard to defense in Europe, France hopes that, during their meeting at the end of March, European Heads of State and Government will adopt the “Strategic Compass”, a white paper on defense that analyzes the threats facing the 27 countries and presents, in particular, to the creation of a rapid deployment force of 5,000 MAN.

It also aims to launch the reform of Schengen, this free movement zone that has been put to the test in recent years by the immigration crisis, terrorist attacks and even the pandemic. If the 27 countries agree on the goal – strengthening external borders in order to reduce internal border controls – the way to get there is much debated. His desire to compromise with his peers on a border adjustment mechanism so that the EU could tax imports of goods with less stringent environmental standards produced in third countries. It is a topic that he also divides, while some countries, such as Germany, fear that it will be seen as a declaration of a trade war by the European Union partners, led by the United States, when others fear that it will translate to a higher level. Prices in these times of inflation.

As noted by Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy, on Friday, the PFUE should also be an opportunity to go “as far as possible” in renegotiating the Stability Pact and growth, which governs finances. (The public deficit should not exceed 3% of GDP and debt 60%). Faced with the explosion in debt since the onset of the pandemic and the need for Europeans to invest on a large scale if they do not want to find themselves falling behind the United States or China, she calls France to reform. But, even if Berlin and The Hague seem less tied to budget orthodoxy than in the past, the discussions promise to be “lively,” the minister acknowledges.

Foreign Policy, Migration, and the Maastricht Criteria .. a lot of topics that can intrude on the French presidential election campaign, at a time when the slogans of sovereignty are increasing. In this context, the very likely future candidate Emmanuel Macron will have to be especially careful not to disappoint the bulk of his electorate. He will be particularly attentive to the manner in which France will manage, during the PFUE, issues relating to the rule of law, which are increasingly being questioned, particularly in Poland and Hungary.

In this context, Paris planned To re-launch the Article 7 procedure launched against these two countries for violating EU values.

However, Paris is counting on Brussels to activate the new clauses mechanism in the coming weeks to push European money to respect the rule of law against Warsaw and Budapest. This mechanism relates only to violations of the rule of law that jeopardize the proper management of European funds. In the end, it will be necessary to think about expanding its field of application,” continues this minister. The message is clear: above all, do not allow the feeling that Europe is helpless to take root. Security Council Building

Le Figaro: UN Security Council meeting on Sudan on Wednesday

The UN Security Council will hold an informal meeting on Wednesday on the latest developments in Sudan, diplomatic sources learned on Friday, January 7th. This meeting will be held via videoconference. The same sources have requested that six countries out of the 15 member states of the council: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Norway, Ireland and Albania. “Unexpected and will be opposed by China and Russia.” In the past, these two countries have repeatedly emphasized that the situation in Sudan is a country’s internal affair and does not threaten international security.

Diplomats said the meeting would allow the UN envoy the united To Sudan, Volker Perthes briefed the members of the Council on the situation in the country since the resignation of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday.

General Michael Corella (second from right)

AFP: The selection of a general to lead the Pentagon’s operations in the Middle East

The Pentagon announced on Friday (January 7th) that President Joe Biden has appointed the commander of the most experienced unit in the US Army, General Michael Corella, to head US operations in the Middle East. If confirmed by the Senate, General Corella will succeed Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie at the head of the US Army’s Central Command (Centcom), which oversees military operations in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, the United States, and Yemen. According to his official biography, General Corella, 55, currently commands the 18th Airborne Corps, which at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, gathers the majority of the United States Army’s deterrent force. He fought privately in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, where he was shot during an attack in Mosul in 2005. He also held responsibilities in the United States Army General Staff and commanded the prestigious 82nd Parachute Division. He is known to have participated in the Normandy landings in 1944.

The US Army is organized into geographic commands such as AFRICOM for Africa or Yucom for Europe, but also thematically such as Strategic Command (Stratcom) responsible for The country’s nuclear armament or Spacecom, responsible for space.

Iskandar Nega, one of the opponents after his release
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Le Point: Ethiopia.. Pardon the leaders of the opposition and the Popular Front For the Liberation of Tigray

The Ethiopian government announced, on Friday evening, amnesty and the release of many of the imprisoned politicians, including the leaders of the opposition and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a party from the northern Tigray region that has become a rebel group.

This surprising announcement follows a call for “national reconciliation” by Earlier Friday, on the occasion of the Orthodox birthday celebration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose country has been torn apart for 14 months by the conflict between the federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front rebels. The way to a permanent solution to Ethiopia’s problems is in a peaceful and non-violent manner,” according to the government statement.

