First Lady not the Last lady Michelle Obama awa rol model wa watoto

She's become a role model for children and adults keen to get fit - and Michelle Obama isn't keeping the secret behind her notoriously toned arms secret. 

The First Lady, who is campaigning against childhood obesity with her Let's Move initiative, exercised on the South Lawn of the White House today.

Joined by star athletes including gymnast Dominique Dawes, ice-skater Michelle Kwan, tennis player Billie Jean King and basketball's Grant Hill, Mrs Obama led activities to promote physical fitness among military families. 

A fit role model: The First Lady leads activities for more than 80 students and parents on the South Lawn of the White House as part of an event to promote physical fitness among military families

Speaking to a crowd of 80 children and their parents before the activities began, Mrs Obama announced three new physical fitness opportunities for military families.

She said the American Council on Exercise would provide a minimum of one million hours of free personal training. 

 

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She also said the International Health, Racquet and Sports Club Association would offer free memberships to immediate family members of actively deployed reservists.

She said: 'This isn't about physical prowess. It's about movement. And we have to go from sitting to standing to walking to moving.'

Let's move! Mrs Obama performs a dance routine with students as a fun way to get fit

The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition will also hold a series of events with military families, she said.

Council co-chairs Ms Dawes, Ms Kwan, Mr Hill, and basketball star Chris Paul then joined Mrs Obama to lead demonstrations on the South Lawn.

The First Lady performed a dance routine, led stretching exercises and ran through a three-part obstacle course with the students and their parents.

Leading the charge: Mrs Obama leads stretching, balancing and strengthening techniques with the help of her trainer (right)

Star support: Olympic ice-skater Michelle Kwan (far left) was among athletes joined Mrs Obama during the activities

Mrs Obama also pushed parents to play a supporting role in their children's lives in effort to fight the obesity epidemic in the U.S., showing, as she said, 'it doesn't take money' to be active. 

Instead, Mrs Obama suggested taking family walks after dinner or dancing in the living room.

Mrs Obama has made it her mission as First Lady to fight childhood obesity. 

She launched her Let's Move initiative to promote healthy eating and exercise last year.

Famously fit: The First Lady juggles two gallons of water while running through a three-part obstacle course and participates in a ball toss on the South Lawn (left)

The campaign picked up steam thanks to star support from star Beyonce, who recently released a viral video segment dancing with school kids to her hit song Move Your Body.

Both women have made appearances at schools across the U.S. in a bid to get children more excited about being active.

Last Tuesday, Mrs Obama got her dancing shoes on at the Alice Deal Middle School in Washington, DC, to promote the initiative, looking fit as she danced a routine to the Beyonce song alongside students.

With one-third of the nation’s children estimated to be overweight, Mrs Obama’s goal is to help solve the problem in a generation.

Hillary Clinton: China crackdown 'a fool's erran

Mrs Clinton told visiting Chinese officials the US was concerned about the human rights situation there

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has criticised China's crackdown on dissent as "a fool's errand", saying Beijing is trying to halt history.

In an interview with The Atlantic, Mrs Clinton also called the nation's human rights record "deplorable".

She defended US dealings with Beijing, saying: "We live in the real world."

The BBC's Kim Ghattas in Washington says Mrs Clinton seemed to suggest the Chinese system itself would collapse and that democracy was inevitable.

The article quotes Mrs Clinton as saying last month that China's leaders were "worried" that the wave of pro-democracy protests overtaking the Middle East would spread east to China.

"They're trying to stop history, which is a fool's errand," she said. "They cannot do it, but they're going to hold it off as long as possible."

China-US talks

Since February, China has detained hundreds of pro-democracy activists, lawyers and writers and has clamped down on news media reporting on the Middle East protests.

Mrs Clinton's remarks were published as US and Chinese officials held high-level strategic and economic talks in Washington.

At the opening of the meetings on Monday, Mrs Clinton said in a speech that the US remained concerned about the human rights situation in China.

"We know over the long arch of history that societies that work toward respecting human rights are going to be more prosperous, stable, and successful," she told Chinese officials.

"That has certainly been proven time and time again, but most particularly in the last months."

Criticism of China's human rights record had been muted at the beginning of the Obama administration but has become increasingly more vocal, our correspondent says.

