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Mayumba : que sait-on de la défaillance de la plateforme pétrolière Prospector 5 au Gabon, et de ses conséquences ?

Les autorités gabonaises en alerte maximale ont déployé des moyens de recherche et de sauvetage pour retrouver cinq personnes portées disparues depuis l’accident survenu samedi en mer sur la plateforme de prospection pétrolière Prospector 5. Clotaire Kondja, le ministre gabonais du pétrole et du gaz, a fait face à la presse dimanche pour faire le point de la situation et annoncer les dispositions prises par le gouvernement.

BBC News
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International

UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’

Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freeze Senior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a mass atrocity that saw tens of thousands of civilians killed over several days. A year after the fall of El Fasher, the British government said it had sanctioned military leaders from both sides in the country’s ongoing conflict whom it suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city. Continue reading

The Guardian
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