BAMAKO, April 10 (Reuters) - Around 2,000 Malians marched through the capital Bamako on Tuesday appealing for foreign help to dislodge Tuareg-led rebels in the north, saying a humanitarian crisis was looming and civilians had been abused.
The 15-state ECOWAS grouping of West African countries is preparing an intervention force of up to 3,000 troops but has said its mandate is to prevent any further rebel advances rather than win back the lost ground. Ex-colonial power France has offered logistical support but ruled out sending troops.
Военные, предпринявшие попытку государственного переворота в Гвинее-Бисау, арестовали ведущих политических деятелей страны.
Мятежники практически полностью контролируют ситуацию в столице Бисау и его главные улицы. Они штурмом взяли здание Национального радио. При попытке штурма правительственной резиденции была использована артиллерия, сообщает ИТАР-ТАСС.
Военные, захватившие ряд стратегических объектов, полностью прекратили подачу электроэнергии.
Все арестованные политики находятся сейчас в крепости Амура, где располагается генштаб вооруженных сил.
Военные блокировали все подступы к представительству ООН в стране, а также к зданиям дипломатических миссий. Здесь полностью запрещено движение автомобильного и другого транспорта, закрыт проход для пешеходов
Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:26am GMT
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday everything had to be done to prevent a "terrorist or Islamic state" emerging in northern Mali after rebels seized vast tracts of the desert north.
Chinese presence in Guinea-Bissau dates back to the country’s struggle for independence but has intensified substantially in recent years. China has recently built two hospitals, a sports stadium, a new fishing port, a new national assembly and the new complex of government buildings, including its equipment. It is also expected to build a presidential palace in Bissau. China also supports rural development. Recently 2 000 rural houses, three schools and an agricultural research programme aimed at boosting the productivity of rice and tropical fruit crops were built.
....China’s engagement is directly negotiated at the highest political level. The government provides a menu of infrastructure projects, and China then chooses which projects to develop. China commits to deliver turnkey projects and does so more quickly than traditional partners, but tends to import all construction materials and most of the labourers, who live on-site.
China’s main economic interests in the region are fishing and natural resources such as bauxite, phosphates and oil. Chinese companies have expressed interest in exploiting concessions. The difficult business environment and the lack of basic infrastructure and public services, however, are constraining potential Chinese investments.