However, Mrs Clinton said later that the US and China were achieving much greater understanding through regular talks between top officials.

"I do think we are reaching a much better understanding and I think that's one of the principal purposes of the dialogues," she said following the third Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the two countries.

Wema Sepetu apandishwa kizimbani

Miss Tanzania wa mwaka 2006, Wema Sepetu, amepanda kizimbani kujibu shitaka la kumtukana matusi ya nguoni Raheem Rummy "Rais wa Masharobaro".

Wema (26), ambaye pia ni nyota wa filamu nchini, alipandishwa kizimbani jana asubuhi katika Mahakama ya Mwanzo ya Kinondoni jijini Dar es Salaam, na kusomewa shitaka lake mbele ya Hakimu Mfawidhi Mariam Masamalo.

Mrembo huyo alifikishwa mahakamani hapo akiwa na baadhi ya wasanii wenzake wa filamu akiwemo Rose Ndauka, ambaye alikuwepo mahakamani hapo hadi saa 7:00 mchana kesi hiyo iliposomwa.

Akisoma shitaka hilo, Karani Sharifa Dunia, alidai kuwa, Aprili 11, mwaka huu, saa 12.38 jioni huko Kinondoni alimtukana Rummy.

Hakimu Mariam alimuuliza Wema sababu za kutukana matusi hayo na mrembo huyo alisema ilikuwa ni hasira tu.

Baada ya baadhi ya waandishi kutoka nje, waliwashuhudia Rose Ndauka na mtu aliyedaiwa kuwa ni mama mzazi wa Wema wakijadiliana juu ya dhamana ya mshitakiwa huyo. Aliachiwa kwa dhamana ya wadhamini wawili waliotia saini ya ahadi ya Sh. 300,000.

Kesi imepangwa kuja tena mahakamani hapo Mei 18, mwaka huu.

Wema nara kwa mara amekuwa na matatizo ya katika vyombo vya sheria na wakati fulani aliwahi kulala rumande kwa siku kadhaa katika kesi ya tuhuma za kuvunja kioo cha gari la aliyedaiwa kuwa 'boifrendi' wake wa zamani, muigizaji Steven Kanumba.

KCU chawaongeza malipo wakulima wa kahawa

Chama Kikuu cha Ushirika Mkoa wa Kagera (KCU), kimepitisha malipo ya nyongeza kwa wakulima wa kahawa waliokiuzia chama hicho kahawa kwa msimu wa mwaka 2009/2010.

Meneja Mkuu wa Chama hicho, Vedasto Ngaiza aliyasema hayo wakati wa mkutano mkuu wa mizania wa KCU wa kujadili ununuzi wa kahawa wa msimu mwaka 2009/10 uliofanyika wiki iliyopita katika ukumbi wa hoteli ya Bukop inayoimiliki.

Ngaiza, alisema wajibu wa mkutano huo ni kuhakikisha wakulima wa zao la kahawa waliokiuzia chama hicho kahawa ya maganda aina ya Robusta wanalipwa fedha ya ziada ya Sh. 44 kwa kila kilo

Alisema wakulima walikiuzia chama hicho kahawa ya maganda aina ya Arabica wataongezewa Sh. 32 kwa kila moja

Alisema fedha za ziada itakayotolewa kwa wakulima ni sehemu ya faida ambayo chama hicho kimeipata katika msimu wa ununuzi wa kahawa wa mwaka 2009/2010.

Alisema kuwa soko la kahawa katika msimu huo lilikuwa zuri kidogo

ikilinganishwa na msimu wa ununuzi wa kahawa wa mwaka 2008/2009.

Ngaiza alisema katika msimu wa ununuzi wa kahawa wa mwaka 2008/2009 kilifanya mauzo ya kahawa kwenye soko yenye thamani ya Sh. Bilioni 1.06 katika msimu huo na kwamba kilikuwa kimeweka lengo la kukusanya Sh. Bilioni 1.3 katika mauzo yake kwenye msimu huo.

Rais Kikwete ataka mawaziri wajiengue

Rais Jakaya Kikwete amewataka mawaziri na makatibu wakuu ambao watashindwa kuzingatia uwajibikaji wa pamoja wajiondoe wenyewe kwenye nafasi zao.

