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Le contrôle de la réglementation sur les vitres teintées des véhicules a démarré, ce mercredi 1er octobre 2025, avec une phase de sensibilisation nationale menée par la police républicaine.

Dans un communiqué officiel daté du 5 septembre 2025, le ministre de l'Intérieur et de la Sécurité publique, Alassane Seidou, a annoncé le lancement d'une opération nationale de contrôle des véhicules à vitres teintées. Cette première phase sera non répressive, précise le commissaire Éric Yérima, porte-parole de la police républicaine : « Il n'y aura pas de mise en fourrière ni de paiement d'amendes ».

Cette opération s'appuie sur le décret n°2017-396 du 13 juillet 2017, qui interdit l'utilisation de vitres opaques à l'avant des véhicules. Selon ce décret, le taux d'opacité autorisé ne doit pas dépasser 30 %, ce qui signifie que 70 % de la lumière doit passer à travers la vitre, permettant ainsi aux forces de l'ordre de voir clairement l'intérieur du véhicule depuis l'extérieur.

Exceptions et procédure d'autorisation

Les propriétaires de véhicules équipés de vitres légèrement teintées d'origine (usine) peuvent toutefois bénéficier d'une autorisation spéciale délivrée par l'Agence nationale des transports terrestres (ANaTT). Pour effectuer cette démarche, il faut se rendre sur https://service-public.bj/public/services/service/PS00890.
Les pièces à fournir sont l'original de la carte grise du véhicule ; une photocopie de la pièce d'identité du propriétaire. La présence physique du véhicule est également exigée. La procédure coûte 50 000 FCFA et s'effectue en moyenne sous 48 heures.

Marina HOUENOU (Stag.)

Rachel Iliya only took up rugby league last year but is now hoping to help Nigeria reach the Women's World Cup for the first time.

Rachel Iliya only took up rugby league last year but is now hoping to help Nigeria reach the Women's World Cup for the first time.

Rachel Iliya only took up rugby league last year but is now hoping to help Nigeria reach the Women's World Cup for the first time.

La Société Nationale des Eaux du Bénin (SONEB) annonce une interruption temporaire de la distribution d'eau potable dans plusieurs quartiers de Cotonou et Abomey-Calavi. La coupure est programmée du vendredi 3 octobre à 21h au samedi 4 octobre à 17h.

Dans le cadre des travaux de raccordement de nouveaux ouvrages de stockage à l'usine de Godomey, des quartiers à Cotonou et Abomey-Calavi seront privés d'eau potable du vendredi 3 octobre à l'après-midi du samedi 4 octobre 2025, selon un communiqué de la Société Béninoise des Eaux du Bénin (SONEB) publié ce jeudi.

« Nous invitons les populations à se constituer des réserves d'eau pour la période concernée », prévient la SONEB.

Les zones affectées par cette coupure incluent notamment Godomey, Womey, Cocotomey, Cococodji, Sèdégbé, Hêdomey, Tankpè, Dèkoungbé, Maria Gléta, Togoudo, Bazounkpa, Allègléta, Gbêgnigan, Kindonou, ainsi que des quartiers stratégiques de Cotonou comme Minnontin, Kouhounou, Zogbo, Fifadji, Ste-Rita, Gbèdjromèdé, Wloguèdè, Vèdoko, Houéyiho (1 et 2), Aïbatin, Fidjrossè, Akogbato, AglA, Hlazounto, Lobo-Zounkpa, entre autres.

Malgré les désagréments à venir, la SONEB assure que ces travaux visent à renforcer la capacité de stockage et de distribution d'eau potable à long terme. Elle présente par ailleurs ses excuses aux populations impactées par cette coupure.

“Ces travaux s'inscrivent dans la continuité de l'amélioration de la qualité du service d'eau potable”, précise le communiqué.

Wopke Hoekstra n'a pas ménagé ses efforts au sein de la Commission pour proposer d'augmenter les taxes sur les cigarettes et les produits du tabac alternatifs tels que les e-cigarettes, les produits du tabac chauffés et les sachets de nicotine.

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Auch wenn der Gipfel ohne schriftliche Schlussfolgerungen endete, einigten sich die Mitgliedstaaten darauf, den Verteidigungsministern mehr Einfluss in der europäischen Sicherheitspolitik einzuräumen.

Chaque jour, Gora Fall, un pêcheur local de la ville de Saint-Louis, dans le nord du Sénégal, part en mer avec des sentiments mitigés : espoir et frustration. Les pêcheurs affirment que l'énorme installation offshore exploitée par BP les empêche désormais de survivre.

