Referendum in the Congo: France “takes note of the result” – Europe1

Europe 1 CM with AFP Published at 2:01 p.m., October 27, 2015 , Modified at 2:01 p.m., October 27, 2015

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La France “takes note of the result” of Sunday’s referendum in Congo on the adoption of a new Constitution which enables the President Denis Sassou Nguesso to run again in 2016, said the French Foreign Ministry .

“Result Score”. “We take note of the result,” commented laconically spokesman of the Quai d’Orsay, Romain Nadal. The new Congolese Constitution draft was approved by 92.96% of the vote and a turnout of 72.44%, according to official results announced Tuesday, and immediately denounced by the opposition as a “cheating”.

Suspicions-fixing. Saturday 24 Pascal Mabiala Tsaty, a leader of the opposition, which had called for a boycott of the polls, had estimated that participation had not exceeded “10%”. Denis Sassou Nguesso has suffered “a blow”, he declared, “the Congolese have not moved, it was the motto we gave.”

According to the observations of several journalists in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, the second largest city in the south, and the information gathered in several other major cities in various regions, voters seem to have largely shunned the polls Sunday.

31 years as head of the country The Constitution draft submitted to referendum on Sunday blasted the two locks prohibiting Denis Sassou Nguesso to run for a third presidential term in 2016. the age limit and the number mandates. Returned to power by force in 1997, Denis Sassou Nguesso, who led Congo from 1979 to 1992, has more than 31 years at the helm of the country.

AM Best maintains the rating with stable outlook of Generali – L’Argus de l’Assurance

The note Generali is in stable outlook for one year.

  The Generali group was confirmed its financial strength rating of “A” with a stable outlook, the rating agency AM Best.

 

  AM Best keeps the note financial strength “A” of the insurer Generali and its main subsidiaries. That note is accompanied by a stable outlook. She had been raised from negative to stable in October 2014. The score of credit group is maintained at “a”.

 The rating agency believes that the Italian insurer has strong positions in continental Europe, it demonstrated solid operating performance and that its level of capitalization improves gradually.

  exposure to Italian sovereign debt

 However, Generali remains exposed to debt Italian sovereign (up to € 60.6 billion end 2014), which, according to AM Best, a certain sensitivity to the risk posed by financial market volatility.

 Subsidiaries Italian and Czech of the insurer were awarded for the first time the same financial strength rating as the other entities of the group.

Salzburg genius, flawless – L’Orient-Le Jour

A bunch voice four cardinal points, a piano, melodies of Mozart and music, and divine incantation, shines like a diamond in the grounds of the St. Louis Capuchin church.
Moment Thanksgiving with the Academy of the Paris Opera (presented at the opening of the season by the Antonine University, as part of its concert series dedicated to chamber music) under the vaults of a place of prayer become The time of a Mozart recital, rich lyrical temple of a myriad of celestial and terrestrial resonances at once.
Crees of passion, infidelity, sweet intermissions of the heart, games of chance and love the power of seduction, women’s fickleness, cunning men, as many facets as the voice of the composer’s character The Magic Flute bear to incandescence, the most emotion.
In front of a large audience, an illuminated altar and decorated with large bouquets of white roses, without decoration or costumes, but in simple modern clothes, successive Ruzan Mantashyan and Adriana Gonzalez (sopranos), Gemma Ni Bhriain (mezzo – soprano with Measured appearances since his throat was taken by a wicked laryngitis), Yu Shao (tenor), Tomasz Kumiega (baritone) and Mikhail Timoshenko (bass-baritone). The piano with the lid open, enthroned between the two side aisles, Thibaud Epp.
Four extracts (duo, trio, solo) of the Salzburg genius of lyrical opus (The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni. Cosi fan tutte) to translate all the phosphorescence of a music sound reflection of the beauty and world contradictions.
opening, air, bright, lively, cheerful, the air and Pamina and Papageno arias have solitudes enchanted matches. They open the show notes in any sparkling freshness and fluidity.
On an opera bouffe canvas, commotion under a roof where cohabit lack of virtue and frolicking, but also barbed duel between master and servant. Suzannah, spicy maid, made of trills and rossignolades … The wedding concocted a crazy day that will end anyway with a happy ending. In the sense that the truth will bare their hearts …
Leporello, Don Giovanni (admirable Mikhael Timoshenko who has the gift of ubiquity to move from one to the other) and Zerlina to ‘sing’ seduction and entourloupes. First this formidable nomenclature as a catalog sales, countless victims and prey of incurable Casanova. Hesitation between fidelity and fling: Zerlina at bay with music that deftly mixes baritone and soprano undecided for a ballet between lightness and gravity, pleasure and sin fry
… And with the fireworks The joyful drama, masks fell Cosi fan Tutte (extensively from two acts and many scenes) which closed the concert. As a bonus, of course, music finer. Music that combines subtlety in to the desires of the body and the fantasies of the mind and erotic imagery, sound resources of rivers and streams. Inexhaustible in their palette of vocal colors to identify, in full humor, stealth gravity, without a pompous or stilted rating, while the unfathomable human nature. And the incredible power of seduction of these artists, young, fair and stage presence mastered singing. With, in the final apotheosis, the explosive sextet Cosi for glowing cavalcade polyphonic.
With six votes (multinationals, but that is an effect of chance …) and a keyboard, a flawless evening . Literally and figuratively.

North Kivu: UN notes the improvement in the security situation and … – Radio Okapi

Un MONUSCO vehicle in Beni (North Kivu) where the UN supports the army operation against the Ugandan ADF militia. Photo MONUSCO / Sylvain Liechti

The UN noted the security and humanitarian improvements over the past decade in North Kivu, where the presence of MONUSCO was strengthened.