Akifungua semina elekezi kwa mawaziri, manaibu waziri, makatibu wakuu na manaibu katibu wakuu jana mjini Dodoma, Rais alisema kupingana hadharani kwa viongozi hao, mbele ya wafanyakazi au hata kwenye vyombo vya habari kunawapata tabu ya kuwajibia maswali.

"Lazima ieleweke kuwa tukishaamua jambo kwa pamoja Wizarani au katika Baraza la Mawaziri ni uamuzi wetu sote hata kama wewe ulikuwa na mawazo tofauti. Wote tunao wajibu wa kuunga mkono na kuutetea. Kamwe hatutegemewi kuendelea kuupinga baada ya hapo, " alisema na kuongeza:

"Kufanya hivyo ni kukiuka maadili ya uongozi na uwajibikaji wa pamoja. Kama unaona vigumu sana kuuafiki ni bora kutoka. Hairuhusiwi kupinga taasisi ambayo wewe umo ndani kama mmoja wa viongozi wake. Ni vyema hili likaeleweka vyema. Msitupe tabu ya kuulizana maswali na kuwasemea."

Vile vile, amesema kumezuka tabia ya baadhi ya mawaziri kupinga maamuzi ya Baraza la Mawaziri hivyo amewataka wasiokubaliana nayo wajindowe wenyewe.

Rais Kikwete alielezea kutofurahishwa kwake na malumbano ya viongozi hadharani na aliita jambo hilo kuwa ni fedheha ya hali ya juu.

“Haifurahishi kuona Waziri na Katibu Mkuu, au Waziri na Naibu Waziri, Naibu Waziri na Katibu Mkuu au Katibu Mkuu na Naibu Katibu Mkuu hawaelewani, wanasemana na hata wakipingana hadharani na baya zaidi pale wanapopingana katika vyombo vya habari kuhusu maamuzi au utendaji wa Wizara au Serikali kwa ujumla hayo si maadili mema katika taasisi yoyote,” alisema.

Alisema uzoefu unaonyesha kuwa jambo hilo hutokea pale kunapokuwa na kuingiliana katika majukumu au kwa kutozingatiwa kwa taratibu na maadili ya uongozi.

“Lazima ieleweke kuwa tukishaamua jambo kwa pamoja Wizarani au katika Baraza la Mawaziri ni uamuzi wetu sote hata kama wewe ulikuwa na mawazo tofauti. Wote tunao wajibu wa kuunga mkono na kuutetea. Kamwe hatutegemewi kuendelea kuupinga baada ya hapo. Kufanya hivyo ni kukiuka maadili ya uongozi na uwajibikaji wa pamoja.

Alisema uwajibikaji wa pamoja unahusu pia shughuli za Serikali Bungeni kwani Miswada ya Serikali ni ya Mawaziri wote mmoja mmoja na kwa umoja wao.

“Mswada wa Sheria ukiletwa na Waziri mmoja, kila Waziri anao wajibu wa kuunga mkono na kuutetea. Haitarajiwi na ni kinyume cha maadili cha hali juu kwa Waziri kupinga mswada wa Waziri mwenzake…Kwa kweli, tabia hii haivumiliki na anayetenda hayo amejitenga mwenyewe na Serikali,” alisema.

Katiba semina hiyo ambayo pia ilihudhuriwa na Jaji Mkuu, Mohamed Chande Othmani; Makamu Mwenyekiti wa CCM Bara, Pius Msekwa, Waziri Mkuu Mstaafu, Cleopa Msuya na viongozi wakuu wa vyombo vya usalama, Rais Kikwete aliwataka mawaziri wasiwe mangimeza na badala yake wawe wanawatembelea wananchi kujua shida zao na kisha kuzitatua. Alisema wanatakiwa kuyajua kwa kina mambo yote yanayohusu Wizara wanazoziongoza la sivyo hawataongoza vizuri na watakuwa wababaishaji.

“Mawaziri na Makatibu Wakuu lazima mtoke... Hiyo ndiyo njia bora zaidi ya kujua mambo yahusuyo Wizara zenu na ndiyo njia bora ya kuongoza: kuona wenyewe na kutenda. Itawafanya mjiamini kuelekeza na pia mnaposimama mbele za watu na kusema. Msiwe mangimeza. Tokeni, tembeeni kuona shughuli zenu. Tembeleeni wananchi muwafahamu, wawafahamu, mjue shida zao muwatatulie.

