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Competitiveness is at the heart of the EU’s agenda as it transitions toward a more sustainable economy. The Competitiveness Compass and the Clean Industrial Deal provide new direction to achieve this shift. Circularity focuses on the entire life cycle of many products via material use reduction, product maintenance and servicing, as well as strategies such […]

Le parti ‘'Les Démocrates'' a désigné, ce mardi 14 octobre 2025, son duo de candidats pour l'élection présidentielle de 2026 après une journée de tension au siège du parti à Cotonou.

Le duo du parti "Les Démocrates" est enfin connu. La session extraordinaire débutée ce lundi a pris fin ce mardi matin après 5 heures avec la désignation du duo Me Renaud Agbodjo et Jude Bonaventure Lodjou pour représenter le parti à l'élection présidentielle 2026.

Ce lundi, le parti a été confronté à une situation de dernière minute pouvant l'empêcher de prendre part à la prochaine élection présidentielle.
Le député Michel Sodjinou, membre du groupe parlementaire Les Démocrates, a, par exploit d'huissier, sommé le président du parti, Yayi Boni de lui rendre son parrainage qu'il avait retiré auprès de la CENA. Statuant publiquement et de manière contradictoire, le tribunal a ordonné la restitution immédiate du formulaire au député Sodjinou, et ce « nonobstant toute voie de recours ».

Les discussions ont été très tendues lors de la session extraordinaire. Le président du parti Boni Yayi a même quitté les lieux vers 15 heures. Il est y revenu après minuit pour apaiser les tensions et trouver ensemble avec les membres un consensus.

Des débats ont eu lieu à huis clos. Selon le président de la commission d'étude des dossiers de candidature, Christophe Monsia, la route fut longue et parsemée d'embûches mais l'arrivée est belle avec la sortie de la fumée blanche.

Pour cette course à la Marina, le parti Les Démocrates a enregistré au total 34 dossiers de candidats. Le comité mis en place a procédé à l'examen des dossiers et à des entretiens avec chaque candidat avant de transmettre les décisions au président du parti Boni Yayi.

L'enregistrement des dossiers de candidature pour le scrutin présidentiel sera clôturé ce mardi 14 octobre à la CENA.

Le duo du parti "Les Démocrates" désigné devra dans les prochaines heures procéder au dépôt officiel de son dossier à la CENA.

AMENDMENTS 699 - 825 - Draft report Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David McAllister

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Golubic schlägt in Osaka abgestürzte US-Open-Siegerin

Ein Zürcher Hundebesitzer kämpft vor Bundesgericht um seinen Mischling. Dieser wurde als verbotener Listenhund eingestuft und soll beschlagnahmt werden. Welche Rassen unter das Verbot fallen, sorgt immer wieder für Streit.

Der Entführer von Impfchef Christoph Berger wurde durch die Polizei erschossen, nachdem er seine Freundin getötet hatte. Die Behörden hätten korrekt gehandelt, hält nun das Zürcher Obergericht fest. Die Mutter des Getöteten will weiter ans Bundesgericht.

In Österreich startet der Strafprozess des Jahres: Der bankrotte Immobilien-Mogul René Benko muss sich am Dienstag und am Mittwoch am Landesgericht Innsbruck wegen betrügerischen Konkurses verantworten. Blick erklärt dir alles zum Fall des gefallenen Unternehmers.

Von früh bis spät an Christa Rigozzis Seite: Reto Scherrer erlebt im neuen Format «Per du mit Reto», wie vollgepackt ihr Alltag ist. Zwischen Gemüsehändler, Möbelhaus, Boutique und Fernsehen bleibt kaum Zeit zum Verschnaufen.

Die Schweizer U21-Nati trifft auf die überraschend starken Färöer. Der Fussballzwerg hat in der EM-Qualifikation bereits drei von vier Spielen gewonnen. Trainer Sascha Stauch warnt davor, den Gegner zu unterschätzen.