The UN has made this assessment during an organized retreat, Saturday, October 24 in Goma, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of this international organization in the world.

many actors of public life as well as representatives of all social strata have evaluated the impact of United Nations work on all areas of life in North Kivu.

According to them, this presence has also had impact on other sectors such as development, peace and human rights.

Meanwhile, the deputy governor of North Kivu, Feller Lutahichirwa, felt that the presence of MONUSCO proves that the North Kivu province has not yet finished with the armed groups.

“ For security sector, MONUSCO is there on invitation the Congolese government. It is an indicator that is not yet in post-conflict in all areas because we still have armed groups here and there. The presence of other agencies [UN] is an indicator that we still have difficulties , “he said.

One hundred people, students, members of the government Provincial and civil society in North Kivu attended this day of reflection during which the role and mandate of MONUSCO and UN agencies in the DRC were explained.

day was also an opportunity to pay tribute to the blue helmets and UN personnel died during operations in North Kivu and throughout the country.

This forum of reflection was organized by MONUSCO in collaboration with the province of North Kivu, the Association for the United Nations and the agencies of the UN system.

Jerome Bellanca ends on a high note – ladepeche.fr

                          Published on 10/26/2015 at 3:49 , Updated 10/26/2015 at 7:41

     

                             He will now rest. / Photo DR
                                                                                             
                         

                     

“I will do anything in 2015.” After the finish of Capitol Square, Jerome Bellanca (38) thought only one thing: to rest. It must be said that this year the athlete from Blagnac SC has not spared. In April, he initially endorsed the role of “hare” on the Paris Marathon to accompany Sophie Duarte. In April, on the side of Chavagnes-en-Paillers (Vendee), he won for the second time (after 2013) the championships of France of 100 km 6h 43’45 ”. And September 12 in Winschoten (Netherlands), for the World at this distance, he took down a nice 8th place with a bonus its new personal record in 6h43’41 ”. “Not to mention my two bronze medals per team with the World podium and continental podium,” stated the software engineer embedded SII, based in Basso-Cambo.

Yesterday morning, he found his costume ” Hare “for the Russian Natalya Starkova and Ethiopian Asefa Keneni Gudeta respectively first and second in the women’s scratch. Not without a little warning twenty-fifth kilometer. “At that time, I missed my supplies. So, I had to turn around. And I managed to return to the Ethiopian, “explained the first high-Garonne General with a superb 7th place in 2h33’59 ”.

But Jerome, supported by its partners ERGYSPORT (Dietetics ) and Ten Sports (equipment), had its objectives for 2016. “The Global 100 km and a marathon again.” Business to follow.

VIDEO – “DALS 6″: put a note to foxtrot Djibril Cisse! – MetroNews

When you think Djibril Cissé , one imagines is in keeping footballer kicking a football or with her look for less … Original. But Saturday night, when first premium Dance with the Stars, viewers have discovered a new facet of the sport: the gentleman beside

With his partner! Silvia Notargiacomo , former footballer has tried a foxtrot. A difficult dance to which he delivered a performance rather correct, since it was his first steps on the dance floor. And if the notes have not been very good, the jury was nonetheless conquered.

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For from his first dance steps. forgotten, footballer Djibril Cissé has merged with ease in the shoes of a true gentleman. And this is not only due to his costume It’s simple: the judges were amazed, and all praised the elegance of his gestures and his natural class. Jean-Marc Généreux, fan of puns, even admits he was “ Cissé in two.”

Performance-wise, however, there is still some way to go. If his past athletic high level allows him to have no problem to keep pace, Djibril Cissé will have to focus on technical and on the placement of his feet. To deliver a performance more convincing next week!

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Fitch maintains Morocco’s investment rating – Jeune Afrique

 The rating agency highlights the solidity of public finance indicators of the realm.

Fitch Ratings affirmed Morocco’s rating to ” BBB- “for its long-term emissions foreign currency and” BBB “for its long-maturity issues in local currency, with a stable outlook.

This note up Morocco’s sovereign bonds in the category of the so-called “investment”, considered safest by investors.

In his study published October 23, the rating agency highlights the macroeconomic stability of the kingdom and states that ” gradual consolidation of the public deficit and the foreign trade deficit will sustain the momentum for reducing public and external debt. “

The agency expects a growth rate of 4.6% in 2015 ( against 2.4% in 2014) – 0.3 point higher than the forecast by Fitch in April – mainly because of sustained agricultural production

Public Finance.

Fitch Ratings also points if the level of public debt, estimated at 49.1% of GDP at end 2014 is higher than that of countries sharing the same rating as Morocco, its composition is ” favorable “, with a moderate share of loans in foreign currency (31.4% at end-2014), a” reasonable “maturity and low costs.

The agency expects” its reduction “this debt after” peak “of last year, in line with the deficit reduction policy. The objective of a deficit of -4.3% of GDP announced by Rabat this year is “credible in the light of budget execution figures at the end of July 2015″. Ditto for the medium-term objective set at 3% of GDP in 2017.

In its report, Fitch Ratings puts particular emphasis on the net absorption of current account deficit since 2012. It is expected by Fitch at 3.1% of GDP this year, against -9.5% in 2012, a result of the decline in oil import bill, but also the “development of new manufactured goods (car exports increased 15% year on year in the period January-August 2015 according to the agency) and an ongoing economic recovery in the EU area, Morocco’s main trading partner. “

Outlook

The continued reduction of deficits and public debt are factors that, according to Fitch Ratings, could lead to revised upwards the rating of Morocco.

However, a degradation of public and external accounts, as well as a decline in growth prospects in the medium term or political and social tensions complicating the pursuit of reforms could result in a decline in the rating of the kingdom.