“The key to permanent unity is dialogue. Ethiopia will make all sacrifices to achieve this end,” according to the text that lists the names of Many exhibition leaders The TPLF, but also important members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, the party that actually ruled Ethiopia for nearly 30 years, has taken up arms since Prime Minister Abiy sent Ahmed the Federal Army to Tigray in November 2020 to remove the regional authorities – the Tigray Liberation Front – that challenged his authority.

It was not immediately clear how many detainees in question had actually been released.

However, the opposition Balderas party announced the release of its founder, Iskandar Nega, an opposition figure whose name was included in the pardon list. Facebook Photo of Mr. Iskandar and one of his fellow prisoners with fists raised outside Kaleti Maximum Security Prison in Addis Ababa where they were being held.

The list of persons pardoned includes former media mogul Jawar Mohamed, Congressman Federal Oromo. A former ally of Mr Abiy and himself from the Oromo, the largest ethnic group in the country – Mr. Jawar has become one of his fiercest critics.

Like Mr. Iskandar, Mr. Jawar was arrested in July 2020 along with opposition figures Another, after an outbreak of violence sparked by the shooting in Addis Ababa the previous month of a very famous singer, of ethnicity is Oromo.

These demonstrations and violence resulted in the killing of 239 people within a few days, against the backdrop of ethnic tensions and resentment.

Among the front’s officials The Tigray People’s Liberation Movement, who were mentioned in the government statement, are Sebhat Nega – one of the party’s founders – Kidosan Nega, Abai Woldo, Abadi Zemo (former ambassador to Sudan) and Mulu Gebrzeyaber.

The conflict in the Tigray, with a population of six million, has killed thousands, and the region, which faces what the United Nations calls a “virtual blockade” of humanitarian aid, lacks food and medicine. Ethiopia was carried out by the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, who is trying to encourage peace talks between the government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

He added, “I remain actively committed to helping Ethiopia end the fighting and restore peace and stability.”

Joe Biden

LEXPRESS: Biden delivers State of the Union address on March 1

Joe Biden will deliver the State of the Union address, the traditional policy address by presidents in the United States Congress MARCH 1

By tradition, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited him Friday in a letter to “share his vision” with US elected officials. Unsurprisingly, Karen-Jean-Pierre, one of its spokesmen, said the president accepted the invitation.

The date chosen for this speech, which is usually attended by hundreds of parliamentarians and guests, is particularly late, the “state of the union” usually takes place in the last weeks of January or early February. It may have been explained by health reasons, at a time when the Omicron variable was raging in the United States.

But this deadline also gives the US president more time to hope his major reform projects will pass in the US Congress, where they have been stuck for months.

– Kindergarten, Climate, Voting

First there is “Building Back Better”, this project This massive investment in social and environmental conditions is supposed to provide a nursery for all American children, to make the country win in the face of climate change and competition from China. used by one senator, Joe Manchin. The Democrat-elect from the impoverished state of West Virginia considers the project too expensive and likely to fuel inflation. The White House is trying by all means to change its mind.

Joe Biden, who promised Thursday that he would not allow anyone to “put the knife to the throat of democracy,” also wants to pass a law that is supposed to protect the right of minorities to vote in the United States.

Since the defeat of Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, many Republican states have passed laws imposing various restrictions on voting, such as prohibiting the distribution of snacks to voters queuing to vote or promoting voting by mail. . NGOs believe these rules specifically target and punish African-American voters, who voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden in the last election.

The president’s party is seeking to neutralize these restrictions with a major electoral reform project at the federal level, but this provision is also obscured in the Senate, where it requires Republican approval for its passage. Democrats are trying to build on the momentum around the anniversary of the Capitol attack and are making various threats to try to force it to pass.

Investment Project, Voting Reform.. Joe Biden hopes to be able to applaud the adoption of these two big projects during his policy address, thereby giving fresh impetus to his presidency, which is weighed down by polls Bad opinion A few months before crucial elections: midterm legislative elections, always fraught with dangers for incumbent presidents.

John Kirby

The Washington Post: The Pentagon: Iranian-backed militias may be behind the recent attacks on Our forces in Syria and Iraq

The US Department of Defense (Pentagon), said Wednesday , that a series of attacks this week on bases housing US soldiers in Iraq and Syria may have been carried out by Iranian-backed militias and militias. He said that incidents every day this week, including missile attacks and incursions from explosive-laden drones, were coordinated by groups trained and supported by Iran. It is increasing” by these militias, adding that drone attacks in particular are becoming more accurate, although no Americans have been injured so far this week. It is not clear what caused the attacks, although the commanders were conscious, it happened on On Monday, the anniversary of the US strike that killed Qassem Soleimani.

“We don’t know for sure why the attacks are escalated,” the Pentagon spokesman said, adding that some militant groups have vowed to attack coalition forces remaining in The region after announcing the end of its combat mission last month.

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