PORT-AU-PRINCE, 17 mai 2012 (AFP) - Le nouveau gouvernement haïtien dirigé par le Premier ministre Laurent Lamothe est entré en fonction mercredi à Port-au-Prince lors d'une cérémonie qui s'est déroulée au palais présidentiel retransmise par la télévision nationale, a-t-on constaté.
Le président haïtien Michel Martelly qui vient de boucler le 14 mai sa première année au pouvoir a donné investiture au nouveau gouvernement mettant un terme à un vide politique créé par la démission en février du Premier ministre Garry Conille.
NAIROBI, May 16, 2012 (AFP) - Somalia's war-ravaged capital Mogadishu will host Thursday its first ever TED talks as part of efforts to showcase improvements in development, business and security, organisers said.
"It is part of Somalia's regeneration, to show that a turning point has been reached after so many years of conflict, and that we are witnessing the rebirth of Mogadishu," said organiser and speaker Liban Egal.
Alerta Verde por 48 horas a partir de las dos de la tarde de hoy para los departamentos de: Olancho, El Paraíso, Colón, Yoro, Cortes, Comayagua y Francisco Morazán (Tegucigalpa y Comayagüela) declara COPECO debido a que es la zona del país más afectada por las lluvias generadas por un sistema de baja presión bien estructurado sobre el territorio nacional.
MIGOMBANI, Zanzibar (AlertNet) – The East African archipelago of Zanzibar is attempting to win “environmental independence” from Tanzania by joining an organisation that promotes the sustainable development of islands in the Indian Ocean.
Zanzibar has lodged a formal membership application with the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), a regional cooperation body whose current members are Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Reunion.
JERUSALEM, May 17, 2012 (AFP) - Israeli forces demolished two structures in the Oz Zion and Ramat Migron settlement outposts in the West Bank, prompting clashes that saw six people arrested, a police spokesman said.
"One building was evacuated in Oz Zion and as a result there were disturbances, six people were arrested for disorderly conduct and entering a closed military zone," Micky Rosenfeld told AFP.
"In Ramat Migron one empty building was evacuated and everything was taken out. There were no incidents there," added Rosenfeld.