Aliowataka kujielimisha kuhusu katiba, sheria, kanuni na taratibu mbalimbali zinazoongoza utendaji kazi katika sehemu zao za kazi na kwamba uhalali wa maamuzi watakayoyafanya hupimwa na sheria.

“Ukifanya maamuzi yanayokinzana na sheria utahojiwa wewe binafsi, lakini pia utaibebesha Serikali mzigo wa hasara na fedheha itakayotokana na maamuzi hayo... maamuzi yasiyofuata sheria yanaweza kuwa na madhara kwa wananchi hivyo heshimuni Katiba na fuateni sheria, kanuni na taratibu zilizopo katika utekelezaji wa majukumu yenu,” alisema.

Alisema Mawaziri wanapaswa kutambua kuwa kuhudhuria vikao vya Bunge ni jambo la lazima kama ilivyo kwa vikao vya Baraza la Mawaziri na si jambo la hiari. Alisema ni lazima Waziri ahudhurie vikao vya Bunge bila ya kukosa labda awe na sababu kubwa inayoelezeka na kukubalika. Alisema ingawa kutembelea jimbo la uchaguzi ni jambo la lazima, lakini siyo sababu ya kuwafanya wakose vikao vya Bunge au Baraza la Mawaziri.

UWAJIBIKAJI NA KIMAADILI

Alisema Waziri, Naibu Waziri, Katibu Mkuu na Naibu Katibu Mkuu ni viongozi wakubwa sana Wizarani, Serikalini na katika jamii hivyo kiongozi anatakiwa kuwa mfano mwema kwa watu anaowaongoza.

Alisema watu watatamani kuwa kama yeye au kuishi kama yeye na watatamani kumuiga kwa uchapakazi wake, kwa tabia njema na matendo mema. Alisema Waziri, Naibu Waziri, Katibu Mkuu na Naibu Mkuu wasinyooshewe kidole kwa uvivu, uzembe, wizi, ubadhirifu wa mali ya umma, vitendo vya utovu wa uadilifu kama vile wizi, ulevi wa kupindukia, uzinzi, majigambo, ubabe na uonevu na dhuluma. Kuwa hivyo ni kupungukiwa sifa za msingi za uongozi.

Alisema wananchi wanapenda kuona Serikali yao ina viongozi na watumishi waadilifu, wachapakazi hodari, wanaowasikiliza, wanaojali shida zao na wepesi wa kushughulikia na kutekeleza maamuzi mbalimbali ya Serikali.

Kuhusu kuisemea serikali, Rais Kikwete alisema hilo ni jambo ambalo kuna udhaifu mkubwa.

“Sijui kwanini hatuwi wepesi kuyasemea mafanikio mengi tuliyoyapata tukaacha wasiotutakia heri wanaosema hatukufanya kitu wasikike mpaka waonekane wanasema kweli… Mwanazuoni mmoja bingwa wa habari aliwahi kusema kuwa “kufanya kitu bila kuufahamisha umma ni sawa kama kitu hicho hakijafanyika… Mwingine anasema kuwa uongo ukisemwa mara nyingi hugeuka kuwa ukweli,” alisema.

Alisema serikali imefanya mengi lakini wananchi hawakuelezwa ipasavyo na kwamba viongozi wameacha upotoshaji kufanywa bila ya kusahihishwa au kuchelewa sana kusahihishwa.

Aliwataka viongozi na watendaji wakuu wa Serikali, kuwa mfano kwa wafanyakazi wanaowaongoza kwa kuzingatia nidhamu ya matumizi ya fedha za umma.

Aliwataka kuhakikisha bajeti hazikiukwi, fedha zinatumika kwa malengo yaliyokusudiwa na sheria na kanuni za fedha zinaheshimiwa.

“Niliagiza Kamati za Fedha ziundwe katika kila Wizara na Idara za Serikali zinayojitegemea. Je, zimeundwa? Je, zinafanya kazi? Hakikisheni zipo hai na zinatimiza wajibu wake. Zitasaidia sana kwa upande wa kuongeza mapato na kudhibiti matumizi katika Wizara,” alisema.