Kurze Verschnaufpause im dichten Tagesprogramm von Christa Rigozzi: Die Unternehmerin prüft ihre neuen Betten, produziert Social-Media-Content und plaudert mit Reto Scherrer über Eifersucht und das Rezept für lange Liebe.

Nach dem 0:0 gegen Slowenien hat die Nati das WM-Ticket noch nicht in der Tasche. Warum Granit Xhaka und Murat Yakin trotz eines möglichen Finalspiels gegen den Kosovo zufrieden sind.

In today's edition: World Health Summit, AI in health, French government

A hétfőn szabadon engedett izraeli túszok közül többen beszámoltak arról, mi mindenen mentek keresztül a Hamász terroristáinak fogságában. Hosszú időt töltöttek a külvilágtól elzártan, éheztették és kínozták is őket, írja a Telex.

L’automne s’installe bel et bien en Algérie. Ce mardi 14 octobre, le pays connaîtra une météo contrastée, entre averses, ciel voilé et légères éclaircies. Les […]

L’article Pluies, orages et ciel voilé au programme météo de ce mardi 14 octobre en Algérie est apparu en premier sur .

Die Preise für selbstgenutztes Wohneigentum sind im dritten Quartal 2025 weiter gestiegen. Dabei haben sich die Einfamilienhäuser zuletzt etwas mehr verteuert als die Eigentumswohnungen.

In today's edition: NGTs, lab fish, biofuels

Alig két héttel a Gabrielle hurrikán után most az Alice okoz heves esőzéseket, áradásokat Spanyolország keleti részén.

Written by Gregor Erbach.

The forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP30 – to be held in Belém, Brazil, in November 2025, is a decisive moment in international climate action. By September 2025, countries have to submit the third round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0) that will determine whether the targets of the Paris Agreement remain within reach. NDCs are countries’ climate plans, setting national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets and means of implementation. Parties to the Paris Agreement must update them every five years to ensure progress towards the agreement’s temperature target. The updated NDCs cover a timeframe up to 2035 and must align with the outcomes of the first global stocktake and with Parties’ long-term GHG emissions reduction objectives.

Analysis by the United Nations Environment Programme shows that current efforts would lead to global warming of between 2.6 and 3.1 °C by 2100. Therefore, NDCs should demonstrate increased ambition, backed by concrete measures to deliver on the targets. Those major economies that have already submitted NDCs 3.0 (Brazil, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States) have set higher targets for 2035 compared with 2030. However, these pledges would already take up about 36 % of the remaining post-2030 carbon budget for 1.5 °C, while these Parties represent only 19.2 % of global emissions.

The EU needs to submit its collective NDC 3.0 in September 2025, informed by the legislative proposal for amending the European Climate Law with a climate target for 2040.

Read the complete briefing on ‘The third generation of national climate plans: Analysis of major economies’ nationally determined contributions ahead of COP30‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Timelines of major economies’ successive waves of NDC submissions NDC 3.0 share of the remaining global post-2030 carbon budget

A child gazes to the camera as he waits for his turn at a UNICEF-supported mobile clinic in Boucan Carré, Haiti. Credit: UNICEF/Herold Joseph

By Oritro Karim
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 2025 (IPS)

New figures from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) show that displacement has surged significantly in Haiti, deepening existing security and humanitarian crises in a country where nearly 90 percent of the capital is controlled by armed gangs.

“Children in Haiti are experiencing violence and displacement at a terrifying scale,” said Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director. “Each time they are forced to flee, they lose not only their homes but also their chance to go to school, and simply to be children.”

More than 1.3 million people have been displaced due to rising insecurity, including over 680,000 children—twice as many as last year—who have been forced from their homes by violence. The report notes that the scale of displacement in 2025 has reached “unprecedented” levels, with the number of displacement sites having soared to 246 nationwide. Thousands of children have been displaced multiple times as a result of heightened violence from armed gangs.

