South Sudan
The Security Council was told on Tuesday 10 November that conditions for credible elections in South Sudan are not in place, with the vote planned for 22 December. According to the UN's meeting coverage, the African Union's High Representative, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, said the National Elections Commission has been given $21 million of the $276 million it asked for, and Crisis Group's Murithi Mutiga said the conditions for credible polls are not currently in place. The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Anita Kiki Gbeho, cited reports of more than 140 people killed in communal violence in Rumbek and Greater Tonj last month, according to the UN noon briefing the same day. UN News reported that clashes in Upper Nile state have displaced more than 35,000 people, without giving dates for the clashes.
Spain and Portugal
The FCDO added on 10 November that a national strike is planned in Spain for today, Wednesday 11 November, and is expected to affect transport systems; it gives no organiser or sectors and advises checking with travel providers. It also warned on 10 November of heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous coastal conditions across mainland Portugal, Madeira and Porto Santo, with the greatest risk expected today, and said flooding, landslides, falling trees, travel disruption and short-notice closures of schools and public services are possible.
Haiti
Attacks in Arcahaie and Cabaret, north-west of Port-au-Prince, have displaced more than 5,900 people since late October, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), cited in the UN noon briefing of 10 November. Some 70 per cent are staying with host families and the rest in makeshift sites.
Yemen
The UN said on 10 November that it had condemned the broadcast, on 5 November, of video showing a detained UN staff member making a visibly forced statement while in the custody of the Houthi de facto authorities, and urged the release of all detained personnel. The UN's deputy spokesman said the detained staff are Yemeni nationals. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says supply routes into Ta'iz City are cut and nearly 330,000 people have been displaced across Yemen since the beginning of August, nearly 140,000 of them in Ta'iz Governorate. Our Brief of 9 November gave more than 313,000.
Poland
The UK government now lists the shooting in Kraków on Saturday 7 November as a terrorist act for which victims can claim under its overseas terrorism compensation scheme. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) published a notice on 10 November headed as a Kraków terror attack, saying people injured or bereaved can apply if they are British, EU, EEA or Swiss citizens ordinarily resident in the UK, members of the UK armed forces, or close relatives of someone in those groups; other criteria apply. This updates The Ops Con's report of 8 November, which said no official source we had read then treated the shooting as terrorism. The UK listing does not say how the Polish authorities are treating the case, and it gives no motive.