Rising Food Prices May Be Here to Stay

Steady rises in the price of food since 2000 seem to be a trend, and not just the result of temporary factors, caution IMF economists Thomas Helbling and Shaun Roache in a Finance & Development (F&D) magazine article.

The IMF’s food price index—which tracks the spot prices of the 22 most internationally traded agricultural food items—is now close to the spike previously reached in June 2008.
Many countries are struggling with the implications of these high food prices, which exacerbate poverty, inflation, and—for countries that import food—the balance of payments. The implications are far reaching. Witness the recent social unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, some say in response to high bread prices.
Everyone notices when food prices go up. But the poor are hit especially hard because food makes up a much larger share of their total expenditures. They have little room to buy cheaper food items or to spend less on other purchases.
In addition to food prices, the latest issue of F&D focuses on Latin America’s potential to become a global economic player, how countries can cope with the rising cost of health care, and whether public investment in infrastructure is productive.
Not just bad news
Floods, droughts, and wildfires around the world have reduced harvests and pushed prices up. But it’s not just bad news that’s causing the increase. As people get richer, they eat more high-protein foods like meat, dairy products, edible oils, fruits and vegetables, and seafood, and less staple grains. This increases demand for land and for crops that are used to feed animals, and that pushes up the price of staple grains as well.
Another factor leading to food price increases has been the recent boom in biofuels. High oil prices, combined with government support for the production of biofuels, have boosted demand for agricultural crops from which biofuels are produced, such as corn, sugar, palm kernels, and rapeseed. And their prices have risen as a result.
High oil prices also have a direct impact on the cost of producing food. Fuel, including natural gas, is used to produce fertilizers, and also in all stages of agricultural production, from sowing to harvesting to distribution.
The increased demand for agricultural commodities is not likely to be matched by an increase in production, at least any time soon. Growth in the yield of a hectare of land has stagnated, and it’s hard to find more land to devote to food production.
Fueling inflation
The surge in international food prices has already caused consumer price inflation in many economies in early 2011. Such direct “first-round” effects are part of the normal passthrough of prices, and will fade with time. But if people expect food prices to continue to go up in price, they begin to demand higher wages, and this leads to “second-round” effects: an increase in core inflation.
Helbling and Roache argue that the risk of core inflation rising is slim for advanced economies, but significant for emerging and developing countries. In the latter group, food is more important a budget item and confidence in monetary policy is lower, which means higher wage demands and expectations of further inflation.
While factors like bad weather are–hopefully—temporary, the main causes underlying the structural change in global food markets will not be reversed. Technological advances and increased acreage devoted to food production may help ease pressures on food markets, but that will take time. In the meantime, the world may have to adjust to higher food prices.

Africa's Low-income Countries Lead Growth Forecast

Another year of strong growth is in prospect for most of the 29 low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

The IMF’s latest Regional Economic Outlook projects that these countries’ output will expand on average by 6 percent in 2011, compared with last year’s 5½ percent pace.

This performance would be on a par with the region’s high-growth surge in the mid-2000s. The main engines of the LICs’ expansion are expected to be exports and private consumption, with the public sector taking more of a back seat.

The omens are good also for oil-exporting countries. Booming oil revenues are already filtering through to many non-oil sectors and easing government financing constraints. A big question is whether governments will be able to exercise sufficient control over government spending to prevent boom-bust cycles.

As always, however, there are risks to growth. What is good for oil exporters may depress real incomes and subdue activity in oil importers. Furthermore, lingering uncertainties in the global outlook and a heavy election calendar in Africa could impinge on growth prospects.

Some countries lag

In contrast to the buoyant low-income countries, most medium-income countries are still struggling to overcome dislocations caused by the global financial crisis (see chart). Within the Southern African Customs Union, recovery from the downturn has generally been at a slower pace than elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ancelotti atetewa asiondoke Chelsea

Carlo Ancelotti

Mustakabali wa Ancelotti unatokana na tetesi nyingi zinazoenea hivi sasa baada ya Chelsea kumaliza msimu mikono mitupu.

Lakini Wilkins aliiambia BBC Radio 5: "Sidhani kama klabu inahitaji mabadiliko ya haraka... lakini kwa hakika wachezaji wapya ndio wanahitajika kuongeza nguvu katika kikosi kilichopo.