UNICEF’s latest Child Alert report highlights the fragile state of displacement shelters in Haiti as roughly 33 percent displacement shelters lack basic protection infrastructure. Women and children bear the brunt of this crisis, facing disproportionate levels of violence, exploitation, and abuse. Additionally, the UN notes that violations of children’s rights are a daily occurrence, especially in areas that are under the control of armed gangs.

It is estimated that over 2.7 million people, 1.6 million of whom are women and children, live under the control of armed gangs. The security situation in the vast majority of Haitian displacement shelters is dire, with the UN noting that gender-based violence is widespread and fear is particularly pervasive among an entire generation of children and adolescents.

“More children are being subjected to trafficking, exploitation and forced recruitment by the gangs,” said Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR).“We can only imagine the long-term impact, for the children of Haiti, and for society as a whole.”

With most schools being used as displacement shelters, education in Haiti has been severely disrupted, affecting roughly half a million students. Over 1,600 schools were closed, and dozens were occupied by armed groups during the 2024–2025 school year. The education sector is also grappling with acute shortages of textbooks, learning materials, and qualified teachers.

“Nearly 1,600 schools have been attacked, occupied, or closed as a result of unrelenting violence, leaving more than one in four children out of the classroom,” said Giacomo Colarullo, UNICEF’s Emergencies Communications Officer. “ School is not only a place to learn, but a safe haven. When that disappears, we are risking the development and future of an entire generation.”

UNICEF estimates that more than 3.3 million children in Haiti are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, with over one million facing severe food insecurity. This year, an estimated 288,544 children under the age of five are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition. The worsening hunger crisis is largely driven by soaring staple food prices, which have made basic items unaffordable for most families, forcing many to skip meals or rely on nutrient-poor diets.

Additionally, widespread insecurity along border crossings and key access routes has severely restricted the delivery of humanitarian aid, cutting off access to nutrition, healthcare, and protection services. Aid workers continue to face high risks of violence while carrying out their duties

“Hunger is worsening at an alarming speed,” Colarullo said. “Less than half of health facilities in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince remain fully functional, leaving the same children often unable to reach the care they need to survive and thrive. UNICEF and partners continue to stay and deliver therapeutic food, mobile clinics and support for internally displaced families, but access and funding remain major obstacles.”

Conditions for children in Haiti have been further worsened by recent cuts to foreign aid and severe funding shortages for lifesaving humanitarian programs, including the World Food Programme (WFP), on which the country has long depended for food security. Since January 2022, WFP has reached over two million people in Haiti and worked with the Haitian government to provide school meals to thousands of children.

WFP estimates that it will need at least USD 139 million to sustain aid operations for Haiti’s most vulnerable populations for the next twelve months. However, recent funding cuts have forced the agency to suspend hot meal distributions and reduce food rations by half for families in displacement centers. For the first time, WFP has also been unable to pre-position food supplies for climate-related disasters during the Atlantic hurricane season due to a lack of resources.

“Today, more than half of all Haitians don’t have enough to eat,” said Wanja Kaaria, WFP’s director in Haiti. “With our current levels of funding, WFP and partners are struggling to keep starvation at bay for thousands of the most vulnerable – children, mothers, entire families who are running out of options and hope.”

Despite continued access challenges, UNICEF and its partners have been able to make vital progress in addressing the vast scale of needs. So far, the agency has treated over 86,000 children suffering from malnutrition and provided healthcare services to over 117,000 people. Additionally, UNICEF has provided access to safe water for 140,000 people.

UNICEF is urgently appealing for greater international support to expand lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced children—ensuring safe shelter, family tracing and reunification, psychosocial care, and access to essential health, nutrition, education, and sanitation services. However, the organization’s Humanitarian Action for Children appeal for Haiti remains critically underfunded, threatening to halt these efforts.

“The children of Haiti cannot wait,” Russell warned. “Like every child, they deserve a chance to be safe, healthy, and to live in peace. It is up to us to take action for Haiti’s children now.”

IPS UN Bureau Report

 

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