Poland says Belarus keeps bringing migrants to its border

Poland accused Belarus on Sunday of continuing to ferry migrants to its border, despite clearing camps close to the frontier earlier this week, as Polish premier Mateusz Morawiecki toured Baltic states to seek support in the crisis.

Europe accuses Belarus of flying in thousands of people from the Middle East and pushing them to cross into the European Union, which has been at odds with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko since a disputed election last year.

Minsk, which denies fomenting the crisis, cleared a migrant camp near the border on Thursday and started to repatriate some people to Iraq in an apparent change in tack in the conflict that has mushroomed into a major East-West confrontation.

Yet Poland says Minsk continues to truck hundreds of migrants to the frontier, where about 10 migrants are believed to have died with a frigid winter setting in.

“On Saturday … a group of about 100 very aggressive foreigners, brought to the border by Belarusian servicemen, tried to enter Poland by force. (Polish) services prevented the crossing,” the border guard said on Twitter on Sunday.

There had been 208 attempts by migrants to force their way into Poland from Belarus on Saturday, the border guard said, a few more than on Friday but well below the 501 attempts recorded on Wednesday.

Neighbouring Lithuania said 44 migrants were prevented from entering on Saturday, the lowest number in a week.

A dozen migrants from Iraq, speaking with Lithuanian news portal DELFI over the border with Belarus on Saturday, said they were forcibly brought there in military trucks by Belarus officials, who ignored their wish to go back to Iraq.

Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki visited Estonia and Lithuania on Sunday to discuss the crisis with his counterparts from the Baltic states. He will travel to Latvia later in the day.

 

Source: Tap News Agency

Sudan’s military leaders and Hamdok sign deal to reinstate him as PM

Sudan’s military leaders and Abdalla Hamdok signed a deal on Sunday to bring him back as prime minister of a cabinet of technocrats after his previous government was dissolved in a coup last month.

The agreement provides for the release of all political prisoners detained during the coup and stipulates that a 2019 constitutional declaration be the basis for a political transition, according to details read out on state TV.

 

Source: Tap News Agency

Tunisia’s soccer League 1 – Day 7 results [Upd 1]

Results of Tunisia’s soccer League 1 day-7 games played on Sunday afternoon:

 

Group A

Sunday, November 21

Bizerte:

CA Bizertin                  1 Achraf Boudrama 35′

US Ben Guerdane            2 Lassaad Jaziri (20′ & 42′)

 

Soliman:

CS Hammam-lif       1 Nassim Chachia 86′

CS Sfaxien              2 Aymen Harzi (11′ pen.), Mohamed Soula 80′

 

Playing November 22

 

Hammam-Sousse (1400):

ES Hammam-Sousse – US Tataouine

 

El Menzah (1600):

Esperance de Tunis – ES Metlaoui

 

Group B

Played Sunday, November 21

Chebba:

 

CS Chebba      1 Omar Kounaté 77′

C.Africain      1 Yassine Chamakhi 54′

 

Zarzis:      

ES Zarzis            0

US Monastir      1 Ousmane Adama Ouattara 71′

 

Playing November 22

 

Mahdia (1400):

AS Rejiche – AS Soliman

 

Beja (1400):

  1. Beja – Etoile du Sahel

 

Source: Tap News Agency

“Focus Japan” at City of Culture: cultural and artistic foretaste of upcoming TICAD 8 Summit in Tunisia

The Embassy of Japan in Tunis and the Opera Theatre will celebrate Japanese culture through the event “Focus Japan» to be held from November 26 to 28, 2021 at the City of Culture “Chedli Kelibi”, the embassy said in a press release.

This event is an invitation to the Tunisian public to discover the Japanese culture in its many facets in its both tangible and intangible cultural heritage and its contemporary artistic expressions.

The concert of drums by “Munedaiko” (group of Italian-Japanese drums) and the concert of “Syamisen and Koto” (Japanese traditional instruments) performed played by Hideaki TSUJI and Mieko MIYAZAKI in part collaborated with Ms. Srarfi are the main events of “Focus Japan”.

“Focus Japan” will offer the public of the City of Culture Chedli Klibi workshops of origami (the art of paper folding) and Ikebana (flower arrangement), a show of Kendo (martial arts), a roundtable around Japanese literature, a cine-concert Animeorchestra (followed by the screening of the film Demon Slayer) and several screenings of Japanese films in partnership with the Tunisian Cinematheque and the House of Novel.

The public will also have the opportunity to taste dishes of Japanese cuisine throughout the Focus.

The public is also invited to discover the work of choreographer Yasutake SHIMAJI who will be the guest of the Tunis Opera Ballet for a creative residency with the dancers of the Ballet.

“Focus Japan” is also a foretaste of the upcoming TICAD 8 summit (Tokyo International Conference on African Development) that the Japanese government has been leading since 1993, in cooperation with the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the African Union Commission (AUC). TICAD8 will be hosted by Tunisia in 2022. On the sidelines of TICAD 8, a rich cultural programme will be put in place.

 

Source: Tap News Agency

COVID-19: Monastir records 6 more infections on November 19

6 more coronavirus infections and 5 recoveries were recorded in the governorate of Monastir on November 19, the Local Health Directorate said on Sunday.

This brings the total number of infections to 40,094 including 39,028, the same source said.

Currently, 7 patients are staying in hospitals in the region which has not recorded any deaths, the Local Health Directorate noted. The region has reported 1,008 deaths, since the outbreak of the pandemic.

305,808 first doses were administered, that is to say, a rate of 50.46% in the governorate of Monastir. 203,264 jabs were given, i.e. a rate of 33.54% while19,793 third doses were administered, from the launch of the national coronavirus vaccination campaign to November 20.

 

Source: Tap News Agency

COVID outbreak reported at French School of Sousse

A COVID-19 outbreak, which was reported at the French School of Sousse on November 18, was contained, Local Health Director Mohamed Godhbeni said on Sunday.

Classrooms were immediately suspended following a decision made by health profossionals who reported the infection of over 20 students at this French school. They resumed classes after a vacation period, the same source told TAP.

The French school might be shut down on Monday, November 22 in case more cases will be registered, Godhbeni underlined.

The pandemic situation has improved in the governorate of Sousse, said the Local Health Director. He spoke of a decrease in the number of infections which is less than 5 as opposed to an increase in the number of COVID-19 vaccine recipients, with 64 pc of people administered two doses

 

Source: Tap News Agency