Chaque jour, Gora Fall, un pêcheur local de la ville de Saint-Louis, dans le nord du Sénégal, part en mer avec des sentiments mitigés : espoir et frustration. Les pêcheurs affirment que l'énorme installation offshore exploitée par BP les empêche désormais de survivre.

Chaque jour, Gora Fall, un pêcheur local de la ville de Saint-Louis, dans le nord du Sénégal, part en mer avec des sentiments mitigés : espoir et frustration. Les pêcheurs affirment que l'énorme installation offshore exploitée par BP les empêche désormais de survivre.

Die Drohung erfolgt nur zwei Wochen nach einem landesweiten Streik, der eine halbe Million Menschen auf die Straße brachte, den Zugverkehr lahmlegte und zu Auseinandersetzungen mit der Polizei führte.

As Cyprus assumes its second Presidency of the European Union, it steps into a role defined by crisis and change. The contrast with its first Presidency (2012) could not be sharper. Then, multilateralism prevailed; collaboration was possible, and conflict manageable. Today, multilateralism is under siege, conflicts dominate, and Europe faces existential challenges: its Union and Security, its Internal and Capital Markets, its Competitiveness, its Freedom and Values.

Every Presidency has one duty: to carry the Union’s business forward. For Cyprus, the central test will be guiding the negotiations on the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). This is an exercise in listening, negotiation, and compromise. More than anything, it will demand that Cyprus acts as an honest broker — a role where smaller member states often succeed more than larger ones.

Three Tests of Success

Like all Presidencies, Cyprus will be judged on three fronts:

• Institutional: Can it leave a footprint by steering the MFF to conclusion?
• Representational: Can it represent a policy theme, bigger than its national interest that endures? Water, as a scarce resource and driver of conflict and migration –with impact across continents -, could anchor a “Nicosia Declaration on Water.”
• Reputational: Can it use neutrality to build a legacy as a convener of peace and compromise?

It is commendable that Cyprus wants to include regional neighbors as observers in EU deliberations. The EuroMediterranean region — 500 million people, 10% of global GDP — is paradoxically the least interconnected in the world. Intra-regional trade is just one quarter of total trade. For a decade, progress has been negligible.

Cyprus, as the EU’s southeastern border, can help change this. By bringing neighbors into the European conversation, it can foster trade, collaboration, and peace. But this must be pursued with neutrality and as part of a long-term strategy and within EU’s governance model— not as a one-off gesture.

The Presidency is about Europe’s collective good, not national gain. Yet Cyprus’ reality cannot be ignored. It remains divided, with EU law barred from 30% of its territory. And, it is Europe’s only isolated island Member State.

This Presidency can remind Cypriots of the benefits of EU membership. It can remind Europeans of the reality that part of EU territory remains occupied by Turkey — an EU trade partner and NATO member. That contradiction must never be normalized, and it must never be replicated elsewhere.

Cyprus should not instrumentalize its occupation and division but deploy it as a precedent and the learnings which point to European security risks, given the current world order, prevailing Russia threats across the EU’s borders and continuing conflict between Israel, Palestine and regional actors.

Cyprus’ Presidency comes at a moment when Europe needs resilience and vision. It is an opportunity for a small state to leave a large footprint. To prove that neutrality can be strength. To show that Cyprus is not an island on the margins, but a player at the heart of Europe’s frontier.

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Des réseaux coordonnés de faux comptes TikTok diffusent des discours pro-russes et favorisant les partis anti-système en République tchèque, ont averti les services de renseignement du pays à la veille des élections législatives des 3 et 4 octobre.

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A drill monkey in an electric enclosure at the ranch. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS

By Promise Eze
BOKI, Nigeria, Oct 2 2025 (IPS)

For the past 23 years, Gabriel Oshie has started his mornings at Drill Ranch in the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, Boki, Cross River state, southern Nigeria.

At sunrise, he walks through an electric enclosure at the ranch, giving bananas and other fruits to the over 200 endangered drill monkeys he watches over.

Drill monkeys are among the world’s rarest primates, known for their brightly coloured faces and short tails. They live in large groups led by a dominant male and are found only in parts of Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon and Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea.

However, their numbers have fallen sharply due to deforestation, hunting and the illegal wildlife trade. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates fewer than 4,000 remain in the wild.

“Wildlife is the beauty of nature,” Oshie said, explaining what motivated him to work at the ranch. “When you see the drill monkeys, the forests, and other animals, you can’t help but appreciate their beauty. But it’s sad that people are destroying wildlife despite its importance.”