"Mabadiliko ya jumla, kwa kuanzia kwa kocha, itakuwa ni makosa makubwa."

Chelsea inajiandaa kumaliza msimu bila kombe lolote baada ya kuchapwa na Manchester United siku ya Jumapili, wakiwa na matumaini ya kumaliza nafasi ya pili ya msimamo wa Ligi Kuu ya England.

United pia iliiondoa Chelsea katika mashindano ya ligi kuwania Ubingwa wa Ulaya mwezi wa Aprili.

Meneja wa zamani wa Chelsea Guus Hiddink, aliyeiongoza klabu hiyo kuchukua kombe la FA mwaka 2009, amekuwa akitajwa-tajwa huenda akarejea Stamford Bridge, ingawa kocha huyo Mrusi inaarifiwa hapendelei kazi hiyo.

Waholazi wawili Marco van Basten na Frank Rijkaard pia wametajwa kuwa nao wanaweza wakapewa kazi ya kuinoa Chelsea msimu ujao, pamoja na Andre Villas-Boas, aliyeiwezesha Porto kufika hatua ya fainali ya Europa msimu huu.

Mwengine anayehusishwa kupewa kazi ya kuifundisha Chelsea ni mchezaji wa zamani wa klabu hiyo Gianfranco Zola aliyewahi kuwa meneja wa West Ham.

Ancelotti, ambaye mkataba wake umesalia mwaka mmoja, alikiri siku ya Jumatatu kwamba timu yake haikuwa imara msimu huu, lakini akakanusha mabadiliko makubwa yanahitajika katika kikosi chake.

Africa: Higher Education in Africa Taking Shape

After three decades of attrition and neglect, higher education in Southern Africa, and in the Sub-Saharan region, is on the move. The last few years have seen encouraging stirrings of new life.

In July 2009, at the World Conference on Higher Education organised by Unesco in Paris, special attention was given to "the challenges and opportunities for the revitalisation of higher education in Africa".

The conference recognised higher education as "an important tool for the development of the continent", and that universities would be more effective in this task through collaborations at the national, regional and international levels. Indeed, the conference saw higher education as "an instrument for regional integration".

In 2008, the Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) published the first detailed baseline research into higher education in the 14-nation region. The research looked in particular at funding frameworks, the state of public science, interactions between universities and the private sector, and the key areas for action concerning the revitalisation of higher education in the region. Significantly, the title given to this research was Towards a Common Future.

And the international funding agencies have not been slow to adjust to the changing imperatives. In 2008, the World Bank was stating that "the key to economic success in a globalised world lies increasingly in how effectively a country can assimilate the available knowledge and build comparative advantage".

Kotecha is the CEO of the Southern African Regional Universities Association

Umoja wa mataifa waelezea hali ya wasiwasi Syria

Wapinzani wa serikali ya Syria mjini Deraa

Umoja wa Mataifa umeelezea wasi wasi kuhusu hali ya usalama katika mji wa Deraa Kusini mwa Syria, huku serikali ya nchi hiyo ikiendeleza mkakati wake wa kuwasaka wapiganaji wa waasi.

Umoja wa mataifa, umesema shirika lake la kutoa misaada, halijaruhusiwa kufika mjini humo na kuwa shirika lingine la kutoa misaada halijafanikiwa kupokea dawa na vifaa vya matibabu kuwasaidia wakimbizi wanaotoroka mapigano kati ya wanajeshi wa serikali na waasi.

Hakuna mawasiliano katika mji wa Deraa kwa muda wiki mbili sasa baada ya serikali ya nchi hiyo kutuma wanajeshi na vifaru ili kujaribu kutwaa udhibiti wa mji huo kutoka kwa wapiganaji wa waasi.

Wakati huo huo, muungano wa Ulaya EU umetangaza kuiwekea Syria marufuku ya kuagiza silaha.

Kwa mujibu wa taarifa kutoka kwa muungano huo, serikali ya nchi hiyo haitaruhusiwa kuagiza silaha au vifaa ambavyo vinaweza kutumiwa kukandamiza upinzani.

Maafisa 13 wa ngazi ya juu wa serikali ya Syria na washirika wao, pia wamepigwa marufuku kusafiri nchi 27 za muungano huo na amana zao zilizoko katika nchi za Ulaya zimezuiliwa.