Gabriel Oshie has been working at the ranch for the past 23 years. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS

Wildlife Crime

Wildlife crime is the fourth most profitable illegal trade globally, worth billions of dollars each year. Nigeria has become a key hub, with porous borders and weak enforcement enabling traffickers to move ivory, pangolin scales and other endangered species.

Authorities have tried to curb the trade by shutting bushmeat markets and seizing smuggled wildlife. In July, officials announced the country’s largest wildlife-trafficking bust, intercepting more than 1,600 birds bound for Kuwait at Lagos International Airport.

But experts warn these efforts could fail if weak conservation laws, poor enforcement, limited public awareness and the lack of arrests or convictions persist.

“The state of biodiversity in Nigeria is in serious crisis,” said Rita Uwaka, Interim Administrator for Environmental Rights Action. “Much of our forested landscape has been depleted due to industrial plantations expansion, leading to significant loss of plant and animal species with devastating impacts on people and climate. We are also seeing concession agreements awarded to large-scale agro-commodities companies contributing to increased biodiversity loss. They arrive with promises of development, but vast forested areas, family farms, and ancestral lands are handed over to them amidst social, environmental, and gender impacts. In the process, they cut down forests that should serve as vital hubs for ecological conservation.

“The biggest drivers of biodiversity loss in Nigeria are in the agro-commodity sector, where large tracts of forest and wildlife sanctuaries are allocated to corporations at the expense of local communities, especially women and vulnerable groups who suffer differentiated impacts when forests and biodiversity are destroyed,” she added.

Preserving the drills

Two American conservationists, Liza Gadsby and Peter Jenkins, founded Drill Ranch in 1991 through their non-profit group Pandrillus. Now home to over 600 drills, it is the world’s most successful breeding project for the species.

En route to Botswana with only a tourist visa, Gadsby and Jenkins arrived in Nigeria where they learned of a gorilla conservation project in Boki. There, they discovered not only gorillas but also drill monkeys, thought before the 1980s to be nearly extinct outside Cameroon.

“Less was known about drills at the time, and they were more endangered than gorillas across Africa. Of course, the local people knew they were there all along, but the international community had only recently rediscovered them. So, we became quite interested in them,” Gadsby explained to IPS.

For over three years, their tourist journey took a different turn as they travelled across southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon, gathering information and persuading locals to surrender captive drills.

They established a sanctuary in Calabar, the capital of Cross River state, later expanding it into a natural habitat in Boki. They worked closely with 18 Boki communities, each contributing rangers who were often former hunters, to patrol the forests and deter poaching. Their efforts paid off, with locals surrendering as many as 90 drills to the project.

Today, the ranch houses both captive-bred and wild-born drills, each with a name and tattoo number. Alongside the drills, it cares for 27 chimpanzees, a soft-shell turtle and 29 African grey parrots seized from traffickers in 2021. In 2024, 25 parrots were released back into the wild.

The presence of Pandrillus in Boki, one of Nigeria’s largest green canopies, helped drive conservation gains in the area. In 2000, after a decade of lobbying, part of the forest reserve, where the ranch is located, was declared a wildlife Sanctuary by the government.

“We had been lobbying for over ten years, proposing that a portion of the forest reserve be upgraded to wildlife sanctuary status,” Gadsby said.

Bleak Future?

Rehabilitating drills into the wild is the main goal of the project, but rapid deforestation in Boki and Cross River is making this increasingly difficult, said ranch manager Zach Schwenneker.

With the thriving cocoa trade in the region, many people turn to farming for a living, often cutting down forests, including protected areas, for cultivation and exposing drills and other animals in the ranch to poachers.

Government support is also dwindling. Pandrillus once received monthly subventions to care for the animals, but the suspension of this funding has hindered conservation efforts. Today, the ranch relies largely on international aid and individual donations.

Uwaka told IPS that Nigeria’s National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan would have effectively addressed these issues, but she argues that “The problem lies in enforcement. While the laws look impressive on paper, they are often ineffective in practice due to weak monitoring systems. Even where such systems exist, they are insufficient to ensure compliance. Policies should be put in place not to encourage poaching, and there should be strong regulatory frameworks to curb deforestation.”

For Oshie at the ranch, the project can only succeed if people value wildlife and biodiversity and no longer feel the need to hunt drills.

“But I’m here because I want to protect nature. If we are not here, logging activities could take over, destroying the trees and harming the animals,” he said.

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La déclaration du Premier ministre polonais Donald Tusk en début de semaine selon laquelle la guerre en Ukraine est aussi « notre guerre » a provoqué une vive réaction de la part de son homologue hongrois Viktor Orbán, ravivant les tensions entre Varsovie et Budapest.

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